Thread: Hitman/Mexican Nationals charged w/Murder &Counterfeit

OL man charged in fake ID ring accused of murder conspiracy

October 24, 2007
From staff and wire reports

New murder-related charges were announced today against an Oak Lawn man accused of supervising an international counterfeit identification business in Chicago's Little Village community.

The U.S. attorney's office said federal racketeering conspiracy and murder-related charges were added to a previous indictment against Julio Leija-Sanchez, 31, of the 8700 block of South Austin Avenue. New charges were also added against his two brothers, Manuel Leija-Sanchez, 40, and Pedro Leija-Sanchez, 35, as well as alleged Mexican hitman Gerardo Salazar-Rodriguez, 34.Julio Leija-Sanchez' two brothers and Salazar-Rodriguez, all arrested recently in Mexico, are facing extradition to the United States, according to a release from the U.S. attorney's office. Julio Leija-Sanchez was arrested in Chicago in April.[/b]

According to prosecutors, the Mexico-based Leija-Sanchez organization operated a fraudulent ID document business in Little Village since at least 1993. The business allegedly sold Social Security cards, immigration "green cards" and state drivers' licenses and took in as much as $3 million a year in profits.

Each of the three brothers and Salazar-Rodriguez was charged late Tuesday with one count of racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to murder, and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder outside the United States, the release said. Julio Leija-Sanchez and Salazar-Rodriguez were also charged with one count of murder for hire.

Each of the three brothers, if convicted on the murder-related charges, could face the death penalty.

The brothers are among 23 people facing charges in Chicago related to the counterfeit identification operation, which operated out of the Little Village Discount Mall at 26th Street and Albany Avenue.Contributing: Chris Hack and STNG News Service

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Now that is a good bust if it holds up !!! I hate to think who and how they got the info to make those captures

Home page stuff if you ask me

that is one of the most important issues we all face in this crime fighting and halting criminal immigration ....

Originally Posted by GREGAGREATAMERICAN

Now that is a good bust if it holds up !!! I hate to think who and how they got the info to make those captures

There was a recent bust of the father of a government official in Chicago not long ago and I believe it was the Pilsen neighborhood as well, these may all be interrelated. That was several months ago and I haven't heard anything sense, nor have I been able to find anything in the print media online.

Homeland security is currently suing Chicago for their sanctuary policy.

There was a recent bust of the father of a government official in Chicago not long ago and I believe it was the Pilsen neighborhood as well, these may all be interrelated.

Ya.....anchor baby, now adlerman...... that was the guy they took to the streets for...."such a nice guy".

But police came....had guns....scared the innocent children....blah, blah, blah.

if they are guilty, and have had mexican consulate people visit. after the appeals killem fast so that the taxpayers arent stuck with keeping these people alive for years like this jerk down in texas, who bush sided with last month

Originally Posted by crazybird

There was a recent bust of the father of a government official in Chicago not long ago and I believe it was the Pilsen neighborhood as well, these may all be interrelated.

Ya.....anchor baby, now adlerman...... that was the guy they took to the streets for...."such a nice guy".

But police came....had guns....scared the innocent children....blah, blah, blah.

Have you heard or read anything about this guys dad lately? It's always amazing how they hush things up. At the very least the dad she be going to trial sometime in the near future.

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:30:01
Murder charges added in Chicago immigration fraud indictment

CHICAGO (AP) Three men have been arrested in Mexico on charges of plotting to kill a rival in Chicago's flourishing trade in bogus immigration documents, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

The arrests stem from raids in the city's Mexican-American community last April that led to immigration fraud charges against 23 defendants and rolled up what officials called a major fake document ring.

Julio Leija-Sanchez, 31, was among those arrested in April and later indicted on charges of plotting the slaying of Guillermo Jimenez Flores, a former ring member who had defected and set up his own shop.

In the latest arrests, Mexican authorities picked up Leija-Sanchez' two brothers, Manuel, 40, and Pedro, 35, as well as the alleged hit man, Gerardo Salazar-Rodriguez, 34, prosecutors said. Manuel Leija-Sanchez was arrested Friday; the others in August, officials said.

The three brothers as well as Salazar-Rodriguez were charged in a fresh indictment returned by a federal grand jury Tuesday with murder in aid of racketeering, murder for hire, murder outside the United States, racketeering conspiracy and immigration fraud. Murder in aid of racketeering and murder for hire carry a maximum sentence of death.

According to an indictment, Salazar-Rodriguez fatally shot Flores, also known as ``Montes,'' at an unspecified place in Mexico. The indictment said the brothers paid him an unspecified amount for the job.

U.S. Attorney's office spokesman Randall Samborn said it was too early to tell when the three men might be returned to the United States to face the charges. He said they would be represented by Mexican attorneys at their extradition proceedings.

Julio Leija-Sanchez's attorney, Patrick W. Blegen, said he hadn't had a chance to read the indictment.

In swooping down on the ring April 24, agents arrested the father of a Chicago alderman and 22 other defendants. They seized computers, printers, scanners and hundreds of blank identification cards along with a cutting board and $220,000 in cash.

Federal officials said members of the ring had been openly soliciting business on the streets of the Little Village neighborhood.

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