BREAKING The FEDS Finally BUSTED HIM…. IT’S PRISON TIME!!!
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Ringleader of Drug Trafficking Organization that Distributed High Grade Marijuana Throughout New Mexico Sentenced for Marijuana Trafficking and Money Laundering Conviction
Enrique Cavazos will Forfeit Proceeds of Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Activities, Including Property, Vehicles, Cash and Other Assets Valued at more than $1,883,500
ALBUQUERQUE – Enrique S. Cavazos, 32, of Tijeras, N.M., was sentenced late yesterday afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to six years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on marijuana trafficking and money laundering conspiracy charges. Cavazos also was ordered to forfeit the proceeds of his drug trafficking and money laundering activities, including real estate, vehicles, cash, weapons, and jewelry, valued at more than $1,883,500.
U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, Special Agent in Charge Ismael Nevarez, Jr., of the Phoenix Field Office of IRS-Criminal Investigation, and Chief Michael Geier of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD), announced Enrique Cavazos’ sentence.
Enrique Cavazos was arrested in Nov. 2015, after a federal grand jury filed a 26-count indictment charging him, his wife, Lindsey A. Cavazos, 33, and six others with marijuana trafficking and money laundering charges. The indictment was the result of a two-year investigation by the FBI, IRS-Criminal Investigation and APD into a drug trafficking organization led by Enrique Cavazos that distributed high-grade marijuana throughout New Mexico and across the country. The investigation revealed that the Cavazos drug trafficking organization cultivated and purchased high-grade marijuana in California, distributed the marijuana throughout the country, and laundered its drug proceeds through a number of businesses and bank accounts in New Mexico.
According to the indictment, Enrique and Lindsey Cavazos and six co-conspirators participated in a marijuana trafficking conspiracy that existed from at least Jan. 2008 through Nov. 2015, and operated in the District of New Mexico and elsewhere. The indictment alleged that Enrique Cavazos operated his marijuana trafficking business by directing co-conspirators to purchase large quantities of marijuana in California and distribute the marijuana in New Mexico and other destinations across the country. It further alleged that Lindsey Cavazos was responsible for keeping the books on businesses she and her husband established with proceeds from their marijuana trafficking activities and for the purpose of laundering their drug proceeds. The indictment charged the couple with engaging in a money laundering conspiracy and using bank accounts in the names of several of their businesses, including a restaurant and a car dealership, to launder their drug proceeds.