, WRAL reporter. The indictments also said that assassins loyal to the sons had gone to great lengths to prevent their arrests, including drawing the Mexican military into gunfights, killing soldiers, and burning vehicles to create roadblocks.. 37 people indicted in large-scale meth trafficking network February 24, 2021 NewsCenter1 Staff RAPID CITY, S.D. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Defendants Guillermo Andrs Beltrn-Osorio, Enmanuel Matos-Matos, Edgardo Delgado-Carmona, Rafael Cruz-Montalvo, Edgar Omar Bez-Vargas, and Franky Pagn-Mendoza were previously arrested. The indictment says they shipped 20 kilograms of heroin to Chicago on Nov. 13, 2008, but doesn't provide details. "From Drug Traffickers to money launderers, the DEA will bring all it has to bear to make our communities safer and healthier, and to reverse the devastating trends of drug-related violence and overdoses plaguing our Communities.". ", "It's my privilege to recognize the efforts performed by agents from the DEA and our partner agencies in our crusade to rid the public of these dangerous individuals that do nothing but harm our society," said Denise Foster, Special Agent in Charge of DEA, Caribbean Division. A lock ( According to a police report, the officer said outof nowhere she saw the pedestrian in the road and maneuvered to try to avoid colliding with, Detectives determined that the motorcyclist was traveling west on Broadway well above the speed limit when he crashed into the back of the Dod. Ramirez is the person described above who served as a hitman in Mexico and cut off part of his own finger. The next day, a complaint was authorized that charges Andrew Grijalva, 19; Rodrigo Lopez-Lozoya, 36; and Jesus Ramon Lozoya-Portillo, 41, with drug trafficking, the news release said. Both are currently believed to be in Mexico. The charges are set forth in United States v. It is alleged that the defendant transferred or transported a total of $964,944.35 from Puerto Rico to Colombia and Canada. The indictment says the Chapitos shipped drugs from countries in Central America and South America to Mexico using aircraft, submarines, boats and other carriers, then smuggled them in to the United States using vehicles, rail cars and tunnels. Prosecutors dismissed 13 of the charges when he pleaded guilty in May 2022 to . Eight others were charged in separate indictments last week and two other individuals had previously been charged. 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On that same day, though, authorities seized 20 kilograms of heroin in Northlake. Actual sentences are determined by a federal district court judge and are typically less than the maximum penalties. Ovidio Guzmn Lpez, one of Guzmn's sons, was arrested in January in the Sinaloa capital of Culiacan. - Yuen Liu-Torres, a/k/a "Chino," 36, of New Bedford, was charged with conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and . 4 El Chapo sons indicted in Chicago, accused of ruthless takeover of Sinaloa Cartel, DEAs new Chicago boss Sheila Lyons: Will target fentanyl, an awful, terrible challenge, Deadly counterfeit pills containing fentanyl now everywhere in Chicago, DEA says, From flipping Big Macs to importing tons of cocaine: Chicago twins who helped bring down El Chapo say McDonalds was their business model, How a West Side drug bust led the feds to El Chapo, How West Side bust led the feds to El Chapo, El Vicentillo, El Chapos ex-logistics guru, was a cartel big shot since teens, With El Chapo in jail, DEA and Mexico focus on other cartels with Chicago ties, Ex-Chicago FBI boss: DEA agents El Chapo book fiction regarding key meeting, El decomiso en el Oeste de Chicago que llev a los federales a El Chapo, Another El Chapo lieutenant pleads guilty in federal court in Chicago, El Chapo lieutenant seeks only a decade in prison, rather than life, citing torture after capture, Dozens of Cook County employees resign or are fired in clerk of court, county inspector generals PPP fraud probe, Dear Abby: Sorry, we cant hang out with you, because we dont want to, As Walmart pulls out, community group steps in to fill void on South Side, Retrieving lost glasses ends with a personal best giant largemouth bass, Good things, like this beef chilli, come in slow-cooked packages, Go & Show features Chicago fishing committee meeting and a swap night, Dear Abby: Our boozing uncle ruins family events, and host lets him, Everybody ribs Ray Romano in his delightful directorial debut Somewhere in Queens, Menu Planner: Economical one-pot chicken meatballs with jasmine rice brimming with great flavor. Postal Service Office of Inspector General are conducting the investigation in this case. U.S. government officials are pressing Chinese officials to do more to stem the shipment of those chemicals. Fax Line: 615-401-6626. An indictment unsealed Wednesday in federal court charges 14 people with selling drugs in the Youngstown area. Chrisann Pereira was arrested on drug charges almost two weeks ago and has been locked yo in Sharjah Central jail, United Arab Emirates. The names of the other four defendants are under seal by court order. Chicago in particular, as a transportation hub, has been one of the cities hardest hit by the fentanyl crisis. The new indictments came at a moment of a high tension between U.S. and Mexican officials over their deteriorating law-enforcement relationship and in particular, the issue of who was to blame for the scourge of fentanyl. They used the U.S. financial system to conceal proceeds from dealing with controlled substances and transferred those illicit proceeds from places within the United States including Puerto Rico, to places outside the United States, including the Republic of Colombia. Authorities are actively working on the arrest of three other defendants who are charged in the conspiracy. Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. This multi-year Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation is being conducted by numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives; Homeland Security Investigations; IRS Criminal Investigations; U.S. An official website of the United States government. Illegal drugs were getting inside the jail, according to a previous news release. The indictments said that assassins working for Mr. Guzmns sons murdered law enforcement officers, tortured rivals with electrocution, stuffed chiles into the wounds of some of their victims and even fed others both dead and alive to their pet tigers. The charges noted that the fentanyl business earned the cartel millions of dollars while causing as many as 200 deaths in the United States each day. Both elements must be satisfied to commit the offense of "possession with the . April 14, 2023, 2:30 p.m. . Henry Murphy Jr., 35, was charged with . The result is a comforting, deeply flavored chili, tinged with smoke and fragrant with spice. By Megan Hickey, Lindsay Whitehurst, Christopher Sherman, Updated on: April 14, 2023 / 5:34 PM 13, 2023 at 2:36 PM PDT. The City of Raleigh has agreed to a $2 million settlement to be split between more than a dozen Black men wrongfully arrested and jailed on drug charges. Others charged in this investigation are: Jose Juan Alvarado, 44; Oscar Avelar Anguiano, aka Chucky, 33; Grecia Barrios, 33; Kim Lamont Birdsong, aka Bird, 49; Jennifer Cano, 33; Ricardo Davalos-Martinez, 28; Mario Garcia Flores, aka Christhian Colmenares-Ruiz, 33; Jonhy Fernando Jimenez, 38; Antonio Sanchez-Lopez, 23; Jennifer Montejo, 33; Korrine Parker, 43; Luis Ramirez Escudero, 27; Phillip Christopher Smith, aka Felipe, 41; Sinquan D. Smith, 27, all of Nashville; Avigael Cruz, aka Traviesio, 29; Billy Cruz, aka Pee Wee 26; Kevin Oliva-Hernandez, 31; Jairo Rostran, aka Poffi, 28, all of Smyrna, Tenn.; Rico Gross, 38; Armando Lopez, aka Mando, 40; Jesse Sanchez, aka Papi, aka Bori, 31, all of Goodlettsville, Tenn.; Jacob Lee, aka Grenas, 25; Justin Blake Lee, aka Chino, 26; Jasmine Tayor, 26, all of Manchester, Tenn.; Kevin Tidwell, aka Miklo, 27; Melinda Tidwell, both of Ashland City, Tenn.; Terrance Marquette Bobo, 28, of Memphis, Tenn.; Pearline Neal, 31, of Gallatin, Tenn.; Austin Dodd, 25, aka Chucky, of Chapmansboro, Tenn.; Tiffany Messick, 27, of Shelbyville, Tenn.; Stacy Owens, 31, of Decaturville, Tenn.; Zenaida Cano, 42; of Phoenix, Arizona; David Ku, 45, of Inglewood, California; and Gerson Jimenez-Garcia, 38, of Honduras. The remaining four defendants names are presently under seal by court order. Searches yield cash, drugs: Akron police raid two homes, seizing a pound of cocaine and more than $87,000 cash. CONCORD Twelve people from three states have been arrested as part of a cross-border investigation into the illegal sales of cocaine and methamphetamine in New Hampshire and Maine, New. The arrests of 13 accused drug traffickers working in New Castle, Farrell and Sharon resulted from federal grand jury indictments in Pittsburgh that were unsealed Monday. They tipped off authorities about the shipment, sources say. The RPOT List includes leaders of significant drug trafficking and money laundering organizations that are primarily responsible for a region's drug threat. Others are suspected of running drug labs in Mexico or accused of providing security, weapons, and illicit financing for the drug trafficking operation. Finally, the indictment alleges that Ruiz also was involved in a conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and that he engaged in money laundering. The federal indictment charges each of the 15 defendants with participating in a conspiracy to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin and/or 400 grams or more of fentanyl in Christian and Greene counties from Sept. 23, 2018, to Nov. 14, 2019. The Justice Department is attacking every aspect of the cartels operations, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said at a news conference in Washington on Friday. Most of the fentanyl trafficked in the United States comes from the Sinaloa cartel, the Drug Enforcement Administration says. The new indictments painted Mr. Guzmns sons in a similar light. Federal authorities are offering rewards of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrests and convictions of the Chapitos, whose father is serving a life sentence in Colorado after his 2019 conviction in federal court in Brooklyn. The complaint alleges that, beginning in September 2021, Grijalva, Lopez-Lozoya, and Lozoya-Portillo conspired to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, or 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. An official website of the United States Government. The complaint alleges that in September 2021, Grijalva, Lopez-Lozoya and Lozoya-Portillo conspired to distribute methamphetamine, the news release said. Marshals Service, and the U.S. Four-star safety arrested on drug charges. The indictment says they shipped 20 kilograms of heroin to Chicago on Nov. 13, 2008, but doesnt provide details. According to the indictment, Damien Stafford is accused of purchasingfentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine from drug suppliers, including Prieto, in Cleveland. Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane Stewart praised the tremendous efforts of the law enforcement agencies involved in this extensive investigation and noted the unparalleled cooperation between the agencies and the significant resources contributed by the Tennessee Department of Correction and its desire to reduce criminal activity by its inmates. 719 Church St., Suite 3300 Texas authorities report that 22 people have been indicted in a drug trafficking scheme. Two others are fugitives, including Morales girlfriend, Erika Vasquez, 32, aka Chula, of Memphis and Columbia, Tenn., and Magdiel Pina Ramirez, aka Big Show, 28, of Mexico. The LaGrange Daily News A Selma man has been arrested on drug charges after leading Troup County deputies on a high-speed chase off of Interstate 85 and into West Point. 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