Elder Camacho, age 36 and a resident of Texas, was sentenced on July 29 after previously pleading guilty to one count in a Superseding Bill of Information charging him with misprision of a felony, according to U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle. Camacho received a sentence of six months’ imprisonment, one year of supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.
According to court documents, Camacho drove a codefendant from Atlanta, Georgia, to New Orleans, Louisiana, to launder bulk cash drug proceeds from the Eastern District of Louisiana to Texas. He also assisted in purchasing packaging materials used to conceal the bulk cash.
This prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The Homeland Security Task Force is described as a whole-of-government partnership focused on eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating within the United States and abroad. The task force emphasizes investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children, and utilizes available tools to prosecute and remove violent criminal aliens from the United States.
The investigation was led by the Drug Enforcement Administration – New Orleans Field Division Office with assistance from multiple agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Border Patrol, Gretna Major Crimes Task Force, Kenner Police Department, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, St. John’s Parish Sheriff’s Office, Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, and New Orleans Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Lynn E. Schiffman handled the prosecution.