Spokane Regional Safe Streets Task Force and Partners Take Down Drug-Trafficking Criminal Enterprise
More than 100 federal, state, and local law enforcement agents coordinated arrest and search operations this week at approximately 15 locations throughout Spokane and Yakima, Washington, and in Idaho. Today’s operations led to the successful and safe arrests of 18, of the 22, subjects implicated in an alleged significant drug-trafficking enterprise. The subjects will face an array of charges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine. The arrests are the culmination of a two-year investigation by the Spokane Regional Safe Streets Task Force.
Investigators in Spokane, Washington; Yakima, Washington; and Post Falls, Idaho searched locations believed to contain evidence of the criminal activity of this enterprise and made numerous arrests.
Those arrested and sought include the following individuals:
|
Name |
AGE |
FREQUENT LOCATION |
|
|
1 |
Marcos Ramirez-Mercado |
45 |
Yakima, Washington |
|
2 |
Jose Alfredo Mendoza-Vaca |
28 |
Spokane, Washington |
|
3 |
Milton Oswaldo Pena |
45 |
Spokane Valley, Washington |
|
4 |
Giovanni Pena |
48 |
Spokane Valley, Washington – Fugitive |
|
5 |
Federico Ramos-Perez |
29 |
Spokane Valley, Washington |
|
6 |
Jose Antonio Rojas-Calvillo |
26 |
Spokane, Washington – Fugitive |
|
7 |
Donald Reed Daniels |
60 |
Spokane, Washington |
|
8 |
Juan Jose Navarro-Martinez |
31 |
Spokane Valley, Washington |
|
9 |
Jorge Armando Hernandez-Vera |
37 |
Spokane, Washington |
|
10 |
Francisco Martinez-Perez |
33 |
Spokane Valley, Washington – Fugitive |
|
11 |
Enrique Eduardo Rodriguez-Mercado |
42 |
Spokane, Washington |
|
12 |
Angel Rodriguez Amezcua |
47 |
Spokane Valley, Washington |
|
13 |
Sergio L. Lopez |
24 |
Spokane, Washington |
|
14 |
Nahum Martinez-Guadarrama |
29 |
Spokane Valley, Washington |
|
15 |
Victor Alexander Rangel |
31 |
Spokane, Washington – Fugitive |
|
16 |
Trevor Edward Fedele |
21 |
Post Falls, Idaho |
|
17 |
Edward Wayne Fedele |
43 |
Post Falls, Idaho |
|
18 |
Edson Marcos Ramirez |
23 |
Yakima, Washington |
|
19 |
Joel Lyman |
35 |
Nine Mile Falls, Washington |
|
20 |
Mireya Hernandez |
51 |
Yakima, Washington |
|
21 |
Olton Leon Gaines |
53 |
Spokane, Washington |
|
22 |
Horacio Luna-Cano |
32 |
Spokane Valley, Washington |
The charges contained in the federal indictments and complaints are only allegations. A person is presumed innocent unless and until he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
The case is being investigated by the Spokane Regional Safe Streets Task Force—composed of the FBI, Spokane Police Department, Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, and Spokane Valley Police Department—and other law enforcement agencies, including the Washington State Patrol, United States Border Patrol, the Washington State Department of Corrections, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The United States Marshals Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration were also integrally involved in this enforcement action. Today’s operations in Idaho were carried out by the FBI’s North Idaho Violent Crimes Task Force.
Deputy Mark Gregory
Spokane County Sheriff’s Office
Spokane Valley Police Department
Public Information Officer