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\"\"Two Riverside County brothers who ran a drug trafficking operation that used two Orange County-based call centers that took telephone orders for deliveries of the drug, which resulted in one fatal overdose, each were sentenced today to 288 months in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

In separate hearings, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney sentenced Julio Cesar Martinez, 45, also known as “Primo,” of Riverside, and Victor Martinez, 46, also known as “Hector,” of Hemet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each Martinez brother pleaded guilty on August 16 to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin.<\/span><\/p>\n

“These two brothers took drug dealing to another level by operating a heroin delivery service that profited on the addiction and affliction of others,\u201d said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. \u201cWhile they and their families lived lavishly, these defendants ignored the destruction they caused in our community.”<\/span><\/p>\n

From at least 2003 to July 2021, the two brothers and a drug trafficking organization imported heroin from Mexico into the United States by couriers who concealed the drug, sometimes in their body cavities.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Once the heroin arrived in Orange County, Julio Martinez oversaw its distribution to various call centers that he also supervised. He also oversaw its distribution to customers.<\/span><\/p>\n

After a customer placed a heroin order, Martinez and his accomplices arranged for the drug\u2019s delivery using \u201crunners,\u201d who were directed to deliver the heroin and take the customer\u2019s payment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Martinez and other conspirators used coded language on the telephone while engaging in drug distribution activity. For example, the organization\u2019s code word for heroin was \u201cfood,\u201d and its code word for one gram of heroin was \u201ctaco.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In December 2016, a customer who purchased heroin over the telephone from Martinez\u2019s drug trafficking organization died of acute polydrug intoxication, including heroin.<\/span><\/p>\n

The brothers admitted in their plea agreements to distributing at least 29 kilograms of heroin onto the streets of Orange County.<\/span><\/p>\n

To conceal the source of the income the organization generated, Julio Cesar Martinez and Victor Martinez deposited the heroin sales proceeds into bank accounts held by other conspirators. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Martinez brothers ordered their co-conspirators to structure the deposits into bank accounts to evade federal reporting requirements by depositing the money at different banks and breaking the deposits into amounts of $10,000 and under. <\/span><\/p>\n

The brothers used the proceeds to purchase cars and homes and to fund their lifestyles.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOperation ‘Horse Caller’ targeted all levels of this international drug trafficking network, ranging from suppliers in Mexico to mules and runners delivering drugs to customers in Orange County at the direction of the Martinez brothers,\u201d said Donald Alway, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Federal and local law enforcement agencies working in partnership led to the dismantling of the Martinez brothers’ network and closed off a main pipeline of the heroin supply in Orange County that operated for years and led to deadly consequences,\u201d Alway added.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Martinez brothers\u2019 efforts to conceal their drug trafficking activities by attempting to exploit minimum bank reporting requirements was to no avail,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Tyler Hatcher, IRS Criminal Investigation, Los Angeles Field Office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors have secured 16 convictions in this case.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI and IRS investigated this matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin J. Butler of the Violent and Organized Crime Section prosecuted this case.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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