{"id":396197,"date":"2026-09-10T20:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396197\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T20:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:54:09","slug":"miami-men-ages-89-and-73-accused-of-cocaine-trafficking-police-say-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396197\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami men, ages 89 and 73, accused of cocaine trafficking, police say \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of elderly men are facing charges after an undercover operation revealed a cocaine trafficking operation at a Miami home, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Cesar Valdes, 89, and Magdaleno Medina, 73, were arrested Wednesday on charges including armed trafficking in cocaine, cocaine possession with intent to sell or deliver, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a place for the purpose of trafficking cocaine, arrest reports said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the reports, an undercover agent made a cocaine purchase from Medina at a home on Northwest 19th Street last month.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Miami Police&#8217;s Special Investigation Section and SWAT executed a search warrant at the home and took Valdes and Medina into custody.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/091026-Cesar-Valdes-and-Magdaleno-Medina.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" Cesar Valdes and Magdaleno Medina in bond court in Miami-Dade on Sept. 10, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Cesar Valdes and Magdaleno Medina in bond court in Miami-Dade on Sept. 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>A search of the home turned up dozens of baggies containing a total of over 140 grams of cocaine, more than a dozen baggies containing over 1,275 grams of marijuana, as well as two firearms, ammunition and $4,880 in cash, the reports said.<\/p>\n<p>A records check showed both of the guns had been reported stolen, the reports said.<\/p>\n<p>Valdes denied involvement in drug sales at the home, the reports said.<\/p>\n<p>Both men, who authorities said are convicted felons, were booked into jail.<\/p>\n<p>They appeared before a judge on Thursday, where they were ordered held without bond. They also have immigration holds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of elderly men are facing charges after an undercover operation revealed a cocaine trafficking operation at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-396197","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\/396197","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=396197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}