A 35-year-old former Portland resident who ran a large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering operation in Oregon, Washington, and elsewhere has been sentenced to 11 years and three months in federal prison.
Luis Antonio Beltran Arredondo admitted to distributing large quantities of fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills, heroin, and methamphetamine while laundering millions of dollars in criminal revenues through a beauty salon and real estate investments.
Federal prosecutors stated that Beltran Arredondo and his girlfriend, Jaqueline Paola Rodrigues Barrientos, smuggled millions of dollars through Tualatin’s Mazatlán Beauty Salon. The salon continued to serve as a front for laundering cocaine proceeds even after its closure…