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The indictment accuses him of distributing oxycodone pills for nearly five years, from January of 2018 to December of 2022. The torture involved ripping the officers muscles from his arm and stuffing chili peppers into the wounds and his nose, authorities say. The Webster County Sheriff's Office says that happened Wednesday just before 4:30 p.m.. Here are some main dishes and sides to try. U.S. government officials are pressing Chinese officials to do more to stem the shipment of those chemicals. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is in charge of the investigation of the case with the collaboration of IRS-CI, FBI, HSI, and the Puerto Rico Police Bureau. 22-MJ-00777-N/A-LCK "The violence resulting from that trafficking has had a particularly destructive impact in the Chicago area," Pasquale said. "The damage that these dangerous drugs have caused in Chicago neighborhoods is truly immeasurable," said Morris Pasqual, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. 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. An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. CASE NUMBER: 22-CR-02454-TUC-RCC-MSA "I would like to recognize the extraordinary efforts of our federal law enforcement partners for taking down a criminal organization that laundered drug proceeds for drug cartels. Another incident involved a hitman for the organization who, at the direction of Morales, cut off part of his own pinky finger to prove his continued loyalty to the organization after he lost or stole a small quantity of drugs. According to the Steuben County Sheriff's Office, Justin L. Furney, 35, out of Painted Post, was arrested on Thursday, April 13, on the charges of: Burglary in the Third Degree, a class D. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel J. Olinghouse of the Asset Recovery and Money Laundering Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Puerto Rico is leading the prosecution of this OCDETF matter. Detectives determined that the man was crossing 22nd Street in a north to south direction when the vehicle struck him. Nashville, Tenn. - March 30, 2021 - A federal indictment unsealed Friday charged 27 individuals with a host of federal crimes relating to a large scale conspiracy to distribute heroin, methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane Stewart for the Middle District of Tennessee. Also charged areAlexander Prieto, 41, of Cleveland, andTravis Blankenship, 31, and Jessica McClanahan, 31, of Charleston, West Virginia. Three members of the suspected conspiracy had been arrested as part of the investigation in September, and one member was previously arrested in a separate case. Guzman Loera, who infamously escaped prison twice in Mexico, is now serving a life sentence in federal prison in the U.S., after he was convicted in 2019 of all 10 counts he faced, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, as well as drug trafficking and firearms charges. They are all charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, valeryl fentanyl and cocaine. The Justice Department is attacking every aspect of the cartels operations, Mr. Garland said. At least 13 people died in that battle. In outlining the charges Friday, Garland described the violence of the Sinaloa cartel and how its members have tortured perceived enemies, including Mexican law enforcement officials. El Chapo, whose real name is Joaqun Guzmn Loera, led the organization for years and after his conviction in Brooklyn in 2019 is serving life in prison in the United States. At the time of her arrest, four kilograms of fentanyl, and a kilogram of heroin were discovered in Montejos luggage. The Chapitos have been responsible for shipping thousands of kilograms of drugs to the United States at a time, authorities say. Three people were arrested in late February in connection to the alleged scheme including former deputy jailer Edith Piercy and inmates Shasta Vaughn and Amber D. Huff. Nashville, Tennessee 37203, Telephone: 615-736-5151 We take aim at the Sinaloa cartel and the global network of death that feeds it, Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said at the news conference on Friday. Henry Murphy Jr., 35, was charged with trafficking marijuana, fleeing/attempting to elude (felony), obstruction of an officer, and following too closely, according to a press [] "You know, the fact that they're finally doing something bigger - and they're hearing our voices," Earling said. All rights reserved. Drug traffickers and money launderers operate globally, but this investigation demonstrates that they will be brought to justice wherever they are found. According to O'Malley, Norton began placing items onto a tray and then abruptly left his belongings and walked off with a plastic bag containing 5.12 grams of methamphetamine. U. S. Attorney Ron Parsons announced on Wednesday that 37 people have been federally-indicted as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces' Operation Say Uncle. A Manhattan doctor was indicted over a drug-dealing scheme in which he allegedly wrote prescriptions for pills including opioids and Adderall that were then sold on the street, prosecutors. The defendants arrested today are: Roberto Brioso-Canario, David Luis Zapata-Flix, Walter Alexis Daynes-Torres, and Jess Alberto Oriol-Cabn. Adewale Adediran, the alleged leader of the conspiracy, was also . How Can. 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. If convicted on the money laundering charge, each faces up to twenty years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a $500,000 fine. 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Ruiz was indicted on charges of Conspiracy to Distribute Drugs, Conspiracy to Launder Money, and Money Laundering. The indictment alleges that the organization utilized commercial trucking and airplanes to facilitate the shipment of tractor-trailer loads of marijuana to warehouses and other commercial locations in various states, including Indiana. Akron police Lt. Michael Miller said the investigation is ongoing, but noted the amount of narcotics that wereseized was a significant amount of drugs. The Arizona Department of Public Safety, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. An individual is presumed innocent until evidence is presented to a jury that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. 2 milligrams of fentanyl can kill a person, Akron police raid two homes, seizing a pound of cocaine and more than $87,000 cash, Akron police arrest 30-year-old on drug trafficking charges, seize $103,000 cash, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Updated: Sep 7, 2022 / 09:13 AM . Mr. Garland said the defendants named in the five separate indictments included suppliers in China who sold so-called precursor chemicals used in manufacturing fentanyl; a broker based in Guatemala who bought the chemicals on behalf of the Chapitos; operators of clandestine fentanyl labs in Mexico; and a weapons supplier who provided the cartel with weapons smuggled into Mexico from the United States. I would like to thank the Cuyahoga County Sheriffs Department for their vigilance in this matter which prevented methamphetamine from entering the county jail, said OMalley. The conspiracy has been ongoing since as early as 2018 and was orchestrated from within the Tennessee State Prison system by Humberto Morales, aka Pelon, 29, of Columbia, Tennessee, who has been incarcerated since 2014. So far in 2023 there have been 218 fentanyl-related deaths in Cook County, according to the Medical Examiner's office. Copyright 2023 WOIO. If convicted of the charged narcotics offenses, the defendants face a mandatory minimum term of 10 years and up to life in prison. Have a question about Government Services? On Dec. 7, a multi-agency law enforcement operation in Tucson led to the arrest of three more individuals who reportedly had ties to the drug distribution scheme. Chrisann Pereira was arrested on drug charges almost two weeks ago and has been locked yo in Sharjah Central jail, United Arab Emirates. Darrell McMann said Robert Jones, 38, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. "Death and destruction are central to their whole operation," Milgram said of the cartel. Often derided in the Mexican news media as playboys and unworthy successors to the family patriarch, they nonetheless created a thriving trade in fentanyl, U.S. law enforcement officials say, while navigating the treacherous relations with other top cartel figures, including Mr. Guzmns brother, Aurelio, and his longtime business partner, Ismael Zambada Garca. Norton allegedly entered the mens restroom in the lobby of the Cuyahoga County Justice Center, discarded the bag and exited the restroom. The first indictment contains 521 counts and charges 33 people with crimes in relation to their involvement in the narcotics trafficking operation, including Operating as a Major Trafficker (class A-I felony), Criminal Sale and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance (class A, B, and C felonies), as well as Conspiracy in the Second degree I would also like to thank our Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) Force and the Cleveland Office of the FBI and for their work in this matter.. The indictment says they shipped 20 kilograms of heroin to Chicago on Nov. 13, 2008, but doesn't provide details. On Nov. 10, the jury returned a 19-count indictment against Alberto Gabriel Aranda-Ramon, 31; Michele Oller, 54; Larry William Nelson Jr., 51; Ashley Yvonne Maxwell, 35; Leah Jean Holmes, 28; and Alexander Anthony Ruiz, 34, a news release from U.S. Attorneys Office District of Arizona said. Keep reading with a digital access subscription. Counts 60 to 62 include Narcotics Importation Conspiracy, aiding and abetting, and Narcotics Conspiracy. SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (WBKO) - The Allen County-Scottsville Crime Task Force pulled a car over on New Gallatin Road just off Old Buck Creek Road Wednesday. 13, 2023 at 2:36 PM PDT. Someare also charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, maintaining a drug premises and using a communication facility to facilitate a drug offense. Fifteen out of 26 people indicted in a massive 2021 drug bust are serving a collective 97\u00bd years in . Ovidio Guzmn, nicknamed the Mouse, had not been one of El Chapo's better-known sons until an aborted operation to capture him three years earlier. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said at a news conference in Washington that in addition to the four sons collectively known as Los Chapitos federal indictments in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington had charged more than two dozen other people in what he described as a global fentanyl manufacturing and distribution operation run by the Sinaloa drug cartel. Official websites use .govA .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Another 19 people died in connection with that arrest. Known collectively as "the Chapitos," they are accused of taking over control of the Sinaloa cartel after their father was arrested in January 2016 and extradited to the U.S. one year later. Follow him on Twitter @MarottaEric. HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Two men are facing charges for their role in a Central Kentucky drug investigation. Seven people were arrested in a suspected drug trafficking ring in Southern Oklahoma. 719 Church St., Suite 3300 / CBS/AP. 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. Both will make their first court appearances on April 13, 2023. They made it more ruthless, more violent, more deadly and they used it to spread a new poison, fentanyl, Ms. Milgram said. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. AUSTIN (KXAN) Federal, state and local authorities have arrested 13 individuals Thursday, including current and former University of Texas at Austin students, charged in connection with. Authorities are actively working on the arrest of three other defendants who are charged in the conspiracy. In addition to the fentanyl and methamphetamine, police also seized one kilogram of valeryl fentanyl, 400 grams of cocaine (about 14 ounces), one semi-automatic rifleand four semi-automatic pistols. 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Police said they found Damien Stafford at his Weathervane Lane apartment wearing latex gloves and a mask and foundmultiple bags of drugsthat were later confirmed to contain fentanyl on the bathroom floor and inside the toilet. The indictment against the 10 men and three women, filed last week in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, includes the purchase and sale of more than 20 kilograms of cocaine, drug. Counts 53 to 59 charge defendant Carlos . Fentanyl seizures by U.S. Customs and Border Protection have increased by more than 400% since 2019, officials said, and this fiscal year's seizures have already surpassed the total for all of 2022. A subscription helps you access more of the local stories that keep you connected to the community. The indictment includes a forfeiture notice regarding the following property: "The U.S. Attorney's Office is committed to disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal organizations that distribute contraband, launder illicit proceeds, and attempt to corrupt our society," said W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The result is a comforting, deeply flavored chili, tinged with smoke and fragrant with spice. 2023 www.beaconjournal.com. Eight of those charged have been arrested and remain in the custody of law enforcement officials in Colombia, Greece, Guatemala, and the U.S., Milgram said. The Chicago case also included Joaqun Guzmn Lpez as a defendant. Edwin Lopez, 21, of Riverside, was arrested this morning on a grand jury indictment that charges him with one count related to a May 17, 2020, transaction in which he allegedly sold counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to a 20-year-old Fontana man who suffered a fatal overdose two days later. Of the four, only Guzmn Lpez is in custody, in Mexico. Over the past seven days, authorities have arrested ten of the defendants, executed search warrants at twenty-three different locations in three states, and executed seizure warrants on over a dozen bank accounts and a trove of high-end jewelry. A Franklin County grand jury charged Cheyenne M. Avery, 21, of New York City and Anthony C. Ellis, 52, of Wilton with felony aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, namely fentanyl powder, and felony unlawful trafficking in a . Ivan and Jesus Guzman Salazar kept the animals on their ranches as pets, authorities say. After Stevens made arrangements to meet the confidential informant at a South . 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. Zachary A. Myers, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, Justin Campbell, Special Agent in Charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation Chicago Field Office, and Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the DEA's Indianapolis Field Office made the announcement. The indictment alleges that, beginning in September 2021, the 10 defendants participated in a conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl and 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, or 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. If convicted on the continuing criminal enterprise charge, Adediran faces a mandatory twenty years up to lifetime imprisonment, no more than five years supervised release, and a $2,000,000 fine. 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. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. The United States Attorneys Office, District of Arizona, Tucson, is handling the prosecution. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. 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. Nearly 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2021, arecord-setting number. 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. Many of the defendants were charged by criminal complaint as the investigation progressed and have been in custody awaiting indictment. Defendant Carlos Javier Ruiz-Patio is an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Regional Priority Organizational Target (RPOT). Thirteen alleged members of a Tucson-area drug trafficking organization were indicted by a federal grand jury last month on drug distribution and money laundering charges. According to the indictment, Damien Stafford is accused of purchasingfentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine from drug suppliers, including Prieto, in Cleveland. Unsealed this week in a New York federal court, the indictment against the members of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) was announced as . "We will never forget those who bear responsibility for this tragedy. 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The Boundary Waters Drug Task Force announced Wednesday it had arrested 13 people on charges of third-degree sales of a controlled substance. The indictment further alleges that all of the 10 defendants except for Ruiz engaged in Drug Distribution. On that same day, though, authorities seized 20 kilograms of heroin in Northlake. On Tuesday morning, officers attempted to stop a white SUV in midtown Tucson when the driver fled and fired at officers. An official website of the United States government. Police executing a search warrant at a Merriman Valley apartment last September knew they had a suspect when they found the Akron man wearing latex gloves and a respirator. They are: On December 8, 2022, United States Magistrate Judge Eric J. Markovich authorized a complaint charging Grijalva, Lopez-Lozoya, and Lozoya-Portillo with drug trafficking (22-MJ-00777-N/A-LCK). The resulting indictments and other court documents allege that the organization had ties to MS-13, Sur-13, and other street gangs and distributed tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills; multiple kilograms of fentanyl and heroin; over fifty pounds of methamphetamine, which was often 95-99 percent pure (commonly referred to as ice); as well as smaller quantities of cocaine and marijuana. Published: Apr. SALT LAKE CITY A federal grand jury in Utah indicted two foreign nationals Wednesday on charges of possession and distribution of narcotics. A lock ( The DEA said it investigated the case in 10 countries: Australia, Austria, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Greece, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and the United States. Charges include . Four Sons of El Chapo Face Sweeping New Charges in Fentanyl Indictments, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/us/politics/el-chapo-sons-fentanyl-charges.html. The number of its processing labs has exploded, including some that are literally underground, authorities say. A federal grand jury recently indicted 13 individuals as part of the alleged citywide drug distribution operation and nine people were arrested Thursday morning after the indictment was unsealed in federal court. A conviction for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, as alleged in the complaint, carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, a fine of $10,000,000, or both, and up to a lifetime of post-conviction supervision. Norton was indicted on the following charges: One count of illegal use of minor In nudity-oriented material or performance, One count of illegal conveyance Into detention facility. . 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. Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. 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. An indictment unsealed Wednesday in federal court charges 14 people with selling drugs in the Youngstown area. Named in the indictment are 10 Akron residents, a Cleveland man, and two West Virginiaresidents. It is alleged that the defendant transferred or transported a total of $964,944.35 from Puerto Rico to Colombia and Canada. According to the indictment, in September 2021, the 10 defendants participated in a conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl and methamphetamine, the news release said. Engaged in drug Distribution in fentanyl Indictments, https: //www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/us/politics/el-chapo-sons-fentanyl-charges.html fled and fired at officers chili! 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