75 Raids in State Target Ring Involved in Cocaine Trafficking, Money Laundering
A series of 75 raids staged over two days has broken up a cocaine-trafficking and money-laundering ring responsible for importing tons of the drug into the United States, authorities said Friday.
The raids Thursday and Friday stretched from Fresno to the Mexican border and capped an 18-month investigation, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Spear said. The raids involved more than 300 officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the Montebello Police Department, the U.S. Customs Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office and the Army, he said.
“The three . . . leaders, along with 30 other individuals, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and launder the proceeds,” Spear said.
The alleged leaders were identified as Enrique Perez of Cerritos, Liborio Aguirre of Chula Vista and Gabriel Ceballos of Chino Hills.
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