{"id":258205,"date":"2026-05-04T20:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258205\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:23:18","slug":"federal-grand-jury-indicts-5-in-miami-for-cocaine-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258205\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal grand jury indicts 5 in Miami for cocaine trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI  \u2014 A federal grand jury indicted five men in Miami over their alleged roles in a cocaine trafficking organization, federal prosecutors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdfl\/pr\/hstf-operation-mousetrap-leads-midtown-takedown-multiple-charged-drug-trafficking?bm-verify=AAQAAAAN_____-8oA2iujDI1vCn1LGc1AkSNnWfU4vdL5_b5wuJEck2muVQ1gFKCxIlw8yitOZ95Abe_9es5PT-YvIoTrafUkF3AVdC_NH0gi__Oq_TztmUk-nTkQy63gLEWdlgZLUlyv7dnc7KWMGjmsSxKrb0GJIYga-ppjlKrW0nK7w-ecVGoDV7hk1cURip3wqAY2yvgYrTOcfeDncnzagHe9w5e7FcgjrDdQIaq0mySiSjzhYL0D3aF4iifmwMiyb7ZslIH2pBVHVPcXInfZ2GT2nYXJHCM75-iiaFG_lNcianX4XBB5bSaTm7jkSg8PzfLYZxJ4lgzmAfSEDtj3ZYwb4-7GL2DI5OFbrwHb8O7oRG7wU-ezJuchvXg4jVZ477qjP0cogdVRdWrhOXSs8c\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdfl\/pr\/hstf-operation-mousetrap-leads-midtown-takedown-multiple-charged-drug-trafficking?bm-verify=AAQAAAAN_____-8oA2iujDI1vCn1LGc1AkSNnWfU4vdL5_b5wuJEck2muVQ1gFKCxIlw8yitOZ95Abe_9es5PT-YvIoTrafUkF3AVdC_NH0gi__Oq_TztmUk-nTkQy63gLEWdlgZLUlyv7dnc7KWMGjmsSxKrb0GJIYga-ppjlKrW0nK7w-ecVGoDV7hk1cURip3wqAY2yvgYrTOcfeDncnzagHe9w5e7FcgjrDdQIaq0mySiSjzhYL0D3aF4iifmwMiyb7ZslIH2pBVHVPcXInfZ2GT2nYXJHCM75-iiaFG_lNcianX4XBB5bSaTm7jkSg8PzfLYZxJ4lgzmAfSEDtj3ZYwb4-7GL2DI5OFbrwHb8O7oRG7wU-ezJuchvXg4jVZ477qjP0cogdVRdWrhOXSs8c\">announced<\/a> on Monday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents tracked the cocaine from Colombia to \u201chigh-end fishing vessels\u201d that had been traveling from the Dominican Republic to Miami, records show. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The case also included a search warrant that netted 536 kilos of that cocaine, $3.1 million in cash, and 14 weapons at an apartment in Miami\u2019s Midtown neighborhood, records show. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Daniel \u201cMickey\u201d Hernandez, Frank Gonzalez, <a href=\"https:\/\/pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com\/offenderSearch\/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&amp;DCNumber=B12802&amp;TypeSearch=IR\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com\/offenderSearch\/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&amp;DCNumber=B12802&amp;TypeSearch=IR\">Alexander \u201cAl Biggs\u201d Walker<\/a>, Jose \u201cLil Cuz\u201d Diaz, and Humberto \u201cKiki\u201d Moreno each faced a charge of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hernandez, 38, who Investigators identified as a key distributor, and Diaz, also known as \u201cPri,\u201d 33, also face charges over distribution offenses. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Walker, 50, and Gonzalez, 45, also faced charges for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of firearms and ammunition as convicted felons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com\/offenderSearch\/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&amp;DCNumber=B12802&amp;TypeSearch=IR\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com\/offenderSearch\/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&amp;DCNumber=B12802&amp;TypeSearch=IR\">According<\/a> to the Florida Department of Corrections, Walker was last released from prison on Nov. 20, 2022. He had been sentenced to 7 years in prison in 2018 for cocaine trafficking in 2012 and 2016. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2014 A federal grand jury indicted five men in Miami over their alleged roles in a cocaine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-258205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}