Federal prosecutor calls it ‘insane … astronomical’ amount of drug — enough to make 53 million fatal doses
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Four suspected drug traffickers with apparent ties to a Sinaloa, Mexico-based transnational criminal organization are facing federal charges after they were caught transporting nearly 370 gallons of liquid heroin, federal prosecutors said late last week.
Marco Antonio Magallon, 44; Luis Deleon Woodward, 26; and Jorge Luis Amador, 25, all of Yakima, Washington, and Santos Alisael Aguilar Maya, 32, whose place of residence is unknown, have been charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and possess with intent to distribute heroin, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
According to court documents, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, as part of an ongoing, multi-agency drug trafficking investigation, law enforcement obtained information that several individuals working for a transnational criminal organization were transporting a large load of illegal narcotics into the District of Oregon.