NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Three people from Colorado are facing charges in a drug‑trafficking and money‑laundering conspiracy that allegedly funneled drugs from Mexico through New Mexico into other locations in the United States.
Between November 2023 and July 2025, Ebajelina Silva, 41, of Arvada, Colorado, and Tania Maldonado, 42, of Denver, Colorado, allegedly participated in the conspiracy that moved methamphetamine and cocaine into the United States, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico.
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Silva allegedly coordinated drug pickups and deliveries with Reymondo Mandonado, 43, of Thornton, Colorado, while Maldonado allegedly helped wire drug money to individuals in Mexico. A traffic stop in Otero County, New Mexico, on July 7, 2025, resulted in law enforcement seizing methamphetamine and cocaine from a concealed compartment in an enclosed trailer driven by Mandonado, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico stated in a news release…