Two Mexican Nationals Plead Guilty to Alien Smuggling and Providing Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization - FINCHANNEL
Navarro Sanchez and Castro-Medina admitted smuggling methamphetamine and plotting to send 20 AK-47 style weapons and two .50 caliber rifles to CJNG.
- Two Mexican nationals pleaded guilty in El Paso federal court to charges involving methamphetamine trafficking, alien smuggling, and providing material support to the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel.
- Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sanchez and Gustavo Castro-Medina negotiated with undercover agents to purchase 20 AK-47-style weapons and two.50-caliber rifles intended for unlawful smuggling into Mexico to support CJNG's drug trafficking operations.
- Following a $3,000 wire transfer down payment on a $66,000 purchase, two co-conspirators arrived at a meeting point in El Paso on Aug. 21, 2023, with $63,000 in cash, where federal agents arrested them.
- Under Mexico's National Security Law, the defendants were transferred to the United States and now face mandatory minimum sentences of 10 years in federal prison and maximum penalties of life in prison.
- Joint Task Force Alpha spearheaded the investigation, and Justice Department officials noted that CJNG's designation as a foreign terrorist organization provides prosecutors with additional tools to disrupt these criminal networks.
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Two Mexicans admitted to a U.S. court to be involved in trafficking in methamphetamine and weapons destined for Mexico and the CJNG.
Two Mexican citizens pleaded guilty on Wednesday to multiple charges, including trafficking in persons and providing material support to an organization designated as a foreign terrorist: the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG). Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sánchez, 40, alias “La Chayo”, and Gustavo Castro-Medina, 29, both native to Mexico, acknowledged before a federal court in the West District of Texas their participation in a network that co…
2 Mexican nationals plead guilty to human smuggling, supporting designated terrorist organization
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Thursday, two Mexican Nationals pleaded guilty in federal court to human smuggling and supporting the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico. The Trump Administration designated the cartel as a foreign terrorist organization, the Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Field Division said. The DEA said Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sanchez and Gustavo Castro-Medina pleaded guilty to federal charges, including drug trafficki…
2 plead guilty to supporting CJNG cartel in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division assisted in an investigation regarding the alleged use of stash houses in El Paso connected to firearms and narcotics trafficking. Two Mexican nationals pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including smuggling and providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, specifically, the Cartel [...]
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