{"id":274615,"date":"2026-04-18T20:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/274615\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T20:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:18:10","slug":"california-corrections-officer-accomplice-charged-in-20kg-cocaine-smuggling-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/274615\/","title":{"rendered":"California corrections officer, accomplice charged in 20kg cocaine smuggling plot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">LOS ANGELES &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">California <\/a>corrections officer and an alleged drug trafficker are facing decades in jail after being charged in a major cocaine smuggling operation centered in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Los Angeles County.<\/a><\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Jesus Reyes, an employee of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and Jose Luis Aldahir Rocha Luque have been charged with three felony counts: conspiracy to sell a controlled substance, possession for sale, and transportation from one county to another.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Prosecutors allege that in June 2023, Luque rented a residence in Rowland Heights specifically to store cocaine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">On August 1, 2023, Reyes reportedly drove from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/world\/mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mexico<\/a> to that residence to transport the drugs. A search of the property yielded 20 kilograms of cocaine and approximately $200,000 in cash.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Los Angeles County District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/people\/nathan-hochman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nathan J. Hochman<\/a> condemned the officer&#8217;s alleged involvement in the criminal enterprise.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;It is reprehensible that a state corrections officer can be seduced by greed and manipulated by others to commit such crimes that endanger the public,&#8221; Hochman said. &#8220;We have someone who is accused of betraying the badge and the oath he swore to uphold working hand-in-hand with a suspected drug trafficker who is part of a criminal enterprise. Corruption will be prosecuted \u2013 no matter where we find it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Both men will be arraigned on Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">If convicted on all charges, Reyes and Luque each face a maximum sentence of 20 years and four months in county jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This report is based on information provided by the Los Angeles County District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\/los-angeles\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/opioid-epidemic\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Opioid Epidemic<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES &#8211; A California corrections officer and an alleged drug trafficker are facing decades in jail after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1184,7,9,8,2042,47,137,100,13242,1181],"class_list":["post-274615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-news","tag-opioid-epidemic","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}