EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — An alleged Colombian drug dealer, part of a large criminal organization, appeared in federal court on Monday in El Paso after he was extradited to the U.S. on Friday.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, Luis Guillermo Peralta Pacheco is a member of a Colombian drug trafficking organization described as a “major supplier of cocaine to the Caribbean and the United States.”
Colombian drug suspect appears in El Paso court after extradition for cocaine trafficking. Credit: FBI San Antonio via X
According to court documents, Peralta Pacheco was the last one to be extradited to the U.S. after arrest warrants were sent out for him and eight other alleged drug dealers two years ago in 2023.
The warrants stem from a case that began in March of 2018, after law enforcement agents seized 24 kilograms of cocaine and identified Peralta Pacheco and the other eight suspects as part of this drug network.
The other suspects are:
Alvaro Luis Deluque Pallares Angello Caicedo Atehortua Juan Camilo Valderrama Taborda Carlos Alfredo Becerra Castro Lina Gisseth Barrera Sarmiento Angel Julio Arroyo Calderon Pedro Emilio Gallardo Hincapie Charle Salcedo Portilla
Colombian drug suspect appears in El Paso court after extradition for cocaine trafficking. Credit: FBI San Antonio via X
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U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas made the announcement.
The FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Homeland Security Investigations are investigating the case, with assistance from the FBI’s Legal Attaché in Bogotá, Colombia.
The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs and Judicial Attaché Office in Bogotá worked with the Government of Colombia to secure the arrest and extradition from Colombia of all nine defendants.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Adrian Rosales is prosecuting the case.
Colombian drug suspect appears in El Paso court after extradition for cocaine trafficking. Credit: FBI San Antonio via X
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