A federal grand jury in Arizona indicted a father-son duo accused of conspiring to transport 40 pounds of cocaine from Tucson to New York, Alabama, and Georgia.
One of the suspects, Raul Garcia Cordova, 53, was previously tied to a plot to supply illegal drugs and counterfeit THC vape pens using United Parcel Service employees. According to reports, federal officials raided the suspect’s $2.4 million home in 2019 and seized SUVs, pickup trucks, a motorboat, a sports car, and a trailer.
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This month, the grand jury charged Cordova and his son, 28-year-old Armando Castro Flores, alias “Randy Savage,” with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and distribution of cocaine.
According to court documents, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigators discovered in July that a transnational criminal organization had set up shop in Tucson and was supplying controlled narcotics throughout the southeastern United States.
A month later, an undercover HSI agent met with Cordova, who said he was seeking delivery drivers. According to records, the agent had a second contact with Cordova, who allegedly exhibited a photo of a block of cocaine on his cellphone and stated that 10 to 20 kilograms of cocaine needed to be transferred from Tucson to Alabama.
During the third encounter, Cordova and his son allegedly provided the undercover agent an encrypted cellphone and instructions to transport cocaine to a man named “Pops” in Alabama.
On October 30, Cordova allegedly provided the undercover agent $2,000 in expenditures and 15 bricks of cocaine weighing 18.2 kilos (40 pounds). According to records, the agent delivered the cocaine to Pops on November 4 at a truck stop in Montgomery, Alabama. Later that day, Alabama law authorities apprehended Pops.
According to records, Castro was detained in Tucson on November 14 and a federal judge issued a no-bond order to arrest his father.
The US Attorney’s Office has since requested that a federal judge seal the case to prevent the accused from “fleeing the jurisdiction or disposing of evidence.”
