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15 indicted in largest methamphetamine seizure in Colorado history
KRDO ^ | 11-20-25 | Sadie Buggle

Posted on 11/20/2025 7:23:00 PM PST by dynachrome

In what federal officials are calling the largest methamphetamine seizure in Colorado history, a grand jury has indicted 15 individuals – one of whom is accused of leading a drug trafficking organization and now faces a rare “drug kingpin” charge.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado announced the results of a massive drug bust involving federal wiretaps, extensive surveillance, and undercover operations that led federal officials to seize over 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine.

Fifteen people were indicted in connection with the operation: Marco Antonio De Silva Lara, Sergio Ivan Arce Lopez, Juan Luis Cabrera Saucedo, Luis Enrique Lopez Lopez, Rigoberto Aranda, Erik Alejandro Benitez Chavez, Robert Shane Gerstner, Joseph Ricardo Menzor, William Joseph Rollins, Brittney Pierce, Francisco Javier Armenta Barraza, Jamie Cash Hoover, Cesar Andres Huizar Guerra, and Trenton Anthony Thompson.

All fifteen are facing federal drug charges, which carry a potential sentence of ten years up to life in prison. Four of the defendants were also charged with money laundering, while one (Marco Antonio De Silva Lara) is also charged with operating a continuing criminal enterprise, commonly known as the "drug kingpin" charge.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: bust; colorado; crime; desilvalara; drugs; kingpin; lara; meth; methamphetamine

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First fentanyl. Now this.
1 posted on 11/20/2025 7:23:00 PM PST by dynachrome
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To: george76

Thanks, gov. poleass.


2 posted on 11/20/2025 7:23:37 PM PST by dynachrome (“They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.”)
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To: dynachrome

Habla ingles, vato?


3 posted on 11/20/2025 7:24:22 PM PST by know.your.why
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To: dynachrome

I do like to post pictures of the perps, but find none handy.

If anyone can locate and post, please ping me.


4 posted on 11/20/2025 7:29:55 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Real Genocide of Christians by muslims in Sudan and Nigeria gets no notice from Jew haters.)
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To: dynachrome

“First fentanyl. Now this.”

yep ... and keep in mind that NOTHING like ANY of this occurred during the biden administration ... Fed LEOs too busy sniffing Melania’s underwear and generating fake cases to try to take down Trump with impeachments and other fake Federal cases ...


5 posted on 11/20/2025 7:30:19 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: dynachrome
Every one of them is a Mexican scumball.

6 posted on 11/20/2025 7:38:06 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Uncle Miltie

It’s Colorado. They’re probably listed as white.


7 posted on 11/20/2025 7:38:25 PM PST by dynachrome (“They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.”)
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To: dynachrome

What’s a user gonna do?


8 posted on 11/20/2025 7:58:19 PM PST by BipolarBob (These violent delights have violent ends.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Well, maybe not all of them:

Robert Shane Gerstner,... William Joseph Rollins, Brittney Pierce,... Jamie Cash Hoover..., and Trenton Anthony Thompson.


9 posted on 11/20/2025 7:59:18 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: dynachrome

So, apparently only 11 of the 15 are in federal custody and 4 remain in Mexico.


10 posted on 11/20/2025 8:05:51 PM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: dynachrome

Looks like the Mexico City phone book.


11 posted on 11/20/2025 8:09:13 PM PST by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Yeah. Diversity, aint it grand?


12 posted on 11/20/2025 8:10:03 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: dynachrome

And is one guy really named Lopez Lopez or is that a typo? 😆


13 posted on 11/20/2025 8:10:55 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: dynachrome

It started with Pot in Colorado.
Same with Oregon.


14 posted on 11/20/2025 8:14:54 PM PST by Zathras
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To: dynachrome

If the boaters carrying drugs to America were blown up, what should happen to 15 people with 1,000 pounds of meth?


15 posted on 11/20/2025 9:09:24 PM PST by healy61
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To: healy61

Inject it all at once into them.

Problem solved. No recidivism.


16 posted on 11/20/2025 9:24:26 PM PST by Redcitizen
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To: dynachrome; MileHi; backspace; Balata; bboop; Ben Dover; Benito Cereno; BigEdLB; bluejean; ...

Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)


17 posted on 11/20/2025 9:54:07 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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Put them all on a speedboat and give them a 60 second head start.


18 posted on 11/21/2025 4:22:27 AM PST by mmichaels1970 ( )
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Wa'ddya wan'na bet they didn't just begin their 'enterprise' in January 2025!
19 posted on 11/21/2025 4:25:45 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: dynachrome

Mountain high, Colorado.


20 posted on 11/21/2025 5:38:47 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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