Special agents assigned to an organized crime task force in the Inland Empire arrested four suspected members of the “La Familia Michoacana” Mexican cartel and seized 107 pounds of methamphetamine, five kilos of cocaine and one-half pound of heroin. The drugs have a total street value of $5,916,800, according to authorities.
A state task force arrested four suspected members of the La Familia Michoacana Mexican cartel and seized 107 pounds of methamphetamine, five kilos of cocaine and a half pound of heroin at a home in Fontana.
A task force known as Inland Crackdown Allied with the state Attorney General’s Office conducted the operation Tuesday night that netted the arrests, drugs and more than $27,000 in cash, authorities said.
Suspected cartel members Jesus Armando Cardena-Selem, 25, Fontana; Ramiro Gill, 40, Fontana; Sergio Mercado-Vasquez, 32, Fontana; and Juan Gabriel Angulo-Cabrera, 37, Fontana were booked into the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine for sale and transportation of a controlled substance for sale.
The undercover investigation that began in September identified the four men as suspected members of the drug trafficking organization operating in Southern California, authorities said.
Authorities say the four suspects in a Dodge Caravan and Honda Pilot arrived at a predetermined meeting place at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday in Bloomington where undercover agents conducted a “buy bust” sting, purchasing 10 pounds of “meth” and then arresting the suspects.
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