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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
June 2011 Grand Jury
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
ROGELIO SENDIS-RAMIREZ,aka Rogelio Sendiz-Ramirez,aka Juan,aka Roger,SALVADOR SENDIS-RAMIREZ,aka Salvador Sendiz-
Ramirez,aka Sal,aka Salva,JOSE FELIX-BARRAZA,aka Chepe,aka Compadre,aka Compa,aka Don Felix,aka "Don Jose,"NEL LNU,aka Natanael,JULIO VALDEZ,aka El Viejo,aka Daniel Gamez Castro,CLAUDIA LNU,
OMAR LNU,"GUSTAVO ROMAN,aka Gordito,ANGELITA SENDIS-RAMIREZ,aka Angela,
HARRY MADERA,aka Boricua,DAVID ORTIZ,
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No. CR 08-713(B)-DSF
S E C O N DS U P E R S E D I N GI N D I C T M E N T
[21 U.S.C. 846: Conspiracyto Distribute and Possess withIntent to Distribute ControlledSubstances; 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii),(b)(1)(A)(viii), (b)(1)(B)(ii),(b)(1)(B)(viii): Possessionwith Intent to Distribute andDistribution of ControlledSubstances; 18 U.S.C. 981(a)(1)(C), 21 U.S.C. 853, and 28 U.S.C. 2461(c):Criminal Forfeiture]
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DANIEL ZAVALA,aka Perico,JESUS MAGANA,aka Jesse,MANUEL RIVAS,aka Manny,KEVIN CLEGG,aka Whitey,DARRYL CROZIER,JAMIE GAETA,JESSIE DIAZ III,PAUL KEESEY,THOMAS MEREDITH,RICHARD OLIVER,JAMES HERMOSILLO,aka Bones,ANTONIO SANCHEZ,aka Tony,EDUARDO GUTIERREZ-QUINTERO,aka Neto,
aka Eddie,JUAN FRANCISCO SOTO,MARTIN HERNANDEZ, JR.,LEONEL MEDINA-RIOS,FERNANDO ROBLEDO,MARTIN HERNANDEZ, SR.,AMALIA HERNANDEZ,ARACELI LNU,CARLOS ALVARADO-MEDINA,JOSE JOHNNY COVARRUBIAS-QUINTERO,CARLOS SANDOVAL-CARBAJAL,BLADY ZAZUETA-FELIX,DARIO OCEGUERA-MENDOZA,JESUS URIARTE-MADRID,RICARDO RUBIO-GARCIA,BEATRIZ LAUREL,ROGELIO CARRILLO-VERDUZCO,aka Verduzco,aka El Charro,CARLOS TEYTUD-VILLANUEVA,aka Abuelo,aka Abuelito,VANESSA GARCIA,aka Vane,aka Came,DAVID PEREZ FRANQUI,
aka Macias RuvalcabaMardonio,aka Maceton, andHECTOR APARICIO-ORTEGA,aka Orejon,
Defendants.
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The Grand Jury charges:
COUNT ONE
[21 U.S.C. 846]
A. OBJECTS OF THE CONSPIRACY
Beginning on a date unknown to the Grand Jury and continuing
to on or about August 24, 2010, within the Central District of
California, and elsewhere, defendants ROGELIO SENDIS-RAMIREZ,
also known as (aka) Rogelio Sendiz-Ramirez, aka Juan, aka
Roger (R. SENDIS), SALVADOR SENDIS-RAMIREZ, aka Salvador
Sendiz-Ramirez, aka Sal, aka Salva (S. SENDIS), JOSE
FELIX-BARRAZA, aka Chepe, aka Compadre, aka Compa, aka Don
Felix, aka Don Jose (FELIX), NEL LAST NAME UNKNOWN
(LNU), aka Natanael (NEL), JULIO VALDEZ, aka El Viejo,
aka "Daniel Gamez Castro (VALDEZ), CLAUDIA LNU (CLAUDIA),
OMAR LNU (OMAR), GUSTAVO ROMAN, aka Gordito (ROMAN),
ANGELITA SENDIS-RAMIREZ, aka Angela (A. SENDIS), HARRY
MADERA, aka Boricua (MADERA), DAVID ORTIZ (ORTIZ), DANIEL
ZAVALA, aka Perico (ZAVALA), JESUS MAGANA, aka Jesse
(MAGANA), MANUEL RIVAS, aka Manny (RIVAS), KEVIN CLEGG, aka
Whitey (CLEGG), DARRYL CROZIER (CROZIER), JAMIE GAETA
(GAETA), JESSIE DIAZ III (DIAZ), PAUL KEESEY (KEESEY),
THOMAS MEREDITH (MEREDITH), RICHARD OLIVER (OLIVER), JAMES
HERMOSILLO, aka Bones (HERMOSILLO), ANTONIO SANCHEZ, aka
Tony (SANCHEZ), EDUARDO GUTIERREZ-QUINTERO, aka Neto, aka
Eddie (GUTIERREZ), JUAN FRANCISCO SOTO (SOTO), MARTIN
HERNANDEZ, JR. (HERNANDEZ JR.), LEONEL MEDINA-RIOS (MEDINA),
FERNANDO ROBLEDO (ROBLEDO), MARTIN HERNANDEZ, SR. (HERNANDEZ
SR.), AMALIA HERNANDEZ (A. HERNANDEZ), ARACELI LNU
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(ARACELI), CARLOS ALVARADO-MEDINA (ALVARADO), JOSE JOHNNY
COVARRUBIAS-QUINTERO (COVARRUBIAS), CARLOS SANDOVAL-CARBAJAL
(C. SANDOVAL), BLADY ZAZUETA-FELIX (ZAZUETA), DARIO OCEGUERA-
MENDOZA (OCEGUERA), JESUS URIARTE-MADRID (URIARTE), RICARDO
RUBIO-GARCIA (RUBIO), BEATRIZ LAUREL (LAUREL), ROGELIO
CARRILLO-VERDUZCO, aka Verduzco, aka El Charro (CARRILLO),
CARLOS TEYTUD-VILLANUEVA, aka Abuelo, aka Abuelito
(TEYTUD), VANESSA GARCIA, aka Vane, aka Came (V. GARCIA),
DAVID PEREZ FRANQUI, aka Macias Ruvalcaba Mardonio, aka
Maceton (PEREZ), and HECTOR APARICIO-ORTEGA, aka Orejon
(APARICIO), co-conspirators Jesus Ruiz Sandoval, aka Jorge
Cuevas-Mares (Sandoval), Nicolas Sendis, aka Nico (N.
Sendis), Octavio Raya-Ortega, aka Chino (Raya-Ortega), and
Martin Manjarrez-Arreola (Manjarrez-Arreola), and others known
and unknown to the Grand Jury, conspired and agreed with each
other to knowingly and intentionally commit the following
offenses as defined in Title 21, United States Code, Sections
841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii), and (b)(1)(A)(viii):
1. To distribute at least five kilograms of a mixture or
substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, a Schedule
II narcotic drug controlled substance;
2. To possess with intent to distribute at least five
kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable
amount of cocaine, a Schedule II narcotic drug controlled
substance;
3. To distribute at least 500 grams of a mixture or
substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, or
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at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled
substance; and
4. To possess with intent to distribute at least 500 grams
of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of
methamphetamine, or at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, a
Schedule II controlled substance.
B. MEANS BY WHICH THE OBJECTS OF THE CONSPIRACY WERE TO BE
ACCOMPLISHED
The objects of the conspiracy were to be accomplished in
substance as follows:
1. Defendants R. SENDIS and S. SENDIS would distribute
quantities of methamphetamine for resale and would coordinate the
use of couriers to distribute the methamphetamine and collect the
proceeds from the sales of the methamphetamine.
2. Defendants FELIX, NEL, CLAUDIA, and OMAR would act as
Mexico-based sources of supply of cocaine and methamphetamine,
distributing cocaine and methamphetamine to co-conspirators in
Los Angeles, California, and other locations, for further
distribution.
3. Defendant VALDEZ would supply large quantities of
methamphetamine for resale to defendants R. SENDIS and MADERA.
With defendants CLAUDIA and OMAR, VALDEZ would coordinate the
delivery of methamphetamine to Los Angeles, California, and other
locations, from Mexico.
4. Defendant ROMAN would broker transactions of
methamphetamine and cocaine between co-conspirators and would
transport drug proceeds to an unindicted co-conspirator.
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5. Defendants A. SENDIS, MADERA, ORTIZ, ZAVALA, MAGANA,
and RIVAS would assist defendants R. SENDIS and S. SENDIS in
distributing drugs or collecting drug proceeds on behalf of the
conspiracy.
6. Defendants RIVAS, CLEGG, CROZIER, GAETA, DIAZ, KEESEY,
MEREDITH, OLIVER, HERMOSILLO, and SANCHEZ would purchase
methamphetamine from defendants R. SENDIS and S. SENDIS and
resell it to others.
7. Defendant GUTIERREZ would transport and store
methamphetamine on behalf of defendant VALDEZ.
8. Defendant SOTO would assist defendants VALDEZ and
GUTIERREZ in transporting and storing methamphetamine.
9. Defendant HERNANDEZ JR. would transport methamphetamine
on behalf of defendant FELIX from Phoenix, Arizona, to members of
the conspiracy in Los Angeles, California, and other locations.
HERNANDEZ JR. would also transport money from the sale of the
methamphetamine back to Phoenix, Arizona.
10. Defendants MEDINA, ROBLEDO, and HERNANDEZ SR. would
receive methamphetamine from defendants FELIX and HERNANDEZ, JR.
and distribute the methamphetamine to others.
11. Defendant A. HERNANDEZ would transport and store drug
proceeds, and conduct surveillance, on behalf of defendants
HERNANDEZ JR. and HERNANDEZ SR.
12. Defendant ARACELI would coordinate the sale and
transportation of methamphetamine for further distribution by
other co-conspirators in the Los Angeles, California area.
13. Defendant ALVARADO would transport and store
methamphetamine on behalf of other members of the conspiracy.
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14. Defendant COVARRUBIAS, on behalf of defendant FELIX,
would receive and store methamphetamine in Phoenix, Arizona,
after it was shipped from Mexico to Arizona. COVARRUBIAS would
also arrange for the methamphetamine to be transported to members
of the conspiracy in Los Angeles, California. COVARRUBIAS would
also collect the proceeds from the sale of methamphetamine and
ship the drug proceeds back to Mexico.
15. Defendants C. SANDOVAL and ZAZUETA would transport
kilogram quantities of cocaine from Mexico to Southern
California, on behalf of defendant NEL, for the purpose of
further distributing the cocaine.
16. Defendants OCEGUERA and URIARTE would receive cocaine
for further distribution from defendant C. SANDOVAL, on behalf of
defendant NEL.
17. Defendants RUBIO and LAUREL would assist in
transporting and storing cocaine that was driven from Mexico to
Southern California on behalf of defendant NEL.
18. Defendant CARRILLO and unidentified co-conspirators
would supply cocaine and methamphetamine to co-conspirator
Sandoval, for distribution to others, including co-conspirator
N. Sendis.
19. Defendant TEYTUD and unidentified co-conspirators would
assist defendant CARRILLO in supplying cocaine and
methamphetamine to co-conspirator Sandoval for distribution to
others by delivering cocaine and methamphetamine to Sandoval on
behalf of CARRILLO and delivering drug proceeds from Sandoval to
CARRILLO.
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20. Defendant V. GARCIA would assist co-conspirator
Sandoval in distributing cocaine and methamphetamine to others,
including co-conspirator Raya-Ortega.
21. Defendants PEREZ and APARICIO would assist co-
conspirator Raya-Ortega in distributing cocaine and
methamphetamine to others.
22. The defendants would often speak in Spanish and use
coded language when discussing issues related to the drug
conspiracy.
C. OVERT ACTS
In furtherance of the conspiracy and to accomplish the
objects of the conspiracy, defendants R. SENDIS, S. SENDIS,
FELIX, NEL, VALDEZ, CLAUDIA, OMAR, ROMAN, A. SENDIS, MADERA,
ORTIZ, ZAVALA, MAGANA, RIVAS, CLEGG, CROZIER, GAETA, DIAZ,
KEESEY, MEREDITH, OLIVER, HERMOSILLO, SANCHEZ, GUTIERREZ, SOTO,
HERNANDEZ JR., MEDINA, ROBLEDO, HERNANDEZ SR., A. HERNANDEZ,
ARACELI, ALVARADO, COVARRUBIAS, C. SANDOVAL, ZAZUETA, OCEGUERA,
URIARTE, RUBIO, LAUREL, CARRILLO, TEYTUD, V. GARCIA, PEREZ, and
APARICIO, co-conspirators Sandoval, N. Sendis, Raya-Ortega, and
Manjarrez-Arreola, and others known and unknown to the Grand
Jury, committed various overt acts within the Central District of
California, and elsewhere, including, but not limited to, the
following:
1. On or about May 31, 2007, defendant CARRILLO and co-
conspirator Sandoval, in a telephone conversation using coded
language, discussed the fact that Sandoval owed CARRILLO $645,000
for previous drug shipments CARRILLO had supplied to Sandoval,
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and that Sandoval had previously given CARRILLO $248,000, so the
balance Sandoval owed to CARRILLO was $397,000.
2. On or about June 2, 2007, defendant CARRILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told co-conspirator
Sandoval that CARRILLO had delivered approximately 90 kilograms
of cocaine to Sandoval.
3. On or about June 2, 2007, defendant CARRILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, asked co-conspirator
Sandoval when defendant V. GARCIA would be arriving at Sandovals
location to deliver drug proceeds and pick up more drugs for
distribution to others, and Sandoval responded that he would
inform CARRILLO when V. GARCIA arrived.
4. On or about June 2, 2007, defendant CARRILLO and co-
conspirator Sandoval, in a telephone conversation using coded
language, discussed Sandoval providing drug proceeds to CARRILLO
later that afternoon.
5. On or about June 7, 2007, defendant CARRILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to sell
approximately 27 pounds of methamphetamine to co-conspirator
Sandoval that would be delivered by defendant TEYTUD.
6. On or about June 7, 2007, defendant CARRILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told co-conspirator
Sandoval that defendant TEYTUD was on his way to deliver
approximately 22 pounds of methamphetamine to Sandoval.
7. On or about June 7, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA picked up
a quantity of methamphetamine from co-conspirator Sandoval for
delivery to one or more of Sandovals drug buyers in the San
Francisco Bay area.
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8. On or about June 7, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to meet co-
conspirator Sandoval in order to pick up two additional pounds of
methamphetamine.
9. On or about June 7, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA met with
co-conspirator Sandoval behind a store in Corona, California, to
obtain the two additional pounds of methamphetamine.
10. On or about June 7, 2007, defendant CARRILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with co-
conspirator Sandoval the quality of the methamphetamine that
CARRILLO had sent to Sandoval.
11. On or about June 8, 2007, defendant CARRILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with co-
conspirator Sandoval the fact that there had been complaints
about the quality of methamphetamine supplied by CARRILLO that
was delivered to the San Francisco Bay area by defendant V.
GARCIA.
12. On or about June 11, 2007, defendant CARRILLO and co-
conspirator Sandoval, in a telephone conversation using coded
language, discussed that Sandoval would send approximately
$390,000 in drug proceeds to CARRILLO that afternoon.
13. On or about July 4, 2007, defendant TEYTUD, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told co-conspirator
Sandoval that TEYTUD was on his way to Sandovals location with a
shipment of drugs.
14. On or about July 4, 2007, defendant CARRILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told co-conspirator
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Sandoval that defendant TEYTUD was on his way to Sandovals
location with a shipment of 48 pounds of methamphetamine.
15. On or about July 5, 2007, defendant TEYTUD, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to bring to
co-conspirator Sandoval a shipment of drugs that would fill
TEYTUDs vehicle.
16. On or about July 5, 2007, defendant TEYTUD, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told co-conspirator
Sandoval that he was delivering a quantity of drugs that day to
Sandoval on behalf of defendant CARRILLO.
17. On or about July 5, 2007, defendant CARRILLO and co-
conspirator Sandoval, in a telephone conversation using coded
language, discussed Sandovals dissatisfaction with the quality
of methamphetamine that CARRILLO had previously sent to Sandoval.
18. On or about July 5, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told co-conspirator
Sandoval that she was on her way to meet with defendant TEYTUD to
deliver drug proceeds to TEYTUD on behalf of Sandoval.
19. On or about July 5, 2007, defendant CARRILLO and co-
conspirator Sandoval, in a telephone conversation using coded
language, discussed the fact that Sandoval would give defendant
TEYTUD approximately $600,000 in drug proceeds to deliver to
CARRILLO as payment for previous drug shipments.
20. On or about July 6, 2007, defendant TEYTUD possessed
approximately $419,825 in drug proceeds given to him by co-
conspirator Sandoval to be delivered to defendant CARRILLO.
21. On or about July 6, 2007, defendant CARRILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told co-conspirator
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Sandoval that defendant TEYTUD had been arrested and that the
money Sandoval had given to TEYTUD to be delivered to CARRILLO
was in the car TEYTUD was driving when he was arrested.
22. On or about July 6, 2007, co-conspirator Sandoval, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant V.
GARCIA to deliver approximately five pounds of methamphetamine to
co-conspirator Raya-Ortega.
23. On or about July 7, 2007, co-conspirator Raya-Ortega,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, told co-
conspirator Sandoval that defendant V. GARCIA had delivered
approximately five pounds of methamphetamine to Raya-Ortega.
24. On or about July 11, 2007, co-conspirator Raya-Ortega,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, told co-
conspirator Sandoval that he would give defendant V. GARCIA drug
proceeds that could be delivered to Sandoval as payment for
previous drug shipments.
25. On or about July 14, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed with an
unindicted co-conspirator to deliver a quantity of cocaine to the
unindicted co-conspirator the next day.
26. On or about July 14, 2007, co-conspirator Sandoval, in
a telephone conversation using coded language, confirmed with an
unindicted co-conspirator that defendant V. GARCIA would be
delivering a quantity of cocaine and methamphetamine to the
unindicted co-conspirator.
27. On or about July 14, 2007, co-conspirator Sandoval, in
a telephone conversation using coded language, told co-
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conspirator Raya-Ortega that defendant V. GARCIA would be
delivering a quantity of methamphetamine to Raya-Ortega.
28. On or about July 14, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told co-conspirator
Raya-Ortega that she would meet him early the next day.
29. On or about July 14, 2007, co-conspirator Raya-Ortega,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to
purchase approximately 30 pounds of methamphetamine from co-
conspirator Sandoval.
30. On or about July 18, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told co-conspirator
Sandoval that she had collected approximately $266,000 in drug
proceeds from different customers, but she was still waiting for
co-conspirator Raya-Ortega to give her drug proceeds he owed to
Sandoval.
31. On or about July 18, 2007, co-conspirator Raya-Ortega,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, told co-
conspirator Sandoval that he would meet defendant V. GARCIA to
give her drug proceeds that V. GARCIA could then deliver to
Sandoval.
32. On or about July 18, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told co-conspirator
Sandoval that co-conspirator Raya-Ortega had told her that the
drug proceeds were almost ready to be picked up.
33. On or about July 19, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told co-conspirator
Sandoval that she was driving to Sandovals location.
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34. On or about November 13, 2007, defendant APARICIO
possessed approximately 12.9 grams of methamphetamine and
approximately 248.3 grams of a mixture or substance containing a
detectable amount of cocaine as he drove a green GMC Sonoma in
Antioch, California.
35. On or about November 13, 2007, defendant APARICIO
possessed approximately $115,049 in drug proceeds at his
residence in Antioch, California.
36. On or about November 13, 2007, defendant PEREZ
possessed approximately 670 grams of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of cocaine, approximately 83.1
grams of methamphetamine, and approximately 1001 grams of hashish
at his residence in Antioch, California.
37. On or about November 17, 2007, co-conspirator Raya-
Ortega, in a telephone conversation using coded language, told an
unindicted co-conspirator that defendant APARICIO had gotten out
of jail and that Raya-Ortega had instructed APARICIO to stop
trafficking in drugs for a brief period of time.
38. On or about November 17, 2007, co-conspirator Raya-
Ortega, in a telephone conversation using coded language, told an
unindicted co-conspirator that defendant PEREZ could not post
bail because PEREZ was illegally in the country.
39. On or about February 27, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in
a telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to sell one
ounce of methamphetamine to a confidential informant (CI)
posing as a methamphetamine buyer and an undercover law
enforcement agent posing as a methamphetamine buyer (the
undercover agent).
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40. On or about February 27, 2009, defendant MADERA, acting
on behalf of defendant R. SENDIS, delivered approximately 24.2
grams of methamphetamine to the CI and the undercover agent in
the parking lot of a Target store in Norwalk, California.
41. On or about March 5, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to speak
directly to the undercover agent in order to discuss the sale of
methamphetamine.
42. On or about March 6, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to sell two
ounces of methamphetamine to the undercover agent.
43. On or about March 9, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to sell two
ounces of methamphetamine to the undercover agent.
44. On or about March 10, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed where he
would meet the undercover agent to sell him two ounces of
methamphetamine.
45. On or about March 10, 2009, defendant MADERA, acting on
behalf of defendant R. SENDIS, delivered approximately 26.8 grams
of methamphetamine to the undercover agent in the parking lot of
a Target store in Norwalk, California.
46. On or about March 13, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to meet with
the undercover agent to discuss additional sales of
methamphetamine.
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47. On or about March 17, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to sell two
ounces of methamphetamine to the undercover agent.
48. On or about April 13, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to sell one
quarter pound of methamphetamine to the undercover agent.
49. On or about April 17, 2009, defendant ZAVALA, acting on
behalf of defendant R. SENDIS, delivered approximately 108.1
grams of methamphetamine to the undercover agent in the parking
lot of a Target store in Norwalk, California.
50. On or about May 15, 2009, defendants R. SENDIS and
CLEGG, in a telephone conversation using coded language,
discussed the price of various amounts of methamphetamine that
CLEGG was interested in purchasing from R. SENDIS, and R. SENDIS
offered to sell CLEGG one pound of methamphetamine for $15,700.
51. On or about May 15, 2009, defendants R. SENDIS and
MADERA, in a telephone conversation using coded language,
discussed the fact that they owed their methamphetamine supplier
$19,400 and that they needed to obtain more methamphetamine for
their drug customers. In the same conversation, MADERA told R.
SENDIS that he still had approximately one and one-half pounds of
methamphetamine available to sell.
52. On or about May 15, 2009, defendant CROZIER, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that some of CROZIERs drug customers were not satisfied
with the quality of the methamphetamine that CROZIER had received
from R. SENDIS.
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53. On or about May 15, 2009, defendant MEREDITH, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered one and one-
half ounces of methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS.
54. On or about May 16, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with an
unindicted co-conspirator someone who owed R. SENDIS $30,000 in
drug proceeds.
55. On or about May 17, 2009, defendant OLIVER, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, informed defendant
R. SENDIS that OLIVERs drug customers were satisfied with the
methamphetamine that OLIVER purchased from R. SENDIS.
56. On or about May 17, 2009, defendant OLIVER, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that OLIVER may want to purchase an additional four ounces
of methamphetamine from R. SENDIS.
57. On or about May 18, 2009, defendant KEESEY, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that he still had some methamphetamine left over from a
prior drug purchase from R. SENDIS.
58. On or about May 18, 2009, defendant KEESEY, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, complained to
defendant R. SENDIS that the quality of the methamphetamine that
KEESEY had previously bought from R. SENDIS was not high, but
KEESEY agreed to purchase more methamphetamine from R. SENDIS in
the hope that the quality would be better.
59. On or about May 19, 2009, defendant MEREDITH, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that his customers were complaining about the quality of
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the methamphetamine that MEREDITH had previously purchased from
R. SENDIS. In response to MEREDITHs complaint, R. SENDIS told
MEREDITH that he now had methamphetamine that was of higher
quality.
60. On or about May 19, 2009, defendant MADERA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that he had recently obtained high-quality methamphetamine
and was going to add some cut, a dilutant, to the high-quality
methamphetamine, and R. SENDIS told MADERA to give
methamphetamine to defendant RIVAS.
61. On or about May 20, 2009, defendant DIAZ, in a series
of telephone conversations using coded language, informed
defendant R. SENDIS that he was in his silver car at a Northgate
grocery store in Pico Rivera, California, waiting to meet with R.
SENDISs drug courier.
62. On or about May 20, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
MADERA to have ready one half-ounce of methamphetamine.
63. On or about May 20, 2009, defendant ZAVALA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, spoke to defendant
R. SENDIS and agreed to meet with defendant DIAZ to deliver one
half-ounce of methamphetamine on behalf of R. SENDIS.
64. On or about May 20, 2009, defendant ZAVALA drove from
the residence of defendant MADERA in Downey, California, to the
parking lot of a Northgate grocery store in Pico Rivera,
California, to deliver one half-ounce of methamphetamine to
defendant DIAZ.
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65. On or about May 21, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant RIVAS
to deliver all the drug proceeds he had to defendant S. SENDIS,
and RIVAS told R. SENDIS that he had six to seven ounces of
methamphetamine with him.
66. On or about May 21, 2009, defendant SANCHEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with
defendant R. SENDIS poor-quality methamphetamine he had received,
and R. SENDIS agreed to have defendant ZAVALA deliver
approximately three ounces of methamphetamine to SANCHEZ. In the
same conversation, SANCHEZ told R. SENDIS that he would provide
R. SENDIS with drug proceeds by the time R. SENDIS returned from
vacation.
67. On or about May 21, 2009, defendants R. SENDIS and
MADERA, in a telephone conversation using coded language,
discussed distributing high-quality methamphetamine.
68. On or about May 21, 2009, defendant KEESEY, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that the the chunks were good, meaning the quality of
the methamphetamine that KEESEY had received from R. SENDIS was
high.
69. On or about May 21, 2009, defendants R. SENDIS and
MADERA, in a telephone conversation using coded language,
discussed sending drug proceeds to defendant VALDEZ and how much
money other co-conspirators, including defendants RIVAS and
HERMOSILLO, owed them for drugs, and R. SENDIS said he had given
defendant S. SENDIS approximately one ounce of methamphetamine
and had also given drugs to defendant OLIVER.
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70. On or about May 22, 2009, defendant A. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, asked defendant
KEESEY how many ounces of methamphetamine he wanted to purchase.
71. On or about May 22, 2009, defendant A. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, asked defendant
MADERA if he had two ounces of methamphetamine available to
deliver to defendant KEESEY.
72. On or about May 22, 2009, defendant A. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with
defendant KEESEY delivering two ounces of methamphetamine,
referred to as two 28s, to KEESEY.
73. On or about May 22, 2009, defendant A. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with
defendant ZAVALA delivering methamphetamine to defendant KEESEY.
74. On or about May 22, 2009, defendant A. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told an unindicted
co-conspirator that she was taking orders for methamphetamine
while defendant R. SENDIS was out of town.
75. On or about May 22, 2009, defendant MADERA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
MEREDITH that MADERA was defendant R. SENDISs drug courier and
that R. SENDIS had left MADERA working while R. SENDIS was on
vacation. MADERA then agreed to deliver approximately one half-
ounce of methamphetamine to MEREDITH.
76. On or about May 23, 2009, defendant OLIVER, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered four ounces
of methamphetamine from defendant MADERA.
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77. On or about May 24, 2009, defendant CROZIER, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to meet
defendant R. SENDIS at a Northgate grocery store in Pico Rivera,
California, in order to obtain one ounce of methamphetamine.
78. On or about May 24, 2009, defendant CROZIER, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that the methamphetamine CROZIER had purchased earlier
that day from R. SENDIS was not the full ounce that CROZIER had
agreed to purchase from R. SENDIS.
79. On or about May 24, 2009, defendant RIVAS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that he had six ounces of methamphetamine left, and that
three or four of the ounces of methamphetamine appeared to be of
good quality, and R. SENDIS asked RIVAS to send him two of the
remaining ounces of methamphetamine that RIVAS had left.
80. On or about May 25, 2009, defendant KEESEY, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with
defendant R. SENDIS how much money KEESEY owed for
methamphetamine that R. SENDIS had previously supplied him. In
the same telephone conversation, KEESEY ordered three ounces of
methamphetamine from R. SENDIS.
81. On or about May 25, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
MAGANA to deliver methamphetamine to defendant KEESEY in Anaheim,
California, because R. SENDIS would not deliver the
methamphetamine himself since R. SENDIS did not want to risk
being caught with the methamphetamine.
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82. On or about May 25, 2009, defendant MAGANA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to deliver
methamphetamine to defendant KEESEY on behalf of defendant R.
SENDIS, and R. SENDIS gave MAGANA directions to KEESEYs
location.
83. On or about May 25, 2009, defendant MAGANA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to collect
drug proceeds on behalf of defendant R. SENDIS.
84. On or about May 25, 2009, defendant KEESEY, in a series
of telephone conversations using coded language, agreed with
defendant R. SENDIS to get the methamphetamine KEESEY had
purchased from R. SENDIS by going into R. SENDISs car and
retrieving the methamphetamine from under the passengers seat,
where it was hidden.
85. On or about May 26, 2009, defendant MEREDITH, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered one ounce of
methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS.
86. On or about May 26, 2009, defendant MEREDITH, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with
defendant R. SENDIS a prior methamphetamine transaction in which
R. SENDISs drug courier brought only one half-ounce of
methamphetamine when MEREDITH had ordered a full ounce.
87. On or about May 26, 2009, defendant OLIVER, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered four ounces
of methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS and told R. SENDIS,
Give me the good stuff because Ive got work to do.
88. On or about May 26, 2009, defendant HERMOSILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered a whole
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one, meaning one ounce of methamphetamine, from defendant R.
SENDIS. In the same conversation, R. SENDIS said that he only
had one half-ounce of methamphetamine for HERMOSILLO and that his
drug courier was on his way to make the delivery.
89. On or about May 26, 2009, defendant HERMOSILLO, in a
text message using coded language, informed defendant R. SENDIS
that the methamphetamine he had just purchased from R. SENDIS was
of poor quality and that HERMOSILLOs drug customers would not
buy the methamphetamine.
90. On or about May 27, 2009, defendants R. SENDIS and
ZAVALA, in a telephone conversation using coded language,
discussed possible undercover law enforcement officers driving in
the area and being careful to ensure that officers did not follow
them to or from the location where their drugs were stored.
91. On or about May 27, 2009, defendant OLIVER, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, informed defendant
R. SENDIS that his most recent purchase of methamphetamine from
R. SENDIS was not of the same high quality as prior drug
purchases and that OLIVER would have to wait for word from his
drug customers to see whether they complained about the quality
of the methamphetamine.
92. On or about May 27, 2009, defendant CLEGG, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that he was getting a new telephone number because things
had gotten hot on CLEGGs prior telephone, meaning law
enforcement became aware of his use of the prior telephone for
drug trafficking activities.
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93. On or about May 27, 2009, defendant CLEGG, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered four ounces
of methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS.
94. On or about May 29, 2009, defendant KEESEY, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, complained to
defendant R. SENDIS about the price KEESEY was paying R. SENDIS
for methamphetamine and that KEESEYs profit margin was low.
95. On or about May 29, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with
defendant MADERA finding two individuals who had robbed
methamphetamine from MADERA at gunpoint, and MADERA said he would
still owe money for the drugs to defendant VALDEZ.
96. On or about May 29, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
ZAVALA to take one ounce of methamphetamine to defendant
MEREDITH.
97. On or about May 29, 2009, defendants R. SENDIS and
VALDEZ, in a telephone conversation using coded language,
discussed the fact that defendant MADERA wanted to obtain a gun
to kill the person who stole a pound of methamphetamine from him,
and VALDEZ said that MADERA was at fault for doing a drug deal
with people he did not know.
98. On or about May 29, 2009, defendant SANCHEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered three ounces
of methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS, and SANCHEZ said he
had already paid R. SENDIS for two ounces of methamphetamine.
99. On or about May 30, 2009, defendant GAETA, in telephone
conversations using coded language, inquired of defendant R.
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SENDIS about the prices of different quantities of
methamphetamine.
100. On or about May 30, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in
telephone conversations using coded language, told defendant
GAETA that the methamphetamine R. SENDIS had available for
purchase was pure rock, meaning very high quality, and GAETA
ordered four ounces of methamphetamine from R. SENDIS for $4,200
and asked R. SENDIS to deliver the methamphetamine as soon as
possible. R. SENDIS said he would have defendant RIVAS deliver
the methamphetamine to GAETA.
101. On or about May 30, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
KEESEY that defendant RIVAS was on his way with the
methamphetamine and provided KEESEY with RIVASs telephone
number. In the same conversation, KEESEY asked R. SENDIS if his
courier was bringing four or three ounces of methamphetamine.
102. On or about May 30, 2009, defendant RIVAS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with
defendant R. SENDIS driving to defendant KEESEYs location.
103. On or about May 30, 2009, defendant DIAZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that the methamphetamine that DIAZ had purchased from R.
SENDIS looked like fingers and was beautiful, meaning it was
of high quality.
104. On or about May 30, 2009, defendant DIAZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered a whole
one from defendant R. SENDIS, meaning one ounce of
methamphetamine.
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105. On or about June 1, 2009, defendant CROZIER, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered one ounce of
methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS and agreed to meet at a
golf course to obtain the drugs.
106. On or about June 1, 2009, defendant CLEGG, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that the methamphetamine that CLEGG had received from R.
SENDIS was only three ounces instead of the four ounces that
CLEGG had ordered. In the same telephone conversation, CLEGG
told R. SENDIS that his drug customers were not satisfied with
the quality of methamphetamine that CLEGG had purchased from R.
SENDIS.
107. On or about June 1, 2009, defendant SANCHEZ, in a text
message using coded language, asked defendant R. SENDIS if the
methamphetamine that R. SENDIS had available for sale had
wings, meaning was strong and high in quality.
108. On or about June 2, 2009, defendant GAETA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered one ounce of
methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS, and R. SENDIS said that
GAETA would like the quality of the methamphetamine.
109. On or about June 5, 2009, defendant HERMOSILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered one ounce of
methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS.
110. On or about June 6, 2009, defendant GAETA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, inquired of
defendant R. SENDIS as to the price of methamphetamine, and GAETA
told R. SENDIS that when his drug customer had enough money to
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purchase four ounces of methamphetamine, GAETA would purchase the
four ounces of methamphetamine from R. SENDIS.
111. On or about June 8, 2009, defendant SANCHEZ, in a text
message using coded language, told defendant R. SENDIS that
SANCHEZ was going to give to defendant ZAVALA money that SANCHEZ
owed to R. SENDIS for one ounce of methamphetamine, and that
SANCHEZ would still owe R. SENDIS money for two additional ounces
of methamphetamine.
112. On or about June 8, 2009, defendant OLIVER, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered half-a-pound
of methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS for a price of
$8,100. During the same conversation, OLIVER asked R. SENDIS if
the quality of the methamphetamine was high, and R. SENDIS said
that it was.
113. On or about June 10, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
MADERA to give one ounce of methamphetamine to defendant CROZIER,
and to give four ounces of methamphetamine to defendant ORTIZ
that were to be delivered to defendant GAETA.
114. On or about June 10, 2009, defendant ORTIZ departed the
residence of defendant MADERA in Downey, California, and
delivered methamphetamine to defendant CROZIER in a parking lot
in Downey, California.
115. On or about June 10, 2009, defendant GAETA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to meet
defendant R. SENDISs drug courier at a Northgate grocery store
in Pico Rivera, California, to purchase four ounces of
methamphetamine from R. SENDIS.
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116. On or about June 10, 2009, defendant GAETA received
approximately 110.3 grams of methamphetamine from defendant ORTIZ
in the parking lot of a Northgate grocery store in Pico Rivera,
California.
117. On or about June 18, 2009, defendant ORTIZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, gave directions to
defendant R. SENDIS regarding how to get to a stash house
location that ORTIZ was using to store methamphetamine.
118. On or about June 18, 2009, defendant S. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told an unindicted
co-conspirator that S. SENDIS had a whole one of
methamphetamine and wanted a scale to weigh it.
119. On or about June 18, 2009, defendant OMAR, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, complained to
defendant VALDEZ that one of their methamphetamine sources
provided wet methamphetamine, which was of poor quality and
took six days to dry before it could be distributed.
120. On or about June 18, 2009, defendant VALDEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with
defendant OMAR the price per pound of methamphetamine that they
were obtaining.
121. On or about June 18, 2009, defendant CLAUDIA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, complained to
defendant VALDEZ about one of their methamphetamine sources, who
CLAUDIA said was shorting her on the amount of methamphetamine
she was obtaining from the drug source. CLAUDIA said that she
had noticed the shortage on a prior occasion when she bought
15 pounds of methamphetamine from the drug source.
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122. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant VALDEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, asked defendant
CLAUDIA to look into obtaining pseudoephedrine pills in order to
make methamphetamine.
123. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant OMAR, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, asked defendant
VALDEZ if OMAR was supposed to have received nine bundles of drug
proceeds, and VALDEZ told OMAR that the total amount of drug
proceeds OMAR received should amount to $222,600.
124. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant VALDEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with
defendant OMAR having OMAR send to VALDEZ ten pounds of
methamphetamine, and the two discussed the quality of the
methamphetamine that would be delivered to VALDEZ.
125. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant VALDEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, complained to
defendant CLAUDIA that a methamphetamine source would not lower
the price per pound of methamphetamine below $9,900, and VALDEZ
and CLAUDIA discussed their methamphetamine source.
126. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant SANCHEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered one ounce of
methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS.
127. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, gave defendant ORTIZ
directions to meet defendant SANCHEZ to deliver one ounce of
methamphetamine to SANCHEZ.
128. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant ORTIZ delivered,
on behalf of defendant R. SENDIS, approximately one ounce of
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methamphetamine to defendant SANCHEZ in the parking lot of a Jack
in the Box restaurant in Whittier, California.
129. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant SANCHEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that he was stopped by the police, but that he hid the
methamphetamine he had and followed defendant S. SENDISs advice
and refused to allow the police to search his car.
130. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant RIVAS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered two ounces
of methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS.
131. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant ORTIZ went to a
stash house in Santa Fe Springs, California, obtained two
ounces of methamphetamine, and then drove to defendant RIVASs
residence in Whittier, California, where ORTIZ provided the
methamphetamine to RIVAS.
132. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant ORTIZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that he had delivered two ounces of methamphetamine to
defendant RIVAS and that RIVAS had only paid for one of the two
ounces of methamphetamine.
133. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, directed defendant
ORTIZ to deliver methamphetamine to defendant CROZIER at a
carwash in Pico Rivera, California, and R. SENDIS said that
CROZIER would weigh the methamphetamine.
134. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant ORTIZ picked up
methamphetamine from a stash house in Santa Fe Springs,
California, and drove to the car wash in Pico Rivera, California,
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where ORTIZ was scheduled to meet defendant CROZIER in order to
deliver the methamphetamine.
135. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant ORTIZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that he had delivered the methamphetamine to defendant
CROZIER, and R. SENDIS told ORTIZ to bring him $1,000 in drug
proceeds.
136. On or about June 20, 2009, defendant VALDEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, directed defendant
GUTIERREZ to take eight ounces of methamphetamine to an
unidentified co-conspirator.
137. On or about June 20, 2009, defendant VALDEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
ARACELI to bring him $2,000 from the box, and ARACELI agreed to
do so.
138. On or about June 23, 2009, defendant ARACELI, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to provide
defendant VALDEZ with four units of a controlled substance, and
ARACELI told VALDEZ defendant GUTIERREZ had returned.
139. On or about June 23, 2009, defendant VALDEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
CLAUDIA that VALDEZ had been offered methamphetamine for $13,000
per pound.
140. On or about June 24, 2009, defendant VALDEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told an unidentified
female co-conspirator that defendant GUTIERREZ would be picking
up methamphetamine from her on VALDEZs behalf.
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141. On or about June 24, 2009, defendant VALDEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
GUTIERREZ to pick up four pounds of methamphetamine from an
unidentified female co-conspirator, and GUTIERREZ agreed to do
so.
142. On or about June 24, 2009, defendant GUTIERREZ gave a
black Honda Civic to defendant SOTO, and SOTO then drove the
black Honda Civic to a residence in Bell Gardens, California.
143. On or about June 24, 2009, defendants VALDEZ,
GUTIERREZ, and SOTO possessed approximately 1,691 grams of
methamphetamine inside a black Honda Civic that GUTIERREZ had
given to SOTO.
144. On or about June 24, 2009, defendant SANCHEZ, in a text
message using coded language, told defendant R. SENDIS that he
still had three ounces of methamphetamine left.
145. On or about June 24, 2009, defendant HERMOSILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered from
defendant R. SENDIS a house with all chunks, meaning
methamphetamine in form that had not been mixed with a cut or
dilutant.
146. On or about June 25, 2009, defendant VALDEZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant OMAR
that he needed more methamphetamine, that he had been offered
methamphetamine for $13,500 a pound, and that he was in
possession of four pounds of methamphetamine that were of poor
quality, and OMAR said he would be sending methamphetamine to
VALDEZ.
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147. On or about June 25, 2009, defendant DIAZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, informed defendant
R. SENDIS that the methamphetamine he received from R. SENDIS was
beautiful, meaning it was high quality.
148. On or about June 25, 2009, defendant DIAZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to pay
defendant R. SENDIS for methamphetamine that DIAZ had previously
received, and R. SENDIS agreed to sell DIAZ a whole one,
meaning one ounce of methamphetamine.
149. On or about June 25, 2009, defendant CLEGG, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.
SENDIS that he had $4,000 to pay R. SENDIS, in part for
methamphetamine that CLEGG had previously purchased and in part
for more methamphetamine CLEGG wanted to purchase from R. SENDIS.
150. On or about June 25, 2009, defendant CLEGG, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered three ounces
of methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS.
151. On or about July 3, 2009, defendant HERMOSILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, ordered a quarter-
pound of methamphetamine from defendant ORTIZ, who was taking
drug orders for defendant R. SENDIS while R. SENDIS was on
vacation.
152. On or about July 15, 2009, defendant DIAZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, informed defendant
R. SENDIS that DIAZ had received methamphetamine from R. SENDIS,
and that while the methamphetamine was different than the
methamphetamine DIAZ had previously received from R. SENDIS, it
was still of good quality.
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153. On or about August 7, 2009, defendant S. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed with
defendant ZAVALA to bring four ounces of methamphetamine to
ZAVALAs location.
154. On or about August 7, 2009, defendant ZAVALA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant S.
SENDIS that defendant SANCHEZ wanted a quantity of
methamphetamine.
155. On or about August 8, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR., in
a telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant A.
HERNANDEZ to tell defendant HERNANDEZ SR. to give A. HERNANDEZ
drug proceeds so that she could give them to HERNANDEZ JR.
156. On or about August 8, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR., in
a telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
HERNANDEZ SR. to give defendant A. HERNANDEZ drug proceeds so
that she could give them to HERNANDEZ JR.
157. On or about August 10, 2009, defendant ROBLEDO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to meet with
defendant HERNANDEZ JR. in order to provide HERNANDEZ JR. with
drug proceeds on behalf of defendant FELIX.
158. On or about August 10, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
COVARRUBIAS that defendant ROBLEDO was going to meet with
HERNANDEZ JR. to provide HERNANDEZ JR. with drug proceeds.
159. On or about August 10, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, discussed
meeting with defendant ROBLEDO to pick up drug proceeds.
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160. On or about August 13, 2009, defendant ROMAN, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with an
unindicted co-conspirator the quality and prices of
methamphetamine and discarding telephones.
161. On or about August 14, 2009, defendant ROMAN, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with an
unindicted co-conspirator providing methamphetamine to another
unindicted co-conspirator and picking up drug proceeds.
162. On or about August 14, 2009, defendant ROMAN, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told an unindicted
co-conspirator that he did not short another unindicted co-
conspirator when he sold him two ounces of methamphetamine.
163. On or about August 16, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, told an
unindicted co-conspirator that he had obtained methamphetamine
yesterday and that HERNANDEZ JR. had to break down the
methamphetamine.
164. On or about August 16, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with
an unindicted co-conspirator having firearms, including an
assault rifle.
165. On or about August 19, 2009, defendant FELIX, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
HERNANDEZ JR. to make a delivery of methamphetamine.
166. On or about August 19, 2009, defendant COVARRUBIAS, in
a telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
HERNANDEZ JR. to make two deliveries of methamphetamine, one for
eleven pounds and one for ten pounds.
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167. On or about August 19, 2009, defendant FELIX, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, gave defendant
HERNANDEZ JR. the telephone number of defendant ARACELI, and
FELIX told HERNANDEZ JR. to call that telephone number with
regard to the methamphetamine delivery and to say he was calling
on behalf of defendant CLAUDIA.
168. On or about August 19, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
ARACELI that he was on his way to deliver methamphetamine to her
on behalf of defendant CLAUDIA, and ARACELI gave HERNANDEZ JR.
directions to a location where the methamphetamine transaction
would take place.
169. On or about August 19, 2009, defendant ARACELI, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
HERNANDEZ JR. that she would pass on his number to defendant
GUTIERREZ, who would receive the shipment of methamphetamine from
HERNANDEZ JR.
170. On or about August 19, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,
in a series of telephone conversations using coded language,
discussed with defendant GUTIERREZ where they could meet to
conduct the methamphetamine transaction that had been arranged by
defendant ARACELI.
171. On or about August 19, 2009, defendants GUTIERREZ and
HERNANDEZ JR. met with each other and jointly went to a stash
house in Paramount, California, in order to conduct a drug
transaction for approximately ten pounds of methamphetamine.
172. On or about August 19, 2009, defendants GUTIERREZ,
ARACELI, and ALVARADO received approximately ten pounds of
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methamphetamine, that is, approximately 4,358 grams of
methamphetamine, from defendants FELIX, CLAUDIA, HERNANDEZ JR.,
and COVARRUBIAS.
173. On or about August 19, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, informed
defendant COVARRUBIAS that the ten-pound methamphetamine
transaction had been completed, and HERNANDEZ JR. said it had
been difficult to take the methamphetamine out of the hidden
compartment in which the methamphetamine had been stored.
174. On or about August 20, 2009, defendant FELIX, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, directed defendant
HERNANDEZ JR. to get rid of his telephone because law enforcement
had seized the ten pounds of methamphetamine that HERNANDEZ JR.
had delivered the day before.
175. On or about August 21, 2009, defendant CLEGG possessed
with intent to distribute approximately one ounce of
methamphetamine in La Habra, California.
176. On or about August 23, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
A. HERNANDEZ to deliver drug proceeds to him, and HERNANDEZ JR.
told A. HERNANDEZ that he would give her money tomorrow.
177. On or about August 24, 2009, defendant ORTIZ, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant S.
SENDIS that ORTIZ had given drug proceeds to defendant R. SENDIS
the day before, and ORTIZ asked S. SENDIS to provide him with
eight ounces of methamphetamine.
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178. On or about August 24, 2009, defendant ORTIZ went to
defendant S. SENDISs house in Whittier, California, and picked
up half-a-pound of methamphetamine from S. SENDIS.
179. On or about August 24, 2009, in a telephone
conversation using coded language, defendant S. SENDIS told
defendant ORTIZ to watch out for police cars that may be
following him.
180. On or about August 24, 2009, defendants S. SENDIS and
ORTIZ possessed approximately 197.8 grams of methamphetamine
inside a gray truck.
181. On or about August 25, 2009, defendant S. SENDIS, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
HERMOSILLO that defendant ORTIZ had been arrested by the police
the day before.
182. On or about August 25, 2009, defendant HERMOSILLO, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, negotiated the
purchase of methamphetamine from defendant S. SENDIS in exchange
for cash and electronic equipment.
183. On or about September 1, 2009, defendant NEL, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with
defendant ROMAN an unindicted co-conspirator who owed
approximately $70,000 in drug proceeds, and the two discussed
taking the unindicted co-conspirators car. In the same
telephone conversation, NEL and ROMAN discussed providing ROMAN
with drugs to sell.
184. On or about September 2, 2009, defendant A. HERNANDEZ,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, asked defendant
HERNANDEZ JR. if he had any drugs or drug proceeds at the house
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or inside the cars, and A. HERNANDEZ warned HERNANDEZ JR. that
there were undercover drug officers, narcos, outside the house
and described for HERNANDEZ JR. the cars being used by the
undercover officers.
185. On or about September 4, 2009, defendant A. HERNANDEZ,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, warned
defendant HERNANDEZ JR. that there were undercover drug officers
in the area, and A. HERNANDEZ told HERNANDEZ JR. to flee the
area.
186. On or about September 17, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ
JR., in a telephone conversation using coded language, told
defendant MEDINA that HERNANDEZ JR. had methamphetamine available
for purchase but the quality was not high and that he expected
higher quality methamphetamine to arrive soon, and MEDINA told
HERNANDEZ JR. that he would wait for the high quality
methamphetamine to arrive.
187. On or about September 22, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ
JR., in a telephone conversation using coded language, told
defendant COVARRUBIAS that HERNANDEZ JR. would bring COVARRUBIAS
drug proceeds as soon as HERNANDEZ JR. was told to do so by
defendant FELIX, and COVARRUBIAS said a methamphetamine shipment
would soon be arriving at HERNANDEZ JR.s location.
188. On or about September 22, 2009, defendant FELIX, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
HERNANDEZ JR. to hold onto the methamphetamine that HERNANDEZ JR.
had and to remove other methamphetamine inside their vans hidden
compartment.
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189. On or about September 24, 2009, defendant MEDINA, in
telephone conversations using coded language, discussed with
defendant HERNANDEZ JR. methamphetamine that would be ready for
pick up the next day.
190. On or about September 25, 2009, defendant MEDINA, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, attempted to
convince defendant HERNANDEZ JR. to reduce the price he was
charging for methamphetamine.
191. On or about September 25, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ
JR., in telephone conversations using coded language, told
defendant FELIX that when defendant A. HERNANDEZ arrived,
HERNANDEZ JR. would give her drug proceeds so that she could put
the drug proceeds away.
192. On or about September 26, 2009, defendant ROMAN, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with an
unindicted co-conspirator the prices of pounds of
methamphetamine.
193. On or about September 26, 2009, defendant ROMAN, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told an unindicted
co-conspirator that ROMAN would inquire with his source of supply
regarding the price of an ounce of methamphetamine.
194. On or about September 28, 2009, defendant ROMAN, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told an unindicted
co-conspirator that ROMAN was waiting for a shipment of
methamphetamine and would show the unindicted co-conspirator the
methamphetamine when it arrived.
195. On or about September 28, 2009, defendant FELIX, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
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HERNANDEZ JR. to pick up drug proceeds from defendant ROBLEDO in
Las Vegas, Nevada.
196. On or about September 29, 2009, defendant NEL, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant ROMAN
that NEL would be sending an unindicted co-conspirator to ROMANs
location to pick up drug proceeds, and ROMAN said he had
approximately $13,000 for NEL. In the same conversation, ROMAN
told NEL that one pound of methamphetamine was going for
approximately $13,500 in his area.
197. On or about October 4, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ SR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, ordered ten
pounds of methamphetamine from defendant FELIX at $13,000 a
pound, and FELIX noted that he had 17 pounds of methamphetamine
available for sale.
198. On or about October 7, 2009, defendant FELIX, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
HERNANDEZ JR. to collect drug proceeds from defendant HERNANDEZ
SR. in Los Angeles, California, and drug proceeds from defendant
ROBLEDO in Las Vegas, Nevada, and then take the drug proceeds to
defendant COVARRUBIAS in Phoenix, Arizona.
199. On or about October 7, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ SR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, reminded
defendant HERNANDEZ JR. to pick up papers for a car HERNANDEZ JR.
would be driving the next morning to Las Vegas, Nevada, and
Phoenix, Arizona, and HERNANDEZ JR. asked HERNANDEZ SR. to tell
defendant A. HERNANDEZ to leave drug proceeds on the bed of their
home so that HERNANDEZ JR. could pick them up before he left.
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200. On or about October 8, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.
possessed, in a hidden compartment in the vehicle he was driving,
approximately $31,000 in drug proceeds in Henderson, Nevada.
201. On or about October 8, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
FELIX to get rid of all the telephones because the police found
the drug proceeds inside HERNANDEZ JR.s vehicle.
202. On or about October 8, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant
HERNANDEZ SR. to get rid of all the drugs and drug proceeds in
their house because the police had discovered the drug proceeds
inside HERNANDEZ JR.s vehicle, and HERNANDEZ SR. asked if
HERNANDEZ JR. had hidden the drug proceeds inside the hidden
compartment of HERNANDEZ JR.s vehicle, which HERNANDEZ JR.
confirmed. HERNANDEZ SR. then said that officers must know about
their drug activities and that they would have to change their
telephone numbers.
203. On or about October 8, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, told an
unindicted co-conspirator that the police found $50,000 in drug
proceeds inside HERNANDEZ JR.s vehicle, and that if HERNANDEZ
JR. had been armed when the police seized the drug proceeds, he
would have shot the police officer.
204. On or about October 16, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, told an
unindicted co-conspirator that HERNANDEZ JR. needed two to three
firearms.
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205. On or about October 29, 2009, defendant MEDINA
possessed approximately 526.4 grams of methamphetamine at his
residence in Inglewood, California.
206. On or about November 24, 2009, defendant NEL, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with an
unindicted co-conspirator a shipment of drugs for the coming days
that would be delivered by defendant C. SANDOVAL, and NEL talked
about fixing a malfunctioning hidden vehicle compartment.
207. On or about November 24, 2009, defendant NEL, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with an
unindicted co-conspirator that transporting drugs on Thanksgiving
would be easier because the U.S.-Mexico border would not be
closely watched by law enforcement, and NEL discussed an upcoming
shipment of drugs into the United States.
208. On or about November 25, 2009, defendant NEL, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, informed an
unindicted co-conspirator that defendant C. SANDOVAL was en route
to a location in Southern California to deliver cocaine.
209. On or about November 25, 2009, defendant C. SANDOVAL,
on behalf of defendant NEL, delivered approximately ten kilograms
of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of
cocaine to a stash house in Pomona, California.
210. On or about November 25, 2009, defendant LAUREL
possessed approximately ten kilograms of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of cocaine that had been received
from defendant C. SANDOVAL at a stash house in Pomona,
California.
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211. On or about November 25, 2009, defendant C. SANDOVAL,
in a telephone conversation using coded language, informed
defendant NEL that C. SANDOVAL had delivered the shipment of
cocaine on behalf of NEL, and NEL told C. SANDOVAL that he could
return.
212. On or about December 4, 2009, defendant NEL, in a
telephone conversation using coded language, informed an
unindicted co-conspirator that NEL would be sending him a
shipment of cocaine the next day, and NEL told the unindicted co-
conspirator to make sure that the unindicted co-conspirator had
an enclosed location to receive the cocaine shipment.
213. On or about December 5, 2009, defendant ZAZUETA
transported approximately ten kilograms of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of cocaine from Mexico to
Paramount, California, on behalf of defendant NEL.
214. On or about December 5, 2009, defendant RUBIO entered a
vehicle driven by defendant ZAZUETA that contained approximately
ten kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable
amount of cocaine, for the purpose of directing ZAZUETA to the
stash house in Paramount, California, where the cocaine was to
be stored.
215. On or about December 7, 2009, defendant FELIX directed
an unindicted co-conspirator to transport to him approximately
$211,000 in drug proceeds.
216. On or about December 7, 2009, co-conspirator
Manjarrez-Arreola possessed approximately $211,000 in drug
proceeds on behalf of defendant FELIX in Phoenix, Arizona.
217. On or about March 26, 2010, defendant C. SANDOVAL drove
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into the garage of defendant URIARTEs residence in Paramount,
California, to meet with URIARTE.
218. On or about March 26, 2010, defendant URIARTE possessed
approximately $42,933 in drug proceeds at his residence in
Paramount, California.
219. On or about March 29, 2010, defendant OCEGUERA received
approximately 9.971 kilograms of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of cocaine at his residence in
Downey, California, from defendant C. SANDOVAL, on behalf of
defendant NEL.
220. On or about July 31, 2010, defendant C. SANDOVAL
possessed approximately 10 kilograms of a mixture or substance
containing a detectable amount of cocaine, on behalf of defendant
NEL, when he crossed the border from Mexico into Arizona, on his
way to distribute the cocaine in Southern California.
221. On or about August 24, 2010, defendant RIVAS, on behalf
of defendant R. SENDIS, delivered to another confidential
informant posing as a methamphetamine buyer approximately 10.5
grams of methamphetamine in a parking lot in Whittier,
California.
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COUNT TWO
[21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii)]
On or about February 27, 2009, in Los Angeles County, within
the Central District of California, defendants ROGELIO SENDIS-
RAMIREZ, also known as (aka) Rogelio Sendiz-Ramirez, aka
Juan, aka Roger, and HARRY MADERA, aka Boricua, knowingly
and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute at least
five grams, that is, approximately 24.2 grams, of
methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.
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COUNT THREE
[21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii)]
On or about March 10, 2009, in Los Angeles County, within
the Central District of California, defendants ROGELIO SENDIS-
RAMIREZ, also known as (aka) Rogelio Sendiz-Ramirez, aka
Juan, aka Roger, and HARRY MADERA, aka Boricua, knowingly
and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute at least
five grams, that is, approximately 26.8 grams, of
methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.
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COUNT FOUR
[21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii)]
On or about April 17, 2009, in Los Angeles County, within
the Central District of California, defendants ROGELIO SENDIS-
RAMIREZ, also known as (aka) Rogelio Sendiz-Ramirez, aka
Juan, aka Roger, and DANIEL ZAVALA, aka Perico, knowingly
and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute at least
50 grams, that is, approximately 108.1 grams, of methamphetamine,
a Schedule II controlled substance.
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COUNT FIVE
[21 U.S.