(The Center Square) – Four alleged drug traffickers with suspected ties to a Mexico-based transnational criminal organization face federal charges this week after being caught transporting nearly 370 gallons of liquid heroin. The 1.4 tons of the drug is enough to give everyone in Oregon a lethal dose
Marco Antonio Magallon, 44; Luis Deleon Woodward, 26; and Jorge Luis Amador, 25, all residents of Yakima, Washington, and Santos Alisael Aguilar Maya, 32, whose residency 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,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
On January 24, 2024, as part of an ongoing, multi-agency drug trafficking investigation, law enforcement received information that four people were working for an international criminal organization and that they were transporting large amounts of illegal narcotics into Oregon.
Between late January 24 and early January 25, investigators saw Amador driving a rented moving truck and a pickup truck accompanying it traveling west on Interstate 84 near Bonneville, Oregon.