{"id":55392,"date":"2024-01-30T14:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T22:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55392"},"modified":"2024-01-31T08:57:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T16:57:01","slug":"ten-people-arrested-in-multiple-cities-in-connection-with-federal-indictments-alleging-international-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55392","title":{"rendered":"Ten People Arrested in Multiple Cities in Connection with Federal Indictments Alleging International Drug Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3918 alignleft\" 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\" \/>Ten people were arrested in multiple cities over the past day for two federal indictments charging members of an organized crime syndicate, officials announced Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Defendants allegedly conspired to traffic and import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and other controlled substances from Mexico through Los Angeles for export to Canada or re-distribution throughout the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A coalition of international law enforcement partners carried out arrest and search warrants in various cities, including Los Angeles, Sacramento, California, Miami, Odessa, Texas, and the Canadian cities of Montreal, Toronto, and Calgary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In addition to those arrested, two defendants were already in state custody, and seven defendants are fugitives, including three Mexicans who allegedly supplied wholesale quantities of narcotics to the traffickers in the United States and Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The investigation, known as \u201cOperation Dead Hand,\u201d resulted in two federal grand jury indictments returned under seal in Los Angeles earlier this month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The indictments, which were unsealed Tuesday, collectively charge 19 individuals for their alleged roles in the organized crime syndicate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FBI&#039;s &quot;Operation Dead Hand&quot; disrupts major drug ring from SoCal to Canada\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K-9YnB4bjRU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-229 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FBI-300x165.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FBI-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FBI.png 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/>The defendants included Mexico-based suppliers who brought large quantities of narcotics into the United States, United States distributors, a Canadian who led an exportation organization, Canadian-based semi-truck drivers who operate in the United States, and a large-scale Canadian trafficker and <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" name=\"_Hlk157447039\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Italian organized crime figure, Robert Scoppa, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Investigators allege that Scoppa purchased massive quantities of drugs on a wholesale basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cToday\u2019s charges and arrests across North America reflect the Justice Department\u2019s close coordination with our Mexican and Canadian partners to disrupt international narcotics trafficking,\u201d said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco. \u201cThese cases provide yet another example of how our agents and prosecutors work side-by-side to uncover and dismantle organized criminal networks peddling and profiting from deadly drugs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29089 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Los-Angeles-Police-Department-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" \/>Investigators developed information indicating the organized crime group used Canadian \u201chandlers\u201d and \u201cdispatchers\u201d who traveled from Canada to Los Angeles for short amounts of time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The handlers coordinated the pick-up and delivery of large shipments of cocaine and methamphetamine, which were loaded onto long-haul semi-trucks destined for Canada. Wholesale quantities of fentanyl were seized as a result of the investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A network of drivers working for many trucking companies managed the transportation, which involved numerous border crossings from the United States to Canada over the Detroit Windsor Tunnel, the Buffalo Peace Bridge, and the Blue Water Bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The indictments allege illicit drug trafficking activity cumulatively involving approximately 845 kilograms (1860 pounds) of methamphetamine, 951 kilograms (2,092 pounds) of cocaine, 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of fentanyl, and 4 kilograms (nearly 9 pounds) of heroin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Over $900,000 in cash was seized during the investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> The estimated wholesale value of the narcotics seized was between $16 and $28 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2310 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/US_border_patrol2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/US_border_patrol2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/US_border_patrol2-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/US_border_patrol2.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cToday, organized crime knows no boundaries,\u201d said Michel Moore, the Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department. \u201cIt is through the international cooperation between LAPD, the FBI, the United States Attorney\u2019s Office for the Central District, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and others that we were able to apprehend and charge multiple individuals who have imported significant amounts of drugs into this country.\u00a0 I am proud of our continued work with our federal and international partners to bring safety to our respective communities and reduce the lives lost by these illicit drugs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cOrganized crime groups continue to bring increasingly toxic drugs into our communities, a trend that has had a devastating impact on many Canadians and, most regrettably, our children and youth,\u201d said Royal Canadian Mountain Police Chief Superintendent Mathieu Bertrand. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cCustoms and Border Protection\u2019s partnerships with international, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies are a key component of our efforts to combat the transnational organized crime threat and prevent the movement of dangerous illicit drugs,\u201d said Cheryl M. Davies, the Director of Field Operations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection\u2019s Los Angeles Field Office. \u201cCBP will continue to invest in these partnerships as we work together to keep dangerous drugs out of our communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><u>U.S. v. Sandoval:<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">An 18-count indictment returned on January 4 charges 10 defendants for their roles in an organization that allegedly began operating on an unknown date and continued until or about March 2023.\u00a0 The charges in the indictment allege two drug trafficking conspiracies: conspiracy to import cocaine; drug exportation conspiracy; distribution or possession with intent to distribute controlled substances; possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking; and being a felon in possession of ammunition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The defendants charged in this indictment are:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Jesus Ruiz Sandoval Jr., 45,\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" name=\"OLE_LINK3\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">of Guadalajara, Mexico;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">John Joe Soto, 42, of Guadalajara, Mexico;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Eduardo Carvajal, 50, of Guadalajara, Mexico;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Roberto Scoppa, 55, of Montreal, Canada;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ayush Sharma, 25, of Brampton, Canada;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Subham Kumar, 29, of Calgary, Canada;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Carlos Barragan, 51, of Long Beach, California;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Corell Carbajal Garcia, 38, of Hemet, California;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Humberto Luis Bermejo, 26, of Odessa, Texas; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Esteban Sinhue Mercado, 24, of San Jacinto, California,.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sandoval Jr., who is currently a fugitive, is believed to be a large-scale drug trafficker involved in importing drugs from Mexico into the United States for distribution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41105 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>John Joe Soto is believed to have worked under Sandoval. Eduardo Carvajal, also an alleged large-scale drug trafficker, is believed to export drugs from the United States to Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Robert Scoppa is an alleged Canadian drug trafficker with close ties to an Italian organized crime family in Montreal. Barragan is an alleged drug trafficker who lives in the United States. Sharma and Kumar are semi-truck drivers involved in exporting drugs to Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><u>U.S. v. Sidhu:<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A 23-count indictment returned on January 3 charges nine defendants for their roles in a related criminal enterprise that allegedly operated from at least September 2020 through February 2023.\u00a0 In addition to a drug trafficking conspiracy, the indictment alleges a drug exportation conspiracy and substantive counts of distribution or possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The defendants charged in this indictment are:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Guramrit Sidhu, 60, of Brampton, Canada;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ivan Gravel Gonzalez, 32, a resident of both the Dominican Republic and Montreal, Canada;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Daniel Antonio Trejo Huerta, 43, of Riverside, California;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ignacio Lopez, 53, a resident of Santa Ana, California;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Daniel Joseph Alan Herrera, 27, of Miami<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Orlando Velasco Jr., 29, of Stanton, California;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Angel Larry Sandoval, 32, of Bell Gardens, California;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Jorge Pina Nicols, 22, of Long Beach, California; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Bryan Ureta Valenzuela, 24, of Ontario, California.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sidhu is alleged to have orchestrated the trafficking and exportation of large-scale quantities of controlled substances to Canada, working with several co-defendants described as suppliers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52657 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dzpc4uy8zty-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"woman holding sword statue during daytime\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dzpc4uy8zty-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dzpc4uy8zty-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dzpc4uy8zty-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dzpc4uy8zty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dzpc4uy8zty.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/>Ivan Gravel Gonzalez is alleged to be part of Sidhu\u2019s exportation team, based in the United States.\u00a0 Sidhu, also known as \u201cKing,\u201d is charged with one count of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. According to the indictment, Sidhu occupied the positions of organizer, supervisor, and manager, and in this role, he obtained substantial income and resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">If convicted, each defendant would face maximum penalties ranging from 40 years to life in federal prison. If convicted, Sidhu would face a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sandoval and Carvajal would each face a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison if convicted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">This case is part of an ongoing investigation by international law enforcement partners, including the FBI, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force (LA IMPACT), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and law enforcement authorities in Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Assistant United States Attorney Brittney M. Harris of the International Narcotics, Money Laundering, and Racketeering Section is prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Operation Dead Hand is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1517816081MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES Ten people were arrested in multiple cities over the past day for two federal indictments charging members of an organized crime syndicate, officials announced Tuesday. 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