HOUSTON, Texas — Federal prosecutors unsealed a 29-count indictment for a drug trafficking scheme after 15 people were arrested in the Southern District of Texas. Those arrested included two illegal aliens from Mexico and Guatemala and a Mexican national with Legal Permanent Resident (LPR) status.
Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies executed arrest warrants and took multiple people into custody. The arrests followed a 29-count indictment handed down by a federal grand jury in Texas. The indictment alleges that the defendants engaged in a conspiracy to traffic drugs that included the use of a taco truck and the U.S. mail.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Houston Police Department led the investigation that led to the indictment and arrest of Houston residents James Michael Brewer aka ‘Creeper’, 33, Jonathan Alvarado aka ‘Joker’, 28, Alexis Delgado aka ‘Chino’, 28, Hector Luis Lopez aka ‘Capulito’, 23, Kylie Rae Alvarado, 24, Ruby Mata, 31, Victor Norris Ellison, 35, Mexi Dyan Garcia aka ‘Mexi’, 31, and Jesus Gomez-Rodriguez aka ‘Jr.’, 33…