According to the documents, Hinojosa has agreed to plead guilty to a conspiracy to manage a drug premises and conspiracy to structure transactions to evade reporting requirements. The superseding indictment includes references to recordings taken in Hinojosa’s headquarters, in which he discusses laundering funds and cleaning money.Ī federal indictment is an accusation by a grand jury. A defendant is entitled to the presumption of innocence unless proven guilty. If convicted, however, the defendants’ sentences will be determined by the court after a review of the federal sentencing guidelines and factors unique to the case, including the defendant’s prior criminal record (if any), the defendant’s role in the offense and the characteristics of the violation.įollowing the return of the superseding indictment, the parties filed executed plea documents for Hinojosa, Villarreal and Woods. The superseding indictment alleges that the remaining defendants – Montantes, Salas, Cuellar, Nunez, and Mendez – were connected to and involved in drug distribution. Novoa, who worked with Hinojosa and as a band promoter, was charged with conspiracy to structure transactions to evade reporting requirements and making a false statement in an immigration document. According to the superseding indictment, both Villarreal and Woods improperly used their positions as Dallas Police Officers to benefit Hinojosa. During portion of these time frames, both Villarreal and Woods also worked as security consultants or guards for Hinojosa. Villarreal and Woods were both officers of the Dallas Police Department between September 1994 and October 2015, and October 5, 1981, and Marespectively. The superseding indictment includes nineteen counts against Hinojosa, Casas, and Rodriguez for managing a drug premises at three of the nightclubs noted above. Certain selected dealers were permitted to sell approximately 100-200 baggies of cocaine each weekend at the nightclubs, resulting in multiple kilograms of cocaine being sold through the clubs for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In an effort to promote and guarantee profits at his nightclubs, including the Dallas OK Corral nightclub, Dallas Far West nightclub, and Fort Worth OK Corral nightclub, Hinojosa and his mangers – including Casas and Rodriguez – openly allowed cocaine to be sold to nightclub patrons. These transactions included attempts to launder money for at least one band or for entities that were using the band. Hinojosa and Novoa also engaged in business transactions with bands who traveled back and forth to Mexico. Hinojosa’s businesses dealt in large volumes of cash, which Hinojosa used as a means for hiding the true nature of certain cash deposits by using shell companies, making unusual deposits and transfers, and transporting cash from location to location. The thirty-three count superseding indictment returned yesterday charges Hinojosa, along with, Miguel Casas, 47, of Dallas Martin Salvador Rodriguez, aka “Chava,” 55, of Dallas Humberto Baltazar Novoa, 39, of Dallas Eddie Villarreal, 48, of Carrollton, Texas Craig Woods, 60, of Dallas Eloy Alvarado Montantes, aka “Don Loy,” 36, of Grand Prairie, Texas Jose Omar Santoyo Salas, aka “Omar Salas,” 32, of Arlington, Texas Erick Johan Lopez Cuellar, aka “Erick Lopez,” 30, of Fort Worth Raul Nunez, aka “Junior,” 25, of Grand Prairie, Texas and Cesar Mendez, 27, of Dallas.Īccording to the superseding indictment, between 20 Hinojosa owned over forty nightclubs – including the Far West nightclub (Dallas), the OK Corral nightclub (Fort Worth), the OK Corral nightclub (Dallas), and the Medusa nightclub (Dallas) – and other businesses in Texas and elsewhere that brought in approximately $107 million in revenue. Four of those defendants have pleaded guilty, three remain fugitives and one is awaiting trial. Eight defendants were charged in that indictment with various felony drug offenses. The indictment supersedes an earlier indictment returned in the case. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas. DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas has indicted eleven defendants, including Alfredo Navarro Hinojosa, 57, of Dallas, Texas, on felony charges stemming from their involvement in laundering money and the distribution of cocaine at several North Texas nightclubs, announced U.S.
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