SAN JOSE — A San Jose man allegedly affiliated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel is among a group of people charged in a recent undercover DEA bust, court records show.

A suspected fentanyl dealer named Elias Valdez was identified as a cartel affiliate based on DEA Special Agent Joshua Serafin’s “experience, intercepted messages, and communication with other agents who have investigated Valdez,” according to a probable cause statement filed in court.

Valdez and four others — William Huynh, Jonathan Lucero-Peace, Alejandro Pelayo-Gonzalez and Julio Vasquez-Ochoa — have been charged with federal crimes either related to the sale of fentanyl, methamphetamine, or the even deadlier opioid carfentanil, which authorities say has been showing up in the Bay Area with increased frequency.

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