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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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10 October 2012 Grand Jury
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11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CR No. 1 b ~ - - - - - - ~ - - - -
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Plaintiff,
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14 MILTON URENA,
aka "Milton Urena-Vargas,")
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aka "Big Brother," )
aka "El Bacano," )
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aka "El Berraco," )
RAFAEL URENA, )
17 aka "Rafa," )
aka "The Cock," )
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aka "The Mask," )
DANIEL ALEJANDRO AGREDANO )
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VAZQUEZ, )
aka "Pablito," )
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aka "Pablin," )
aka "Pablo," )
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FRANCISCO JAVIER )
VARGAS-OSEGUERA, )
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aka "Tronco," )
LEONEL URENA-PARTIDA, )
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aka "Tio," )
aka "Cherokee," )
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aka "Milfeos," )
CARMEN GARCIA, )
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aka "Carmelita," )
ELISEO CARRILLO DUARTE, )
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aka "Noel," )
aka "Pancho, " )
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aka "Fernando )
Cabrera-Gomez," )
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aka "Jesus Isais-Cabrera,")
[21 U.S.C, 846: Conspiracy to
Distribute Controlled Substances;
21 u.s.c. 841(a) (1),
(b) (1) (A) (viii) : Distribution of
Methamphetamine; 21 U.S.C.
843(b): Use of a Communication
Facility in Committing a Felony
Drug Offense; 18 U.S.C.
1956(h): Conspiracy to Launder
Monetary Instruments; 18 U.S.C.
2(a): Aiding and Abetting]
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1 JENNA MICHELLE MARTIN, )
aka "Jenna Michelle )
2 Smith," )
aka "Gabacha," and )
3 BETH RENE FORD I )
aka "Beth Rene Upton," )
4 aka "Beth Rene Florance," )
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5 Defendants. )
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7 The Grand Jury charges:
8 COUNT ONE
9 [21 u.s.c. 846]
10 A.
OBJECT OF THE CONSPIRACY
11 Beginning on an unknown date, and continuing until in or
,12 around July 2012, in San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties,
13 within the Central District of California, and elsewhere,
14 defendants MILTON URENA, also known as ("aka") "Milton
15 Urena-Vargas," aka "Big Brother," aka "El Bacano," aka "El
16 Berraco" ("MILTON URENA") , RAFAEL URENA, aka "Rafa," aka "The
17 Cock," aka "The Mask" ("RAFAEL URENA"), DANIEL ALEJANDRO AGREDANO
18 VAZQUEZ, aka "Pablito," aka "Pablin," aka "Pablo" ("AGREDANO"),
19 FRANCISCO JAVIER VARGAS-OSEGUERA, aka "Tronco"
20 ("VARGAS-OSEGUERA"), LEONEL URENA-PARTIDA, aka "Tio," aka
21 "Cherokee," aka "Milfeos" ("URENA-PARTIDA"), CARMEN GARCIA, aka
22 "Carmelita" ("GARCIA"), JENNA MICHELLE MARTIN, aka "Jenna
23 Michelle Smith," aka "Gabacha" ("MARTIN"), and BETH RENE FORD,
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.14 aka "Beth Rene Upton," aka "Beth Rene Florance" ("FORD"), and
25 unindicted co-conspirators D.D., K.P., J.N., M.A., G.U., and
26 A.S., and others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, conspired
27 and agreed with each other to knowingly and intentionally
28 distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine, a Schedule II
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1 narcotic drug controlled substance, in violation of Title 21,
2 United States Code, Sections 841(a) (1) and 841(b) (1) (A) (ii).
3 B. MEANS BY WHICH THE OBJECT OF THE CONSPIRACY WAS TO BE
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5 The object of the conspiracy was to be accomplished in
6 substance as follows:
7 1. Defendant MILTON URENA would organize the shipment of
8 cocaine from the Dominican Republic (the "DR") and Mexico to
9 Italy.
10 2. Defendant MILTON URENA would direct defendant RAFAEL
11 URENA when to send drug couriers to the DR to pick up cocaine
12 that was to be transported to Italy and direct defendant AGREDANO
13 to wire funds to defendant RAFAEL URENA and others in California
14 to pay for expenses related to the recruitment of drug couriers.
3. Defendant RAFAEL URENA would recruit drug couriers
l6 located within the Central District of California, who would
17 transport cocaine from the DR to Italy, and assist the couriers
18 with travel arrangements and obtaining U.S. passports.
19 4. Defendant AGREDANO would arrange for the delivery of
20 cocaine from the DR to Italy and would make travel arrangements
21 for the drug couriers.
22 5. Defendant AGREDANO would transport cocaine to Italy and
23 wire funds to defendant RAFAEL URENA and others at the direction
24 of defendant MILTON URENA.
25 6. Defendants MARTIN and FORD, and unindicted
26 co-conspirators D.D., K.P., and J.N., would receive cash payments
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27 from defendants MILTON URENA, RAFAEL URENA, and AGREDANO to
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28 transport cocaine from the DR to Italy.
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1 7. Defendants VARGAS-OSEGUERA, GARCIA, and MARTIN would
2 recruit drug couriers for defendants MILTON URENA and RAFAEL
3 URENA.
4 8. Defendant URENA-PARTIDA would provide defendants MILTON
5 URENA and RAFAEL URENA a means to transport cocaine from Mexico
6 to Italy.
7 9 . Defendants MILTON URENA, RAFAEL URENA, and
; 8 VARGAS-OSEGUERA would direct unindicted co-conspirators G. U. and
9 A.S. to deposit drug proceeds at JP Morgan Chase and Western
10 Union branch locations.
11 c. OVERT ACTS
12 In furtherance of the conspiracy, and to accomplish the
13 object of the conspiracy, on or about the following dates,
14 defendants MILTON URENA, RAFAEL URENA, AGREDANO,
15 URENA-PARTIDA, GARCIA, MARTIN, and FORD, and unindicted
16 co-conspirators D.D., K.P., J.N., M.A., G.U., and A.S., and
17 others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, committed various
18 overt acts within the Central District of California, and
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20 1. On September 8, 2010, using coded language during a
21 telephone conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant
22 RAFAEL URENA to ask defendant GARCIA to find two or three "white
23 guys" who could transport drugs from the DR.
24 2. On September 8, 2010, using coded language during a
25 telephone conversation, defendants MILTON URENA and RAFAEL URENA
26 discussed the need to find drug couriers who had a good
27 appearance and U.S. passports in order to avoid being questioned
28 or stopped by law enforcement.
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3. On September 12, 2010, using coded language during a
2 telephone conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant
3 RAFAEL URENA that their Italian customers had sent.money back
4 with the drug couriers and that defendant MILTON URENA was
5 receiving drug proceeds "little by little" because there was not
6 a secure way of transporting large amounts of cash from Italy to
7 the DR.
8 4. On September 12, 2010, using coded language during a
9 telephone conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant
10 RAFAEL URENA that their Italian customers wanted to buy more
11 cocaine on credit.
5. On September 18, 2010, using coded language during a
13 telephone conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant
14 RAFAEL URENA that their Italian customers were not happy with the
15 quality of drugs that were recently delivered.
16 6. On September 18, 2010, using coded language during a
17 telephone conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told an
18 unidentified co-conspirator that a drug courier delivered drugs
19 to Italy and had already returned.
20 7. On September 18, 2010, using coded language during a
21 telephone conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told an
22 unidentified co-conspirator that male drug couriers could
23 generally transRort 20 kilograms of cocaine and female drug
24 couriers could transport 15 to 20 kilograms of cocaine.
25 8. On September 18, 2010, using coded language during a
26 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
27 MILTON URENA that defendant GARCIA's friend could not transport
28 drugs because the friend was on probation.
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1 9. On September 21, 2010, using coded language during a
2 telephone conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant
3 RAFAEL URENA that he would send two drug couriers, a male and a
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4 female, next week.
5 10. On October 26, 2010, using coded language during a
6 telephone conversation, defendant MILTON URENA and an
7 unidentified co-conspirator discussed flights from Italy to the
8 DR.
9 11. On October 27, 2010, using coded language during a
10 telephone conversation, an unindicted co-conspirator told
11 defendant MILTON URENA that the unindicted co-conspirator almost
12 underwent an X-ray inspection at the airport in Mexico City,
13 Mexico, to check for concealed drugs.
14 12. On November 2, 2010, using coded language during a
l5 telephone conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant
16 RAFAEL URENA that he had purchased 13 kilograms of cocaine for
17 further distribution.
18 13. On November 9, 2010, using coded language during a
19 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
20 MILTON URENA that he had found a female drug courier who needed a
21 U.S. passport.
22 14. On August 5, 2011, using coded language during a
23 telephone conversation, defendant URENA-PARTIDA told defendant
24 RAFAEL URENA that defendants URENA-PARTIDA and MILTON URENA
25 should transport drugs from Mexico to Italy rather than from the
t6 DR to Italy.
27 15. On August 5, 2011, during a telephone conversation,
28 defendant URENA-PARTIDA asked defendant RAFAEL URENA for the
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1 telephone number of defendant MILTON URENA.
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16. On August 5, 2011, using coded language during a
3 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
4 URENA-PARTIDA that their customers in Italy do not want to
5 purchase drugs from Mexico because the drugs are too expensive.
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17. On October 2, 2011, using coded language during a
/.7 BlackBerry Messenger ("BBM") conversation, defendant MILTON URENA

8 told defendant RAFAEL URENA that they sent two kilograms of
9 cocaine to Italy, which was an "ice-breaker" with their Italian
10 customers.
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18. On October 28, 2011, during a BBM conversation,
12 defendant MILTON URENA asked defendant RAFAEL URENA whether a
13 female drug courier had taken her birth certificate and pictures
14 to the passport
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19. On October 28, 2011, defendant AGREDANO used Western
16 Union to wire approximately 14,732.28 Dominican pesos (or
17 approximately $388.10 in U.S. currency) Santo Domingo, DR,
18 to Fontana, California, to pay for the purchase of a U.S.
'1.9 passport for defendant MARTIN.
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20. On October 28, 2011, defendant RAFAEL URENA drove
21 unindicted co-conspirator G.U. to a check-cashing business in
22 Fontana, California, to pick up the money wired by defendant
23 AGREDANO for defendant MARTIN's passport.
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21. On November 1, 2011, defendant RAFAEL URENA provided
25 defendant MARTIN with approximately $195 in cash for the purchase
26 of defendant MARTIN's U.S. passport.
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22. On November 1, 2011, defendant RAFAEL URENA drove
28 defendant MARTIN to a passport office in Los Angeles, California,
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1 to submit her U.S. passport application.
2 23. On November 2, 2011, defendant AGREDANO received an
3 e-mail containing the flight itinerary of unindicted
4 co-conspirator J.N., who was traveling from the DR to Rome,
5 Italy.
6 24. On November 2, 2011, defendant RAFAEL URENA drove
7 defendant MARTIN to a passport office in Los Angeles, California,
8 to retrieve defendant MARTIN's U.S. passport.
9 25. On November 2, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
10 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant MILTON URENA
11 that he drove defendant MARTIN back to her house and she was now
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12 ready to travel to the DR to transport cocaine from the DR to
13 Italy.
14 26. On November 2, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
15 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
16 that they would start earning money once defendant RAFAEL URENA
17 started sending female drug couriers to the DR to transport
18 cocaine to Italy.
19 27. On November 2, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
20 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant MILTON URENA
21 that he was offering the female drug courier $10,000 to transport
22 cocaine from the DR to Italy.
23 28. On November 5, 2011, unindicted co-conspirator J.N.
24 traveled from the DR to Rome, Italy, to deliver cocaine.
25 29. On November 6, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
26 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
27 that unindicted co-conspirator J.N. had successfully delivered
28 cocaine to a customer in Italy.
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1 30. On November 6, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
2 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant MILTON URENA
that defendant MARTIN had friends who wanted to transport drugs
4 to Italy, but the friends wanted to wait until defendant MARTIN
5 had made a successful delivery.
6 31. On November 8, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
7 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA provided defendant MILTON
8 URENA the fullname of defendant MARTIN in preparation for her
9 travel to the DR.
10 32. On November 8, 2011, defendant RAFAEL URENA provided
11 defendant AGREDANO the e-mail address where defendant AGREDANO
12 could send defendant MARTIN's airline ticket.
13 33. On November 8, 2011, defendant AGREDANO received an
*4 e-mail containing the flight itinerary for defendant MARTIN's
15 travel from Los Angeles, California, to Santo Domingo, DR, on
16 November 11, 2011.
17 34. On November _8, 2011, AGREDANO received an
18 e-mail containing the flight itinerary for defendant MARTIN's
19 travel from Rome, Italy, to Santo Domingo, DR, on November 19,
20 2011.
21 35. On November 9, 2011, during a BBM conversation,
22 defendant RAFAEL URENA provided defendant MILTON URENA the e-mail
23 address where defendant AGREDANO could send defendant MARTIN's
24 airline ticket.
25 36. On November 9, 2011, during a BBM conversation,
26 defendant RAFAEL URENA provided defendant AGREDANO with defendant
27 MARTIN's full name and date of birth in preparation for her
28 travel to the DR.
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1 37. On November 10, 2011, defendant RAFAEL URENA drove
2 defendant MARTIN to Los Angeles International Airport so that
3 defendant MARTIN could board her flight to Santo Domingo, DR, via
4 Atlanta, Georgia.
5 38. On November 11, 2011, defendants MILTON URENA and
6 AGREDANO met defendant MARTIN at the airport in Santo Domingo,
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8 39. On November 11, 2011, defendants MILTON URENA and
9 AGREDANO provided transportation for defendant MARTIN in Santo
10 Domingo, DR.
11 40. On November 12, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
12 conversation, defendants MILTON URENA and RAFAEL URENA agreed to
13 pay defendant MARTIN approximately $3,000 in cash for her time
14 and as an advancement for her next trip to Italy to distribute
15 drugs.
16 41. On November 13, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
17 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
~ 8 that defendant MARTIN would be paid $1,000 in cash for each drug
19 courier defendant MARTIN recruited.
20 42. On November 16, 2011, via text message, defendant
21 MARTIN told defendant RAFAEL URENA that she was recruiting
22 another female drug courier.
23 43. On November 19, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
24 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant MILTON URENA
25 to send money to pay for defendant FORD's passport.
26 44. On November 20, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
27 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
28 that defendant AGREDANO had wire.d funds in the amount of $597.58
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1 for the benefit of defendant RAFAEL URENA.
2 45. On November 21, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
3 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant MILTON URENA
4 that he had agreed to meet with defendants MARTIN and FORD around
5 4:00p.m. that day.
6 46. On November 21, 2011, defendants RAFAEL URENA, MARTIN,
7 and FORD met at a coffee shop in Ontario, California, to discuss
8 obtaining a passport for defendant FORD.
9 47. On December 1, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
lO conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
11 that a shipment of cocaine was ready to be transported to Italy,
12 but they did not yet have a female drug courier or an airline
13 ticket.
14 48. On December 1, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
15 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
16 to find out whether defendant MARTIN or defendant FORD could go
17 to the DR during the upcoming weekend to transport cocaine from
18 the DR to Italy.
19 49. On December 2, 2011, defendant AGREDANO received an
20 e-mail confirmation regarding unindicted co-conspirator J.N.'s
21 travel from the DR to Rome, Italy, on Blue Panorama Airlines,
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22 flight BV1613, on December 3, 2011.
23 50. On December 3, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
24 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defeNdant RAFAEL URENA
25 that defendant AGREDANO and unindicted co-conspirator J.N. were
26 traveling to Italy with a shipment of cocaine.
27 51. On December 3, 2011, defendant AGREDANO received an
28 e-mail confirmation regarding defendant AGREDANO's travel from
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1 the DR, to Rome, Italy, on Blue Panorama Airlines, flight BV1613,
2 on December 3, 2011.
). 3 52. On December 3, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
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4 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
5 that defendant AGREDANO and unindicted co-conspirator J.N. were
6 transporting cocaine to Italy.
7 53. On December 3, 2011, via text message, defendant MARTIN
8 told defendant RAFAEL URENA that defendant FORD will not travel
9 without defendant MARTIN.
10 54. On December 3, 2011, via text message, defendant RAFAEL
11 URENA told defendant MARTIN that he would ask for money to pay
12 for defendant FORD's passport.
13. 55. On December 3, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
~ 4 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA asked defendant MILTON URENA
is to send money to pay for defendant FORD's passport.
16 56. On December 4, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
17 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
18 that once defendant AGREDANO delivered cocaine in Italy,
19 defendant MILTON URENA would ask defendant AGREDANO to lend him
20 money earned from the sale of the cocaine in Italy.
21 57. On December 4, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
22 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
23 that their Italian customers had money to pay for the cocaine.
24 58. On December 4, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
25 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
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27 RAFAEL URENA.
28 59. On December 6, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
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1 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
2 that defendant AGREDANO had the drug proceeds, but there was no
3 Western Union to wire the money from Italy.
4 60. On December 7, 2011, via Western Union wire, defendant
5 AGREDANO sent unindicted co-conspirator G.U. approximately 900
;6 Euros (or approximately $1,144.76 in U.S. currency), ~ r o m Rome,
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8 defendant RAFAEL URENA.
9 61. On December 7, 2011, during a BBM conversation,
10 defendant AGREDANO provided defendant RAFAEL URENA a wire
11 transfer number and told defendant RAFAEL URENA to let him know
12 when defendant RAFAEL URENA received the money.
13 62. On December 7, 2011, during a telephone conversation,
14 defendant RAFAEL URENA confirmed that unindicted co-conspirator
15 G.U. had picked up the money sent from Italy.
16 63. On December 7, 2011, during a BBM conversation,
17 defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant AGREDANO that the money was
:j_8 received and asked defendant AGREDANO whether he would be sending
19 more money the following day.
20 64. On December 7, 2011, during a telephone conversation,
21 defendant RAFAEL URENA told unindicted co-conspirator G.U. that
22 the maximum amount of money that could be sent from Italy was
23 1,000 Euros, that the money received that day was the equivalent
24 of 1,000 Euros, and that another 1,000 Euros would be sent the
25 following day.
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65. On December 10, 2011, via text message, defendant FORD
asked defendant RAFAEL URENA for payment in U.S. dollars and told
defendant RAFAEL URENA that she could travel to Italy the
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1 following Monday.
2 66. On December 10, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
3 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA asked defendant RAFAEL URENA
4 how much he had offered a female drug courier to transport
5 cocaine from the DR to Italy.
6 67. On December 10, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
7 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant MILTON URENA
8 that he had offered $10,000 in cash to those who agreed to
9 transport cocaine from the DR to Italy.
68. On December 11, 2011, via text message, defendants FORD
11 and RAFAEL URENA made arrangements to meet the following day in
12 order to submit defendant FORD's U.S. passport application.
13 69. On December 11, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
14 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
15 that he would send approximately $300 in cash to pay for
16 defendant FORD's U.S. passport.
17 70. On December 11, 2011, at the direction of defendant
18 MILTON URENA, unindicted co-conspirator A.S. used Western Union
19 to wire unindicted co-conspirator G.U. approximately 13,714.38
20 Dominican pesos (or approximately $359.58 in U.S. currency) from
21 the DR, to Rancho Cucamonga, California, for the benefit of
22 defendant RAFAEL URENA.
23 71. On December 12, 2011, defendant RAFAEL URENA drove
24 defendant FORD to a passport office in Los Angeles, California.
25 72. On December 12, 2011, defendant RAFAEL URENA provided
26 defendant FORD approximately $200 in cash for the purchase of
27 defendant FORD's U.S. passport.
28 73. On December 13, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
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1 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA asked defendant MILTON URENA
:,:2 whether any drug couriers were available to transport drugs that
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74. On December 13, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
5 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA advised defendant MILTON
6 URENA that defendant FORD would be getting her passport the
7 following day.
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75. On December 14, 2011, via text message, defendant FORD
9 told defendant RAFAEL URENA that she was picking up her U.S.
10 passport.
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76. On December 14, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
12 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
13 that they had a large amount of cocaine in the DR to send to
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77. On December 15, 2011, via text message, defendant FORD
16 asked defendant RAFAEL URENA about travel plans.
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78. On December 16, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
18 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
19 that he would send money after the drug couriers left the DR for
20 Rome, Italy.
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79. On December 18, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
22 conversation, defendant AGREDANO told defendant RAFAEL URENA that
23 three drug couriers had just been sent to transport cocaine from
24 the DR to Italy.
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80. On December 23, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
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26 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
27 that two more drug couriers had left the DR for Italy to
28 transport cocaine and that this would be the last drug delivery
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1 until the next year.
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81. On December 23, 2011, using coded language during a
3 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
4 URENA-PARTIDA that they were having difficulty finding a way of
5 bringing drug proceeds from Italy to the DR.
82. On December 23, 2011, using coded language during a
7 telephone conversation, defendant URENA-PARTIDA told defendant
8 RAFAEL URENA that defendants URENA-PARTIDA and MILTON URENA could
9 transport drugs from Mexico to Italy, rather than from the DR to
10 Italy.
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83. On December 23, 2011, using coded language during a
12 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
13 URENA-PARTIDA that there was a good supply of cocaine in the DR
14 because defendant MILTON URENA and others had been sending
15 cocaine from the DR to Italy twice a week for the past three
16 months.
84. On January 3, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
18 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
l9 that he could make more money if defendant RAFAEL URENA sent him
20 female drug couriers more often.
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85. On January 4, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
22 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
23 that an unindicted co-conspirator was working on sending
24 defendant MILTON URENA a female drug courier.
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86. On January 4, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
26 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
27 that he just needed one more female drug courier.
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87. On January 4, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
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1 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
2 that defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA was going to send defendant MILTON
3 URENA a drug courier.
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88. On January 7, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
5 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA advised defendant RAFAEL
6 URENA that a drug courier was traveling.to Rome, Italy.
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89. On January 8, 2012, unindicted co-conspirator M.A.
8 traveled from the DR to Italy.
9
90. On January 8, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
io conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
11 that the cocaine was successfully delivered to their Italian
12 customers.
13
91. On January 13, 2012, defendant AGREDANO received an
14 e-mail containing the flight itinerary of unindicted
15 co-conspirator J.N.'s travel from the DR to Italy on January 14,
16 2012.
17
92. On January 14, 2012, unindicted co-conspirator J.N.
18 traveled from the DR to Italy.
19
93. On February 24, 2012, using coded language during a
20 telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA told defendant
21 MILTON URENA to send money for the passport of a female drug
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22 courier.
23
94. On February 24, 2012, using coded language during a
24 telephone conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant
25 VARGAS-OSEGUERA that he had two teams of drug couriers scheduled
26 to go to Italy before the female drug courier recruited by
27 defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA could transport cocaine to Italy.
28
95. On February 24, 2012, using coded language during a
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.. 1 telephone conversation, defendants MILTON URENA and
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2 VARGAS-OSEGUERA discussed the travel arrangements and expenses of
3 the female drug courier recruited by defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA.
4
96. On February 25, 2012, unindicted co-conspirators D.D.
5 and K.P. transported approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine from
6 the DR to Italy.
7
97. On March 25, 2012, unindicted co-conspirator J.N.
8 boarded Blue Panorama Airlines flight BV 1640 from La Romana, DR,
9 to Rome, Italy, transporting approximately 15 kilograms of
10 cocaine.
11
98. On May 8, 2012, unindicted co-conspirator M.A. boarded
12 Blue Panorama Airlines flight BV 1133 from Cancun, Mexico, to
l3 Rome, Italy, transporting approximately 13 kilograms of cocaine.
14
99. On July 9, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
15 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA reminded defendant RAFAEL
16 URENA that "some girls" were arrested with drugs in their
17 possession in Italy.
18 100. On July 9, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
19 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
20 that they needed to wait a while before continuing to send drugs
21 to Italy because of the presence of law enforcement.
22
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1 COUNT TWO
2 [21 u.s.c. 846]
3 A. OBJECTS OF THE CONSPIRACY
4 Beginning on an unknown date, and continuing until in or
5 around July 2012, in San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties,
~ - 6 within the Central District of California, and elsewhere,
7 defendants MILTON URENA, also known as ("aka") "Milton
8 Urena-Vargas," aka "Big Brother," aka "El Bacano," aka "El
9 Berraco" ("MILTON URENA"), RAFAEL URENA, aka "Rafa," aka "The
10 Cock," aka "The Mask" ("RAFAEL URENA"), FRANCISCO JAVIER
11 VARGAS-OSEGUERA, aka "Tronco" ("VARGAS-OSEGUERA"), LEONEL
12 URENA-PARTIDA, aka "Tio," aka "Cherokee," aka "Milfeos"
13 ("URENA-PARTIDA"), CARMEN GARCIA, aka "Carmelitai' ("GARCIA"),
14 ELISEO CARRILLO DUARTE, aka "Noel," aka "Pancho," aka "Fernando
15 Cabrera-Gomez," aka "Jesus Isais-Cabrera" ("DUARTE"), and
16 unindicted co-conspirators G.U., K.U., and A.U., and others known
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!7 and unknown to the Grand Jury, conspired and agreed with each
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18 other to knowingly and intentionally:
19 1. Distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine, a
20 Schedule II narcotic drug controlled substance, in violation of
21 Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a) (1) and
2 2 8 41 (b) ( 1) (A) ( i i) ; and
23 2 . Distribute at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, a
24 Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of Title 21,
25 United States Code, Sections 841(a) (1) and 841(b) (1) (A) (viii).
26 B. MEANS BY WHICH THE OBJECTS OF THE CONSPIRACY WERE TO BE
27 ACCOMPLISHED
.f8 The objects of the conspiracy were to be accomplished in
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. 1 substance as follows:
2 1 . Defendants MILTON URENA, RAFAEL URENA, and
3 VARGAS-OSEGUERA would arrange for the transportation of cocaine
4 and methamphetamine from California to other U.S. locations,
5 including Indiana and New York.
6 2. Defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA would obtain vehicles with
7 hidden compartments that could be used to transport and conceal
8 cocaine.
3 . Defendants GARCIA and URENA-PARTIDA would supply
10 defendants MILTON URENA, RAFAEL URENA, and VARGAS-OSEGUERA, and
11 others with methamphetamine.
12 4. Defendant URENA-PARTIDA would broker cocaine deals
13 between his customers and defendant RAFAEL URENA and others.
14 5. Defendants VARGAS-OSEGUERA and DUARTE would broker
15 methamphetamine sales between defendants RAFAEL URENA and GARCIA
16 and drug buyers.
17 6. Unindicted co-conspirators G.U., K.U., and A.U. would
18 pick up and deposit drug proceeds on behalf of defendants RAFAEL
19 URENA and VARGAS-OSEGUERA.
c. OVERT ACTS
21 In furtherance of the conspiracy, and to accomplish the
22 objects of the conspiracy, on or about the following dates and
23 times, defendants MILTON URENA, RAFAEL URENA, VARGAS-OSEGUERA,
24 URENA-PARTIDA, GARCIA, DUARTE, and unindicted co-conspirators
25 G.U., K.U., and A.U., and others known and unknown to the Grand
26 Jury, committed various overt acts within the Central District of
27 California, and elsewhere, including but not limited to the
28 following:
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1 1. On September 6, 2010, using coded language during a
2 telephone conversation, defendant URENA-PARTIDA told defendant
3 MILTON URENA that an unidentified co-conspirator brought
4 methamphetamine and "cleaned" it.
5 2. On September 17, 2010, using coded language during a
6 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
7 MILTON URENA that an unidentified co-conspirator could distribute
8 two or three pounds of methamphetamine for them.
9 3. On September 17, 2010, using coded language during a
10 telephone conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant
11 RAFAEL URENA that he needed individuals who could distribute 10
12 or more pounds of methamphetamine.
4. On November 3, 2010, using coded language during a
14 telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA told defendant
15 MILTON URENA that he was ready to sell drugs for defendant MILTON
16 URENA.
17 5. On November 10, 2010, using coded language during a
18 telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA instructed
19 defendant MILTONURENA to wire him money.
20 6 . On November 10, 2010, during a telephone conversation,
21 defendant RAFAEL URENA provided defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA the
22 number of a wire transfer in the amount of $1,500, which was
23 coming from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ("DR").
7. On July 22, 2011, using coded language during a
25 telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA asked defendant
26 URENA-PARTIDA to send methamphetamine from Guadalajara, Mexico,
27 to Los Angeles, California, where defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA would
28 pick it up.
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1 8 . On August 25, 2011, using coded language during a
2 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
3 URENA-PARTIDA that, in Southern California, the price of
4 methamphetamine was approximately $9,000 per pound and the price
"
'5 of cocaine was approximately $20,000 per kilogram.
6 9. On August 28, 2011, using coded language during a
7 telephone conversation, defendant URENA-PARTIDA asked defendant
8 RAFAEL URENA whether a source of supply had cocaine.
9 10. On October 1, 2011, using coded language during a
10 BlackBerry Messenger ("BBM") conversation, defendants MILTON
11 URENA and RAFAEL URENA discussed supplying up to 100 kilograms of
12 cocaine at one time.
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
11. On October 2, 2011, using coded language during a
telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
URENA-PARTIDA that one kilogram of methamphetamine could be sold
for $18,000 or $ 1 9 , 0 0 0 ~ but that other dealers were selling one
kilogram of methamphetamine for $17,000 because of
"oversaturation" in the Los Angeles, California, area.
12. On October 2, 2011, using coded language during a
20 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
21 URENA-PARTIDA that, in the Los Angeles, California, area, there
22 was good-quality methamphetamine for sale, but because there was
23 an abundance of supply, drug dealers who did not sell the
24 methamphetamine at a low price would have it for a long time.
25 13. On October 2, 2011, using coded language during a
26 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
27 URENA-PARTIDA that one kilogram of cocaine would sell for
28 approximately $20,000 to $21,000 in Los Angeles, California.
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1 14. On October 2, 2011, using coded language during a
2 telephone conversation, defendant URENA-PARTIDA told defendant
3 RAFAEL URENA that he had a customer who would like to purchase
4 kilogram quantities of cocaine for between approximately $15,000
5 and $25,000 in cash, with nothing on credit.
6 15. On October 13, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
7 conversation, defendants RAFAEL URENA and MILTON URENA agreed
;a that they would charge an additional $1,000 per kilogram of

cocaine, regardless of the cost of the cocaine, for
10 transportation costs from California to New York.
11 16. On November 1, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
12 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
13 that they could earn a lot of money transporting cocaine from
14 California to New York.
15 17. On December 2, 2011, using coded language during a
16 telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA told defendant
17 RAFAEL URENA that a customer wanted two pounds of
18 methamphetamine.
19 18. On December 2, 2011, using coded during a .
20 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
21 VARGAS-OSEGUERA that he would find out if defendant GARCIA could
22 supply two pounds of methamphetamine.
23 19. On December 6, 2011, using coded language during a
24 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
25 VARGAS-OSEGUERA that defendant GARCIA had previously supplied
26 good-quality methamphetamine.
27 20. On December 6, 2011, using coded language during a
28 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
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;,1 VARGAS-OSEGUERA that the price of methamphetamine was between
2 $9,000 and $9,500 per pound.
3
21. On December 6, 2011, using coded language during a
4 telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA instructed
5 defendant RAFAEL URENA to charge a customer $12,000 for one pound
6 of methamphetamine and to provide defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA
7 $2,000 as his broker fee.
8 22. On December 8, 2011, using coded language during a
9 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
10 VARGAS-OSEGUERA that defendant GARCIA had one pound of
11 methamphetamine that was ready to be picked up.
12
23. On December 9, 2011, using coded language during a
i3 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
14 VARGAS-OSEGUERA that defendant GARCIA set aside one pound of
15 methamphetamine for their upcoming transaction.
16
24. On December 13, 2011, using coded language during a
17 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
18 GARCIA that a customer was coming to meet defendant RAFAEL URENA
19 on December 18, 2011 to purchase one pound of methamphetamine.
20
25. On December 14, 2011, using coded language during a
21
telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA told defendant
22
RAFAEL URENA that the customer would pay $12,000 for one pound of
23
methamphetamine.
24 26.
On December 14, 2011, using coded language during a
25 telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA instructed
26 defendant RAFAEL URENA that from the $12,000 paid by the
27 customer, defendant RAFAEL URENA should keep $10,000 and then
28 deposit the remaining $2,000 into defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's
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1 bank account.
2
27. On December 16, 2011, using coded language during a
3 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA agreed to meet the
::4 customer the morning of December 18, 2011, in Ontario,
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,, 5 California, to sell one pound of methamphetamine for $12, 000.
6 28. On December 16, 2011, using coded language in a text
7 message, defendant GARCIA instructed defendant RAFAEL URENA to
8 come to her house the following day to pick up one pound of
9 methamphetamine.
10
29. On December 17, 2011, using coded language during a
11 telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA instructed
12 defendant RAFAEL URENA to contact him after he sold the one pound
13 of methamphetamine for $12,000, at which time defendant
14 VARGAS-OSEGUERA would provide a bank account number for the
15 deposit of $2,000.
16
30. On December 17, 2011, in San Bernardino, California,
17 defendant RAFAEL URENA picked up one pound of methamphetamine
18 from defendant GARCIA's residence.
19
31. On December 18, 2011, using c o ~ e d language during a BBM
20 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
21 that defendant MILTON URENA would send money to pay for a truck
22 with a hidden compartment.
23
32. On December 18, 2011, using coded language during a BBM
24 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant MILTON URENA
25 that it would cost between $15,000 and $20,000 to purchase a
26 truck with a hidden compartment.
33. On December 18, 2011, using coded language during a
28 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA agreed to meet the
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1 drug customer, who, in fact, was an undercover agent ("the UC"),
2 at a coffee shop in Ontario, California, to deliver the one pound
3 of methamphetamine.
4 34. On December 18, 2011, in Ontario, California, defendant
5 RAFAEL URENA sold approximately one pound of methamphetamine that
6 was 100% pure (that is, approximately 443 grams of
7 methamphetamine) to the UC in exchange for $12,000 in cash.
35. On December 18, 2011, using coded languag.e during a
9 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA informed defendant
10 VARGAS-OSEGUERA that he had sold the one pound of methamphetamine
11 for $12,000.
12 36. On December 18, 2011, via text message, defendant
13 RAFAEL URENA received from unindicted co-conspirator A.U.
14 defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's JP Morgan Chase bank account number
15 ending in 7350 ("defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's Bank Account").
16 37. On December 18, 2011, using coded language during a
17 telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA asked defendant
18 RAFAEL URENA whether he had received the bank account number for
19 defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's Bank Account.
20 38. On December 18, 2011, using coded language during a
21 telephone conversation, defendant.VARGAS-OSEGUERA told defendant
22 RAFAEL URENA to give the bank account number for defendant
23 VARGAS-OSEGUERA's Bank Account to unindicted co-conspirator G.U.,
24 who would make the deposit.
25 39. On December 18, 2011, during a telephone conversation,
26 defendant RAFAEL URENA told unindicted co-conspirator G.U. to
27 pick up $2,000 from defendant RAFAEL URENA's house and deposit
28 the money into a Chase bank account and that defendant RAFAEL
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1 URENA would provide the account number at a later time.
2 40. On December 18, 2011, via text message, defendant
3 RAFAEL URENA provided unindicted co-conspirator G.U. with
4 defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's bank account number.
5 41. On December 18, 2011, during a telephone conversation,
6 defendant GARCIA asked defendant RAFAEL URENA whether he was
7 going to call defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA and ask him to give $300
8 to defendant GARCIA.
9 42. On December 18, 2011, during a t e l e p h o ~ e conversation,
10 defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant GARCIA that he had already
11 told unindicted co-conspirator G.U. to give $300 to defendant
.
12 GARCIA.
13 43. On December 19, 2011, via text message, defendant
14 RAFAEL URENA told unindicted co-conspirator G.U. that unindicted
15 co-conspirator G.U. could give $300 to defendant GARCIA.
16 44. On December 19, 2011, unindicted co-conspirator G.U.
17 deposited.$1,700 in cash into defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's
18 Bank Account.
19 45. On December 19, 2011, via text message, defendant
20 RAFAEL URENA told defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA that a deposit had
21 been made for $1,700.
22 46. On December 19, 2011, via text message, defendant
23 RAFAEL URENA told unindicted co-conspirator A.U. that cash was
1 .
24 deposited into defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's Bank Account.
25 47. On December 19, 2011, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA
26 withdrew $1,000 in cash from defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's Bank
27 Account.
28 48. On December 24, 2011, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA
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1 withdrew $1,000 in cash from defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's Bank
2 Account.
3
49. On January 3, 2012, using coded language during a
-,.
~ 4 , telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA told defendant
5 RAFAEL URENA to talk to defendant MILTON URENA about obtaining a
6 truck with a hidden compartment that they could use to transport
7 cocaine from California to New York.
8
50. On January 7, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
9 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
10 .that defendant MILTON URENA and others in the DR were preparing
11 to transport cocaine from California to New York.
12
51. On January 7, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
13 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
14 that money earned from the next sale of cocaine in Italy would be
15 used to pay the start-up costs of transporting cocaine from
16 California to New York.
17
52. On January 9, 2012, using coded language during a
18 telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA told defendant
19 RAFAEL URENA that he had found a truck trailer they could use to
20 transport cocaine from California to New York and also to
21 transport money back to Los Angeles, California.
22
53. On January 11, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
23 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
24 that he wanted to send 30 kilograms of cocaine from California to
25 New York.
26
54. On January 12, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
27 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA told defendant RAFAEL URENA
28 that they needed a hidden compartment that held at least 10
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1 kilograms of cocaine at one time.
2 55. On January 12, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
3 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant MILTON URENA
4 that $19,000 was the lowest amount that a kilogram of cocaine
5 could be purchased for in Los Angeles, California.
6 56. On January 20, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
'/7 conversation, defendant MILTON URENA asked defendant RAFAEL URENA
''
8 what kind of vehicle defendants RAFAEL URENA and VARGAS-OSEGUERA
9 needed in order to transport cocaine from Southern California to
10 New York.
11 57. On January 20, 2012, using coded language during a
12 telephone conversation, defendants RAFAEL URENA and
13 VARGAS-OSEGUERA discussed the types of vehicles they needed to
14 transport cocaine from Southern California to New York.
15 58. On January 25, 2012, using coded language during a
16 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
17 GARCIA that he and defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA wanted five pounds
18 of methamphetamine.
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19 59. On January 28, 2012, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA obtained
20 a vehicle containing a hidden compartment in which to transport
21 drugs and money.
22 60. On January 29, 2012, using coded language during a BBM
23 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant MILTON URENA
24 that defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA had obtained a vehicle with a
25 hidden compartment that could hold up to 10 kilograms of cocaine.
26 61. On January 30, 2012, using coded language during a
27 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
28 VARGAS-OSEGUERA that defendant GARCIA had agreed to supply five
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1 pounds of methamphetamine.
2 62.
On June 15, 2012, using coded language in a text
3 message,
defendant RAFAEL URENA told an unindicted
.
4 co-conspirator that he would accept $11,000 for one pound of
5 methamphetamine.
6
63. On June 15, 2012, using coded language in a text
7 message, defendant RAFAEL URENA told an unindicted
8 co-conspirator that defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA had told him that
9 an unindicted co-conspirator was going to give defendant RAFAEL
10 URENA some cash.
11
64. On June 16, 2012, using coded language in a BBM
12 conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA provided defendant DUARTE
13 with his name, address, and driver's license number so that
14 defendant DUARTE could rent a car in preparation for their trip
15 to Indiana to inspect the quality of methamphetamine they had
16 previously sent there.
17
65. On June 17, 2012, defendants RAFAEL URENA and
18 VARGAS-OSEGUERA, and other unidentified co-conspirators, drove
19 together from California to Indiana to inspect the quality of
20 methamphetamine previously sent there.
21
66. On June 17, 2012, using coded language during a
22 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
23 VARGAS-OSEGUERA that defendant RAFAEL URENA had purchased one
24 kilogram of methamphetamine for $19,000.
25
67. On June 17, 2012, using coded language during a
26 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
27 VARGAS-OSEGUERA to sell one kilogram of methamphetamine for
28 $20,000 in order to make a profit of $1,000.
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1
68. On June 17, 2012, using coded language during a
2 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
;,3 VARGAS-OSEGUERA that certain customers should return the
4 methamphetamine previously sent to Indiana because defendant
5 RAFAEL URENA had found another buyer who would purchase the
6 methamphetamine for $13,000 per pound.
7
69. On June 29, 2012, during a telephone conversation,
8 defendant RAFAEL URENA asked for unindicted co-conspirator K.U.'s
9 bank account number.
10
70. On June 29, 2012, during a telephone conversation,
11 defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA that he had
12 sent unindicted co-conspirator K.U.'s bank account number to an
13 unidentified co-conspirator.
14
71. On June 29, 2012, during a telephone conversation,
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is defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA gave his bank account number to
16 defendant RAFAEL URENA and told defendant RAFAEL URENA to send
17 the bank account information to an unidentified co-conspirator
18 "right now" because the unidentified co-conspirator would
19 "probably deposit it fast" and "right away."
20
72. On June 29, 2012, at 11:18 a.m., in Indianapolis,
21 Indiana, an unidentified co-conspirator deposited $2,000 in cash
22 into defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's Bank Account.
23
73. On June 29, 2012, at 11:32 a.m., in Indianapolis,
24 Indiana, an unidentified co-conspirator deposited $2,000 in cash
25 into defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's Bank Account.
26
74. On June 29, 2012, at 11:45 a.m., in Indianapolis,
27 Indiana, an unidentified co-conspirator deposited $2,000 in cash
28 into unindicted co-conspirator K.U.'s JP Morgan Chase bank
31
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1 account number ending 9419 ("K.U.'s Bank Account").
2
75. On June 29, 2012, using coded language during a
3 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
4 VARGAS-OSEGUERA that half of the cash was deposited into
5 defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's Bank Account.
6
76. On June 29, 2012, at 11:53 a.m., in Fontana,
::7 California, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA withdrew $4,000 in cash
8 from defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA's Bank Account.
9
77. On June 29, 2012, during a telephone conversation,
10 defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA told defendant RAFAEL URENA that he has
11 the "withdrawal."
12
78. On June 29, 2012, at 12:12'p.m., in Indianapolis,
13 Indiana, an unidentified co-conspirator deposited $2,500 in cash
14 into K.U.'s Bank Account.
15
79. On June 29, 2012, in Rancho Cucamonga, California,
16 defendant RAFAEL URENA went with unindicted co-conspirator K.U.
17 to a JP Morgan Chase branch.
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80. On June 29, 2012, at 12:52 p.m., in Rancho Cucamonga,
19 California, unindicted co-conspirator K.U. withdrew $4,500 in
20 cash from K.U.
1
s Bank Account.
21
81. On June 30, 2012, using coded language during a
22 telephone conversation, defendant DUARTE told defendant RAFAEL
23 URENA that defendant DUARTE was at the stash house where drugs
24 are stored.
25
82. On June 30, 2012, using coded language during a
26 telephone conversation, defendant DUARTE told defendant RAFAEL
27 URENA that they had been given a deadline to provide payment to
28 the drug sources in California who had supplied the
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1 methamphetamine sent to Indiana and that had been ruined by the
2 addition of too much cutting agent.
3 83. On 0uly 2, 2012, in Rancho Cucamonga, California,
4 unindicted co-conspirator A.U. withdrew $3,500 in cash from
5 defendant Bank Account.
6 84. On July 9, 2012, in Fontana, California, defendant
7 VARGAS-OSEGUERA withdrew $2,000 in cash from defendant
8 VARGAS-OSEGUERA's Bank Account.
9 85. On July 9, 2012, using coded language during a
to telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
11 DUARTE that defendant RAFAEL URENA had provided a vehicle worth
12 $10,000 to $15,000 to the drug sources in California for the
13 methamphetamine that had been sent to Indiana and that could not
14 be sold.
15 86. On July 9, 2012, during a telephone conversation, an
16 unidentified co-conspirator told defendant RAFAEL URENA that a
17 customer had asked whether defendants RAFAEL URENA and
18 VARGAS-OSEGUERA, and an unidentified co-conspirator, were selling
19 "crack" cocaine.
20 87. On July 9, 2012, using coded language during a
21 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told an
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22 unidentified co-conspirator to tell the buyer that
23 methamphetamine was better than "crack."
24 88. On July 10, 2012, using coded language during a
25 telephone conversation, defendants RAFAEL URENA and DUARTE
26 discussed selling drugs in order to get money to pay off their
27 drug debt.
28 89. On July 11, 2012, using coded language during a
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1 telephone conversation, defendant RAFAEL URENA told defendant
2 DUARTE that he had three units of drugs for sale.
90. On July 11, 2012, using coded language during a
4 telephone conversation, defendant DUARTE told defendant RAFAEL
5 URENA that he was going to meet a drug customer.
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91. On July 11, 2012, defendants RAFAEL URENA and
7 VARGAS-OSEGUERA drove to Modesto, California, to pick up
8 methamphetamine for further distribution.
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92. On July 12, 2012, defendants RAFAEL URENA and
10 VARGAS-OSEGUERA stored methamphetamine at defendant RAFAEL
11 URENA's residence.
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13 telephone conversation, defendant DUARTE instructed defendant
14 RAFAEL URENA to have defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA prepare samples of
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is drugs for defendant DUARTE's customer.
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17 telephone conversation, defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA told defendant
18 RAFAEL URENA that he had removed some of the methamphetamine from
19 defendant RAFAEL URENA's residence.
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21 methamphetamine from defendant RAFAEL URENA's residence to
22 defendant DUARTE's stash house.
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1
COUNT THREE
2 [21 u.s.c. 841(a) (1), (b) (1) (A) (viii); 18 u.s.c. 2(a)]
3 On or about December 18, 2011, in San Bernardino County,
4 within the Central District of California, defendant RAFAEL
5 URENA, also known as ("aka") "Rafa," aka "The Cock," aka "The
6 Mask," knowingly and intentionally distributed at least 50 grams,
7 that is, approximately 443 grams, of methamphetamine, a Schedule
8 II controlled substance.
9 on or about the above time and place, defendants FRANCISCO
10 JAVIER VARGAS-OSEGUERA, aka "Tronco," and CARMEN GARCIA, aka
11 "Carmelita," intentionally aided, abetted, counseled, commanded,
12 induced, and procured the commission of the offense alleged
13 above.
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1 COUNT FOUR
. 2 [21 u.s.c. 843 (b)]
3 On or about August 28, 2011, in Los Angeles County, within
4 the Central District of California, and elsewhere, defendant
5 LEONEL URENA-PARTIDA, also known as ("aka") "Tio," aka
6 "Cherokee," aka "Milfeos," knowingly and intentionally used a
7 communication facility, that is, a telephone, in committing,
8 causing, and facilitating the commission of an act constituting a
9 felony under Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, namely,
10 conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, as alleged in
11 Count Two of this Indictment.
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COUNT FIVE
:,2 [21 u.s.c. 843 (b)]
3 On or about October 2, 2011, in Los Angeles County, within
4 the Central District of California, and elsewhere, defendant
5 LEONEL URENA-PARTIDA, also known as ("aka") "Tio," aka
6 "Cherokee," aka "Milfeos," knowingly and intentionally used a
7 communication facility, that is, a telephone, in committing,
8 causing, and facilitating the commission of an act constituting a
9 felony under Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, namely,
10 conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, as alleged in
11 Count Two of this Indictment.
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1 COUNT SIX
2 [21 u.s.c. 843 (b)]
3 On or about December 10, 2011, in Los Angeles County, within
4 the Central District of California, defendant BETH RENE FORD,
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6 Florance," knowingly and intentionally used a communication
7 facility, that is, a telephone, in committing, causing/ and
8 facilitating the commission of an act constituting a felony under
9 Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, namely, conspiracy to
10 distribute controlled substances, as alleged in Count One of this
11 Indictment.
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1 COUNT SEVEN
2 [18 u.s. c. 1956 (h)]
3 A. OBJECTS OF THE CONSPIRACY
4 Beginning on an unknown date, and continuing until in or
5 around July 2012, in Los Angeles County, within the Central
6 District of California, and elsewhere, defendants MILTON URENA,
7 also known as ("aka") "Milton Urena-Vargas," aka "Big Brother,"
.. 8 aka "El Bacano," aka "El Berraco" ("MILTON URENA") , RAFAEL URENA,
9 aka "Rafa," aka "The Cock," aka "The Mask" ("RAFAEL URENA"),
10 DANIEL ALEJANDRO AGREDANO VAZQUEZ, aka "Pablito," aka "Pablin,"
11 aka "Pablo" ("AGREDANO"), and FRANCISCO JAVIER VARGAS-OSEGUERA,
12 aka "Tronco" ("VARGAS-OSEGUERA"), and unindicted co-conspirators
13 G.U. and A.U., and others known and unknown to the Grand Jury,
14 conspired and agreed with each other to knowingly and
15 intentionally commit the following offenses against the United
16 States:
17 (1) Knowing that property involved in a financial
18 transaction represented the proceeds of some form of unlawful
19 activity, and which property was, in fact, the proceeds of a
QO specified unlawful activity, that is, conspiracy to distribute
21 controlled substances in violation of Title 21, United States
22 Code, Section 846, conducted and attempted to conduct financial
23 transactions with the intent to promote the carrying on of said
24 specified unlawful activity, in violation of Title 18, United
25 States Code, Section 1956(a) (1) (A) (i); and
26 (2) Transported, transmitted, and transferred, and
27 attempted to transport, transmit, and transfer, monetary
28 instruments and funds to a place in the United States, that is,
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1 California
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from a place outside the United States/ that is/ the
2 Dominican Republic
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with the intent to promote the carrying on of
3 specified unlawful activity/ namely
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conspiracy to distribute
4 controlled substances in violation of Title 21
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5 Code
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Section 1956 (a) ( 2) (A) .
7 C. MEANS BY WHICH THE OBJECTS OF THE CONSPIRACY WERE TO BE
8 ACCOMPLISHED
9. The objects of the conspiracy were to be accomplished in
10 substance as follows:
11 1. Defendant MILTON URENA would direct defendant AGREDANO
12 to send drug proceeds to defendant RAFAEL URENA after cocaine was
13 transported to Italy to pay for the passports of drug couriers.
14 2. Defendant RAFAEL URENA would sell methamphetamine in
15 Los Angeles
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and provide defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA a
16 broker
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17 3. Defendant RAFAEL URENA would direct unindicted
18 co-conspirator G.U. to deposit defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA
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S broker
19 fee in defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA
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S JP Morgan Chase bank account
20 number ending 7350
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and to also pick up drug proceeds sent by
21 defendant AGREDANO for the benefit of defendant RAFAEL URENA.
22 4. Defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA would direct unindicted
23 co-conspirator A.U. to provide defendant VARGAS-OSEGUERA
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24 JP Morgan Chase bank account number ending in 7350 to defendant
25 RAFAEL URENA.
26 D. OVERT ACTS
27 In furtherance of the conspiracy/ and to accomplish the
28 objects of the conspiracy/ on or about the following dates
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1 defendants MILTON URENA, RAFAEL URENA, AGREDANO, and
2 VARGAS-OSEGUERA, and unindicted co-conspirators G.U. and A.U.,
3 and others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, committed various
4 overt acts within the Central District of California, and
5 elsewhere, including but not limited to the following:
6 1-195. The allegations contained in Section C of Counts
7 One and Two of this Indictment are re-alleged in this Count and
8 are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
9 A TRUE BILL
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ANDRE BIROTTE JR.
Uni ed States Attorney
'Z. J
R ERT E. DUGDALE
Assistant United States Attorney
Chief, Criminal Division
RODRIGO A. CASTRO-SILVA
Assistant United States Attorney
Chief, Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force Section
ROB B. VILLEZA
21 Assistant United States Attorney
Deputy Chief, Organized Crime Drug
22 Enforcement Task Force Section
23 CHRISTINE S. BAUTISTA
Assistant United States Attorney
24 Organized Crime Drug Enforcement
Task Force Section
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