Sendis Indictment

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

June 2011 Grand Jury

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

ROGELIO SENDIS-RAMIREZ,aka Rogelio Sendiz-Ramirez,aka Juan,aka Roger,SALVADOR SENDIS-RAMIREZ,aka Salvador Sendiz-

Ramirez,aka Sal,aka Salva,JOSE FELIX-BARRAZA,aka Chepe,aka Compadre,aka Compa,aka Don Felix,aka "Don Jose,"NEL LNU,aka Natanael,JULIO VALDEZ,aka El Viejo,aka Daniel Gamez Castro,CLAUDIA LNU,

OMAR LNU,"GUSTAVO ROMAN,aka Gordito,ANGELITA SENDIS-RAMIREZ,aka Angela,

HARRY MADERA,aka Boricua,DAVID ORTIZ,

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No. CR 08-713(B)-DSF

S E C O N DS U P E R S E D I N GI N D I C T M E N T

[21 U.S.C. 846: Conspiracyto Distribute and Possess withIntent to Distribute ControlledSubstances; 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii),(b)(1)(A)(viii), (b)(1)(B)(ii),(b)(1)(B)(viii): Possessionwith Intent to Distribute andDistribution of ControlledSubstances; 18 U.S.C. 981(a)(1)(C), 21 U.S.C. 853, and 28 U.S.C. 2461(c):Criminal Forfeiture]


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DANIEL ZAVALA,aka Perico,JESUS MAGANA,aka Jesse,MANUEL RIVAS,aka Manny,KEVIN CLEGG,aka Whitey,DARRYL CROZIER,JAMIE GAETA,JESSIE DIAZ III,PAUL KEESEY,THOMAS MEREDITH,RICHARD OLIVER,JAMES HERMOSILLO,aka Bones,ANTONIO SANCHEZ,aka Tony,EDUARDO GUTIERREZ-QUINTERO,aka Neto,

aka Eddie,JUAN FRANCISCO SOTO,MARTIN HERNANDEZ, JR.,LEONEL MEDINA-RIOS,FERNANDO ROBLEDO,MARTIN HERNANDEZ, SR.,AMALIA HERNANDEZ,ARACELI LNU,CARLOS ALVARADO-MEDINA,JOSE JOHNNY COVARRUBIAS-QUINTERO,CARLOS SANDOVAL-CARBAJAL,BLADY ZAZUETA-FELIX,DARIO OCEGUERA-MENDOZA,JESUS URIARTE-MADRID,RICARDO RUBIO-GARCIA,BEATRIZ LAUREL,ROGELIO CARRILLO-VERDUZCO,aka Verduzco,aka El Charro,CARLOS TEYTUD-VILLANUEVA,aka Abuelo,aka Abuelito,VANESSA GARCIA,aka Vane,aka Came,DAVID PEREZ FRANQUI,

aka Macias RuvalcabaMardonio,aka Maceton, andHECTOR APARICIO-ORTEGA,aka Orejon,

Defendants.

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The Grand Jury charges:

COUNT ONE

[21 U.S.C. 846]

A. OBJECTS OF THE CONSPIRACY

Beginning on a date unknown to the Grand Jury and continuing

to on or about August 24, 2010, within the Central District of

California, and elsewhere, defendants ROGELIO SENDIS-RAMIREZ,

also known as (aka) Rogelio Sendiz-Ramirez, aka Juan, aka

Roger (R. SENDIS), SALVADOR SENDIS-RAMIREZ, aka Salvador

Sendiz-Ramirez, aka Sal, aka Salva (S. SENDIS), JOSE

FELIX-BARRAZA, aka Chepe, aka Compadre, aka Compa, aka Don

Felix, aka Don Jose (FELIX), NEL LAST NAME UNKNOWN

(LNU), aka Natanael (NEL), JULIO VALDEZ, aka El Viejo,

aka "Daniel Gamez Castro (VALDEZ), CLAUDIA LNU (CLAUDIA),

OMAR LNU (OMAR), GUSTAVO ROMAN, aka Gordito (ROMAN),

ANGELITA SENDIS-RAMIREZ, aka Angela (A. SENDIS), HARRY

MADERA, aka Boricua (MADERA), DAVID ORTIZ (ORTIZ), DANIEL

ZAVALA, aka Perico (ZAVALA), JESUS MAGANA, aka Jesse

(MAGANA), MANUEL RIVAS, aka Manny (RIVAS), KEVIN CLEGG, aka

Whitey (CLEGG), DARRYL CROZIER (CROZIER), JAMIE GAETA

(GAETA), JESSIE DIAZ III (DIAZ), PAUL KEESEY (KEESEY),

THOMAS MEREDITH (MEREDITH), RICHARD OLIVER (OLIVER), JAMES

HERMOSILLO, aka Bones (HERMOSILLO), ANTONIO SANCHEZ, aka

Tony (SANCHEZ), EDUARDO GUTIERREZ-QUINTERO, aka Neto, aka

Eddie (GUTIERREZ), JUAN FRANCISCO SOTO (SOTO), MARTIN

HERNANDEZ, JR. (HERNANDEZ JR.), LEONEL MEDINA-RIOS (MEDINA),

FERNANDO ROBLEDO (ROBLEDO), MARTIN HERNANDEZ, SR. (HERNANDEZ

SR.), AMALIA HERNANDEZ (A. HERNANDEZ), ARACELI LNU

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(ARACELI), CARLOS ALVARADO-MEDINA (ALVARADO), JOSE JOHNNY

COVARRUBIAS-QUINTERO (COVARRUBIAS), CARLOS SANDOVAL-CARBAJAL

(C. SANDOVAL), BLADY ZAZUETA-FELIX (ZAZUETA), DARIO OCEGUERA-

MENDOZA (OCEGUERA), JESUS URIARTE-MADRID (URIARTE), RICARDO

RUBIO-GARCIA (RUBIO), BEATRIZ LAUREL (LAUREL), ROGELIO

CARRILLO-VERDUZCO, aka Verduzco, aka El Charro (CARRILLO),

CARLOS TEYTUD-VILLANUEVA, aka Abuelo, aka Abuelito

(TEYTUD), VANESSA GARCIA, aka Vane, aka Came (V. GARCIA),

DAVID PEREZ FRANQUI, aka Macias Ruvalcaba Mardonio, aka

Maceton (PEREZ), and HECTOR APARICIO-ORTEGA, aka Orejon

(APARICIO), co-conspirators Jesus Ruiz Sandoval, aka Jorge

Cuevas-Mares (Sandoval), Nicolas Sendis, aka Nico (N.

Sendis), Octavio Raya-Ortega, aka Chino (Raya-Ortega), and

Martin Manjarrez-Arreola (Manjarrez-Arreola), and others known

and unknown to the Grand Jury, conspired and agreed with each

other to knowingly and intentionally commit the following

offenses as defined in Title 21, United States Code, Sections

841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii), and (b)(1)(A)(viii):

1. To distribute at least five kilograms of a mixture or

substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, a Schedule

II narcotic drug controlled substance;

2. To possess with intent to distribute at least five

kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable

amount of cocaine, a Schedule II narcotic drug controlled

substance;

3. To distribute at least 500 grams of a mixture or

substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, or

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at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled

substance; and

4. To possess with intent to distribute at least 500 grams

of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of

methamphetamine, or at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, a

Schedule II controlled substance.

B. MEANS BY WHICH THE OBJECTS OF THE CONSPIRACY WERE TO BE

ACCOMPLISHED

The objects of the conspiracy were to be accomplished in

substance as follows:

1. Defendants R. SENDIS and S. SENDIS would distribute

quantities of methamphetamine for resale and would coordinate the

use of couriers to distribute the methamphetamine and collect the

proceeds from the sales of the methamphetamine.

2. Defendants FELIX, NEL, CLAUDIA, and OMAR would act as

Mexico-based sources of supply of cocaine and methamphetamine,

distributing cocaine and methamphetamine to co-conspirators in

Los Angeles, California, and other locations, for further

distribution.

3. Defendant VALDEZ would supply large quantities of

methamphetamine for resale to defendants R. SENDIS and MADERA.

With defendants CLAUDIA and OMAR, VALDEZ would coordinate the

delivery of methamphetamine to Los Angeles, California, and other

locations, from Mexico.

4. Defendant ROMAN would broker transactions of

methamphetamine and cocaine between co-conspirators and would

transport drug proceeds to an unindicted co-conspirator.

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5. Defendants A. SENDIS, MADERA, ORTIZ, ZAVALA, MAGANA,

and RIVAS would assist defendants R. SENDIS and S. SENDIS in

distributing drugs or collecting drug proceeds on behalf of the

conspiracy.

6. Defendants RIVAS, CLEGG, CROZIER, GAETA, DIAZ, KEESEY,

MEREDITH, OLIVER, HERMOSILLO, and SANCHEZ would purchase

methamphetamine from defendants R. SENDIS and S. SENDIS and

resell it to others.

7. Defendant GUTIERREZ would transport and store

methamphetamine on behalf of defendant VALDEZ.

8. Defendant SOTO would assist defendants VALDEZ and

GUTIERREZ in transporting and storing methamphetamine.

9. Defendant HERNANDEZ JR. would transport methamphetamine

on behalf of defendant FELIX from Phoenix, Arizona, to members of

the conspiracy in Los Angeles, California, and other locations.

HERNANDEZ JR. would also transport money from the sale of the

methamphetamine back to Phoenix, Arizona.

10. Defendants MEDINA, ROBLEDO, and HERNANDEZ SR. would

receive methamphetamine from defendants FELIX and HERNANDEZ, JR.

and distribute the methamphetamine to others.

11. Defendant A. HERNANDEZ would transport and store drug

proceeds, and conduct surveillance, on behalf of defendants

HERNANDEZ JR. and HERNANDEZ SR.

12. Defendant ARACELI would coordinate the sale and

transportation of methamphetamine for further distribution by

other co-conspirators in the Los Angeles, California area.

13. Defendant ALVARADO would transport and store

methamphetamine on behalf of other members of the conspiracy.

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14. Defendant COVARRUBIAS, on behalf of defendant FELIX,

would receive and store methamphetamine in Phoenix, Arizona,

after it was shipped from Mexico to Arizona. COVARRUBIAS would

also arrange for the methamphetamine to be transported to members

of the conspiracy in Los Angeles, California. COVARRUBIAS would

also collect the proceeds from the sale of methamphetamine and

ship the drug proceeds back to Mexico.

15. Defendants C. SANDOVAL and ZAZUETA would transport

kilogram quantities of cocaine from Mexico to Southern

California, on behalf of defendant NEL, for the purpose of

further distributing the cocaine.

16. Defendants OCEGUERA and URIARTE would receive cocaine

for further distribution from defendant C. SANDOVAL, on behalf of

defendant NEL.

17. Defendants RUBIO and LAUREL would assist in

transporting and storing cocaine that was driven from Mexico to

Southern California on behalf of defendant NEL.

18. Defendant CARRILLO and unidentified co-conspirators

would supply cocaine and methamphetamine to co-conspirator

Sandoval, for distribution to others, including co-conspirator

N. Sendis.

19. Defendant TEYTUD and unidentified co-conspirators would

assist defendant CARRILLO in supplying cocaine and

methamphetamine to co-conspirator Sandoval for distribution to

others by delivering cocaine and methamphetamine to Sandoval on

behalf of CARRILLO and delivering drug proceeds from Sandoval to

CARRILLO.

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20. Defendant V. GARCIA would assist co-conspirator

Sandoval in distributing cocaine and methamphetamine to others,

including co-conspirator Raya-Ortega.

21. Defendants PEREZ and APARICIO would assist co-

conspirator Raya-Ortega in distributing cocaine and

methamphetamine to others.

22. The defendants would often speak in Spanish and use

coded language when discussing issues related to the drug

conspiracy.

C. OVERT ACTS

In furtherance of the conspiracy and to accomplish the

objects of the conspiracy, defendants R. SENDIS, S. SENDIS,

FELIX, NEL, VALDEZ, CLAUDIA, OMAR, ROMAN, A. SENDIS, MADERA,

ORTIZ, ZAVALA, MAGANA, RIVAS, CLEGG, CROZIER, GAETA, DIAZ,

KEESEY, MEREDITH, OLIVER, HERMOSILLO, SANCHEZ, GUTIERREZ, SOTO,

HERNANDEZ JR., MEDINA, ROBLEDO, HERNANDEZ SR., A. HERNANDEZ,

ARACELI, ALVARADO, COVARRUBIAS, C. SANDOVAL, ZAZUETA, OCEGUERA,

URIARTE, RUBIO, LAUREL, CARRILLO, TEYTUD, V. GARCIA, PEREZ, and

APARICIO, co-conspirators Sandoval, N. Sendis, Raya-Ortega, and

Manjarrez-Arreola, and others known and unknown to the Grand

Jury, committed various overt acts within the Central District of

California, and elsewhere, including, but not limited to, the

following:

1. On or about May 31, 2007, defendant CARRILLO and co-

conspirator Sandoval, in a telephone conversation using coded

language, discussed the fact that Sandoval owed CARRILLO $645,000

for previous drug shipments CARRILLO had supplied to Sandoval,

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and that Sandoval had previously given CARRILLO $248,000, so the

balance Sandoval owed to CARRILLO was $397,000.

2. On or about June 2, 2007, defendant CARRILLO, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, told co-conspirator

Sandoval that CARRILLO had delivered approximately 90 kilograms

of cocaine to Sandoval.


telephone conversation using coded language, asked co-conspirator

Sandoval when defendant V. GARCIA would be arriving at Sandovals

location to deliver drug proceeds and pick up more drugs for

distribution to others, and Sandoval responded that he would

inform CARRILLO when V. GARCIA arrived.

4. On or about June 2, 2007, defendant CARRILLO and co-


language, discussed Sandoval providing drug proceeds to CARRILLO

later that afternoon.


telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to sell

approximately 27 pounds of methamphetamine to co-conspirator

Sandoval that would be delivered by defendant TEYTUD.



Sandoval that defendant TEYTUD was on his way to deliver

approximately 22 pounds of methamphetamine to Sandoval.

7. On or about June 7, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA picked up

a quantity of methamphetamine from co-conspirator Sandoval for

delivery to one or more of Sandovals drug buyers in the San

Francisco Bay area.

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8. On or about June 7, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to meet co-

conspirator Sandoval in order to pick up two additional pounds of

methamphetamine.

9. On or about June 7, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA met with

co-conspirator Sandoval behind a store in Corona, California, to

obtain the two additional pounds of methamphetamine.


telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with co-

conspirator Sandoval the quality of the methamphetamine that

CARRILLO had sent to Sandoval.


telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with co-

conspirator Sandoval the fact that there had been complaints

about the quality of methamphetamine supplied by CARRILLO that

was delivered to the San Francisco Bay area by defendant V.

GARCIA.

12. On or about June 11, 2007, defendant CARRILLO and co-


language, discussed that Sandoval would send approximately

$390,000 in drug proceeds to CARRILLO that afternoon.

13. On or about July 4, 2007, defendant TEYTUD, in a


Sandoval that TEYTUD was on his way to Sandovals location with a

shipment of drugs.

14. On or about July 4, 2007, defendant CARRILLO, in a


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Sandoval that defendant TEYTUD was on his way to Sandovals

location with a shipment of 48 pounds of methamphetamine.


telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to bring to

co-conspirator Sandoval a shipment of drugs that would fill

TEYTUDs vehicle.



Sandoval that he was delivering a quantity of drugs that day to

Sandoval on behalf of defendant CARRILLO.

17. On or about July 5, 2007, defendant CARRILLO and co-


language, discussed Sandovals dissatisfaction with the quality

of methamphetamine that CARRILLO had previously sent to Sandoval.

18. On or about July 5, 2007, defendant V. GARCIA, in a


Sandoval that she was on her way to meet with defendant TEYTUD to

deliver drug proceeds to TEYTUD on behalf of Sandoval.

19. On or about July 5, 2007, defendant CARRILLO and co-


language, discussed the fact that Sandoval would give defendant

TEYTUD approximately $600,000 in drug proceeds to deliver to

CARRILLO as payment for previous drug shipments.

20. On or about July 6, 2007, defendant TEYTUD possessed

approximately $419,825 in drug proceeds given to him by co-

conspirator Sandoval to be delivered to defendant CARRILLO.

21. On or about July 6, 2007, defendant CARRILLO, in a


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Sandoval that defendant TEYTUD had been arrested and that the

money Sandoval had given to TEYTUD to be delivered to CARRILLO

was in the car TEYTUD was driving when he was arrested.

22. On or about July 6, 2007, co-conspirator Sandoval, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant V.

GARCIA to deliver approximately five pounds of methamphetamine to

co-conspirator Raya-Ortega.

23. On or about July 7, 2007, co-conspirator Raya-Ortega,

in a telephone conversation using coded language, told co-

conspirator Sandoval that defendant V. GARCIA had delivered

approximately five pounds of methamphetamine to Raya-Ortega.



conspirator Sandoval that he would give defendant V. GARCIA drug

proceeds that could be delivered to Sandoval as payment for

previous drug shipments.


telephone conversation using coded language, agreed with an

unindicted co-conspirator to deliver a quantity of cocaine to the

unindicted co-conspirator the next day.

26. On or about July 14, 2007, co-conspirator Sandoval, in

a telephone conversation using coded language, confirmed with an

unindicted co-conspirator that defendant V. GARCIA would be

delivering a quantity of cocaine and methamphetamine to the

unindicted co-conspirator.

27. On or about July 14, 2007, co-conspirator Sandoval, in

a telephone conversation using coded language, told co-

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conspirator Raya-Ortega that defendant V. GARCIA would be

delivering a quantity of methamphetamine to Raya-Ortega.



Raya-Ortega that she would meet him early the next day.


in a telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to

purchase approximately 30 pounds of methamphetamine from co-

conspirator Sandoval.



Sandoval that she had collected approximately $266,000 in drug

proceeds from different customers, but she was still waiting for

co-conspirator Raya-Ortega to give her drug proceeds he owed to

Sandoval.



conspirator Sandoval that he would meet defendant V. GARCIA to

give her drug proceeds that V. GARCIA could then deliver to

Sandoval.



Sandoval that co-conspirator Raya-Ortega had told her that the

drug proceeds were almost ready to be picked up.



Sandoval that she was driving to Sandovals location.

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34. On or about November 13, 2007, defendant APARICIO

possessed approximately 12.9 grams of methamphetamine and

approximately 248.3 grams of a mixture or substance containing a

detectable amount of cocaine as he drove a green GMC Sonoma in

Antioch, California.

35. On or about November 13, 2007, defendant APARICIO

possessed approximately $115,049 in drug proceeds at his

residence in Antioch, California.

36. On or about November 13, 2007, defendant PEREZ

possessed approximately 670 grams of a mixture or substance

containing a detectable amount of cocaine, approximately 83.1

grams of methamphetamine, and approximately 1001 grams of hashish

at his residence in Antioch, California.

37. On or about November 17, 2007, co-conspirator Raya-

Ortega, in a telephone conversation using coded language, told an

unindicted co-conspirator that defendant APARICIO had gotten out

of jail and that Raya-Ortega had instructed APARICIO to stop

trafficking in drugs for a brief period of time.

38. On or about November 17, 2007, co-conspirator Raya-

Ortega, in a telephone conversation using coded language, told an

unindicted co-conspirator that defendant PEREZ could not post

bail because PEREZ was illegally in the country.

39. On or about February 27, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in

a telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to sell one

ounce of methamphetamine to a confidential informant (CI)

posing as a methamphetamine buyer and an undercover law

enforcement agent posing as a methamphetamine buyer (the

undercover agent).

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40. On or about February 27, 2009, defendant MADERA, acting

on behalf of defendant R. SENDIS, delivered approximately 24.2

grams of methamphetamine to the CI and the undercover agent in

the parking lot of a Target store in Norwalk, California.

41. On or about March 5, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to speak

directly to the undercover agent in order to discuss the sale of

methamphetamine.


telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to sell two

ounces of methamphetamine to the undercover agent.





telephone conversation using coded language, discussed where he

would meet the undercover agent to sell him two ounces of

methamphetamine.

45. On or about March 10, 2009, defendant MADERA, acting on

behalf of defendant R. SENDIS, delivered approximately 26.8 grams

of methamphetamine to the undercover agent in the parking lot of

a Target store in Norwalk, California.


telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to meet with

the undercover agent to discuss additional sales of

methamphetamine.

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48. On or about April 13, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to sell one

quarter pound of methamphetamine to the undercover agent.

49. On or about April 17, 2009, defendant ZAVALA, acting on

behalf of defendant R. SENDIS, delivered approximately 108.1

grams of methamphetamine to the undercover agent in the parking

lot of a Target store in Norwalk, California.

50. On or about May 15, 2009, defendants R. SENDIS and

CLEGG, in a telephone conversation using coded language,

discussed the price of various amounts of methamphetamine that

CLEGG was interested in purchasing from R. SENDIS, and R. SENDIS

offered to sell CLEGG one pound of methamphetamine for $15,700.


MADERA, in a telephone conversation using coded language,

discussed the fact that they owed their methamphetamine supplier

$19,400 and that they needed to obtain more methamphetamine for

their drug customers. In the same conversation, MADERA told R.

SENDIS that he still had approximately one and one-half pounds of

methamphetamine available to sell.

52. On or about May 15, 2009, defendant CROZIER, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant R.

SENDIS that some of CROZIERs drug customers were not satisfied

with the quality of the methamphetamine that CROZIER had received

from R. SENDIS.

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53. On or about May 15, 2009, defendant MEREDITH, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, ordered one and one-

half ounces of methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS.

54. On or about May 16, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with an

unindicted co-conspirator someone who owed R. SENDIS $30,000 in

drug proceeds.

55. On or about May 17, 2009, defendant OLIVER, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, informed defendant

R. SENDIS that OLIVERs drug customers were satisfied with the

methamphetamine that OLIVER purchased from R. SENDIS.



SENDIS that OLIVER may want to purchase an additional four ounces

of methamphetamine from R. SENDIS.

57. On or about May 18, 2009, defendant KEESEY, in a


SENDIS that he still had some methamphetamine left over from a

prior drug purchase from R. SENDIS.


telephone conversation using coded language, complained to

defendant R. SENDIS that the quality of the methamphetamine that

KEESEY had previously bought from R. SENDIS was not high, but

KEESEY agreed to purchase more methamphetamine from R. SENDIS in

the hope that the quality would be better.



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the methamphetamine that MEREDITH had previously purchased from

R. SENDIS. In response to MEREDITHs complaint, R. SENDIS told

MEREDITH that he now had methamphetamine that was of higher

quality.

60. On or about May 19, 2009, defendant MADERA, in a


SENDIS that he had recently obtained high-quality methamphetamine

and was going to add some cut, a dilutant, to the high-quality

methamphetamine, and R. SENDIS told MADERA to give

methamphetamine to defendant RIVAS.

61. On or about May 20, 2009, defendant DIAZ, in a series

of telephone conversations using coded language, informed

defendant R. SENDIS that he was in his silver car at a Northgate

grocery store in Pico Rivera, California, waiting to meet with R.

SENDISs drug courier.


telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant

MADERA to have ready one half-ounce of methamphetamine.

63. On or about May 20, 2009, defendant ZAVALA, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, spoke to defendant

R. SENDIS and agreed to meet with defendant DIAZ to deliver one

half-ounce of methamphetamine on behalf of R. SENDIS.

64. On or about May 20, 2009, defendant ZAVALA drove from

the residence of defendant MADERA in Downey, California, to the

parking lot of a Northgate grocery store in Pico Rivera,

California, to deliver one half-ounce of methamphetamine to

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telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant RIVAS

to deliver all the drug proceeds he had to defendant S. SENDIS,

and RIVAS told R. SENDIS that he had six to seven ounces of

methamphetamine with him.

66. On or about May 21, 2009, defendant SANCHEZ, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with

defendant R. SENDIS poor-quality methamphetamine he had received,

and R. SENDIS agreed to have defendant ZAVALA deliver

approximately three ounces of methamphetamine to SANCHEZ. In the

same conversation, SANCHEZ told R. SENDIS that he would provide

R. SENDIS with drug proceeds by the time R. SENDIS returned from

vacation.



discussed distributing high-quality methamphetamine.



SENDIS that the the chunks were good, meaning the quality of

the methamphetamine that KEESEY had received from R. SENDIS was

high.



discussed sending drug proceeds to defendant VALDEZ and how much

money other co-conspirators, including defendants RIVAS and

HERMOSILLO, owed them for drugs, and R. SENDIS said he had given

defendant S. SENDIS approximately one ounce of methamphetamine

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70. On or about May 22, 2009, defendant A. SENDIS, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, asked defendant

KEESEY how many ounces of methamphetamine he wanted to purchase.



MADERA if he had two ounces of methamphetamine available to

deliver to defendant KEESEY.



defendant KEESEY delivering two ounces of methamphetamine,

referred to as two 28s, to KEESEY.



defendant ZAVALA delivering methamphetamine to defendant KEESEY.


telephone conversation using coded language, told an unindicted

co-conspirator that she was taking orders for methamphetamine

while defendant R. SENDIS was out of town.

75. On or about May 22, 2009, defendant MADERA, in a


MEREDITH that MADERA was defendant R. SENDISs drug courier and

that R. SENDIS had left MADERA working while R. SENDIS was on

vacation. MADERA then agreed to deliver approximately one half-

ounce of methamphetamine to MEREDITH.


telephone conversation using coded language, ordered four ounces

of methamphetamine from defendant MADERA.

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telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to meet

defendant R. SENDIS at a Northgate grocery store in Pico Rivera,

California, in order to obtain one ounce of methamphetamine.



SENDIS that the methamphetamine CROZIER had purchased earlier

that day from R. SENDIS was not the full ounce that CROZIER had

agreed to purchase from R. SENDIS.

79. On or about May 24, 2009, defendant RIVAS, in a


SENDIS that he had six ounces of methamphetamine left, and that

three or four of the ounces of methamphetamine appeared to be of

good quality, and R. SENDIS asked RIVAS to send him two of the

remaining ounces of methamphetamine that RIVAS had left.



defendant R. SENDIS how much money KEESEY owed for

methamphetamine that R. SENDIS had previously supplied him. In

the same telephone conversation, KEESEY ordered three ounces of

methamphetamine from R. SENDIS.



MAGANA to deliver methamphetamine to defendant KEESEY in Anaheim,

California, because R. SENDIS would not deliver the

methamphetamine himself since R. SENDIS did not want to risk

being caught with the methamphetamine.

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82. On or about May 25, 2009, defendant MAGANA, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to deliver

methamphetamine to defendant KEESEY on behalf of defendant R.

SENDIS, and R. SENDIS gave MAGANA directions to KEESEYs

location.

83. On or about May 25, 2009, defendant MAGANA, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to collect

drug proceeds on behalf of defendant R. SENDIS.

84. On or about May 25, 2009, defendant KEESEY, in a series

of telephone conversations using coded language, agreed with

defendant R. SENDIS to get the methamphetamine KEESEY had

purchased from R. SENDIS by going into R. SENDISs car and

retrieving the methamphetamine from under the passengers seat,

where it was hidden.


telephone conversation using coded language, ordered one ounce of

methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS.



defendant R. SENDIS a prior methamphetamine transaction in which

R. SENDISs drug courier brought only one half-ounce of

methamphetamine when MEREDITH had ordered a full ounce.



of methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS and told R. SENDIS,

Give me the good stuff because Ive got work to do.

88. On or about May 26, 2009, defendant HERMOSILLO, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, ordered a whole

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one, meaning one ounce of methamphetamine, from defendant R.

SENDIS. In the same conversation, R. SENDIS said that he only

had one half-ounce of methamphetamine for HERMOSILLO and that his

drug courier was on his way to make the delivery.

89. On or about May 26, 2009, defendant HERMOSILLO, in a

text message using coded language, informed defendant R. SENDIS

that the methamphetamine he had just purchased from R. SENDIS was

of poor quality and that HERMOSILLOs drug customers would not

buy the methamphetamine.


ZAVALA, in a telephone conversation using coded language,

discussed possible undercover law enforcement officers driving in

the area and being careful to ensure that officers did not follow

them to or from the location where their drugs were stored.



R. SENDIS that his most recent purchase of methamphetamine from

R. SENDIS was not of the same high quality as prior drug

purchases and that OLIVER would have to wait for word from his

drug customers to see whether they complained about the quality

of the methamphetamine.

92. On or about May 27, 2009, defendant CLEGG, in a


SENDIS that he was getting a new telephone number because things

had gotten hot on CLEGGs prior telephone, meaning law

enforcement became aware of his use of the prior telephone for

drug trafficking activities.

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93. On or about May 27, 2009, defendant CLEGG, in a


of methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS.



defendant R. SENDIS about the price KEESEY was paying R. SENDIS

for methamphetamine and that KEESEYs profit margin was low.



defendant MADERA finding two individuals who had robbed

methamphetamine from MADERA at gunpoint, and MADERA said he would

still owe money for the drugs to defendant VALDEZ.



ZAVALA to take one ounce of methamphetamine to defendant

MEREDITH.


VALDEZ, in a telephone conversation using coded language,

discussed the fact that defendant MADERA wanted to obtain a gun

to kill the person who stole a pound of methamphetamine from him,

and VALDEZ said that MADERA was at fault for doing a drug deal

with people he did not know.

98. On or about May 29, 2009, defendant SANCHEZ, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, ordered three ounces

of methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS, and SANCHEZ said he

had already paid R. SENDIS for two ounces of methamphetamine.

99. On or about May 30, 2009, defendant GAETA, in telephone

conversations using coded language, inquired of defendant R.

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SENDIS about the prices of different quantities of

methamphetamine.

100. On or about May 30, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in

telephone conversations using coded language, told defendant

GAETA that the methamphetamine R. SENDIS had available for

purchase was pure rock, meaning very high quality, and GAETA

ordered four ounces of methamphetamine from R. SENDIS for $4,200

and asked R. SENDIS to deliver the methamphetamine as soon as

possible. R. SENDIS said he would have defendant RIVAS deliver

the methamphetamine to GAETA.



KEESEY that defendant RIVAS was on his way with the

methamphetamine and provided KEESEY with RIVASs telephone

number. In the same conversation, KEESEY asked R. SENDIS if his

courier was bringing four or three ounces of methamphetamine.

102. On or about May 30, 2009, defendant RIVAS, in a


defendant R. SENDIS driving to defendant KEESEYs location.

103. On or about May 30, 2009, defendant DIAZ, in a


SENDIS that the methamphetamine that DIAZ had purchased from R.

SENDIS looked like fingers and was beautiful, meaning it was

of high quality.

104. On or about May 30, 2009, defendant DIAZ, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, ordered a whole

one from defendant R. SENDIS, meaning one ounce of

methamphetamine.

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105. On or about June 1, 2009, defendant CROZIER, in a


methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS and agreed to meet at a

golf course to obtain the drugs.

106. On or about June 1, 2009, defendant CLEGG, in a


SENDIS that the methamphetamine that CLEGG had received from R.

SENDIS was only three ounces instead of the four ounces that

CLEGG had ordered. In the same telephone conversation, CLEGG

told R. SENDIS that his drug customers were not satisfied with

the quality of methamphetamine that CLEGG had purchased from R.

SENDIS.

107. On or about June 1, 2009, defendant SANCHEZ, in a text

message using coded language, asked defendant R. SENDIS if the

methamphetamine that R. SENDIS had available for sale had

wings, meaning was strong and high in quality.

108. On or about June 2, 2009, defendant GAETA, in a


methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS, and R. SENDIS said that

GAETA would like the quality of the methamphetamine.

109. On or about June 5, 2009, defendant HERMOSILLO, in a




telephone conversation using coded language, inquired of

defendant R. SENDIS as to the price of methamphetamine, and GAETA

told R. SENDIS that when his drug customer had enough money to

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purchase four ounces of methamphetamine, GAETA would purchase the

four ounces of methamphetamine from R. SENDIS.


message using coded language, told defendant R. SENDIS that

SANCHEZ was going to give to defendant ZAVALA money that SANCHEZ

owed to R. SENDIS for one ounce of methamphetamine, and that

SANCHEZ would still owe R. SENDIS money for two additional ounces

of methamphetamine.

112. On or about June 8, 2009, defendant OLIVER, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, ordered half-a-pound

of methamphetamine from defendant R. SENDIS for a price of

$8,100. During the same conversation, OLIVER asked R. SENDIS if

the quality of the methamphetamine was high, and R. SENDIS said

that it was.

113. On or about June 10, 2009, defendant R. SENDIS, in a


MADERA to give one ounce of methamphetamine to defendant CROZIER,

and to give four ounces of methamphetamine to defendant ORTIZ

that were to be delivered to defendant GAETA.

114. On or about June 10, 2009, defendant ORTIZ departed the

residence of defendant MADERA in Downey, California, and

delivered methamphetamine to defendant CROZIER in a parking lot

in Downey, California.


telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to meet

defendant R. SENDISs drug courier at a Northgate grocery store

in Pico Rivera, California, to purchase four ounces of

methamphetamine from R. SENDIS.

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116. On or about June 10, 2009, defendant GAETA received

approximately 110.3 grams of methamphetamine from defendant ORTIZ

in the parking lot of a Northgate grocery store in Pico Rivera,

California.

117. On or about June 18, 2009, defendant ORTIZ, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, gave directions to

defendant R. SENDIS regarding how to get to a stash house

location that ORTIZ was using to store methamphetamine.

118. On or about June 18, 2009, defendant S. SENDIS, in a


co-conspirator that S. SENDIS had a whole one of

methamphetamine and wanted a scale to weigh it.

119. On or about June 18, 2009, defendant OMAR, in a


defendant VALDEZ that one of their methamphetamine sources

provided wet methamphetamine, which was of poor quality and

took six days to dry before it could be distributed.

120. On or about June 18, 2009, defendant VALDEZ, in a


defendant OMAR the price per pound of methamphetamine that they

were obtaining.

121. On or about June 18, 2009, defendant CLAUDIA, in a


defendant VALDEZ about one of their methamphetamine sources, who

CLAUDIA said was shorting her on the amount of methamphetamine

she was obtaining from the drug source. CLAUDIA said that she

had noticed the shortage on a prior occasion when she bought

15 pounds of methamphetamine from the drug source.

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CLAUDIA to look into obtaining pseudoephedrine pills in order to

make methamphetamine.

123. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant OMAR, in a


VALDEZ if OMAR was supposed to have received nine bundles of drug

proceeds, and VALDEZ told OMAR that the total amount of drug

proceeds OMAR received should amount to $222,600.



defendant OMAR having OMAR send to VALDEZ ten pounds of

methamphetamine, and the two discussed the quality of the

methamphetamine that would be delivered to VALDEZ.



defendant CLAUDIA that a methamphetamine source would not lower

the price per pound of methamphetamine below $9,900, and VALDEZ

and CLAUDIA discussed their methamphetamine source.

126. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant SANCHEZ, in a




telephone conversation using coded language, gave defendant ORTIZ

directions to meet defendant SANCHEZ to deliver one ounce of

methamphetamine to SANCHEZ.

128. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant ORTIZ delivered,

on behalf of defendant R. SENDIS, approximately one ounce of

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methamphetamine to defendant SANCHEZ in the parking lot of a Jack

in the Box restaurant in Whittier, California.

129. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant SANCHEZ, in a


SENDIS that he was stopped by the police, but that he hid the

methamphetamine he had and followed defendant S. SENDISs advice

and refused to allow the police to search his car.

130. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant RIVAS, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, ordered two ounces


131. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant ORTIZ went to a

stash house in Santa Fe Springs, California, obtained two

ounces of methamphetamine, and then drove to defendant RIVASs

residence in Whittier, California, where ORTIZ provided the

methamphetamine to RIVAS.



SENDIS that he had delivered two ounces of methamphetamine to

defendant RIVAS and that RIVAS had only paid for one of the two

ounces of methamphetamine.


telephone conversation using coded language, directed defendant

ORTIZ to deliver methamphetamine to defendant CROZIER at a

carwash in Pico Rivera, California, and R. SENDIS said that

CROZIER would weigh the methamphetamine.

134. On or about June 19, 2009, defendant ORTIZ picked up

methamphetamine from a stash house in Santa Fe Springs,

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where ORTIZ was scheduled to meet defendant CROZIER in order to

deliver the methamphetamine.



SENDIS that he had delivered the methamphetamine to defendant

CROZIER, and R. SENDIS told ORTIZ to bring him $1,000 in drug

proceeds.



GUTIERREZ to take eight ounces of methamphetamine to an

unidentified co-conspirator.



ARACELI to bring him $2,000 from the box, and ARACELI agreed to

do so.

138. On or about June 23, 2009, defendant ARACELI, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to provide

defendant VALDEZ with four units of a controlled substance, and

ARACELI told VALDEZ defendant GUTIERREZ had returned.



CLAUDIA that VALDEZ had been offered methamphetamine for $13,000

per pound.


telephone conversation using coded language, told an unidentified

female co-conspirator that defendant GUTIERREZ would be picking

up methamphetamine from her on VALDEZs behalf.

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GUTIERREZ to pick up four pounds of methamphetamine from an

unidentified female co-conspirator, and GUTIERREZ agreed to do

so.

142. On or about June 24, 2009, defendant GUTIERREZ gave a

black Honda Civic to defendant SOTO, and SOTO then drove the

black Honda Civic to a residence in Bell Gardens, California.

143. On or about June 24, 2009, defendants VALDEZ,

GUTIERREZ, and SOTO possessed approximately 1,691 grams of

methamphetamine inside a black Honda Civic that GUTIERREZ had

given to SOTO.


message using coded language, told defendant R. SENDIS that he

still had three ounces of methamphetamine left.

145. On or about June 24, 2009, defendant HERMOSILLO, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, ordered from

defendant R. SENDIS a house with all chunks, meaning

methamphetamine in form that had not been mixed with a cut or

dilutant.


telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant OMAR

that he needed more methamphetamine, that he had been offered

methamphetamine for $13,500 a pound, and that he was in

possession of four pounds of methamphetamine that were of poor

quality, and OMAR said he would be sending methamphetamine to

VALDEZ.

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147. On or about June 25, 2009, defendant DIAZ, in a


R. SENDIS that the methamphetamine he received from R. SENDIS was

beautiful, meaning it was high quality.

148. On or about June 25, 2009, defendant DIAZ, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to pay

defendant R. SENDIS for methamphetamine that DIAZ had previously

received, and R. SENDIS agreed to sell DIAZ a whole one,

meaning one ounce of methamphetamine.



SENDIS that he had $4,000 to pay R. SENDIS, in part for

methamphetamine that CLEGG had previously purchased and in part

for more methamphetamine CLEGG wanted to purchase from R. SENDIS.


telephone conversation using coded language, ordered three ounces


151. On or about July 3, 2009, defendant HERMOSILLO, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, ordered a quarter-

pound of methamphetamine from defendant ORTIZ, who was taking

drug orders for defendant R. SENDIS while R. SENDIS was on

vacation.

152. On or about July 15, 2009, defendant DIAZ, in a


R. SENDIS that DIAZ had received methamphetamine from R. SENDIS,

and that while the methamphetamine was different than the

methamphetamine DIAZ had previously received from R. SENDIS, it

was still of good quality.

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153. On or about August 7, 2009, defendant S. SENDIS, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, agreed with

defendant ZAVALA to bring four ounces of methamphetamine to

ZAVALAs location.

154. On or about August 7, 2009, defendant ZAVALA, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant S.

SENDIS that defendant SANCHEZ wanted a quantity of

methamphetamine.

155. On or about August 8, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR., in

a telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant A.

HERNANDEZ to tell defendant HERNANDEZ SR. to give A. HERNANDEZ

drug proceeds so that she could give them to HERNANDEZ JR.

156. On or about August 8, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR., in

a telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant

HERNANDEZ SR. to give defendant A. HERNANDEZ drug proceeds so

that she could give them to HERNANDEZ JR.

157. On or about August 10, 2009, defendant ROBLEDO, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, agreed to meet with

defendant HERNANDEZ JR. in order to provide HERNANDEZ JR. with

drug proceeds on behalf of defendant FELIX.

158. On or about August 10, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,

in a telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant

COVARRUBIAS that defendant ROBLEDO was going to meet with

HERNANDEZ JR. to provide HERNANDEZ JR. with drug proceeds.


in a telephone conversation using coded language, discussed

meeting with defendant ROBLEDO to pick up drug proceeds.

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160. On or about August 13, 2009, defendant ROMAN, in a


unindicted co-conspirator the quality and prices of

methamphetamine and discarding telephones.



unindicted co-conspirator providing methamphetamine to another

unindicted co-conspirator and picking up drug proceeds.



co-conspirator that he did not short another unindicted co-

conspirator when he sold him two ounces of methamphetamine.


in a telephone conversation using coded language, told an

unindicted co-conspirator that he had obtained methamphetamine

yesterday and that HERNANDEZ JR. had to break down the

methamphetamine.


in a telephone conversation using coded language, discussed with

an unindicted co-conspirator having firearms, including an

assault rifle.

165. On or about August 19, 2009, defendant FELIX, in a


HERNANDEZ JR. to make a delivery of methamphetamine.

166. On or about August 19, 2009, defendant COVARRUBIAS, in

a telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant

HERNANDEZ JR. to make two deliveries of methamphetamine, one for

eleven pounds and one for ten pounds.

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telephone conversation using coded language, gave defendant

HERNANDEZ JR. the telephone number of defendant ARACELI, and

FELIX told HERNANDEZ JR. to call that telephone number with

regard to the methamphetamine delivery and to say he was calling

on behalf of defendant CLAUDIA.



ARACELI that he was on his way to deliver methamphetamine to her

on behalf of defendant CLAUDIA, and ARACELI gave HERNANDEZ JR.

directions to a location where the methamphetamine transaction

would take place.

169. On or about August 19, 2009, defendant ARACELI, in a


HERNANDEZ JR. that she would pass on his number to defendant

GUTIERREZ, who would receive the shipment of methamphetamine from

HERNANDEZ JR.


in a series of telephone conversations using coded language,

discussed with defendant GUTIERREZ where they could meet to

conduct the methamphetamine transaction that had been arranged by

defendant ARACELI.

171. On or about August 19, 2009, defendants GUTIERREZ and

HERNANDEZ JR. met with each other and jointly went to a stash

house in Paramount, California, in order to conduct a drug

transaction for approximately ten pounds of methamphetamine.

172. On or about August 19, 2009, defendants GUTIERREZ,

ARACELI, and ALVARADO received approximately ten pounds of

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methamphetamine, that is, approximately 4,358 grams of

methamphetamine, from defendants FELIX, CLAUDIA, HERNANDEZ JR.,

and COVARRUBIAS.


in a telephone conversation using coded language, informed

defendant COVARRUBIAS that the ten-pound methamphetamine

transaction had been completed, and HERNANDEZ JR. said it had

been difficult to take the methamphetamine out of the hidden

compartment in which the methamphetamine had been stored.



HERNANDEZ JR. to get rid of his telephone because law enforcement

had seized the ten pounds of methamphetamine that HERNANDEZ JR.

had delivered the day before.

175. On or about August 21, 2009, defendant CLEGG possessed

with intent to distribute approximately one ounce of

methamphetamine in La Habra, California.



A. HERNANDEZ to deliver drug proceeds to him, and HERNANDEZ JR.

told A. HERNANDEZ that he would give her money tomorrow.

177. On or about August 24, 2009, defendant ORTIZ, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant S.

SENDIS that ORTIZ had given drug proceeds to defendant R. SENDIS

the day before, and ORTIZ asked S. SENDIS to provide him with

eight ounces of methamphetamine.

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178. On or about August 24, 2009, defendant ORTIZ went to

defendant S. SENDISs house in Whittier, California, and picked

up half-a-pound of methamphetamine from S. SENDIS.

179. On or about August 24, 2009, in a telephone

conversation using coded language, defendant S. SENDIS told

defendant ORTIZ to watch out for police cars that may be

following him.

180. On or about August 24, 2009, defendants S. SENDIS and

ORTIZ possessed approximately 197.8 grams of methamphetamine

inside a gray truck.

181. On or about August 25, 2009, defendant S. SENDIS, in a


HERMOSILLO that defendant ORTIZ had been arrested by the police

the day before.

182. On or about August 25, 2009, defendant HERMOSILLO, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, negotiated the

purchase of methamphetamine from defendant S. SENDIS in exchange

for cash and electronic equipment.

183. On or about September 1, 2009, defendant NEL, in a


defendant ROMAN an unindicted co-conspirator who owed

approximately $70,000 in drug proceeds, and the two discussed

taking the unindicted co-conspirators car. In the same

telephone conversation, NEL and ROMAN discussed providing ROMAN

with drugs to sell.

184. On or about September 2, 2009, defendant A. HERNANDEZ,

in a telephone conversation using coded language, asked defendant

HERNANDEZ JR. if he had any drugs or drug proceeds at the house

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or inside the cars, and A. HERNANDEZ warned HERNANDEZ JR. that

there were undercover drug officers, narcos, outside the house

and described for HERNANDEZ JR. the cars being used by the

undercover officers.

185. On or about September 4, 2009, defendant A. HERNANDEZ,

in a telephone conversation using coded language, warned

defendant HERNANDEZ JR. that there were undercover drug officers

in the area, and A. HERNANDEZ told HERNANDEZ JR. to flee the

area.

186. On or about September 17, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ

JR., in a telephone conversation using coded language, told

defendant MEDINA that HERNANDEZ JR. had methamphetamine available

for purchase but the quality was not high and that he expected

higher quality methamphetamine to arrive soon, and MEDINA told

HERNANDEZ JR. that he would wait for the high quality

methamphetamine to arrive.


JR., in a telephone conversation using coded language, told

defendant COVARRUBIAS that HERNANDEZ JR. would bring COVARRUBIAS

drug proceeds as soon as HERNANDEZ JR. was told to do so by

defendant FELIX, and COVARRUBIAS said a methamphetamine shipment

would soon be arriving at HERNANDEZ JR.s location.

188. On or about September 22, 2009, defendant FELIX, in a


HERNANDEZ JR. to hold onto the methamphetamine that HERNANDEZ JR.

had and to remove other methamphetamine inside their vans hidden

compartment.

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189. On or about September 24, 2009, defendant MEDINA, in

telephone conversations using coded language, discussed with

defendant HERNANDEZ JR. methamphetamine that would be ready for

pick up the next day.

190. On or about September 25, 2009, defendant MEDINA, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, attempted to

convince defendant HERNANDEZ JR. to reduce the price he was

charging for methamphetamine.


JR., in telephone conversations using coded language, told

defendant FELIX that when defendant A. HERNANDEZ arrived,

HERNANDEZ JR. would give her drug proceeds so that she could put

the drug proceeds away.

192. On or about September 26, 2009, defendant ROMAN, in a


unindicted co-conspirator the prices of pounds of

methamphetamine.



co-conspirator that ROMAN would inquire with his source of supply

regarding the price of an ounce of methamphetamine.



co-conspirator that ROMAN was waiting for a shipment of

methamphetamine and would show the unindicted co-conspirator the

methamphetamine when it arrived.

195. On or about September 28, 2009, defendant FELIX, in a


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HERNANDEZ JR. to pick up drug proceeds from defendant ROBLEDO in

Las Vegas, Nevada.

196. On or about September 29, 2009, defendant NEL, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, told defendant ROMAN

that NEL would be sending an unindicted co-conspirator to ROMANs

location to pick up drug proceeds, and ROMAN said he had

approximately $13,000 for NEL. In the same conversation, ROMAN

told NEL that one pound of methamphetamine was going for

approximately $13,500 in his area.

197. On or about October 4, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ SR.,

in a telephone conversation using coded language, ordered ten

pounds of methamphetamine from defendant FELIX at $13,000 a

pound, and FELIX noted that he had 17 pounds of methamphetamine

available for sale.

198. On or about October 7, 2009, defendant FELIX, in a


HERNANDEZ JR. to collect drug proceeds from defendant HERNANDEZ

SR. in Los Angeles, California, and drug proceeds from defendant

ROBLEDO in Las Vegas, Nevada, and then take the drug proceeds to

defendant COVARRUBIAS in Phoenix, Arizona.

199. On or about October 7, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ SR.,

in a telephone conversation using coded language, reminded

defendant HERNANDEZ JR. to pick up papers for a car HERNANDEZ JR.

would be driving the next morning to Las Vegas, Nevada, and

Phoenix, Arizona, and HERNANDEZ JR. asked HERNANDEZ SR. to tell

defendant A. HERNANDEZ to leave drug proceeds on the bed of their

home so that HERNANDEZ JR. could pick them up before he left.

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200. On or about October 8, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.

possessed, in a hidden compartment in the vehicle he was driving,

approximately $31,000 in drug proceeds in Henderson, Nevada.

201. On or about October 8, 2009, defendant HERNANDEZ JR.,


FELIX to get rid of all the telephones because the police found

the drug proceeds inside HERNANDEZ JR.s vehicle.



HERNANDEZ SR. to get rid of all the drugs and drug proceeds in

their house because the police had discovered the drug proceeds

inside HERNANDEZ JR.s vehicle, and HERNANDEZ SR. asked if

HERNANDEZ JR. had hidden the drug proceeds inside the hidden

compartment of HERNANDEZ JR.s vehicle, which HERNANDEZ JR.

confirmed. HERNANDEZ SR. then said that officers must know about

their drug activities and that they would have to change their

telephone numbers.



unindicted co-conspirator that the police found $50,000 in drug

proceeds inside HERNANDEZ JR.s vehicle, and that if HERNANDEZ

JR. had been armed when the police seized the drug proceeds, he

would have shot the police officer.



unindicted co-conspirator that HERNANDEZ JR. needed two to three

firearms.

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205. On or about October 29, 2009, defendant MEDINA

possessed approximately 526.4 grams of methamphetamine at his

residence in Inglewood, California.

206. On or about November 24, 2009, defendant NEL, in a


unindicted co-conspirator a shipment of drugs for the coming days

that would be delivered by defendant C. SANDOVAL, and NEL talked

about fixing a malfunctioning hidden vehicle compartment.



unindicted co-conspirator that transporting drugs on Thanksgiving

would be easier because the U.S.-Mexico border would not be

closely watched by law enforcement, and NEL discussed an upcoming

shipment of drugs into the United States.


telephone conversation using coded language, informed an

unindicted co-conspirator that defendant C. SANDOVAL was en route

to a location in Southern California to deliver cocaine.

209. On or about November 25, 2009, defendant C. SANDOVAL,

on behalf of defendant NEL, delivered approximately ten kilograms

of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of

cocaine to a stash house in Pomona, California.

210. On or about November 25, 2009, defendant LAUREL

possessed approximately ten kilograms of a mixture or substance

containing a detectable amount of cocaine that had been received

from defendant C. SANDOVAL at a stash house in Pomona,

California.

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211. On or about November 25, 2009, defendant C. SANDOVAL,

in a telephone conversation using coded language, informed

defendant NEL that C. SANDOVAL had delivered the shipment of

cocaine on behalf of NEL, and NEL told C. SANDOVAL that he could

return.

212. On or about December 4, 2009, defendant NEL, in a

telephone conversation using coded language, informed an

unindicted co-conspirator that NEL would be sending him a

shipment of cocaine the next day, and NEL told the unindicted co-

conspirator to make sure that the unindicted co-conspirator had

an enclosed location to receive the cocaine shipment.

213. On or about December 5, 2009, defendant ZAZUETA

transported approximately ten kilograms of a mixture or substance

containing a detectable amount of cocaine from Mexico to

Paramount, California, on behalf of defendant NEL.

214. On or about December 5, 2009, defendant RUBIO entered a

vehicle driven by defendant ZAZUETA that contained approximately

ten kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable

amount of cocaine, for the purpose of directing ZAZUETA to the

stash house in Paramount, California, where the cocaine was to

be stored.

215. On or about December 7, 2009, defendant FELIX directed

an unindicted co-conspirator to transport to him approximately

$211,000 in drug proceeds.

216. On or about December 7, 2009, co-conspirator

Manjarrez-Arreola possessed approximately $211,000 in drug

proceeds on behalf of defendant FELIX in Phoenix, Arizona.

217. On or about March 26, 2010, defendant C. SANDOVAL drove

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into the garage of defendant URIARTEs residence in Paramount,

California, to meet with URIARTE.

218. On or about March 26, 2010, defendant URIARTE possessed

approximately $42,933 in drug proceeds at his residence in

Paramount, California.

219. On or about March 29, 2010, defendant OCEGUERA received

approximately 9.971 kilograms of a mixture or substance

containing a detectable amount of cocaine at his residence in

Downey, California, from defendant C. SANDOVAL, on behalf of

defendant NEL.

220. On or about July 31, 2010, defendant C. SANDOVAL

possessed approximately 10 kilograms of a mixture or substance

containing a detectable amount of cocaine, on behalf of defendant

NEL, when he crossed the border from Mexico into Arizona, on his

way to distribute the cocaine in Southern California.

221. On or about August 24, 2010, defendant RIVAS, on behalf

of defendant R. SENDIS, delivered to another confidential

informant posing as a methamphetamine buyer approximately 10.5

grams of methamphetamine in a parking lot in Whittier,

California.

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COUNT TWO

[21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii)]

On or about February 27, 2009, in Los Angeles County, within

the Central District of California, defendants ROGELIO SENDIS-

RAMIREZ, also known as (aka) Rogelio Sendiz-Ramirez, aka

Juan, aka Roger, and HARRY MADERA, aka Boricua, knowingly

and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute at least

five grams, that is, approximately 24.2 grams, of

methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.

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COUNT THREE

[21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii)]

On or about March 10, 2009, in Los Angeles County, within



Juan, aka Roger, and HARRY MADERA, aka Boricua, knowingly


five grams, that is, approximately 26.8 grams, of

methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.

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COUNT FOUR

[21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii)]

On or about April 17, 2009, in Los Angeles County, within



Juan, aka Roger, and DANIEL ZAVALA, aka Perico, knowingly


50 grams, that is, approximately 108.1 grams, of methamphetamine,

a Schedule II controlled substance.

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COUNT FIVE

[21 U.S.

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