PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An Oregon and Washington business owner was sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday for laundering drug trafficking money through her money service business, authorities announced.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon said 40-year-old Brenda Lili Barrera Orantes, a Guatemalan national, was sentenced to over three years in prison and three years’ supervised release.
According to court documents, Barrera Orantes owned La Popular stores in Hillsboro, Beaverton, Woodburn, Odell and Canby, along with a location in Vancouver, Washington.
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Authorities said from August to November 2024, the stores sent more than $4.2 million through wire transfers to places in Mexico with drug trafficking connections…