LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA – A Mexican man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in a conspiracy to traffic cocaine, fentanyl and other drugs through the Washington metropolitan area, with Loudoun County as a hub.
David Fernando Vasquez Bejarano, aka Acelerado, 49, was arrested in August 2025 and pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, knowing they would be unlawfully imported into the United States. The charge carries a mandatory minimum prison term of 10 years, according to the plea agreement.
Prosecutors say the drug importation scheme ran from 2019 to 2021. The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia claims it was lucrative, saying in a statement that over just 6 months, Vasquez Bejarano earned more than $6 million for his drug running.
According to the U.S. attorney, Vasquez Bejarano and his co-conspirators trafficked over 450 kilograms of cocaine and other narcotics.
“Crates of cocaine” came through Loudoun County, according to the statement of facts. In one February 2020 bust in the county, one of Vasquez Bejarano’s co-conspirators was arrested with 25 kilograms of cocaine in their vehicle.
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