{"id":54670,"date":"2023-11-09T15:07:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T23:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54670"},"modified":"2023-11-14T17:33:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T01:33:57","slug":"a-sinaloa-cartel-leader-cacayo-charged-with-for-international-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54670","title":{"rendered":"Sinaloa Cartel Member &#8220;aka Cacayo&#8221; Charged With International Drug Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node-body\">\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3918 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed on Thursday, charging a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, Juan Carlos Morgan Huerta, with international fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana trafficking, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">According to court documents, between January 2017 and April 2021, Juan Carlos Morgan Huerta, aka Cacayo, conspired to import large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana from Mexico into the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">Morgan Huerta is charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, one kilogram or more of heroin, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, five kilograms or more of cocaine, and over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana for importation into the United States, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span class=\"\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53774 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1yeql23dvji-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"brown wooden chairs inside room\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1yeql23dvji-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1yeql23dvji-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1yeql23dvji-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1yeql23dvji.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">According to published reports, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned him. It froze his assets on November 7, 2023, along with 12 other alleged Sinaloa Cartel members and four Sonora, Mexico-based entities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The sanctions cut them off from the U.S. banking system, cut off their ability to work with Americans, and blocked their U.S. assets, according to the\u00a0 Department of The Treasury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">If convicted of the charges, Morgan Huerta faces up to life in prison. He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) supported the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The FBI Tucson Field Office, OCDETF Strike Force, DEA Nogales Field Division, and HSI Tucson Field Office are investigating this case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Trial Attorneys Kirk Handrich and Lernik Begian of the Criminal Division\u2019s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section are prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed on Thursday, charging a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, Juan Carlos Morgan Huerta, with international fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana trafficking, officials stated. 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