Phoenix Criminal Defense Attorney Will Represent Clients From Operation Choque

Operation Choque. This OCDETF and Special Operations Division (SOD) coordinated investigation has produced 94 arrests and the seizure of 1,407 kilograms of cocaine, 523 pounds of marijuana, 10 pounds of methamphetamine, and $10.6 million in U.S. currency. More significantly Operation Choque has dismantled a money transportation organization associated with Joaquin Guzman-Loera and Vicente Carrillo-Fuentes responsible for moving over $87 million in drug proceeds from the U.S. to Mexico since December 2002. Operation Choque has also disrupted a significant international drug distribution cell based in Guatemala, headed by CPOT Jorge Mario Paredes-Cordova that was supplying cocaine to the New York and Chicago areas. DEA agents employed the use of 50 court-authorized wiretaps during the course of the investigation. Operation Choque encompasses investigations in 11 judicial districts (Colorado, Chicago, New York, Greensboro, NC, Albuquerque, NM, Indianapolis, IN, Detroit, MI, Amarillo, TX, El Paso, TX, Houston, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Wilmington, DE and four countries (United States, Mexico, Guatemala, and Colombia).