News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: June 17, 2010
Contact: SA Wendell Campbell
Public Information Officer
Number: (713) 693-3000

58 Alleged Members of Mexican Drug Organizations Indicted in SDTX

SDTX investigations lead to seizure of tons of contraband and millions in cash

JUN 17 -- (HOUSTON) – United States Attorney José Angel Moreno along with Zoran Yankovich, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Houston Division announced today the indictment of 58 alleged members of Mexican drug organizations responsible for smuggling drugs into the United States and transporting and delivering the contraband to various points within Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Illinois and North Carolina, transporting bulk cash proceeds south to Mexico and laundering the proceeds through the acquisition of Texas real estate.

The indictments are the result of long term, multi-agency Southern District of Texas (SDTX) Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigations conducted as part of “Project Deliverance,â€