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Four suspected drug traffickers with ties to an international criminal network in Mexico were arrested in Oregon with several barrels of liquid heroin inside a moving truck, authorities said Thursday.
The raid occurred Jan. 25 at a motel in Tigard after investigators learned that several individuals allegedly working for the drug trafficking operation were transporting a load of illegal narcotics to Oregon, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in Oregon in a press release.
Authorities followed a rented moving truck driven by one of the suspects that was accompanied by a red pickup truck west on I-84 near Bonneville until they reached the motel, authorities said.
After obtaining federal search warrants for the suspects’ vehicles and motel room, investigators found eight 55-gallon barrels containing 370 gallons of liquid narcotics inside the moving truck and two loaded handguns inside the room, according to police. prosecutors.
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The 1.4 metric tons of narcotics were later analyzed and officials confirmed the contents were liquid heroin.
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The suspects were identified as Marco Antonio Magallón, 44 years old; Louis Deleon Woodward, 26 years old; and Jorge Luis Amador, 25, all of Yakima, Washington;
The four men have been charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and possess with intent to distribute heroin.
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