{"id":54700,"date":"2023-11-14T14:17:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54700"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:28:34","slug":"federal-grand-jury-indicts-23-ms-13-members-and-associates-for-alleged-methamphetamine-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54700","title":{"rendered":"Federal Grand Jury Indicts 23 MS-13 Members and Associates for Alleged Methamphetamine Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\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 class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Federal and local law enforcement officials on Tuesday announced the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment charging 23 members and associates of the Mara Salvatrucha-13 (MS-13) transnational street gang, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">They allegedly trafficked pounds of methamphetamine and illegally possessed ammunition found in a \u201cghost gun,\u201d officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Today&#8217;s takedown resulted in the arrests of 17 MS-13 members and associates who are expected to be arraigned on the 36-count indictment this afternoon in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Four of the federal defendants were already in state custody, and authorities continue to search for two defendants named in the indictment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" 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-7857 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo.png 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/>As part of this morning\u2019s takedown, law enforcement seized multiple pounds of suspected methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Authorities also seized nine firearms and approximately $94,000 in cash \u2013 with about $50,000 seized from one residence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;MS-13, one of the largest and most violent gangs in North America, perpetuates a cycle of violence and destruction, the victims of which are most often immigrants from Central America and Mexico and other Latinos,\u201d said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. \u201cThe widespread methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy we have charged reveals that drug trafficking is the primary method MS-13 uses to finance its modus operandi of murder and mayhem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/video\/embed\/14058371\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;MS-13 members, allegedly at the direction of an incarcerated Mexican Mafia member, were able to wreak havoc on communities in Los Angeles,\u201d said Donald Alway, the Assistant Director of the FBI\u2019s Los Angeles Field Office. \u201cThis case is just the latest joint operation targeting MS-13\u2019s transnational criminal enterprise as we continue to make an impact on their ability to intimidate and threaten law-abiding citizens in and around Los Angeles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" 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-29089 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Los-Angeles-Police-Department-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" \/>\u00a0Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said: \u201cThese arrests will have a meaningful and lasting impact on crime in Los Angeles by taking the leadership and the most violent of these gang members off the street.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;These street gangs use the sales of illicit drugs to further their criminal enterprise and victimize our communities,\u201d said Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Transnational street gangs that prey on our communities with drugs and violence will always be a priority of HSI and their partners,\u201d said Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Eddy Wang. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mara Salvatrucha was formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1980s, and the street gang is now comprised of tens of thousands of individuals in at least 10 states and several Central American countries, notably El Salvador. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" 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-15639 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Los-Angeles-County-Sheriffs-Department-300x234.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Los-Angeles-County-Sheriffs-Department-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Los-Angeles-County-Sheriffs-Department-45x35.png 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Los-Angeles-County-Sheriffs-Department.png 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In the mid-1990s, Mara Salvatrucha became associated with the Mexican Mafia and added the number 13 to its name (\u201cM\u201d is the 13th letter of the Spanish and English alphabets).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">This case focuses on MS-13 in Los Angeles and its efforts to traffic methamphetamine in their \u201cterritory.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The indictment returned November 8<b>\u00a0<\/b>and unsealed today alleges that an imprisoned MS-13 member who also was a member of the Mexican Mafia controlled MS-13 Los Angeles by imposing a rule on all the gang\u2019s Los Angeles-area cliques that required them to buy methamphetamine from Herlyn Barrientos, 46, a.k.a. \u201cDoctorazo,\u201d of Huntington Park, and others. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Once the various cliques redistributed the methamphetamine, some profits from that distribution flowed to the imprisoned MS-13 member.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" 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-6373 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homeland-Security-Investigations-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homeland-Security-Investigations-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Homeland-Security-Investigations.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>During the period of July 2021 to August 2023, the MS-13 inmate allegedly first designated Pavel Hurtado, 36, a.k.a. \u201cTemper,\u201d of Oxnard,<b>\u00a0<\/b>and, later, Eli Grijalva, 34, a.k.a. \u201cSkinny,\u201d of South Los Angeles,<b>\u00a0<\/b>to be the overall shot caller for MS-13 Los Angeles. In this role, Hurtado and Grijalva \u2013 the indictment\u2019s top two defendants \u2013 allegedly oversaw MS-13\u2019s drug trafficking activities and communicated with the MS-13 inmate to coordinate drug trafficking activities for the gang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">MS-13 members used violence and intimidation to control narcotics trafficking in territories controlled by the gang and narcotics sales comprised most of the revenue generated by MS-13. To sell narcotics within MS-13\u2019s territory, one must either be an MS-13 member, an associate, or otherwise have permission from \u2013 and pay extortionate rent payments to \u2013 MS-13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3732\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3732\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/methamphetamine-300x243.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/methamphetamine-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/methamphetamine-45x35.png 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/methamphetamine.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Methamphetamine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Each MS-13 member and associate, along with wholesale narcotics suppliers and street drug dealers, would receive authorization from the shot callers to sell drugs within individual clique territories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In return, he or she would be required to pay a portion of the drug proceeds, known as a \u201ctax,\u201d to his or her respective MS-13 shot caller for the areas in which narcotics were trafficked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Agust\u00edn Aquino-Mart\u00ednez, 46, a.k.a. \u201cChino,\u201d of Lancaster, allegedly acted as treasurer for MS-13 Los Angeles, coordinated the collection of the drug proceeds and \u201ctaxes\u201d from each MS-13 Los Angeles clique, and was responsible for forwarding those profits and taxes to the MS-13 inmate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The indictment charges all 23 defendants with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute methamphetamine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Thirty-four of the indictment\u2019s 36 counts charge individual MS-13 members and associates\u2014including Hurtado, Grijalva, and Barrientos \u2013 with distribution of methamphetamine. One of the indictment\u2019s counts accuses an individual gang member of being a felon unlawfully possessing ammunition inside a \u201cghost gun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">If convicted, each defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine would face a statutory maximum sentence of life in federal prison. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The methamphetamine count is punishable by a statutory maximum of life in federal prison. The illegal possession of ammunition count carries a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The FBI\u2019s Los Angeles Metropolitan Task Force on Violent Gangs is investigating this matter. This task force comprises the FBI, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department, and Homeland Security Investigations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Assistant U.S. Attorneys Shawn T. Andrews of the Terrorism and Export Crimes Section and Hava Mirell of the Violent and Organized Crime Section are prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7723292489MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. 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