{"id":52810,"date":"2023-04-14T10:41:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T17:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52810"},"modified":"2023-04-14T10:43:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T17:43:08","slug":"justice-department-unseals-charges-against-seven-leaders-of-sinaloa-cartel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52810","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department Unseals Charges Against Seven Leaders of Sinaloa Cartel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"node-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WASHINGTON D.C.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1057 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Justice Department Friday announced charges unsealed against several leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, a transnational drug trafficking organization based in Sinaloa, Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cToday, the Justice Department is announcing significant enforcement actions against the largest, most violent, and most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world \u2013 run by the Sinaloa Cartel, and fueled by Chinese precursor chemical and pharmaceutical companies,\u201d said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. \u201cFamilies and communities across our country are being devastated by the fentanyl epidemic. Today\u2019s actions demonstrate the comprehensive approach the Justice Department is taking to disrupt fentanyl trafficking and save American lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2317 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DEA-Image-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DEA-Image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DEA-Image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DEA-Image.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cThe fentanyl crisis in America \u2013 fueled in large part by the Sinaloa cartel \u2013 threatens our public health, our public safety, and our national security,\u201d said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Photos of the fugitives can be obtained at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dea.gov\/fugitives\">www.dea.gov\/fugitives<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Sinaloa Cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in the world and is largely responsible for the manufacturing and importing of fentanyl for distribution in the United States. Fentanyl is a dangerous synthetic opioid that is more than 50 times more potent than heroin. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 49.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0 none transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/video.ibm.com\/embed\/20082839\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6328 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg 300w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-51967 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wesley-tingey-9z9fxr_7z-k-unsplash-214x300.jpeg\" alt=\"brown mallet on gray wooden surface\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wesley-tingey-9z9fxr_7z-k-unsplash-214x300.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wesley-tingey-9z9fxr_7z-k-unsplash-731x1024.jpeg 731w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wesley-tingey-9z9fxr_7z-k-unsplash-768x1075.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wesley-tingey-9z9fxr_7z-k-unsplash-1097x1536.jpeg 1097w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wesley-tingey-9z9fxr_7z-k-unsplash-1463x2048.jpeg 1463w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wesley-tingey-9z9fxr_7z-k-unsplash-scaled.jpeg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Once led by Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka El Chapo, and Ismael Zambada Garcia, aka El Mayo, the Sinaloa Cartel\u2019s members and associates \u2013 allegedly including the sons of Guzman Loera, collectively known as the Chapitos \u2013 smuggled significant quantities of drugs through Mexico and into the United States. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Chapitos are Ivan Guzman Salazar, 40, Alfredo Guzman Salazar, 37, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, 36, and Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 33.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Following Guzman Loera\u2019s arrest in January 2016 and extradition to the United States in January 2017, the Chapitos allegedly assumed their father\u2019s former role as leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, along with Zambada Garcia and Damaso Lopez Nunez, aka Licenciado. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Chapitos subsequently amassed greater control over the Sinaloa Cartel by allegedly threatening and causing violence against Lopez Nunez, his family, and his associates and, as a result, became principal leaders and drug traffickers within the Sinaloa Cartel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1537 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LADYJUSTICE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"240\" \/>The indictments being unsealed Friday demonstrate that the Sinaloa Cartel has been engaged in drug trafficking activities into the United States and violence, spanning over a decade and a half.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Chapitos allegedly repeatedly transported lethal amounts of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Chapitos allegedly used cargo aircraft, private aircraft, submarines and other submersible and semi-submersible vessels, container ships, supply vessels, go-fast boats, fishing vessels, buses, rail cars, tractor trailers, automobiles, and private and commercial interstate and foreign carriers to transport their drugs and precursor chemicals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">They allegedly maintained a network of couriers, tunnels, and stash houses throughout Mexico and the United States to further their drug-trafficking activities. The Chapitos allegedly used these networks to import drugs into the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><u>Southern District of New York<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">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; top lieutenants and leadership of the Sinaloa Cartel; alleged manufacturers and distributors of the Sinaloa Cartel\u2019s fentanyl; the managers of the violent armed security apparatus that protects the Sinaloa Cartel\u2019s drug trafficking operations; the sophisticated money launderers who repatriate the Sinaloa Cartel\u2019s drug proceeds back to Mexico; and multiple chemical precursor suppliers in China that fuel the Sinaloa Cartel\u2019s fentanyl distribution operation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to court documents, Ivan Guzman Salazar, Alfredo Guzman Salazar, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, and their co-conspirators allegedly controlled extensive, multi-faceted, and international operations covering the fentanyl trade. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Through these efforts, the Chapitos and the Sinaloa Cartel allegedly reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by flooding the United States with fentanyl.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Seven defendants are in custody pending extradition proceedings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Ovidio Guzman Lopez is charged in a separate indictment alleging the same offenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The DEA investigated the case with assistance from the Department of Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Department of State\u2019s Rewards for Justice Program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kyle A. Wirshba, Nicholas S. Bradley, Sarah L. Kushner, David J. Robles, and Alexander Li for the Southern District of New York are prosecuting the case. The Justice Department\u2019s Office of International Affairs (OIA) provided substantial assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><u>Northern District of Illinois<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Narcotics, money laundering, and firearms charges were unsealed today in the Northern District of Illinois against four of the Chapitos: Ivan Guzman Salazar, Alfredo Guzman Salazar, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, and Ovidio Guzman Lopez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to court documents, the charges stem from a decades-long, collaborative, multi-district effort between the Criminal Division\u2019s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section (NDDS), the Northern District of Illinois, the Southern District of California, and their law enforcement partners. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The indictment alleges that between May 2008 and April 5, 2023, the Chapitos operated a drug trafficking Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE), along with additional drug, money laundering, and firearms charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Ovidio Guzman Lopez is charged in a separate indictment alleging the same offenses, dating from May 2008 until October 2021, when Mexican authorities arrested him on Jan. 5 in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Ovidio Guzman Lopez remains detained in Mexico pending extradition proceedings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI Washington Field Office and San Diego Field Office, Homeland Security Investigations Nogales Office, DEA\u2019s Chicago Division and San Diego Division, and IRS Criminal Investigations Chicago Office are investigating the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Acting Deputy Chief Katharine Wagner and Trial Attorney Kirk Handrich of NDDS, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew Erskine and Erika Csicsila for the Northern District of Illinois, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Sutton for the Southern District of California are prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This case is supported by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><u>District of Columbia<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Narcotics, firearms, and witness retaliation charges were unsealed today in the District of Columbia against Nestor Isidro Perez Salas, aka Nini, 31, allegedly one of the Chapitos\u2019 lead sicarios, or assassins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to court documents, Perez Salas is allegedly a leader and commander of the \u201cNinis,\u201d a violent group charged with providing security for the Chapitos. From at least 2012 until February 2021, Perez Salas allegedly conspired to distribute and manufacture cocaine and methamphetamine for unlawful importation into the United States, used a firearm in furtherance of the alleged drug-trafficking offense, and killed, attempted to kill, threatened, and caused bodily injury to another to intimidate a government witness and informant.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI Washington Field Office is investigating the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Trial Attorneys Kirk Handrich and Kate Naseef of the Criminal Division\u2019s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section are prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This case is supported by\u00a0the OCDETF.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The U.S. Department of State, through its Narcotics Rewards Program, is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest and\/or conviction of Ivan Guzman Salazar, Alfredo Guzman Salazar, and Ovidio Guzman Lopez, and up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and\/or conviction of Joaquin Guzman Lopez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em>An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON D.C. 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