A fugitive, wanted on federal drug trafficking and money laundering charges for over two years, was arrested and is scheduled to have his initial appearance tomorrow in U.S. Magistrate Court in Miami, Florida.
Benjamin Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Mark Selby, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Miami Field Office, Adolphus P. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, Rodolfo Llanes, Chief, Miami Police Department (MPD), and Amos Rojas, Jr., United States Marshal, U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), made the announcement.
According to the Superseding Indictment, from about November 2011 through Sept. 25, 2015, Josue Morales Figueroa, 35, of Miami, was involved in conspiracies to import and to distribute ethylone and methylone, which are among numerous chemicals used to make the drug commonly referred to as “molly," as well as a conspiracy involving the unlawful transmission of monetary instruments to China.
A total of eleven defendants were charged in the Superseding Indictment, and all but Morales had been arrested, pled guilty, and been sentenced.
Mr. Greenberg commended the investigation efforts of the ICE-HSI, DEA, MPD and USMS. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Marton Gyires and Andy Camacho.
An indictment is merely an allegation and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
