WASHINGTON (apro).- The United States Department of Justice announced a super judicial indictment against 24 people from Los Angeles, California, allegedly involved with Chinese in the laundering of more than 50 million dollars from the Cartel. Sinaloa.
After an investigation that was carried out for several years by the United States government in cooperation with that of México, the super indictment points to Edgar Joel Martínez Reyes, from Los Angeles, as the leader of the group that laundered drug trafficking money.
The Department of Justice indicates that of the 24 defendants, several have already been arrested and that they are accused of 10 crimes of conspiracy to, together with a criminal group from China, launder money from drug trafficking and in favor of the Cartel. Sinaloa.
“Throughout this conspiracy, more than $50 million from drug sales was exchanged between the Cartel of Sinaloa and their partners in China who launder money through clandestine systems and methods,” indicates the Department of Justice.
The press release from the Joe Biden government clarifies that the two dozen defendants in the super judicial file were formally accused of the 10 conspiracy crimes since last year when they were fugitives and that they are now detained.
The investigation carried out and named “Operation Lucky Corridor” was presented before a federal court on April 4 and unveiled this Monday, June 17, in which 24 people are officially accused of drug trafficking conspiracy and money laundering. .
The modus operandi of the organization led by Martínez Reyes, operated in the San Gabriel Valley, California, transferring money from the sale of drugs by the Cartel. Sinaloa in the United States, to the Chinese money laundering network.
Once the profits from drug trafficking had been laundered with the intervention of the Chinese, Mexicans and Americans operating in California, the dollars were transferred to México and other places for the benefit of the Cartel. Sinaloa indicates the document from the Department of Justice.
The Department of Justice points to Reyes Martínez, leader of the criminal network based in California, as the mastermind behind transferring money from the sale of narcotics, avoiding financial records and buying cryptocurrencies; all in the name of the Cartel Sinaloa.
Of the 24 defendants, the Department of Justice clarifies that 20 will be prosecuted in the coming weeks and days in the Federal District Court in Los Angeles. Along with the arrest of the accused, through Operation Lucky Corridor, the US authorities confiscated 5 million dollars from the sale of drugs, 136 kilos of cocaine, 41 of methamphetamines, 19 of hallucinogenic mushrooms, 3 thousand ecstasy pills , 3 rifles and 8 semi-automatic pistols.
Source: J. Jesús Esquivel from Proceso on 2024-06-18 12:57:06
