Mexico City – Federal police arrested two Colombians and two Mexicans suspected of laundering cash proceeds of narcotics sales for two powerful criminal organizations – Mexico’s Sinaloa and Norte del Valle cartels.
The four suspects, from whom $1.7 million in bills of small denomination was confiscated, were arrested during a meeting in Mexico City.
They were accused of sending proceeds from drug transactions in the United States from Mexico to Central America, South America and Asia, the head of the Federal Police force’s anti-narcotics division, Ramon Pequeño, told a press conference.
The Colombian suspects were identified as 49-year-old Marcos Ivan Espinoza de Leon, alias “Alexander Navarro,” who allegedly served as a liaison between the two cartels; and 41-year-old David Garcia, alias “Dagoberto,” a member of the Norte del Valle cartel and former Colombian soldier.
