EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A federal grand jury in Arizona has indicted a father-son duo accused of conspiring to ship 40 pounds of cocaine from Tucson to New York, Alabama and Georgia.
One of the suspects, Raul Garcia Cordova, 53, previously was linked to a scheme to deliver illegal drugs and counterfeit THC vape pens with the help of United Parcel Service employees. That 2019 investigation led to federal agents raiding the suspect’s $2.4 million home and hauling away SUVs, pickups, a motorboat, a sports car and a trailer, according to reports.
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This month, the grand jury accused Cordova and his son, 28-year-old Armando Castro Flores, aka “Randy Savage,” of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and distribution of cocaine.
According to court records, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents learned in July that a transnational criminal organization had set up shop in Tucson and was distributing controlled substances to locations throughout the southeastern United States.
An undercover HSI agent a month later met with Cordova, who allegedly was looking for delivery drivers. Records show the agent had a second meeting with Cordova, who allegedly showed a photo of a brick of cocaine on his cellphone and said 10 to 20 kilos of cocaine needed to be transported from Tucson to Alabama.
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At a third meeting, Cordova and his son allegedly gave the undercover agent an encrypted cellphone and instructions to deliver cocaine to a man called “Pops” in Alabama…