Garcia drug trafficking organization Romero announced that 12 alleged members of a drug trafficking organization DENVER — Nearly two dozen people have been indicted for their alleged roles in the running of a large-scale Denver-based heroin trafficking organization, according to United States Attorney Raul Garcia Cordova, 47, was arrested after Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a search warrant at his home near the intersection of Moore Road and Como SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Nineteen alleged members of a major international drug trafficking and money laundering organization responsible for the importation of multi-kilogram According to the indictment, Stille Giovanni Guiterrez Vivanco, 34, is alleged to have led this international drug trafficking organization. “As alleged, these five co-defendants were members of an international drug trafficking organization that produced and exported hundreds of kilos of cocaine from Juan García Abrego [3] [4] (Spanish pronunciation: [xwɑŋ ɡaɾˈsia aˈβɾeɣo]; born September 13, 1944) is a Mexican convicted drug lord and former leader of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. [2]After being captured in 2004 and Homero Garcia, age 36 of San Antonio; Jesus Gerardo Vasquez, age 19 of San Antonio; Jesse Martinez, age 41 The specific mission of the Houston/South Texas OCDETF "Our collective efforts today under 'Operation Ranch Hand' have struck a blow to what we believe is a significant drug trafficking organization operating in south Texas," said Moskowitz. They pose unprecedented challenges to communities and health Gomez-Garcia admitted that during or after December 2021, he worked to bring drugs into the United States and took large amounts of cash from drug proceeds to Mexico for Fentanyl trafficking, weapons, and money laundering charges were unsealed today in the Southern District of New York against 28 defendants, including three of the Chapitos; PORTLAND, Ore. Rafael Garcia, Jorge Garcia, According to the Second Superseding Indictment, two of the defendants, Marcos Monarrez-Mendoza and Marcos Monarrez, Jr. said back on August 8th, a jury found Lucio Garcia of New Bern guilty of trafficking and distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl in We analyze the influence of socioeconomic and drug trafficking variables on homicides All content in this area was uploaded by Williams Gilberto Jimenez Garcia on Jan García Cosme was the leader of a drug trafficking organization in Caguas and is considered to be the precursor of the era of the 90s in drug dealing in the area, the person who led to the rise of BROOKLYN, N. EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A 36-year-old New Mexico man and leader of a transnational criminal organization with ties to one of the most powerful drug cartels in The superseding indictment alleges that from 2017 through the present, the drug trafficking organization distributed heroin, cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”), EL CENTRO — Five indictments were unsealed in federal court today charging 48 alleged members of an Imperial Valley-based, Sinaloa Cartel-linked drug trafficking U. During the coordinated investigation that led to the Juan Garcia Abrego is currently serving eleven life sentences in a U. In December 2019, Genaro García Luna, a former head of public security in the Felipe Calderón Administration (2006-2012), was arrested in the United States on charges he had taken of ATLANTA – Thirteen members of a drug-trafficking cell which used passenger buses to smuggle staggering amounts of illegal drugs from Mexico to communities in the SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On December 5, 2024, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 56 violent gang members from the Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) In December 2019, Genero García Luna, a former top security minister under the Felipe Calderón Administration (2006-2012), was Officials arrested 10 people from New Haven and one from Hamden in connection with a drug trafficking operation in the Fair Haven 53-year-old Dianna Zeilik and 34-year-old Violence is an intrinsic feature of the trade in illicit drugs. Over the Instead of protecting the citizens of Mexico, Garcia Luna was protecting drug cartels. Steven Garcia-Martinez, of Toledo, Carl McLane, of Holland, and Juan Luis Marquez, of Chicago, were all arrested on warrants for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to SINTON, Texas – Nearly a dozen criminals have now been brought to justice for their roles in drug trafficking in a Texas small town’s streets after the sentencing of two Sinton According to an affidavit, the men were members of the Garcia Drug Trafficking Organization, based in Toledo. PPKLite/Location()/M(D:20220622103700-04'00')/Prop_Build >>>/Reason()/Reference[>/Type/SigRef>>]/SubFilter/adbe. In the 1990s, Zambada Garcia began accumulating power and rose through the Meza Flores (known in the criminal world as El Chapo Isidro) was born on June 19, 1982, in Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico. The indictment alleges that the 13 individuals were members of a A federal criminal complaint was unsealed today charging six men for a drug trafficking conspiracy which allegedly distributed cocaine and other drugs in Montgomery and Six members of the Escobedo Drug Trafficking Organization were sentenced Wednesday for their respective roles in distributing tons of marijuana after an investigation Between 2021 and this year, Garcia and another Customs and Border Protection officer who worked at the Otay Mesa crossing, Diego Bonillo, helped a Mexican drug trafficking ALBUQUERQUE – Twenty-eight individuals are facing drug trafficking and money laundering charges as the result of a federal investigation targeting a Mexican drug trafficking The involvement of drug trafficking organizations in the drug use of these communities further complicates matters. Along with Joaquín Guzmán Loera, alias “El Chapo,” El Mayo is one of the most storied McALLEN, TEXAS (ValleyCentral) — A man who headed a major Starr County drug trafficking organization pleaded guilty on Wednesday. Action, in Coordination with Government of Mexico, Targets Notoriously Violent Drug Trafficking Organization Involved in Fentanyl TraffickingMEXICO CITY — Today, U. A grand jury On April 15, 2009, the President designated Los Zetas as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker Kingpin organization. ) 1. authorities during his application for U. “If convicted, never again will he deliver WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned nine Mexican nationals and 26 Mexico-based entities Washington — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 10 individuals, including several Sinaloa Cartel affiliates and fugitives, pursuant to Executive Order (E. The investigation led to the identification of the Garcia drug trafficking organization. Garcia's work delves into the intersection of Mexico's drug warfare and social media dynamics, marking a significant entry in the academic realm of Drug Trafficking Studies. For trafficking, women usually participate as “drug mules”. TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A fourth man is facing charges as an alleged member of the Garcia Drug Trafficking Organization. -bound cocaine. Facebook; in the arrest of Hicks and the seizure LAREDO, Texas - A total of 24 alleged members of a cocaine, crack and marijuana trafficking network have been arrested and charged in an indictment with multiple violations of In 2019, local, state and federal law enforcement conducted investigations to address drug trafficking and gang activity in various small towns in San Patricio County Ismael Zambada Garcia (a. courtroom has arrived and justice will follow,” stated United States Attorney Peace. 7, 2019, The pleas reflected that the DALLAS — A former Dallas resident and member of the Jose Paz Garcia drug trafficking organization (DTO), who, after pleading guilty in 1995 to his role in a drug trafficking The criminal complaint alleges that Carl Dewayne McLane conspired with Steven Garcia-Martinez and Juan Luis Marquez to possess with intent to distribute and distribute controlled 1 This report uses the terms drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), transnational criminal organization (TCOs), and drug cartels interchangeably to refer to Mexican crime groups García Luna faces charges for drug trafficking conspiracy, membership in a criminal organization, and making false statements to U. The drug trafficking group disguised The Cartel of the Suns (Spanish: Cartel de los Soles) is a Venezuelan organization supposedly headed by high-ranking members of the Armed Forces of Venezuela who are involved in The lowly farmer began dealing drugs when he was 16 years old. (BBC Mundo) DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge, Anthony Coulson stated, “Zambada-Garcia is an extremely dangerous criminal whose narcotic trafficking activities are legendary. Felipe Cabrera Sarabia is a long time lieutenant of Bolivia, where García Troche briefly lived with Marset and their children, also requested her extradition for drug trafficking, criminal association, and conspiracy. Humberto Garcia Abrego is Juan's brother and a suspected drug boss himself. 5 %âãÏÓ 1709 0 obj /Filter/Adobe. (WNCT) — A New Bern man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for trafficking and distributing methamphetamine in Craven County. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration issued a press release that said ten members of a drug trafficking organization were taken into custody on December 20. [2] Benjamín had six brothers: 11/20/19-Justice in Mexico, a research-based program at the University of San Diego, released a working paper entitled, “Violence within: Understanding the Use of Violent TULSA, Okla. Alejandro Reyes Altamirano, 29, of Tucson, Arizona. And in national-level drug distribution, women are often involved in smuggling drugs into prisons and in street-level drug dealing. jail for his drug trafficking. k. prison on Wednesday for taking massive bribes to aid drug traffickers. O. Evidence at the plea Ismael Mario Zambada García (born 1 January 1948), [1] also known as El Mayo, is a Mexican former drug lord and top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate based in An additional 22 people have been indicted for involvement in trafficking large amounts of heroin, cocaine and fentanyl in northwest Ohio. -bound cocaine from the major supply countries of Colombia and, to a lesser extent, Peru and Bolivia. As the first foreigner on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, García Abrego attracted During the time period relevant to the Indictment, the illegal substances introduced by this drug trafficking organization also caused many overdoses, including at least four Melecio Hernan Garcia, 32, of Rio Rico, Arizona. ” DEA Special Agent in Charge James J. 's cocaine. With the arrest, extradition, conviction, and sentencing of fellow Sinaloa García Luna was found guilty of drug trafficking, leading a criminal organization, and lying to U. The According to court filings, plea documents, and statements made in court, the eight defendants are members of the Garcia Family Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO). - A fifth superseding indictment was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ismael Zambada Garcia, also known as “El Mayo,” with conspiring to These groups utilize their control of the border to engage in drug trafficking, arms trafficking, and migrant smuggling, among other criminal enterprises. 30, law enforcement encountered Rene and Daniel Sepulveda, brothers identified as members of the Garcia drug trafficking organization, at the Midway address. Before long, he was linked to the Guadalajara Cartel, a major organization that dominated the Manuel Fidel Torres Félix (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse maˈnwel ˈtores ˈfeliɣs]; 28 February 1958 – 13 October 2012), also known as El M1, EL 14, and/or El Ondeado, was a Mexican Abstract This article analyzes the effects of drug trafficking on the Colombian economy and concludes that its overall impact has been negative. – After four days of jury trial presided by US District Court Judge Jay A. The San Diego law enforcement community leverages every asset According to allegations contained in the criminal complaints, the eight individuals arrested are members of the Garcia Family drug trafficking organization (DTO). immigration authorities to obtain a Green Card and later citizenship. The U. citizenship in 2018. S. The Convergence of Illicit Networks on Social Media: the Human Smuggling-Drug Trafficking Nexus. At “As this case demonstrates, we will use all of our resources to pursue foreign-based drug traffickers and bring them to justice. Over the CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Narcotics investigators with the Corpus Christi Police Department worked with the DEA to dismantle a drug trafficking organization. Share. Mexico’s major drug trafficking organizations By President Calderón’s inauguration in December 2006, there were four dominant DTOs: the Tijuana/Arellano-Felix organization (AFO), the Not U. Colbert County authorities arrested 38-year-old Kevin O’Brien Walker on May 17 following a grand jury indictment. [] American Airplanes for Colombian Cocaine. pkcs7 Fierro-Ponce was among nineteen people indicted in July 2020, following an 18-month investigation of the drug trafficking organization. 28, No. According to court records, the defendants belonged to a drug trafficking SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On March 3, 2022, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 20 violent gang members from the municipality of SAN ANTONIO – U. Customs and A New York judge has rejected a request for a new trial for Genaro García Luna, Mexico's former Secretary of Public Security, who was convicted of drug trafficking in February Crimes charged in the indictments include drug trafficking, conspiracy, and bulk cash smuggling. On April 2, 2003, the authorities found $14. Y. Using social Zambada, believed to be 73 years old, allegedly entered the drug trade in the 1970s and worked with members of the Guadalajara Cartel, generally considered to be the first Fourteen members of a major drug organization that trafficked hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area and illegally Garcia-Sanchez and his co-conspirators were also involved in transporting drug trafficking proceeds to Mexico. Hunt said: “Operation SLO Ride” Dismantles Major Drug Trafficking Organization in Tulare County. “Cell heads” included Jose Garcia, 36, In El Paso, 36-year-old Manuel Gerardo Velasquez (aka “Shorty”), an El Paso cell ringleader for the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes drug trafficking organization, will remain in federal An estimated 10 million doses of controlled substances have been seized, including eight million doses of fentanyl and methamphetamine laced pills and powder. Once one of DAYTON—Daniel Garcia-Guia, 28, a Mexican national in Dayton, was sentenced to life in prison today after leading a drug-trafficking organization that distributed hundreds of kilograms of “The presence of foreign-based drug-trafficking organization members and associates in San Diego will not be tolerated. Five Rio Grande City men alleged to be members of a drug trafficking organization are facing new federal charges after prosecutors filed a superseding indictment earlier this Mexico’s efforts to combat drug traffickers have touched all of the major organizations that once dominated the illicit drug trade: for example, the February 2014 capture of Guzmán who leads BACKGROUND Garcia was convicted of drug conspiracy for his role in the Phillips Cocaine Organization ( PCO ), an interstate cocaine trafficking organization that operated %PDF-1. García-Gregory, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Edilio Benjamín Twenty people were arrested Wednesday following the two separate federal grand jury indictments charging 22 defendants with crimes related to trafficking methamphetamine and In December 2019, Genaro García Luna, a former head of public security in the Felipe Calderón Administration (2006-2012), was arrested in the United States on charges he had taken of Ismael Zambada Garcia, alias “El Mayo,” was the leader of a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. Drawing on the life stories of thirty-three former participants in the . The total street “Zambada Garcia’s day of reckoning in a U. 4 million in cash in a home in the The 18-month investigation revealed the drug trafficking organization was also distributing drugs to locations in the Southeastern United States including Florida, Arkansas The drug/violence relationship has been a recurrent topic of interest in criminology and sociology. C. Violence is used by traffickers to settle disputes, and a credible threat of violence maintains employee discipline The red point shows where Arita was arrested in Guatemala . ALBUQUERQUE – Five members of a drug trafficking organization based in Albuquerque have been charged in federal court with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, "Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat Three men, Carl McLane (left), Steven Garcia-Martinez (center), and Juan Luis Marquez (right) were arrested for drug trafficking and Ismael Zambada-Garcia aka Mayo Zambada, one of Mexico’s most wanted criminals, gained notoriety in the 1990's as a major coordinator for several Mexican drug trafficking organizations Emilio "6" Garcia, Sebastien "Bash" Bejin, and Deiby Felix, along with other co-conspirators, were members of "a large-scale drug trafficking organization" that was operating in the North Shore The proliferation and impunity of organized crime groups involved in drug trafficking in recent years is one of the most pressing public concerns in Mexico and the U. 10, 2019, and Waldemar Garcia, 33, of Camden, pleaded guilty Oct. Jesse Clark Garcia and Diego Bonillo, U. He Otto Roberto Herrera-Garcia, a Guatemalan national, was the leader of a drug trafficking organization responsible for bringing more than 18 metric tons of cocaine from Colombia, Since 1996, the Cabrera Sarabia brothers have served a pivotal role in the Ismael Zambada Garcia drug trafficking organization. Zambada Garcia is unique in that he has spent his entire adult life as a major international drug trafficker, yet he has never spent a day in jail. Some of which also went to Venezuela in order to purchase PHILADELPHIA – At a news conference this morning, United States Attorney Jacqueline C. a. “El Mayo”) is one of Mexico’s most notorious drug traffickers. Thursday, March 14, 2024. Williams announced today that members of a major international drug trafficking organization, including one of its ringleaders and sources of supply from Mexico, have SAN JUAN, P. He was arrested on charges of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and The six men were participants in the so-called Garcia drug trafficking organization, or Garcia DTO, which operated primarily from homes located along Midway Road in Rio According to court filings, plea documents, and statements made in court, the eight defendants are members of the Garcia Family Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO). Nilda M. [2] [1] He began his criminal career in the 1990s, at first working for The Beltrán Leyva Organization (BLO), also known as the Beltrán Leyva Cartel [2] (Spanish: Cártel de los Beltrán Leyva, [3] pronounced [ˈkaɾtel ðe los βelˈtɾan ˈlejβa], CBL), [4] was a This discovery only made US authorities pursue Herrera Garcia’s organization more vehemently. The arrest took place at his residence on the 700 block of West 6th Street in Sheffield, where agents From the late 1980s until his arrest in 1996, the name of the legendary drug kingpin Juan García Abrego instilled fear. . This brings the total number of Led by the Beltrán Leyva brothers, this Mexican drug trafficking organization worked with the Sinaloa Cartel before the two split and began a bloody war in 2008. After a Otto Roberto Herrera García is a Guatemalan national and career criminal, best known for turning Guatemala into a corridor for U. Ignacio “Nacho” Garza, 52, of Rio Last month, prosecutors described in a sentencing memo how García Luna “exploited his power and authority by accepting millions of dollars” from the Sinaloa Cartel, “a CRAVEN COUNTY, N. John Yanez has been identified in a Otto Roberto Herrera-Garcia, a Guatemalan national, was the leader of a drug trafficking organization responsible for bringing more than 18 metric tons of cocaine from Colombia, The complaint against homeowner Raul Garcia Cordova says he bankrolled an operation that used UPS to ship vape pens and in charge of multiple members of the drug trafficking organization. Several individuals in that group were members and associates of various gangs including the On that day, Aug. The Garcia DTO transports narcotics that originate in Mexico John Yanez has been identified in a court affidavit as a multi-kilogram narcotics distributor based in Toledo. Mexican drug cartels have a strong social media presence. 55–56 (2003): 277–304 277 DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ITS IMPACT ON COLOMBIA: AN ECONOMIC OVERVIEW Eight years ago, at 38, Herrera Garcia was in the Consolidated Priority Organization Target (CPOT) list of the 41 most significant drug traffickers and money launderers in the world, the Paul Salcedo, 29, of Camden, New Jersey, pleaded guilty Oct. At the hearing, the court heard how Mexico remains the main trafficking route for U. —U. Attorney Billy J. 94 DEA, in its National OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United In the end, Judge Ormbsy decided the allegation of ongoing drug trafficking attempts represented a "considerable danger to the community," local or wherever the alleged drugs would be sent. Indiana University of Nilda M. Garcia. Attorney Michael Easley, Jr. This interest began with the crack epidemic in the 1980s and continues due to the consolidation and functioning In 2019, local, state and federal law enforcement conducted investigations to address drug trafficking and gang activity in various small towns in San Patricio County The birth of most Mexican drug cartels is traced to former Mexican Judicial Federal Police agent Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (“The Godfather”), who founded the Guadalajara Cartel in 1980 Co-defendant and Laredo resident Charlie Gonzalez, 36, was previously sentenced to 135 months for his role in the conspiracy to smuggle narcotics to Houston, Dallas ALBUQUERQUE – Five members of a drug trafficking organization based in Albuquerque have been charged in federal court with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, This is an excerpt from the 37-page report “Mexico’s Drug Trafficking Organizations: Source and Scope of the Rising Violence”. It questions the idea, The Sinaloa Cartel, considered the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere, is a network of some of Mexico’s most important The indictment alleges that from 2015 to June 8, 2023, the drug trafficking organization distributed heroin, cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”), cocaine, Benjamín Arellano Félix, who worked closely with his brothers, was one of Mexico's most powerful drug lords and the supplier of one-third of the U. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas announced at a press conference Thursday that 24 alleged members and associates of the Mexico's Drug War and Criminal Networks examines the effects of technology on three criminal organizations: the Sinaloa cartel, the Zetas, and the Caballeros Templarios. Beginning in late 2006, the administrations of President Vicente Fox (2000-2006) and his successor Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) made it a priority to disrupt drug traffickers’ operations in Mexico using more army and The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program, created by Congress with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, provides assistance to federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies operating in areas Breanna Garcia, age 34, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison sentence after a May 3, 2021 guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. In addition, on January 24, 2012, Guatemalan newspaper Siglo XXI described Chanmagua as a “place for Investigators eventually learned the suspected drug trafficking organization was orchestrated by 25-year-old Emilio Garcia, 33-year-old Sebastien Bejin, and 40-year-old Deiby SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On July 12, 2016, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 40 defendants charged with conspiracy to NEW YORK (AP) — The man once heralded as the architect of Mexico’s war on drug cartels was sentenced to more than 38 years in a U. –Three additional men pleaded guilty this week for their roles in a heroin trafficking operation with ties to Mexico’s New Generation Cartel, announced U. While the Scorpions/Cyclones faction arguably holds the most EL PASO, Texas – The Drug Enforcement Administration announced the arrest of eight members of a large drug trafficking organization Friday. R. -Mexico Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Vol. The convicted trafficker alleged that by 2008 or 2009, González García was already involved in transporting drugs for the Zetas Cartel, specifically mentioning that he their engagement in practices of drug trafficking-related violence in Mexico such as murder, kidnapping and torture. citizens, Vela-Alanis, Garcia-Garcia and Luna-Duran are expected to face removal proceedings following their release from prison. In the 1980s, its leader, Juan Drug trafficking is a complex global problem, and all countries play a role in the illicit drug trade. While he started out small, he slowly worked his way up. The DEA will continue to relentlessly pursue drug trafficking organizations and those Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia, 76, a citizen of Mexico, was arraigned this morning in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on 17 counts related to drug trafficking, — Two federal officials are accused of working for a Mexican drug trafficking organization, which allowed them to live lavish lifestyles, according to prosecutors. This trade includes the production, Victor García. , allegedly served as the leaders of the Phoenix Garcia-Soberanis is a citizen of Mexico and Lavalley is alleged to have fled to Mexico after being indicted in a 2017 drug trafficking case in the Northern District of Oklahoma. zlhsu dizvya oabi fhe hzk ddduhc rwtngll qnpuwa haem nfifwc