After being extradited to New York on suspicion of operating a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, a former anti-drug chief faces a life sentence.#NewYorkNY #NewYork #Crime #NewYork
New York, New YorkThe former chief of Bolivia’s anti-drug agency, Maximiliano Davila-Perez, has been extradited to the US to face significant cocaine trafficking allegations. On Friday, December 13, 2024, the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney’s Office announced his arrival. Macho, whose real name is Davila-Perez, is charged with planning to use and carry machine guns in addition to bringing huge amounts of cocaine into the United States.
The Extradition and Charges
On Friday morning, Davila-Perez was transported by plane from Bolivia to the United States, where he will be charged with federal crimes. He is charged with planning to bring more than 1,000 kg of cocaine from Bolivia into the US. The charges against him also include the use of machine weapons in the cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
Maximiliano Davila-Perez was intended to combat the drug trade, but instead he encouraged it, according to Anne Milgram, the administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
She underlined that it was a serious loss of public confidence for him to have led Bolivia’s anti-narcotics law enforcement agency while aiding cocaine trafficking.
Milgram cautioned that the DEA will do all it takes to bring criminals to justice, regardless of where they hide, and that this extradition is a warning to corrupt officials: No corrupt official is untouchable.
Davila-Perez s Role and Alleged Activities
Up until November 2019, Davila-Perez was the director of Bolivia’s Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotrfico (FELCN). The indictment claims that he misused his position to redirect resources away from looking into major traffickers when he was in office. Rather, he is charged with ordering FELCN personnel to guard cocaine shipments.
Davila-Perez and his friends were allegedly caught on tape in 2019 discussing plans to transport a ton of cocaine through Bolivia to the United States. He allegedly used his power to direct law enforcement to ignore cargo while they were being loaded by controlling airport security. Additionally, Davila-Perez allegedly charged traffickers by the kilogram for the protection of heavily armed FELCN police who watched over the planes as they were being loaded.
U.S. prosecutors claim that Davila-Perez continued to utilize his power to promote cocaine shipments even after being demoted from his job in November 2019. He allegedly pledged continued protection for the drug shipments in a number of taped calls between November 2019 and February 2020.
Legal Consequences and Global Reach
Davila-Perez faces a number of harsh punishments if found guilty. A minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison are associated with the offense of conspiracy to bring cocaine into the United States. A life sentence might also be imposed for the offense of conspiring to use and carry machine weapons in support of the cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
The prosecution, according to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, is a part of a larger international initiative to fight corruption and cocaine trafficking. Although this behavior is disgusting, it is regrettably not shocking, he said. This is only the most recent instance of how we, along with the DEA’s Special Operations Division, are working to eradicate this kind of cocaine-fueled corruption worldwide.
Williams also emphasized that, regardless of the criminals’ location, the United States will not allow the trafficking of large amounts of cocaine into the nation.
Associated Subjects: Crime, New York, and Bolivia
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