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    1) Four individuals were indicted for conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a Mexican drug cartel. 2) CJNG recruited individuals to Virginia to distribute drugs throughout the Mid-Atlantic and supplied them with cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. 3) The defendants received money from drug sales in the U.S. and transmitted it to CJNG members in Mexico, constituting money laundering. 4) One defendant was also charged with unlawful reentry after deportation and possession of a firearm by an undocumented immigrant.

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    1) Four individuals were indicted for conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a Mexican drug cartel. 2) CJNG recruited individuals to Virginia to distribute drugs throughout the Mid-Atlantic and supplied them with cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. 3) The defendants received money from drug sales in the U.S. and transmitted it to CJNG members in Mexico, constituting money laundering. 4) One defendant was also charged with unlawful reentry after deportation and possession of a firearm by an undocumented immigrant.

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    1) Four individuals were indicted for conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a Mexican drug cartel. 2) CJNG recruited individuals to Virginia to distribute drugs throughout the Mid-Atlantic and supplied them with cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. 3) The defendants received money from drug sales in the U.S. and transmitted it to CJNG members in Mexico, constituting money laundering. 4) One defendant was also charged with unlawful reentry after deportation and possession of a firearm by an undocumented immigrant.

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    1) Four individuals were indicted for conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a Mexican drug cartel. 2) CJNG recruited individuals to Virginia to distribute drugs throughout the Mid-Atlantic and supplied them with cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. 3) The defendants received money from drug sales in the U.S. and transmitted it to CJNG members in Mexico, constituting money laundering. 4) One defendant was also charged with unlawful reentry after deportation and possession of a firearm by an undocumented immigrant.

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    Case 4:20-cr-00009-EKD Document 36 Filed 02/20/20 Page 1 of 4 CLERK'S

    Pageid#: 299U.S. DIST. COURT


    OFFICE
    AT ROANOKE, VA
    FILED

    FEB 2 0 2020
    IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
    DANVILLE DIVISION

    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    v. Criminal No. 4'. :J_O CR., 09


    ALEJANDRO ESCARCEGA-AVILA In violation of:
    FRANCISCO ALVAREZ-ROSALES,
    a/k/a "Meliton Rosales-Alvarez" 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)
    . MELITON ALVAREZ-ROSALES, a/k/a 18 u.s.c. § 922(g)(5)
    "Francisco Alvarez-Consuelo" 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2)
    NOE SALVADOR BECERRA- 18 U.S.C .. §§ 1956(a)(l)(A)(i) and (h)
    GONZALEZ

    INDICTMENT

    The Grand Jury charges that:

    COUNT ONE
    18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)
    Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

    1. Beginning on an unknown date, but no later than in or about June 2018, and

    continuing to in or about January 2020, in the Western District of Virginia and elsewhere, the

    defendants, ALEJANDRO ESCARCEGA-AVILA, FRANCISCO ALVAREZ-ROSALES, a/k/a

    Meliton Rosales-Alvarez, MELITON ALVAREZ-ROSALES, a/k/a Francisco Alvarez-

    Consuelo, and NOE SALVADOR BECERRA-GONZALEZ, did knowingly and intentionally

    combine, conspire, and agree with each other and with other persons known and unknown to the

    Grand Jury to commit offenses against the United States in violation of Title 18, United States

    Code, Section 1956, namely:

    a. to knowingly conduct and attempt to conduct financial transactions

    affecting interstate and foreign commerce, specifically the transfer, delivery, and
    Case 4:20-cr-00009-EKD Document 36 Filed 02/20/20 Page 2 of 4 Pageid#: 300

    exchange of United States Currency, which involved the proceeds of a specified unlawful

    activity, that is, the distribution and manufacture of controlled substances, in violation of

    Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a) and conspiracy to distribute and manufacture

    controlled substances, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, with the

    intent to promote the carrying on of specified unlawful activity, namely the distribution

    and manufacture of controlled substances, in violation of Title 21, United States Code,

    Section 841(a) and conspiracy to distribute and manufacture controlled substances, in


    I
    violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, and that while conducting and

    attempting to conduct such financial transaction the defendants knew that the property

    involved in the financial transaction represented the proceeds of some form of unlawful

    activity in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(a)(l)(A)(i).

    Manner and Means

    2. As part of the conspiracy, members and affiliates of the Jalisco New Generation

    Cartel (CJNG), a Mexican-based criminal organization controlling a significant portion of

    narcotics trafficking in Mexico, transported cocaine hydrochloride, heroin, and marijuana, and

    other controlled substances, into the United States from Mexico.

    3. As part of the conspiracy, CJNG recruited individuals from Mexico to reside in

    Axton, Virginia, to facilitate the distribution of controlled substances from CJNG throughout the

    Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

    4. As part of the conspiracy, CJNG supplied individuals in Axton, Virginia, with

    cocaine hydrochloride, heroin, and marijuana to further those purposes.

    5. As part of the conspiracy, the defendants and their co-conspirators received large

    amounts of United States currency that was payment for the controlled substances, and

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    transmitted that currency to members and affiliates of CJNG based in Mexico.

    6. All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(h).

    COUNT TWO
    8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)
    Unlawful Reentry After Removal From the United States

    7. On or about January 22, 2020, in the Western District of Virginia, the defendant,

    ALEJANDRO ESCARCEGA-AVILA, an alien, was found in the United States after having

    been removed therefrom on or about January 7, 2010, at or near Laredo, Texas, and not having

    obtained the express consent of the Secretary of Homeland Security to reapply for admission to

    the United States.

    8. All in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).

    COUNT THREE
    18 u.s.c. 922(g)(5)
    Possession of a Firearm by an Illegal Alien

    9. In or about January 2020, in the Western District of Virginia, the defendant,

    ALEJANDRO ESCARCEGA-AVILA, knowing that he was an alien illegally and unlawfully in

    the United States, knowingly possessed a firearm, that is a shotgun, which had been shipped and

    transported in interstate and foreign commerce.

    10. All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(5) and 924(a)(2).

    NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

    11. Upon conviction of the offenses alleged in Count One, the defendants shall forfeit

    to the United States any property, real or personal, involved in these offenses, or any property

    traceable to such property, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(l). The United States will seek a

    forfeiture money judgment against the defendant in the amount equal to the value of any

    property, real or personal, involved in this offense, or any property traceable to such property.

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    12. If any of the property described above as being subject to forfeiture, as a result of

    any act or omission of the defendant:

    a. cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence;

    b. has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third party;

    c. has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the Court;

    d. has been substantially diminished in value; or

    e. has been commingled with other property that cannot be divided without

    difficulty;

    the defendant shall forfeit to the United States any other property of the defendant, up to the

    value of the property described above, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code,_Section 853(p).

    A TRUE BILL this 2,..6 day of February, 2020.

    s/ Grand Jury Foreperson


    FOREPERSON
    '

    ~iv~~
    fo~ ROMAS T. CULLEN~
    UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

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