Today, law enforcement made additional arrests of the distribution network:Īngelique Marie Easton, 51, Bremerton, WAĭouglas Bryan Healer, 47, Port Orchard, WA Justino Cruz-Victorio, 34, Joshua Tree, CA Four other conspirators were taken into custody last week including:Īmado Pedro Castillo, 59, Brooklyn, New Yorkįernando Alcides Lopez-Mendez, 37, Los Angeles, CA Eight additional firearms were seized at search locations in Washington and California. During a search of the residence where Iris Amador-Garcia was living with her brother and co-conspirator, Mario Amador-Garcia, 31, and co-conspirator, Bayron Eberto Garcia-Perez, 33, agents seized a kilogram of fentanyl or heroin, 80,000 pills of suspected fentanyl, and 2 firearms. The alleged leaders of the drug distribution ring, Jose Maldonado-Ramirez, 33, and his fiancé, Iris Amador-Garcia, 30, of Bellflower, California, were arrested October 28, 2021. Additionally, on August 17, 2021, law enforcement seized 22 pounds of methamphetamine that conspirators attempted to mail to Fiji. Another 44 pounds of meth were seized in a stop on April 2, 2021, and 83 pounds of methamphetamine and 20,000 fentanyl pills were seized in a traffic stop on September 28, 2021. Aware of some of the group’s trafficking, law enforcement seized 10 pounds of methamphetamine in a traffic stop on May 16, 2020.

Various people working with law enforcement provided information regarding the drug distribution activities. These arrests are a significant step for community safety.”Īccording to records filed in the case, the investigation began in February 2020. “Members of the ring tried to trade drugs for firearms – ones they could transport to Mexico – contributing to terrible violence south of the border. “This drug organization trafficked two of the deadliest substances we are seeing in our community – fentanyl and methamphetamine,” said U.S. The 18-month investigation revealed the drug trafficking organization was also distributing drugs to locations in the Southeastern United States including Florida, Arkansas and Tennessee.

The drugs were coming up from California and were being distributed in King, Pierce, Thurston, Lewis, Mason and Kitsap counties. Seattle – A series of arrests over the last ten days has disrupted a multi-state methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution ring.

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