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- Treviño 20 Yrs: Zetas Money Laundering Trial Sentencing Recap and History
- -Zetas Money Laundering Trial Sentencings...Jose Treviño 20 yrs Others 160-240
- The Hunt For Alberto Carrillo Fuentes Lasted For 6 Months
Treviño 20 Yrs: Zetas Money Laundering Trial Sentencing Recap and History Posted: 05 Sep 2013 10:08 PM PDT Havana and Chivis for Borderland Beat  NOTE: After a long dragged out day only three of the defendants were sentenced see below for backstory information and sentences. José Treviño represented by Christie Williams and David Finn  José Treviño is the older brother of Miguel Treviño aka ‘40’, the recently captured premier leader of Los Zetas cartel. It was 40’s passion of horse racing that generated the horse racing based money laundering scheme that funneled 1M per month, of drug money, to purchase quarter horses. Brother Omar aka 42 is another high level leader of the cartel. José was reported being a reluctant recruit into the family business. Yet, there is no doubt how deeply he emerged and his family became involved in the scheme. The amount of evidence pulled from his home in Balch Springs alone was enough to seal his fate. José and his wife Zuelma, had a combined of 60-70,000 USD annual income in the years directly prior to his involvement with the scheme. He a brick layer, she an office clerk. Brother Omar told CI #1 that José was stunned at the amount of money he was making in the quarter horse business. From the search warrant-click to enlarge    Sentence: José Treviño was sentenced to 240 months-20 Years, 3 years probation Eusevio "Chevo" Maldonado Huitron represented by Richard D Esper  “Chevo” Huitron, is the brother of Jesse Huitron, Jesse was the only defendant found “not guilty”. It was a great conflict of emotions for Chevo’s brother Jesse on May 9th of this year, elated for his acquittal, but grieving for his brother who was convicted. Chevo who was out on bond was immediately taken into custody. Jesse and his niece expressed their feelings ofinjustice, and reflected from the fact that Paul Jones and Tyler Graham, both "white" horse trainers were free of prosecution. Jesse insistence that his brother is innocent may not just be brotherly allegiance. When reading documents related to the case one is hard pressed to find hard evidence against the man. Reading the search warrant and supporting ‘facts’, his name doesn’t even appear connected to the money laundering, on one page his name is mentioned in connection with informant #1 saying he recognized a photo of Chevo. Statements revealed Chevo, at any given time, had 20-30 horses belonging to ‘40’, but Chevo was a horse trainer. The only direct accusation found is a suspicious depositing of funds that he and his brother Jesse were making that may be structured deposits, a way to launder money, but both men long operated business that would have frequent deposits. In total it only amounted to an average of 125k per year for each defendant over a two year period. I don’t think Chevo will get a heavy sentence. Whatever happens, his training days are over in the U.S. He was convicted on one count of money laundering. Sentence: Chevo will be sentenced 9AM Friday Francisco Antonio Colorado Cessa represented by Mike DeGeurin, Andres Sanchez-Ross, and John Parras  In his closing argument DeGeurin pointed out that Francisco was wealthy in his own right; Colorado “Cessa grew up in Tuxpan, Veracruz and has a environment remediation business. He is a very successful business man. 70-90 million. Witness Barerra from UBS one of Cessa's financial advisors was not aware of his client’s interest in quarter horses and didn't know any of Cessa's money came from or went to horses.” “And the government alleges a conspiracy to launder drug money.” But then there is testimony of Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar aka “El Mamito” or Z-7.Rejón spoke to the court of Pancho Colorado and his relationship with Z-14. He said, "They were compadres and Z-14 helped him with his company in Veracruz." He was at the investigation/reorganization meeting at Colorado's ranch after the death of Z-14. Rejón testified that he attended many match races, "maybe 80" with 40 and 42 in Mexico, and Colorado Cessa was there sometimes, too. "He bought horses for them." This is what lead Prosecuting attorney Douglas Gardner contended in his opening argument; “Mexican businessman, Francisco Antonio Colorado Cessa, bought horses for the Zetas through his company, also alleged of being a front company for the Zetas.” José Carlos Hinajosa was a law clerk at the Federal Attorney’s office in San Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, before becoming the account for Los Zetas. He testified Thursday that in 2004-2005, Francisco Colorado Cessa syphoned millions of dollars of drug money that was allocated for the horse racing operation and 12 million dollars to the PRI political party’s gubernatorial campaign in Veracruz. Though not named, the governor was Fidel Herrera Beltrán. He denies this to be fact, but the FBI suspected Francisco was giving money to Herrera. Once the candidate won, the majority of contracts awarded for Pemex and Petróleos Mexicanos was given to ADT, Francisco’s company. Francisco was the liaison between the governor and a former Zetas leader, probably Heriberto Lazcano who is now deceased. The gubernatorial victory assured free passage for the Zetas trafficking drugs through Veracruz. A financial spread sheet of Colorado Cessa's horse purchases found on Fernando Garcia's computer representing 1.4M spent at horse a horse auction, which exhibited payments from ADT. (Colorado Cessa’s company) Documents reflect Colorado Cessa purchasing 121 horses. Forty-one of the horses were in his name and boarded at Southwest Stallion or at trainer Paul Joan’s facility. Sentence: Cessa's was sentenced to 240 months Fernando Solis Garcia represented by Guy L. Womack and Geoff L. Womack  Womack: “When the government is involved in a big investigation they use witnesses they have promised immunity. So the jury always have to take that testimony with caution. If I tortured people, I wouldn't hesitate to lie if it helped to reduce my sentence.” “It doesn't affect my client, Fernando Solis Garcia because no one said Fernando did anything wrong.” Cuellar said los Zetas would use big businessmen. “Fernando isn't a big businessman. The Zetas killed Villareal because he knew too much and were afraid he would testify. Fernando never testified. Cuellar didn't know Fernando or Colorado and we saw the Mr. Piloto race that Cuellar said that he helped fix the race. We saw the race here and know that isn't true.” “The truth is that on September 6, 2010 Mr. Piloto won the American Futurity, the only big race he won. The truth is Mr. Piloto is worth more as a stud because of his good genetics.”Mamito was Z-7, in Mexico they caught him and extradited him for killing Jaime Zapata. (Mamito testified he was not given any consideration in exchange for his testimony) "In this trial, only the reliable witnesses knew Fernando Solis Garcia." If you are trying to make it in the horse business, like Jose Trevino was, you would want Fernando Solis Garcia to find you horses. You would want Fernando Solis Garcia to be your agent. You would want Fernando Solis Garcia to train your horse.”“In 2010 Fernando Garcia met Jose Trevino in 2010 about Mr. Piloto. He trained him in New Mexico near Riodoso beginning in July” Solis Garcia was convicted of money laundering, using the structured deposits method. One day spending six hours driving to nine separate banks depositing payments and using his company to conceal ownership of horses by cartel members. There wasn't an abundance of evidence against the defendant, it remains to be seen if Judge SParks sees it He broke down in sobs when the verdict was read that convicted him. Sentence: Solis sentenced to 140 months The 21 year old Ramirez entered plea of guilty to related charges prior to jury selection Raul Ramirez represented by Robert R. Harris  Ramirez, from El Paso Texas, was accused of bidding on quarter horses for the Treviño's on behalf of shell companies meant to hide the horses' true ownership. He is charged with a single count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. Ramirez faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine. Against prosecutors request, Ramirez was granted bail. Bail was set at 10,000 dollars. Ramirez entered plea of guilty to related charges prior to jury selection Sentence: Ramirez was not sentenced today  All smiles are the lead federal attorney Douglas Gardner and his team representing the United States  |
-Zetas Money Laundering Trial Sentencings...Jose Treviño 20 yrs Others 160-240 Posted: 05 Sep 2013 03:27 PM PDT Havana and Chivis for Borderland Beat the sentencing is going very slow, evidence and witnesses must be presented for each of the five. I am going to try this little post to give you breaking news and later the long post with details...  Jose Treviño Morales 240 months....20 years+ 3 years probation Judge Sam Sparks addressed Treviño: “No one in this court has alleged you are a Zeta. Your charge is moving money for the Zetas.” While Sparks says there is no question in his mind that Treviño knew what he was doing. “The thing that bothers me is, did you have a chance to say no?” There is a challenge against the presentencing reports from the attorneys representing the remaining defendants. This is causing a very slow process. Too many in one day and 5 more tomorrow. Bad planning. The courtroom is filled with attorneys and family members of the men. 13 attorneys and 40+ family members.  Francisco Colorado Cessa 240 Months-20 Years  |
The Hunt For Alberto Carrillo Fuentes Lasted For 6 Months Posted: 05 Sep 2013 01:00 PM PDT Borderland Beat posted on forum by Siskiyou Kid   Carrillo, according to traces of the intelligence teams, chose a house in an exclusive subdivision in Bahia de Banderas, in which lived in the company of his partner, a 32-year-old woman, and adopted the name of Armando Caballero Flores. In Bahia de Bandera teams of Federal Police established a permanent operation of monitoring, surveillance and following the daily activities of the capo. FP reports delivered to the safety National Commission reported that, after several members of his band were captured, Carrillo Fuentes had chosen to maintain a low profile and was trying to pass himself off as an ordinary inhabitant of the subdivision. Habits and routines Intelligence cells revealed that he left his home to buy the newspaper daily and occasionally to buy groceries and go to the movies. The agents who followed him also reported that besides going alone, he was also unarmed. With detailed information about his habits, and knowing his routines, the Federal police began That day, it was last Saturday, intelligence units detected that Carrillo Fuentes was traveling in a car and was presumably carrying some amount of drugs, and decided that it was time for the detention. The operation to arrest him was planned out. Federal agents were stationed on the boulevard Jalisco-Puerto Vallarta and they detained the gold Grand Marquis in which Carrillo Fuentes traveled, and he did not resist. Alberto Carrillo Fuentes identified himself to agents as Armando Caballero Flores and the Feds showed him a warrant for location and presentation delivered on January 29, 2013 precisely against Armando Caballero Flores, whom was associated with three preliminary investigations. In addition, according to the official part of the federal Government, in the interior of the Grand Marquis had two AK-47 assault rifles, a pistol, magazines, cartridges, and two kilograms of cocaine. designing an operation to arrest him. Two objectives were: avoid a violent arrest that could endanger the civilian population, and wait for the moment in which to incur a flagrant crime that would supply sufficient evidence to the public prosecutor's Office to file a solid accusation, in addition to the research and testing that they already had against him. Mexico, D.F-every day, for three months, intelligence agents followed the footsteps of Alberto Carrillo Fuentes. Covert elements of the Federal Police (PF) recorded his daily activities, followed him to the store, cinema and everywhere that he went; they took photographs and videos, while his conversations were monitored, as they waited for the precise day to arrest him. After several arrests of members of the criminal organization, the PF discovered that Carrillo Fuentes, 46 years old, changed his place of residence and identity. Intelligence cells detected that he moved to Jalisco and that after living there moved a couple of months ago to Nayarit Six months ago, the Federal police began a hunt against leaders and members of the cartel and opened an intelligence operation in the States of Chihuahua, Jalisco and Nayarit, to locate and arrest, among others, Alberto Carrillo Fuentes, who intelligence units located and followed day and night during the last three months. According to the reports of police Alberto Carrillo, under the name of Armando Caballero, moved alone, without bodyguards, dressed in a casual way and almost always on board of an ATV. Source El Universal |
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