Paces Cove_La Familia Hideout in Dallas
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Case 3:11-cr-00202-P AO 91 (Rev. 8/85) Criminal Complaint Document 2
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JUN - 8 2011
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V.
Luis Ortiz(l) a.k.a. Luis Ortiz Campuzano
(Name and Address of Defendant)
CASE NUMBER: 3-11-MJ
214
I, the undersigned complainant being duly sworn state the following is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. On or about June 7, 2011, in Dallas Division ofthe Northern District of Texas, defendant, did
unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, a controlled substance,
in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841 (a)(l). I further state that I am a(n) Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, (DEA) and that this complaint is based on the following facts: See attached Affidavit of DEA Special AgentShwan Aziz, which is incorporated and made a part hereof by reference. Continued on the attached sheet and made a part hereof: X Yes No
SHWAN AZIZ Special Agent, D~ Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, on this Texas.
~ day of June, 2011, at Dallas,
RENEE HARRIS TOLIVER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Name & Title of Judicial Officer
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AFFIDAVIT INTRODUCTION
Special Agent, Shwan Aziz, being duly sworn, states: I, Shwan Aziz, am a Special Agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and commissioned to enforce the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Controlled Substances Act of 1970. I have been a DEA Special Agent since October 1998, and am currently assigned to Task Force Group One of the DEA Dallas Field Division Office to conduct Federal Narcotic Investigations in the North Texas area. This affidavit is based on my own personal knowledge and information related to me by other law enforcement agents and officers participating in this investigation. It does not contain every fact known to me or other law enforcement agents or officers and is submitted for the limited purpose of establishing probable cause. For the reasons set forth below, I believe there is probable cause that Luis Ortiz, a.k.a. Luis Ortiz Campuzano knowingly and intentionally committed the following offense against the United States, to wit: possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(l) and (b)(l)(A).
FACTS TO ESTABLISH PROBABLE CAUSE
Affiant, personally and in conjunction with other special agents and DEA task force officers, has been engaged in an investigation of various Dallas-area
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methamphetamine distribution cells operating on behalf of La Familial since approximately April 2010. Based on numerous wire and electronic intercepts conducted during the investigation, affiant learned that these various Dallas-area cells, including the cells operated by Jesus Rangel and Enrique Gonzalez, routinely conspired with each other to distribute methamphetamine and launder the related proceeds on behalf of the greater organization that is La Familia. The conspiracy is an ongoing criminal enterprise that has as its main objective the importation and distribution of large quantities of methamphetamine and the laundering of drug proceeds. From approximately April 2010 to the present, the conspiracy engaged in the importation and distribution of illegal controlled substances and the laundering of drug proceeds. From April 2010, to June 7, 2011, agents used numerous court-authorized wire and electronic intercepts to intercept communications over cellular telephones utilized by Rangel, Gonzalez and other members of the conspiracy. On June 22,2010, a series of calls was intercepted on the court-authorized wire-intercept of a cellular telephone used by Gonzalez. The recorded calls indicated Gonzalez was scheduled to deliver approximately one pound of methamphetamine to Rangel. Prompted by the intercepted calls, agents followed Gonzalez and a coconspirator to a car wash in close proximity to 13100 Pandora Drive in Dallas, Texas. Agents observed Gonzalez meet with Rangel and
1 La Familia is a drug cartel based in Michoacan, Mexico, whose primary function is the distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico into the United States. La Familia uses a sophisticated network of distributors based throughout the United States to distribute drugs and ensure the related proceeds are collected and smuggled back to the leaders in Mexico.
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believed Gonzalez delivered the drugs to Rangel at the car wash. Agents then followed Rangel to 13100 Pandora Drive, and observed Rangel carry a bag inside apartment 726. Rangel drove a 2000 Honda registered to Jose E. Losano at 1122 Beverly Drive, Garland, Texas. Affiant believes Rangel picked up the methamphetamine from Gonzalez at the car wash and then stored the drugs at 13100 Pandora, apartment 726. Affiant notes that on May 25,2011, a grand jury in the Northern District of Texas returned an indictment against 46 members of the drug trafficking organization, including Rangel and Gonzalez. The indictment returned by the grand jury charged the defendants with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of more than 500 grams of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of a controlled substance, to wit: methamphetamine. On June 7, 2011, agents contacted the management of the Paces Cove apartment complex, located at 13100 Pandora, Dallas, Texas. Agents were at the location to execute the arrest warrant on Rangel and asked the management who currently lived in apartment 726, the apartment identified by agents as used by Rangel. The apartment management advised agents that Luis Ortiz was the tenant of apartment 726, and told agents that another individual also lived in the apartment with Luis Ortiz; however, the management did not know the identity of the individual living with Luis Ortiz. Agents requested a master key for apartment 726 to execute the arrest warrant for Jesus Rangel. Agents then knocked on the door to the apartment, but did not receive an answer. Agents attempted to
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open the door with the key provided by the management and noticed that the key did not open the door. Agents contacted the apartment management who advised agents that the occupants violated the lease agreement by changing the lock on the door. Therefore, the apartment management dispatched their maintenance personnel to change the lock on the front door and requested that the agents and officers accompany the maintenance personnel to apartment 726 for the safety of the maintenance personnel. The maintenance personnel eventually opened the front door and entered apartment 726 to contact the occupant(s), while agents and officers remained outside. A short time later, the maintenance personnel exited the apartment carrying a gallon-sized clear plastic bag containing what later tested presumptively for methamphetamine. The maintenance personnel recovered the bag of methamphetamine from an open kitchen cabinet. Agents and officers remained outside of the apartment and contacted affiant to prepare a search warrant. While awaiting the search warrant, agents interviewed another tenant of building seven who saw Luis Ortiz walk toward building seven. The tenant pointed to Luis Ortiz and said Luis Ortiz was the person who lived in apartment 726. At that point, Luis
Ortiz observed the officers and ran on foot away from the location. After a short foot
chase, officers detained Luis Ortiz who claimed that he lived in apartment 702, but said that he paid the rent and utilities for apartment 726. Luis Ortiz produced a utility company disconnect notice, addressed to him at 13100 Pandora, apartment 726. Luis
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Ortiz had the notice on his person. After agents advised Luis Ortiz of his Miranda
warnings, Luis Ortiz provided verbal consent, which was audio recorded by agents, granting agents permission to search apartment 726. Luis Ortiz then signed a written consent for agents to search apartment 726. Agents took Luis Ortiz to apartment 726 to conduct the search. During the search, agents discovered three cylindrical plastic containers containing liquid methamphetamine, numerous plastic containers containing crystalized methamphetamine, and four small bags containing cocaine. All the drugs were discovered in the kitchen cabinets. The total approximate weight of the methamphetamine (including that of the methamphetamine discovered earlier by maintenance personnel) was 3,825.5 grams, and the total weight of the cocaine was 23.7 grams. Agents conducted presumptive field-tests of the drugs found in the apartment. All of the field-tests indicated an immediate and unambiguous positive result for the presence of methamphetamine and cocaine. Agents obtained a copy of the lease agreement for apartment 726 which revealed that Luis Ortiz executed the agreement on April 27, 2010. The apartment management also positively identified Luis Ortiz as the same person who leased apartment 726. Prior to agents searching apartment 726, agents observed Armando Ortiz, arrive near building seven in a Ford Expedition. When Armando Ortiz observed Luis Ortiz with the agents, Armando Ortiz turned around and sped away from the location. Several officers in a marked police unit stopped Armando Ortiz in the apartment parking lot
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before Armando Ortiz exited the complex. Armando Ortiz was returned to the area of building seven and detained pending further investigation. Armando Ortiz identified himself as Armando Ortiz via a North Carolina driver's license. Armando Ortiz also produced a Permanent Residence Card in the name of Carin Aguirre Serrano. The apartment management identified Armando Ortiz as the listed tenant of apartment 702, which Armando Ortiz rented under the name of Carin Serrano. Agents obtained a copy of the lease agreement for apartment 702 which revealed that the lease agreement for the apartment was executed on September 20,2010. Armando Ortiz listed his prior residence as 1122 Beverly Drive in Garland - the same address to which the Honda agents observed Rangel driving on June 22, 2010, is registered. Armando Ortiz also listed Luis Ortiz, at apartment 726, as a reference on the lease application. Additionally, during the search of apartment 726, agents discovered numerous documents with Armando Ortiz's name on them. One of the documents was a Permanent Resident Card issued in the name of Armando Ortiz Campuzano, which bore a picture of Armando Ortiz. Additional documents included a letter addressed to "Karin" Serrano at 13100 Pandora, apartment 726; a Visa check card in the name of Armando Ortiz Campuzano; a social security card issued in the name of Armando Ortiz Campuzano; and a copy of a check from the Winstar Casino made out to Armando Ortiz Campuzano. The photocopy of the casino check also had a copy of Armando Ortiz's North Carolina driver's license that Armando Ortiz possessed.
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Based on the contents of this affidavit, affiant believes there is probable cause that
Luis Ortiz knowingly and intentionally committed the following offense against the
United States, to wit: possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A).
Special Agent Drug Enforcement Administration
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ROfIune, 2011.
E, A TOLIVER United,States Magistrate Judge Northern District of Texas
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FILED
United States District C urt
NORTHERN
JUN - 8 2011
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V.
Luis Ortiz(l) a.k.a. Luis Ortiz Campuzano
(Name and Address of Defendant)
CASE NUMBER: 3-11-MJ
214
I, the undersigned complainant being duly sworn state the following is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. On or about June 7, 2011, in Dallas Division ofthe Northern District of Texas, defendant, did
unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, a controlled substance,
in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841 (a)(l). I further state that I am a(n) Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, (DEA) and that this complaint is based on the following facts: See attached Affidavit of DEA Special AgentShwan Aziz, which is incorporated and made a part hereof by reference. Continued on the attached sheet and made a part hereof: X Yes No
SHWAN AZIZ Special Agent, D~ Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, on this Texas.
~ day of June, 2011, at Dallas,
RENEE HARRIS TOLIVER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Name & Title of Judicial Officer
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AFFIDAVIT INTRODUCTION
Special Agent, Shwan Aziz, being duly sworn, states: I, Shwan Aziz, am a Special Agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and commissioned to enforce the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Controlled Substances Act of 1970. I have been a DEA Special Agent since October 1998, and am currently assigned to Task Force Group One of the DEA Dallas Field Division Office to conduct Federal Narcotic Investigations in the North Texas area. This affidavit is based on my own personal knowledge and information related to me by other law enforcement agents and officers participating in this investigation. It does not contain every fact known to me or other law enforcement agents or officers and is submitted for the limited purpose of establishing probable cause. For the reasons set forth below, I believe there is probable cause that Luis Ortiz, a.k.a. Luis Ortiz Campuzano knowingly and intentionally committed the following offense against the United States, to wit: possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(l) and (b)(l)(A).
FACTS TO ESTABLISH PROBABLE CAUSE
Affiant, personally and in conjunction with other special agents and DEA task force officers, has been engaged in an investigation of various Dallas-area
Affidavit - Page 1
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methamphetamine distribution cells operating on behalf of La Familial since approximately April 2010. Based on numerous wire and electronic intercepts conducted during the investigation, affiant learned that these various Dallas-area cells, including the cells operated by Jesus Rangel and Enrique Gonzalez, routinely conspired with each other to distribute methamphetamine and launder the related proceeds on behalf of the greater organization that is La Familia. The conspiracy is an ongoing criminal enterprise that has as its main objective the importation and distribution of large quantities of methamphetamine and the laundering of drug proceeds. From approximately April 2010 to the present, the conspiracy engaged in the importation and distribution of illegal controlled substances and the laundering of drug proceeds. From April 2010, to June 7, 2011, agents used numerous court-authorized wire and electronic intercepts to intercept communications over cellular telephones utilized by Rangel, Gonzalez and other members of the conspiracy. On June 22,2010, a series of calls was intercepted on the court-authorized wire-intercept of a cellular telephone used by Gonzalez. The recorded calls indicated Gonzalez was scheduled to deliver approximately one pound of methamphetamine to Rangel. Prompted by the intercepted calls, agents followed Gonzalez and a coconspirator to a car wash in close proximity to 13100 Pandora Drive in Dallas, Texas. Agents observed Gonzalez meet with Rangel and
1 La Familia is a drug cartel based in Michoacan, Mexico, whose primary function is the distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico into the United States. La Familia uses a sophisticated network of distributors based throughout the United States to distribute drugs and ensure the related proceeds are collected and smuggled back to the leaders in Mexico.
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believed Gonzalez delivered the drugs to Rangel at the car wash. Agents then followed Rangel to 13100 Pandora Drive, and observed Rangel carry a bag inside apartment 726. Rangel drove a 2000 Honda registered to Jose E. Losano at 1122 Beverly Drive, Garland, Texas. Affiant believes Rangel picked up the methamphetamine from Gonzalez at the car wash and then stored the drugs at 13100 Pandora, apartment 726. Affiant notes that on May 25,2011, a grand jury in the Northern District of Texas returned an indictment against 46 members of the drug trafficking organization, including Rangel and Gonzalez. The indictment returned by the grand jury charged the defendants with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of more than 500 grams of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of a controlled substance, to wit: methamphetamine. On June 7, 2011, agents contacted the management of the Paces Cove apartment complex, located at 13100 Pandora, Dallas, Texas. Agents were at the location to execute the arrest warrant on Rangel and asked the management who currently lived in apartment 726, the apartment identified by agents as used by Rangel. The apartment management advised agents that Luis Ortiz was the tenant of apartment 726, and told agents that another individual also lived in the apartment with Luis Ortiz; however, the management did not know the identity of the individual living with Luis Ortiz. Agents requested a master key for apartment 726 to execute the arrest warrant for Jesus Rangel. Agents then knocked on the door to the apartment, but did not receive an answer. Agents attempted to
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open the door with the key provided by the management and noticed that the key did not open the door. Agents contacted the apartment management who advised agents that the occupants violated the lease agreement by changing the lock on the door. Therefore, the apartment management dispatched their maintenance personnel to change the lock on the front door and requested that the agents and officers accompany the maintenance personnel to apartment 726 for the safety of the maintenance personnel. The maintenance personnel eventually opened the front door and entered apartment 726 to contact the occupant(s), while agents and officers remained outside. A short time later, the maintenance personnel exited the apartment carrying a gallon-sized clear plastic bag containing what later tested presumptively for methamphetamine. The maintenance personnel recovered the bag of methamphetamine from an open kitchen cabinet. Agents and officers remained outside of the apartment and contacted affiant to prepare a search warrant. While awaiting the search warrant, agents interviewed another tenant of building seven who saw Luis Ortiz walk toward building seven. The tenant pointed to Luis Ortiz and said Luis Ortiz was the person who lived in apartment 726. At that point, Luis
Ortiz observed the officers and ran on foot away from the location. After a short foot
chase, officers detained Luis Ortiz who claimed that he lived in apartment 702, but said that he paid the rent and utilities for apartment 726. Luis Ortiz produced a utility company disconnect notice, addressed to him at 13100 Pandora, apartment 726. Luis
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Ortiz had the notice on his person. After agents advised Luis Ortiz of his Miranda
warnings, Luis Ortiz provided verbal consent, which was audio recorded by agents, granting agents permission to search apartment 726. Luis Ortiz then signed a written consent for agents to search apartment 726. Agents took Luis Ortiz to apartment 726 to conduct the search. During the search, agents discovered three cylindrical plastic containers containing liquid methamphetamine, numerous plastic containers containing crystalized methamphetamine, and four small bags containing cocaine. All the drugs were discovered in the kitchen cabinets. The total approximate weight of the methamphetamine (including that of the methamphetamine discovered earlier by maintenance personnel) was 3,825.5 grams, and the total weight of the cocaine was 23.7 grams. Agents conducted presumptive field-tests of the drugs found in the apartment. All of the field-tests indicated an immediate and unambiguous positive result for the presence of methamphetamine and cocaine. Agents obtained a copy of the lease agreement for apartment 726 which revealed that Luis Ortiz executed the agreement on April 27, 2010. The apartment management also positively identified Luis Ortiz as the same person who leased apartment 726. Prior to agents searching apartment 726, agents observed Armando Ortiz, arrive near building seven in a Ford Expedition. When Armando Ortiz observed Luis Ortiz with the agents, Armando Ortiz turned around and sped away from the location. Several officers in a marked police unit stopped Armando Ortiz in the apartment parking lot
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before Armando Ortiz exited the complex. Armando Ortiz was returned to the area of building seven and detained pending further investigation. Armando Ortiz identified himself as Armando Ortiz via a North Carolina driver's license. Armando Ortiz also produced a Permanent Residence Card in the name of Carin Aguirre Serrano. The apartment management identified Armando Ortiz as the listed tenant of apartment 702, which Armando Ortiz rented under the name of Carin Serrano. Agents obtained a copy of the lease agreement for apartment 702 which revealed that the lease agreement for the apartment was executed on September 20,2010. Armando Ortiz listed his prior residence as 1122 Beverly Drive in Garland - the same address to which the Honda agents observed Rangel driving on June 22, 2010, is registered. Armando Ortiz also listed Luis Ortiz, at apartment 726, as a reference on the lease application. Additionally, during the search of apartment 726, agents discovered numerous documents with Armando Ortiz's name on them. One of the documents was a Permanent Resident Card issued in the name of Armando Ortiz Campuzano, which bore a picture of Armando Ortiz. Additional documents included a letter addressed to "Karin" Serrano at 13100 Pandora, apartment 726; a Visa check card in the name of Armando Ortiz Campuzano; a social security card issued in the name of Armando Ortiz Campuzano; and a copy of a check from the Winstar Casino made out to Armando Ortiz Campuzano. The photocopy of the casino check also had a copy of Armando Ortiz's North Carolina driver's license that Armando Ortiz possessed.
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Based on the contents of this affidavit, affiant believes there is probable cause that
Luis Ortiz knowingly and intentionally committed the following offense against the
United States, to wit: possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A).
Special Agent Drug Enforcement Administration
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ROfIune, 2011.
E, A TOLIVER United,States Magistrate Judge Northern District of Texas
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