Tag: Homeland Security Task Force
Bryan Hernandez-Rendon, Methamphetamine Possession, North Carolina 2023
⏱ 2 min read A traffic stop in Charlotte, NC, led to the arrest of Bryan Hernandez-Rendon, 30, a Mexican alien, who is now facing federal drug and gun charges. On December 16, 2023, officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department conducted the stop for a traffic violation. During the stop, Hernandez-Rendon told the officers that…
Damian Galan, Cocaine Trafficking, Ohio 2026
⏱ 2 min read Two Southwest Ohio relatives were caught red-handed in a massive cocaine trafficking operation that’s yielded over 700 pounds of the deadly drug, with a street value of $5.8 million. Damian Galan, 31, and Diego Galan, 19, were arrested on May 10 after a weekend sting by agents with the Homeland Security…
Tyrone Hampton, Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2022
⏱ 3 min read An Alaskan apartment in Wasilla was ground zero for a brazen fentanyl trafficking operation, run by California’s Tyrone Hampton, who’s been sentenced to 15 years behind bars. Hampton, 44, orchestrated the smuggling of heroin and fentanyl from California, using a network of gang members and associates to sell the deadly pills…
Juan Jose Montanez, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Manufacture and Distribute Methamphetamine, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read In the Dallas area, a massive methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking scheme was uncovered in 2021, leading to the arrest of Juan Jose Montanez, also known as Happy Johnny. The 40-year-old, an employee at a local barbershop, was found to be responsible for trafficking large quantities of the illicit substances. On May…
Oscar Ruiz-Oliva, Hiring Unauthorized Aliens, Missouri 2023
⏱ 2 min read Oscar Ruiz-Oliva and Jorge Manuel Oliva-Paguada, two Honduran immigrants, were indicted in St. Louis for hiring at least 10 illegal aliens. The indictment, handed down on Wednesday, accuses the pair of knowingly and intentionally engaging in a pattern of hiring unauthorized aliens. Ruiz-Oliva, 41, and Oliva-Paguada, 37, were also charged with…
Houston Cartel Leaders, Conspiracy, Texas 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Houston-based cartel was dismantled in 2021 when federal agents caught wind of a massive methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking scheme spanning multiple states. Prosecutors say Salvador Abraham Gomez, aka ‘Chop and Chief,’ was the mastermind behind the operation, which brought in at least 7,805 grams of methamphetamine and 4,900 grams of…
Alijaha Scott, Fentanyl Trafficking, Arizona 2022
⏱ 3 min read A 25-year-old Ohio man is facing the music for his role in a deadly fentanyl pill trafficking conspiracy that funneled poison from Arizona to the Youngstown area. Alijaha Scott pleaded guilty to conspiracy and racketeering charges, admitting to shipping fentanyl pills from Arizona to Ohio between April 2022 and 2024. According…
Romaro Lanarie Foster Sr., Cocaine Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2022
⏱ 2 min read A massive cocaine operation in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, has been dismantled after a 6-month investigation. Romaro Lanarie Foster Sr., 47, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy. federal authorities began investigating Foster and his crew in March 2022, after a source in California started…
Juan Hernandez, Fentanyl Pill Trafficking, Utah 2023
⏱ 2 min read A massive fentanyl pill haul has landed two Mexican nationals in the crosshairs of federal prosecutors in Utah. Eder Montoya-Rosales, aka Jesus Tadeo Gonzalez Estrada, and Nazario De Jesus Del Campo Perez were charged with fentanyl trafficking after agents seized nearly 100,000 fentanyl pills in a Homeland Security Task Force operation.…
Nixon Manuel Marino-Carreño, Cocaine Importation, Puerto Rico 2026
⏱ 3 min read A notorious cocaine trafficker from Colombia has been brought to justice in Puerto Rico, accused of smuggling the deadly drug into the US for years. Nixon Manuel Marino-Carreño was extradited from Colombia on April 17, 2026, after being arrested on March 10, 2025, at the request of US authorities. According to…
