(PUEBLO, Colo.) — The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado said that a man from Pueblo was convicted of drug possession after police found over a hundred grams of methamphetamine in his hotel room.

According to the facts established at trial, on May 23, 2023, 51-year-old Dominick Jesus Salazar was arrested outside a Pueblo area hotel room he was staying in after “being observed by Pueblo Police Officers interacting with multiple people in a manner consistent with hand-to-hand drug sales.”

When law enforcement arrested Salazar, he had a loaded pistol in his pocket along with “drug proceeds.” Inside his hotel room, law enforcement found 184 grams of 98% pure meth.

“We will do our best to send convicted felons who continue to repeat their criminal behavior back to prison,” said Acting United States Attorney for the District of Colorado Matt Kirsch. “Our communities are safer with one more repeat offender off the streets.”

The FBI Denver Field Office handled the investigation and is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence.