Posted on 09/24/2019 9:06:02 PM PDT by bitt
LOS ANGELES – A high-level member of a global drug ring arrived in Southern California last night after being extradited from Colombia on charges that he conspired to transport cocaine worth hundreds of millions of dollars from South America to Mexico for eventual sale in the United States. The extradition resulted from a coordinated, international law enforcement operation that has led to arrests of co-conspirators on three continents.
In conjunction with the extradition, federal authorities on Thursday arrested seven defendants named in a 22-count indictment that outlines how the organization obtained ton-quantities of cocaine manufactured in South American labs; used airplanes, submarines and “go-fast” boats to move the narcotics to Mexico; and then used various means to smuggle the loads across the U.S.-Mexico border, with significant quantities of cocaine being delivered to and subsequently sold in the Los Angeles area.
In addition to the extradition of Victor Hugo Cuellar-Silva last night and yesterday’s arrests of codefendants in California and Massachusetts, six other defendants are pending extradition after being previously taken into custody in Colombia and Thailand. Authorities continue to work to secure the arrests of a number of fugitives, including Angel Humberto Chavez-Gastelum, the alleged ringleader of the international trafficking ring, who is believed to be in Mexico.
The indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, is unique in charging high-level traffickers across the entire drug-distribution supply chain – from Colombia-based supply sources, to Mexico-based investors and transportation coordinators, to U.S.-based stash-house operators and distributors.
Cuellar-Silva is alleged to have been the organization’s top representative in Colombia, where he oversaw operations for Chavez-Gastelum, a Mexican national who has been designated by the U.S. government as one of the world’s most-wanted drug traffickers. Chavez-Gastelum’s drug distribution network controlled its own supply routes from Colombia to Central America, and..
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I missed this ping
https://twitter.com/punkassaudrey/status/1041486562385584129
Did anyone else catch this gem in the Colombian drug kingpin extradition and indictment announcement?
They use SUBMARINES to transport drugs!!!!
Funny for the day:
Sometimes I make up words so i can sound more smartificated than everyone else
Why did NOTHING like this ever happen back during Obama or Clinton’s administrations ?
Massachutes?
Where is Hunter Biden, Kerry’s stepson, and Whitey Bulgers nephew this evening
gov talk.
All of these gangs and all of the cartels are awful and need to be destroyed.
But what if ALL working class and middle class and upper class white folks and their kids stopped buying ANY of this stuff?
Some blame has to be accepted.
Just as long as you don’t become elitistical about it.
no worries, I’m a very humbilinated man
Reliefinizing to hear.
It is getting time to bring back World War II era submarine chasers.
The most recent
Put the civil air patrol back to work.L-4s and L-3s.
Yea! Yes! Great work! More!
Cut it out. You’re both being obquerient.
Never happen - replacements step in as quickly as the current players are taken down.
But what if ALL working class and middle class and upper class white folks and their kids stopped buying ANY of this stuff?
Also never happen - the pursuit of chemical mind alteration is as old as mankind.
Among the cartel-enriching (i.e. illegal) products, far and away the most popular is marijuana; legalize that and we might just be left with a war on drugs we can win.
i am totally sorrified
Am notful!
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