Residents indicted in Georgia money laundering case
A former Hidalgo County sheriff’s deputy is among several Rio Grande Valley residents and four Brownsville residents named in a series of federal money laundering and drug trafficking indictments unsealed in Atlanta this week.
Emmanuel Sanchez, 48, of Mission, smuggled cash between the Valley and Atlanta for a multi-state criminal organization working with Mexico’s Gulf Cartel, prosecutors said in a statement issued Wednesday.
A federal grand jury in Georgia has indicted 40 other men and women from cities such as Brownsville, Palmview and Mercedes as well as Atlanta and its suburbs for their alleged involvement with the group.
The charges stem from a two-year investigation dubbed “Operation Pay Cut,” aimed at disrupting the flow of money fueling the organization’s illicit activities.
“Drug trafficking is all about the money,” U.S. Internal Revenue Service agent Reginael D. McDaniel said in a statement. “Seizing the dirty cash and the assets of these illegal organizations hits criminals where it hurts and deprives them of their profits.”
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Residents indicted in Georgia money laundering case
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