{"id":258212,"date":"2026-05-04T20:29:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258212\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:29:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:29:24","slug":"five-men-indicted-in-colombia-to-florida-cocaine-trafficking-ring-based-in-miami-high-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258212\/","title":{"rendered":"Five men indicted in Colombia-to-Florida cocaine trafficking ring based in Miami high-rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A federal grand jury has charged five South Florida men in an alleged cocaine pipeline moving drugs from Colombia through the Dominican Republic into Miami.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say five people were implicated in “Operation Mousetrap,” a law enforcement operation aimed at taking down a Miami-based distribution network moving kilogram quantities of cocaine, including:<\/p>\n

38-year-old Daniel “Mickey” Hernandez of Miami45-year-old Frank Gonzalez of Hialeah50-year-old Alexander “Al Biggs” Walker Caraballo of Miami33-year-old Jose Luis “Lil Cuz” Diaz of Miami Gardens42-year-old Humberto “Kiki” Moreno of Miami<\/p>\n

Officials say Hernandez was the main distributor, and the others acted as suppliers and associates.<\/p>\n

Investigators say the entire operation was based out of a Midtown Miami high-rise used to store and prepare cocaine for distribution.<\/p>\n

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A search of the luxury apartment turned up about 536 kilograms of cocaine, 14 firearms, including an “unserialized” AK-47, and over $3.1 million in cash. Walker was arrested following that search, and additional cocaine and cash were later recovered from his vehicle.<\/p>\n

Authorities say additional co-conspirators have also been charged or arrested, including individuals linked to suppliers in Colombia and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n

Walker and Gonzalez are reportedly also charged with firearms offenses tied to drug trafficking.<\/p>\n

The case stems from coordinated federal and local investigations targeting cocaine routes between Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and South Florida, according to the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n

If convicted, the defendants face a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison, with potential sentences up to life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A federal grand jury has charged five South Florida men in an alleged cocaine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-258212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258212","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=258212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}