Jesus Martinez, Cocaine and Marijuana Trafficking, Texas 2009

A federal grand jury in Lubbock, Texas, has charged 17 members and associates of the violent gang known as the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) with various charges related to their alleged narcotics and weapons trafficking violations, as well as a variety of alleged violent crimes throughout Texas.

The indictment, returned earlier this month and unsealed today, charges each of the defendants with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana. Three defendants are also charged with conspiring to deal in firearms.

The indictment alleges that from 2001 until Dec. 13, 2008, when six of the defendants were arrested, the defendants, as members of the ALKQN, conspired to distribute multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine and marijuana throughout Texas and elsewhere. They acquired, packaged, stored, and transported the cocaine and marijuana, and according to court documents filed in the case, imported the narcotics from Mexico into the South Texas region.

Four of the 17 defendants were arrested last night and today in Lubbock, Midland, Big Spring, and Mission, Texas, as well as in Chicago. Eleven defendants are already in federal or state custody on related and unrelated charges. Two are considered fugitives. The defendants arrested today will make their initial appearance in Abilene, Texas, before U.S. Magistrate Philip R. Lane, on Friday, February 27, 2009.

The defendants arrested today are:

- Jesus Martinez, a/k/a Solid, 28, of Midland

- John Guzman, 30, of Big Spring

- Hiluterio Chavez, a/k/a Zeus, 33, of Chicago

- Eliseo Perez, a/k/a Wicked, 28, of Mission, Texas

The defendants indicted but not yet arrested are:

- Guerrero Olivas, a/k/a Screech, 26, of Big Spring

- Michael Conde, a/k/a Psycho, 21, of Lubbock

The indictment also includes drug distribution charges and various firearms charges, including using and carrying a firearm to commit murder during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

'The message this indictment sends not just to these defendants but to those who support and participate in gangs is that with the cooperation of our law enforcement partners at the federal, state and local level, we will work tirelessly to protect our communities and punish those who seek to corrupt them through violence and gun and drug trafficking,' said Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas James T. Jacks.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/17-members-and-associates-violent-gang-indicted