State prosecutors have charged two extra migrants as a part of an investigation into the trafficking of narcotics and firearms into Chicago by suspected members of the Venezuela-based Tren de Aragua avenue gang. The boys are the fourth and fifth people recognized to be charged within the case.
Decide Luciano Panici Jr. ordered Yefferson Camacho Cedeno, 27, and Jose Vasquez Hernandez, 30, detained, calling them “member[s] of a transnational felony group.”
Again of the Yards Gun Sale
This spring, an informant working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) started speaking with a person to rearrange a gun sale in Chicago, Assistant Lawyer Normal Thomas Darman stated in a detention petition. They agreed to fulfill within the 4900 block of South Wooden on June 4 to finalize the sale of three handguns.
In the course of the secretly-recorded assembly, the person phoned his “associates” and instructed them to rush up. Camacho Cedeno quickly arrived in a car carrying a plastic bag with a gun field inside, stated Darman. Camacho Cedeno handed over a 9mm pistol in trade for $1,100, then offered a .380 pistol for $740 after the agent haggled him down from $750, based on the petition. They then accomplished the sale of one other 9mm for $760 plus a number of rounds of unfastened ammunition for $40, which the agent negotiated down from $100, based on Darman.
Darman stated Camacho Cedeno is a Venezuelan citizen who’s “not a authorized resident of the US.” He’s charged with two counts of gunrunning and 6 extra prices tied to unlawful gun gross sales.
West Facet Rifle Sales
In a separate operation, an ATF informant and brokers organized to fulfill one other man close to sixteenth Avenue and Homan Avenue to purchase firearms on July 10, Darman stated
Vasquez Hernandez arrived and recognized himself as the person’s “affiliate,” telling them in Spanish, “I’m the opposite provider, the one who will get these items,” based on Darman. He allegedly led the brokers and informant to a storage, retrieved a pink bag, and repeated, “I’m the one who will get this,” earlier than eradicating two rifles — a .556 and a 7.62 — priced at $3,800.
Vasquez Hernandez additionally allegedly mentioned promoting “Tusi,” an artificial drug combination typically referred to as “pink cocaine,” and stated he may provide it, Darman stated. The sale, like Camacho Cedeno’s, was recorded on video and audio. He’s charged with two counts of illegal possession of a weapon in a car and two counts of delivering firearms.
Each males stay in custody because the investigation into Tren de Aragua’s alleged Chicago operations continues.
Earlier Arrests
Earlier this month, CWBChicago reported that prosecutors had charged three different individuals in reference to the ATF investigation.
On Might 14, an informant and an undercover ATF agent met two males and a lady within the parking zone of a McDonald’s at 6515 South Western Avenue, Darman stated. The trio allegedly offered the feds practically 48 grams of Tusi together with three loaded firearms — a 9mm pistol, a .45-caliber pistol, and a .40-caliber pistol. A Drug Enforcement Administration lab later decided the Tusi contained ketamine and MDMA.
Investigators recognized the boys as Alvaro Berrios Godoy, 26, and Oscar Puerta Gorrin, 23, who have been indicted by a Cook dinner County grand jury on July 29. On the time, authorities knew the lady solely as “Nicole.”
Darman stated Gorrin and “Nicole” returned to the McDonald’s just a few days later to promote one other 50 grams of Tusi to ATF brokers earlier than being taken into custody. Investigators later recognized “Nicole” as 27-year-old Lilibeth Diaz Pirela. Godoy was arrested individually about two hours earlier than the McDonald’s assembly, based on police information.
Police valued the primary Tusi supply at greater than $15,243 and the second at greater than $16,500, although court docket filings be aware the group offered the medication to investigators for a fraction of their avenue value.
Darman stated Godoy and Gorrin are Venezuelan residents who usually are not authorized U.S. residents. Diaz’s residency standing was not recognized.
Godoy faces prices together with gunrunning, armed violence, manufacture-delivery of methamphetamine, illegal sale of a firearm, and possession of a firearm with a defaced serial quantity. Gorrin and Pirela are every charged with manufacture-delivery of methamphetamine.
Decide Deidre Dyer granted detention petitions for all three, calling them threats to public security and flight dangers.
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