Albuquerque Police, DEA Seize Guns, Drugs In Operation
By Sol Prendido 6/08/2023 08:03:00 PM
"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat
Authorities seized large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine and guns on Tuesday after busting an Albuquerque-based drug ring with alleged ties to a Mexican cartel.
Gary Merino-Ramirez, 35, Reynaldo Vargas, 45, Ashley Lucas, 30, and Oscar Barrera-Maytorena, who is 26 or 27, have all been charged federally with drug and/or gun charges.
It is unclear if the three men have an attorney and an attorney for Lucas declined to comment.
Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque police spokesman, said in all officers and DEA agents found 15 guns, two of them stolen, 45,000 fentanyl pills, $45,000 in cash and one pound of meth in connection with the operation.
Gallegos said Lucas and her boyfriend Barrera-Maytorena are believed to run drugs from Arizona to New Mexico and Barrera-Maytorena, a Mexican national, has potential ties to the Sinaloa Cartel.
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