USA accuses 6 for smuggling weapons to Mx for the CJNG

A U.S. federal jury has approved an indictment against six suspects of planning to smuggle a large amount of weapons and ammunition for the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG) into Mexico, the Department of Justicia.La 23-count indictment, filed in a los Angeles federal court, allowed the arrest of four of the defendants in the “Semper Infidelis” operation. in which several federal agencies participated. Kristi Johnson, deputy director of the Los Angeles Bureau of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), explained in a statement that “the defendants in this case smuggled sophisticated weapons from the United States to one of Mexico’s most violent cartels, whose members target not only rival gangs but also innocent Mexican citizens and Mexican law enforcement.” Read more: National Guard secures apparent marijuana and crystal in separate actions in Mexico The six suspects are charged with conspiring to violate regulations that “restrict the export of items that could make a significant contribution to the military potential of other nations or that could be detrimental to U.S. foreign policy or national security.” Five of the suspects are also charged with various counts of attempted smuggling. Marco Antonio Santillán Valencia, 51, is the alleged leader of the organization that obtained and supplied weapons, firearms spare parts and ammunition to the CJNG. The man, arrested in Whittier, a city in Los Angeles County, allegedly used the proceeds from the sale of narcotics to buy assault rifles, hundreds of thousands of cartridges for assault rifles, and numerous machine gun parts and accessories, some of which were smuggled into Mexico, mostly since the beginning of the pandemic. Among the defendants detained by federal authorities are also Marco Santillán Jr., 29, who is the son of Santillán Valencia and was arrested in Oregon; Michael Diaz, 33, and Luis De Arcos, 51. Also charged were Anthony Marmolejo Aguilar, 30, who is being held on state charges in North Carolina and has not yet been taken into federal custody, and Rafael Magallon Castillo, 34, who is on the run. This case shows a plan to provide military-grade firearms to a major drug trafficking organization that commits heinous acts of violence in Mexico to further its goal of flooding the United States with dangerous and deadly narcotics,” said U.S. Attorney Tracy L. Wilkison.Read more: Two people are intoxicated by tear gas bomb in a supermarket in CuliacánThe alleged leader of the organization, Santillán Valencia, and his son are also charged with money laundering conspiracy.  AMLO’s political testament

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