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South Texas Residents Face Up to 20 Years in Prison
San Antonio, TX – Six Mission residents, including 47-year-old Norma Leticia Villarreal-Garcia, 36-year-old Iza Corina Flores-Alanis, 24-year-old Juan Antonio Villarreal, 57-year-old Jose Luis Villarreal-Arelis, 47-year-old Nancy Isela Villarreal-Gonzalez, and 27-year-old Gilberto Villarreal-Villarreal, pleaded guilty to participating in a drug trafficking and money laundering scheme in South Texas.
The scheme, which began in January 2000, involved engaging in financial transactions using proceeds derived from the importation, receiving, concealment, buying, and/or selling of cocaine. The defendants also conspired to transport or transmit monetary instruments to locations outside of the United States to conceal the source, ownership, and control of proceeds derived from unlawful activity.
By pleading guilty, the defendants admitted to their roles in the money laundering conspiracy. They face up to 20 years in federal prison for the charge. Sentencing is scheduled for May 24, 2017.
To date, 12 defendants have entered guilty pleas resulting from this investigation. Four defendants – 45-year-old Reymundo Villarreal-Arelis, 37-year-old Jesus Jaime Andrade, 66-year-old Sergio Guadalupe Adame-Ochoa, and Gilberto Villarreal-Arelis, who remains a fugitive – remain under indictment in this case. Jury selection and trial is set for March 13, 2017.
An indictment is merely a charge and should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
This investigation was conducted by the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Waco Treasury Task Force, comprised of IRS-CI, Irving Police Department, Woodway Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety, and the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office, together with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s McAllen, San Antonio, and Houston field offices and Homeland Security Investigations.
Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime|White Collar Crime|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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