Tag: Cocaine Smuggling
Santiago Gamboa-Saenz, Cocaine Trafficking, Kansas 2019
⏱ 2 min read A Mexican cocaine smuggling operation was busted in the Kansas City metro area, with 15 defendants sentenced to prison. The ring, headed by 39-year-old Santiago Gamboa-Saenz, an illegal alien from Chihuahua, Mexico, smuggled cocaine from Mexico into the US, transporting and distributing it in Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, Saint…
Ceasar Tubay Gelacio Jr, Cocaine Smuggling, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read Ceasar Tubay Gelacio Jr, a 43-year-old Philippine national, pleaded guilty to smuggling nearly 200 kilograms of cocaine on an oil tanker from Ecuador to El Segundo, California. The incident occurred in May 2026, when Gelacio, an able-bodied seaman on the Aquatravesia, concealed the cocaine in the vessel’s garbage space and his…
Ceasar Tubay Gelacio, Jr., Cocaine Importation, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read Ceasar Tubay Gelacio, Jr., a 43-year-old Philippines national, has been arrested for smuggling a massive 227 kilograms (500 pounds) of cocaine into the United States. The cocaine, which was hidden on an oil tanker, was intended to be delivered to a Mexican drug cartel. The ship, which was inbound from Ecuador,…
Jesus Obed Mejia Cortez, Alien Trafficking, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read Eleven tons of trouble arrived in San Diego this week as federal prosecutors filed 111 border-related cases, including cocaine smuggling, alien trafficking, and human smuggling. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry made the first bust on April 7, seizing 124 pounds of cocaine concealed in…
