Seventeen defendants, including Eutimio Reyna-Ceron, aka ‘Tony’ aka ‘Gordo’ aka ‘Little Tony’, were named in a federal criminal complaint alleging a broad-ranging drug trafficking conspiracy announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge Andrew Toth.
The complaint, unsealed today, alleges the following defendants participated in the conspiracy: Eutimio Reyna-Ceron, aka ‘Tony’ aka ‘Gordo’ aka ‘Little Tony’; Marcelino Reyna-Ceron, aka ‘Anthony Rodriguez,’ aka ‘Anthony Rodriguez Carrillo’; Cornelio Reyna-Ceron, aka ‘Carlos Alberto Mondragon-Guzman’; Elizabeth Reyna-Rodriguez, aka ‘Lisa’; Ramon Medina, aka ‘Mon’; Remigio Madrigal Solorio, aka ‘Mingo’; Santiago Rubio Chavez, aka ‘Calamargo’; Rodolfo Rivera Herrera, aka ‘Fito’; Raymundo Doval-Duran, aka ‘Brian’; Cristino Vargas Mondragon, aka ‘Kiti’ aka ‘Kiki’ aka ‘Kitz’; Julio Cesar Barbosa, aka ‘Montana’; Brigido Rangel; Angel Gudino-Urbina, aka ‘Ramon Gudino-Urbina’; Robert Erickson; William Anderson, aka ‘Billy’; Jaime Sandoval, aka ‘Cajas’; and Valentin Camacho Toledo, aka ‘Leobardo Carillo Mondragon,’ aka ‘Arturo Hernandez Salazar’.
The complaint states that beginning in August of 2014 or earlier, the defendants conspired with one another to manufacture, possess, and distribute heroin. The complaint describes a sophisticated operation including the receipt, processing and distribution of the drugs.
Eutimio Reyna-Ceron is alleged to have managed the day-to-day distribution operation by, among other things, taking calls from customers and dispatching couriers to deliver drugs to the customers. He is alleged to have directed the distribution of about a kilogram of heroin per week. According to the complaint, Marcelino Reyna-Ceron allegedly managed the money generated by the illegal drug proceeds with the help of Elizabeth Reyna-Rodriguez, who maintained the group’s bank accounts. Marcelino Reyna-Ceron also allegedly obtained cars for the couriers to use when distributing the drugs. Cornelio Reyna-Ceron is alleged to have sold drugs to confidential government informants and to have delivered money to suppliers.
Defendants Medina, Solorio, and Chavez are alleged to have been couriers who processed, prepared and delivered the drugs. Defendants Herrera and Doval-Duran are alleged to have run separate distribution networks and to have shared intelligence with Eutimio Reyna-Ceron regarding sources of supply and law enforcement activity in their area. Herrera and another drug dealer who is alleged to have frequently purchased heroin from him, Robert Erickson, are charged with distributing heroin that resulted in the overdose death of a Santa Rosa woman in September.
Defendants Toledo, Mondragon, and Sandoval are alleged to have taken part in the conspiracy by supplying the organization with drugs. Mondragon and his lieutenants, Rangel and Gudino, were arrested in an August 12, 2015, raid. In that raid, law enforcement agents found over twenty kilograms of heroin and just under ten kilograms of 99.1% pure methamphetamine hidden in secret compartments inside car tires in Mondragon’s garage. On the same day, officers also arrested Barbosa, who worked as a courier for Mondragon. William Anderson is alleged to have been a frequent customer of Mondragon, purchasing an ounce of heroin each day for resale to others.
The complaint charges that all defendants were engaged in a conspiracy to distribute one kilogram of heroin or more, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, which carries a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence. Additionally, a number of defendants were also charged with violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) for distribution or possession with intent to distribute heroin. The maximum statutory penalty for a violation of 21 U.S.C. §841(a)(1) and 846 is life imprisonment and a fine of $10,000,000. Herrera and Erickson are charged with distributing heroin that resulted in the overdose death of a Santa Rosa woman in September.
According to the complaint, the defendants’ actions resulted in the distribution of a significant amount of heroin, including about a kilogram per week, and the overdose death of a Santa Rosa woman in September.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California will continue to investigate and prosecute those involved in the heroin trafficking conspiracy.
This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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