PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A woman pleaded guilty to a federal charge on Friday for her role in conspiring to launder drug trafficking proceeds, authorities announced.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon identified the woman as 40-year-old Brenda Lili Barrera Orantes – a Guatemalan national unlawfully living in the United States.
According to court documents, Barerra Orantes owned and operated La Popular, a money services business with locations in Oregon spanning Hillsboro, Beaverton, Woodburn, Odell and Canby, along with Vancouver, Washington.
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Authorities claim that from August 1, 2024, through November 1, 2024, the stores sent more than $4.2 million in wire transfers to places in Mexico…