District Court in Chicago, Zarco-Picazo sold distribution levels of cocaine to Jorge Valdez, who in turn re-sold it in smaller quantities to customers in Chicago. DELVIN WILLIAMS, 42, of Chicago and RAFAEL ZARCO-PICAZO, 33, of Chicago.Īccording to criminal complaints unsealed in U.S. VALDEZ, 40, of Chicago VIRGINIA VAZQUEZ-PEREZ, 37, of Cicero, Ill. JUAN ROSAS-CABRERA, 31, of Mexico SERGIO SANCHEZ-CHAVEZ, 36, of Mexico FRANCISCO SANCHEZ-YANEZ, 32, of Chicago ANTONIO SEGURA, 39, of Oak Lawn, Ill. ULISES AVINA, 32, of Chicago OSCAR BALDERAMA, 42, of Chicago CELESTINO BARAHONA-SERRANO, 38, of Chicago DIEGO GALEANA-GONZAGA, 35, of Mexico MARGARITO GALEANA-GOMEZ, 36, of Mexico JOSE GONZAGA, 58, of Chicago RAFAEL MEDELLIN, JR., 32, of Chicago RICHARD C. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach.Ĭharged with a federal drug offense are: YARNELL ALLEN, 41, of Dolton, Ill. This investigation is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces ( OCDETF) operation. Attorneys Aaron Bond, Erin Kelly, and Brian Kerwin represent the government. Substantial assistance was provided by the IRS Criminal Investigation Division in Chicago and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Angie Salazar, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of HSI and David Brown, Superintendent of CPD.
The federal charges were announced by John R. In addition to the 17 federal defendants, two other individuals were charged in state court as part of this investigation.
Many of the 17 federal defendants were arrested Wednesday and have begun making initial appearances in U.S. Homeland Security Investigations and the Chicago Police Department, utilized extensive undercover and covert surveillance operations to shut down the defendants’ drug trafficking activities. The joint federal and local investigation, led by U.S. CHICAGO - A joint federal and local drug trafficking investigation has resulted in federal charges against 17 individuals for distributing or attempting to distribute heroin and cocaine in Chicago.ĭuring the multi-year probe, dubbed “Operation Tragic Blow,” law enforcement seized multiple kilograms of heroin and cocaine, including a 14-kilogram cocaine seizure in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood and a two-kilogram heroin seizure in a high-rise apartment building in Chicago’s Buena Park neighborhood.