Syrian Human Rights Network issues Names of Opposition Figures Recruited and Financed by US

Basma Qdmana

Syrian Human Rights Network issues Names of Opposition Figures recruited and Financed by US administration

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The Syrian Human Rights Network (SHRN) has issued a statement included names of a number of opposition figures abroad who were recruited and financed by the U.S. administration between 2000 and 2009.The network on Saturday said those who were recruited before 2000 until 2006 are: Marah al-Buqai, Mariam Najmeh, Florance Ghezlan, Ghassan Mufleh, Najib Ghadban, Obaida Nahhas, Basma Qdmana, and Jrius al-Hames. ” Those who were recruited after the year 2006 are: Radwan Ziadeh, Mohy Eddeen Lazkani, Subhi Hadidi, Suhair al-Atassi, Ghassan Najjar, Adeeb al-Shishakli, Anas al-Abdeh, Bassam Ja’ara, Jean Abdullah and Obaida Nahhas,” the statement said.

The network mentioned that the value of the amounts received ranged from $ 20 to 50 thousand annually for a person. The amount was given according to the position and activity of the opposition figure. The statement indicated that Elizabeth Cheney is the main financer at the U.S. administration, and Rita Katz is the General Coordinator of funding at the Middle East Department at the U.S. administration. According to the network a new list of agents’ names recruited after 2009-2010 will be issued later.

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Reaping Obscene Profits from An Obscene Foreign Policy

Record-breaking Year for U.S. Foreign Military Sales

إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية

by Naharnet

Boosted by massive fighter jet deals with Saudi Arabia and Japan, U.S. foreign military sales have shot past $50 billion in a record-breaking year, a senior U.S. official said Thursday.

Andrew Shapiro, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, underlined that the United States also hopes to boost sales with India, which is mulling a $1.4 billion deal for 22 Apache helicopters.

“Today, I can confirm that this is already a record-breaking year for foreign military sales. We have already surpassed $50 billion in sales in fiscal year 2012,” which ends September 30, Shapiro told journalists in a conference call.

This figure already represents a 70 percent increase over government-to-government sales by the United States in 2011, itself a record-setting year at just over $30 billion.

“Obviously the sale to Saudi Arabia was very significant,” said Shapiro, referring to a $29.4 billion deal that included 84 Boeing-made F-15SA fighter jets and upgrades to its existing fleet of 70 F-15s.

“But this number also includes the sale of the Joint Strike Fighter to Japan, which is valued at approximately $10 billion,” the official said.

Shapiro said it was too early to predict whether 2013 would see a further increase in foreign military sales but said the United States would seek to continue expanding into key markets, including India.

“We’ve made tremendous progress in the relationship (with India) over the last decade. We went from nearly zero sales to about a billion dollars in sales,” he said.

“Going forward, there are a number of tenders which we hope for success on, including a tender for Apache helicopters, and we continue to advocate for them and we are hopeful that we’ll be successful on a number of sales over the coming year with India.”

SourceAgence France Presse

NATO Equipment and Advisers To CSTO States Unacceptable To Moscow

Russian Press – Behind the Headlines, June 15

Russian Press – Behind the Headlines

© Alex Steffler

MOSCOW, June 15 (RIA Novosti)

Kommersant

Central Asia Set to Receive U.S. Military Equipment from Afghanistan

U.S. and NATO forces are to leave Afghanistan by 2014. After the withdrawal, some U.S. military equipment might remain in various Central Asian states. The U.S. Department of Defense is currently negotiating this issue with Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan behind closed doors.

If implemented, this plan would allow Washington to expand its military cooperation with Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) member countries. A Russian diplomat said, on condition of anonymity, that Moscow considers this scenario to be “absolutely unacceptable.”

The paper’s well-informed sources close to the defense ministries of the Central Asian republics say the Pentagon wants to transfer military equipment and weapons systems, now being used by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, to Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan after 2014. The republics will receive some of the equipment, including armored vehicles, tank transporters, prime movers, tank trucks, special-purpose graders, bulldozers and water trucks, free of charge. Some of this equipment will be stored at local installations. In addition, the Pentagon plans to provide Afghanistan’s neighbors with medical equipment, communications systems, fire extinguishing equipment and even mobile gyms and other household facilities.

The Kyrgyz Defense Ministry’s officials said talks with the Pentagon were in progress. A source noted that the issue was first raised during U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s March 13 visit to Bishkek. At that time, Pentagon representatives met with Kyrgyz Defense Minister Talaibek Omuraliyev and suggested providing the Kyrgyz army with U.S. military equipment after the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.

ISAF forces in Afghanistan currently use thousands of armored personnel carriers, Humvee SUVs, other armored SUVs and auxiliary equipment. Pentagon analysts believe that it would be inappropriate to ship most of this equipment home or to leave it in Afghanistan. Washington fears that the equipment would fall into the hands of the Taliban assuming a Taliban victory. For its part, Pakistan has increased transit rates 20-fold, from $250 to $5,000 per container. Moreover, the United States believes that the military equipment might have to be used in Afghanistan, Central Asia or Pakistan later on.

Afghan security forces will need only part of the U.S. equipment. Central Asian defense ministries, which receive modest funding, might take advantage of this fact. And Washington might obtain more favorable freight transit and military deployment terms, while bargaining with Afghanistan’s neighbors.

A Russian diplomat said this scenario ran counter to specific agreements with Moscow’s Central Asian partners and other agreements within the CSTO framework.

A sizable U.S. presence might emerge on the Central Asian arms market, which primarily receives Soviet and Russian-made equipment. Moscow’s partners might eventually get used to having U.S. equipment.

It appears that CSTO members have every right to independently negotiate U.S. military equipment deliveries, all the more so as Moscow has recently turned Ulyanovsk into a transshipment center for NATO consignments being withdrawn from Afghanistan, without coordinating the decision with the CSTO.

Hillary and the Brit Press–So Full of Shit

[Our "untruth"-telling Sec. of State thinks that by pointing-out that Russian-made weaponry is being used by Syrian forces, it hides the fact that the Syrian rebels are using NATO weaponry, as well as the same Soviet-era weaponry that she is complaining about.]

Russian-supplied weaponry ‘killing Syrians on an hourly-basis’

Washington ratcheted up its accusations against Russia on Wednesday, claiming Soviet-made weaponry is killing Syrian civilians across the country on an “hourly-basis”.

The US accused Russia of sending attack helicopters to Syria and of telling “untruths” about the use of its arms shipments. 

By Amy Willis, Los Angeles

The state department made the new claims as Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, flatly denied allegations that Moscow is supplying Bashar al-Assad with attack-helicopters, instead pointing the finger at American intervention in the region.

Risking further inflaming the dispute, Victoria Nuland, a spokeswoman for the state department, repeated the claims today, adding that Russia is actively engaged in resupplying the tyrannical regime.

“On a daily basis, on an hourly basis, we are seeing Russian and Soviet-made weaponry used against civilians in towns all across Syria,” she said.

“Russian and Soviet-made helicopters form the base of the Syrian helicopter fleet. We are seeing these helicopters used all over Syria now against civilians. We’re seeing gun mounts on these being used to fire on populations and homes. … We’ve seen the Russians resupply the weapons that they’ve sold to the Syrians as recently as January.”

Last month, regime forces slaughtered 108 civilians in Houla and reports of second massacre emerged last week, detailing the bloody mass killing of at least 78 villagers in Hama province. Many were said to have been women and children.

Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, accused Moscow of aiding pro-Assad militiamen on Tuesday saying the move would “escalate the conflict quite dramatically”.

Mr Lavrov hit out at Mrs Clinton’s assertion saying the US was providing military support to the rebels, adding that Russia had not violated any international laws by supplying “air defence systems” as part of an ongoing contract with the Arab country.

“That contrasts with what the United States is doing with the opposition, which is providing arms to the Syrian opposition which are being used against the Syrian government,” he said.

The White House denied arming opposition forces, although the state department admitted it was supplying non-lethal support in the form of communication equipment and humanitarian relief.

“The United States is sending no military equipment to the Syrian opposition. What we are doing is supplying non-lethal support … primarily communications gear and we are also one of the largest donors of humanitarian relief,” Ms Nuland said.

There is an EU but no UN arms embargo on Syria, in part because Russia has refused to allow any action at the security council against the regime. The US, however, has denied that it is arming the rebels.

Credible reports emerged yesterday that Saudi Arabia and Qatar have begun to make good previous promises to supply the Free Syrian Army through Turkey. Britain, the US and other powers are also providing communications assistance to the opposition.

Russia has long been Syria’s main provider of weaponry. Its only Mediterranean naval base is also in Syria, in the town of Tartous.

European Central Bank Prepared for Emergency EU Bailout, After Sunday’s Greek Elections

ECB on standby for Greek election fallout

By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt, Mure Dickie in Tokyo and Kerin Hope in Athens

The European Central Bank is on standby to keep banks flush with liquidity if Greece creates fresh financial market turmoil, its president has indicated, joining a global chorus of central bankers pledging support ahead of Sunday’s elections.

Mario Draghi’s comments on Friday followed the announcement by the UK’s central bank of plans to pump £100bn into the ailing British economy, hinting at a co-ordinated strategy by the world’s top central bankers.

“The ECB has the crucial role of providing liquidity to sound bank counterparties in return for adequate collateral. This is what we have done throughout the crisis … and this is what we will continue to do,” Mr Draghi said.

Eurozone central banks “will continue to supply liquidity to solvent banks where needed,” he added, without giving details.

The ECB provided unlimited three-year loans to eurozone banks in December and February – and ended up pumping more than €1tn into the financial system. A repeat of such offers would be one option if the Greek elections led to market financing drying up.

Shares rallied in Asia and Europe on hopes that central banks would act to stem any negative impact from Sunday’s election in Greece. The euro was stable and the yields on Spanish and Italian government bonds, which had been approaching dangerous levels, fell.

Mr Draghi said: “In times of increased financial instability, ‘adequate liquidity’ indicates a volume of central bank money that also counteracts a temporary inability of banks to refinance in the market, which could lead to systemic consequences for the banking sector as a whole.”

If Greece goes …

The FT’s first ebook examines the potential consequences for Greece and the world of a Greek exit from the eurozone

Masaaki Shirakawa on Friday said Japan’s central bank was ready to take any necessary steps to maintain financial sector stability.

Meeting journalists after a regular bank policy board meeting, Mr Shirakawa did not comment on whether central banks might take co-ordinated action to deal with possible market jitters after the Greek election. But he said central banks had a common understanding of the importance of stability.

“There are no cunning steps to achieve financial system stability,” Reuters news agency quoted Mr Shirakawa as saying. “An orthodox step would be to provide liquidity. We have the means to provide own currency and foreign currencies. It would be important to supply abundant liquidity to calm worries.”

The frontrunners in Greece’s general election traded recriminations as they wrapped up a hard-fought campaign.

Alexis Tsipras, the Syriza leader, accused rivals New Democracy and the PanHellenic Socialist Movement, which have held power alternately for almost 40 years, of “plundering” Greece.

“You tried to poison Greece with fear and insecurity,” he told a cheering crowd in central Athens on Thursday night. “You pulled down the Greek flag and handed it to [German chancellor] Angela Merkel as a trophy.”

Meanwhile European officials were preparing a package of incentives, including further reductions in interest rates and extended repayment periods for bailout loans, for a new Greek government but only if it was led by Antonis Samaras, head of the pro-bailout centre-right New Democracy party.

In depth

Greece debt crisis

Fear’s mount over Greece’s potential exit from the eurozone and the implications for the wider bloc

“In the scenario where Samaras wins the elections, they would like to see him committing very clearly to his adherence to the memorandum,” said one EU official briefed on the discussions. “They would then get together with the new Greek government and say: here is what we can now do to make life a bit sweeter, a bit less harsh.”

Eurozone officials have not ruled out making the same offer to Alexis Tsipras, the Syriza leader, should he win Sunday’s Greek election and form a new government instead of Mr Samaras.

Mr Samaras was due to make a last campaign speech in Syntagma square in Athens on Friday evening. Opinion polls are banned in Greece in the two weeks before an election but both the leading parties say unpublished polls give New Democracy a very narrow lead over Syriza. Two pollsters noted on Friday that 10-12 per cent of voters were still undecided.

Venezuela Passes Saudis to Hold World’s Biggest Oil Reserves

Rupert Rowling, ©2012 Bloomberg News

June 14 (Bloomberg) — Venezuela surpassed Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest holder of proven oil reserves, a resource that President Hugo Chavez promises to tap if he gets re-elected in October.

The South American country’s deposits were at 296.5 billion barrels at the end of last year, data from BP Plc show. Saudi Arabia held 265.4 billion barrels, BP said yesterday in its annual Statistical Review of World Energy. The 2010 estimate for Venezuela increased from 211.2 billion in the previous report.

“These reserves are quantified and certified by third parties and recognized by the entire world as being the biggest proven reserves of the world,” Venezuela’s Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said today in Vienna. “We have always said that in the future the natural resources will become scarce and when the economy recovers and demand will come back then we will be one of the few countries able to respond to that.”

Chavez wants to more than double the country’s oil- production capacity to 6 million barrels a day by 2019, according to a government plan released June 12. The world’s biggest oil-exporting nations faced a 15 percent slump in crude prices last month, the biggest decline since December 2008, on speculation Europe’s debt crisis would derail the global economic recovery.

Ramirez has said oil prices need to be higher than $100 a barrel. The recent slump in crude is dangerous for producers, the Oil Minister said June 12 in Vienna, where the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is meeting today to decide production quotas.

Canada Third

Brent futures fell 14 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $96.99 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange at 4:04 p.m. London time today.

Global reserves advanced to 1.65 trillion barrels at the end of last year, a 1.9 percent increase from a revised 1.62 trillion in 2010, BP said. Venezuela now holds 18 percent of the world’s reserves, according to BP data.

BP revised its estimates on reserves in part because the company publishes its report in June, before most governments issue their annual reserves figures, said Robert Wine, a BP spokesman. Last year’s record average oil price also had an effect, increasing the commercial viability of hard-to-reach deposits, he said.

Saudi Arabia now trails Venezuela with a 16 percent share of world proven oil reserves, according to the report. Canada ranks third with 175.2 billion barrels, or 11 percent of total, unchanged from the revised number for 2010.

Development Difficulties

Venezuela’s deposits may be difficult to extract, according to Strategic Energy & Economic Research. “People still know that a lot of that is very hard to develop and is not as readily accessible the way Saudi reserves are,” Michael Lynch, the researcher’s president, said today in Vienna. “It’s the same with Canadian oil sands.”

Russia boosted its deposits to 88.2 billion barrels from a revised 86.6 billion a year earlier, according to BP. Russia’s share of the total is 5.3 percent.

Reserves in Norway increased last year, snapping 11 years of declines, according to BP. The country’s deposits rose to 6.9 billion barrels, compared with a revised figure of 6.8 billion in 2010.

BP said the estimates in yesterday’s report are a combination of official sources, OPEC data and other third-party estimates. Deposits include gas condensates and natural-gas liquids, as well as crude.

–With assistance from Chua Baizhen in Beijing and Fred Pals in Amsterdam. Editors: Alexander Kwiatkowski, Mike Anderson

To contact the reporter on this story: Rupert Rowling in London at rrowling@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Stephen Voss at sev@bloomberg.net

Baloch Leader Welcomed USS Enterprise and NATO To Balochistan

Baloch Leader welcomed USS Enterprise in Pakistani water near Balochistan

 

US moves USS Enterprise into Pakistani water near Balochistan

By Shahid Abbasi

Prominent Baloch leader in US Dr.Wahid Baloch welcomed the move and said ”We welcome US Enterprise and NATO forces in Balochistan. Baloch people in Occupied Balochistan have been asking the international community to intervene in Balochistan for long time, where Pakistani army is committing war crimes against the defenseless Baloch people”

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Refutes State Dept. Spokesman Nuland’s Claims of Post-Assad Discussions

Won’t talk on Syria’s post-Assad future: Russia

Zeenews Bureau

Moscow: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday rejected the US’ claims that Moscow is discussing Syria’s future without President Bashar al-Assad.

On Thursday, US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said that Moscow and Washington were discussing a post-Assad transition strategy.

Lavrov told a news conference on Friday that Russia believes it’s up to the Syrians to determine their country’s future and that foreign players shouldn’t meddle in that.

He argued that an international conference on Syria that Russia has proposed should focus on persuading the Syrian parties to sit down for talks. He says that Russia is opposing any attempts to use the conference to predetermine Syria’s future.

Russia, along with China, has twice shielded Syria, its last remaining ally in the Arab world, from international sanctions.

Los Zetas Federal Indictment

SEALED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FiLED
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WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CLY U11TL COURT
AUSTIN DIVISION f TEA A S
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
V.
MIGUEL ANGEL TRIEVINO MORALES(1)
aka “40″
OSCAR OMAR TREVINO MORALES(2)
aka “42″
JOSE TREVINO-MORALES(3)
ZULEMA TEE VINO(4)
CARLOS MIGUEL NAYEN BORBOLLA(5)
aka “Carlito, aka, Piotos”
FRANCISCO ANTONIO COLORADO
CESSA(6)
FERNANDO SOLIS GARCIA(7)
aka Freddy
VICTOR MANUEL LOPEZ(8)
SERGIO ROGELIO GUERRERO RINCON(9)
aka “El Negro”
ADAN FARIAS(10)
EUSEVIO MALDONADO HtJITRON(11)
FELIPE ALEJANDRO QUINTERO(13)
RAUL RAMIREZ(14) LS GERARDO AGUIRRE(15)
Defendants.
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES:
BY – DdUT
CRIMINAL NO. A-12-CRAl2Cp
21OSS iNDICTMENT
{Vio: CtI: 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h).
Conspiracy to Launder Monetary
Instruments]
INTRODUCTION
At various times material to this indictment:
Defendants, MIGUEL ANGEL TREVINO MORALES(1), OSCAR OMAR TEE VINO
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MORALES(2), JOSE TREVINO MORALES(3), ZULEMA TREYINO(4), CARLOS
MIGUEL NAYEN BORBOLLA(5), FRANCISCO ANTONIO COLORADO CESSA(6),
FERNANDO SOLIS GARCIA(7), VICTOR MANUEL LOPEZ(8), SERGIO ROGELIO
GUERRERO RINCON(9), ADAN FARIAS(1O), EUSEVIO MALDONADO
HUITRON(1 1), FELIPE ALEJAN1RO
QUINTERO(13), RAUL RAMIREZ(14), LUTS GERAIWO AGUIRRE(15) and others, were
members of a money laundering conspiracy using proceeds derived from the sale of cocaine,
marijuana and other illegal narcotics by an organization known as the LOS ZETAS.
The LOS ZETAS Drug Cartel is a powerful drug organization operating out of Mexico
which funnels thousands of kilos of cocaine and other narcotics into the United States each year.
LOS ZETAS are the largest drug cartel in Mexico in geographical presence and control Ii states
within Mexico. The organization is based in the city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, directly
across the border from Laredo, Texas. The huge-scale drug trafficking of this organization
generates multi-million dollar revenues. LOS ZETAS funnels drug proceeds from Miguel Angel
Trevino Morales, a.k.a. “40,” (hereafter referred to either by first and last name orjust”40″) and
his brother Oscar Omar Trevino Morales, a.k.a. “42,” (hereafter referred to either by first and last
name or just “42″) into the United States. “40,” and Heriberto Lazcano-Lazcano, a.k.a. “3,” are
the two co-leaders of LOS ZETAS. The numbers associated with their names were first assigned
at the inception of LOS ZETAS to show members’ rank within the criminal organization (the
“3,” therefore, would demonstrate third in rank in the overall organization when LOS ZETAS
was first organized). In the last several years, however, killings and captures have eliminated
those previously designated as higher ranking members, and “3″ and “40″ have now assumed top
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leader status.
“40″ and his brother “42″ utilize another brother living within the United States, JOSE
TREV1NO MORALES, as well as other contacts to help launder their drug money through the
purchase of American Quarter Horses. The ownership of the horses and the source of the funds
to purchase the horses are placed in various nominee names to disguise “40′s” and “42′s”
connection to these assets. Nominees are real or fictitious persons or entities that are used
instead of the real and true owner, This helps legitimize the appearance of their drug money
since horse racing is a legal activity and also provides “40,” “42,” and those working with them
free standing assets that can later be sold or “cashed in.” It also generates legitimate looking
income during the intervening time period. The money laundering network of this conspiracy
reache.d from the United States/Mexico border to numerous locations in and near Austin, Texas,
and elsewhere.
Telephones were utilized extensively by members of the conspiracy in order for coconspirators
to coordinate aspects of their money laundering. Co-conspirators would attend
quarter horse auctions to purchase racing quarter horses. Via electronic and wire
communications, members of the conspiracy would coordinate the purchase of various racing
quarter horses and the payment of boarding, breeding arid racing fees using the proceeds derived
from the sale of illegal narcotics.
OBJECTIVE OF THE CONSPIRACY
It was the object of the conspiracy to launder U.S. currency gained from the sale of illegal
controlled substances by LOS ZETAS to purchase, breed, train and race quarter horses in the
United States and Mexico.
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MANNER AND MEANS
For all periods of time relevant to the charges contained in this Indictment, the defendants
and other co-conspirators, both known and unknown to the Grand Jury, used the following
manner and means to accomplish the goals of the conspiracy:
A. The defendants were members or associates of a transnational drug trafficking
organization or cartel based in Mexico known as the “LOS ZETAS.”
B. Under the direction of MIGUEL and OSCAR TREVINO MORALES, Los Zetas
controlled hundreds of miles of Mexican territory along the border of Mexico and the United
States, which they used to conduct their drug trafficking and money laundering operations.
C. Los Zetas divided their territory into areas known as “plazas” along the
Mexico-United States border and assigned each plaza region a leader known as a “plaza
boss.”
D. Los Zetas would direct the transportation of cocaine, marijuana and other controlled
substances shipments via boats, planes, and automobiles from Colombia and Venezuela via
Central America to various cities and “plazas” in Mexico.
E. “Plaza bosses” would then transport shipments of cocaine, marijuana as well as other
illegal narcotics via motor vehicles from Mexico to cities in Texas for distribution in Texas and
to other cities within the United States.
F. Proceeds from the sale of illegal narcotics in the United States would be transported
from the United States to Mexico via bulk cash shipments. These cash shipments would be
delivered to the “plaza bosses” for counting and distribution to promote the continuing
distribution of illegal narcotics and to launder illegal proceeds through various activities.
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Included amongst these activities were investments in racing quarter horses purchased via bulk
currency payments, wire transfers, structured deposits and bulk currency deposits. The Quarter
Horse is an American breed of race horse that is bred to sprint short distances ranging from 220
to 870 yards. Quarter horses are raced primarily in the Southwest United States and California.
G. MIGUEL and OSCAR TREVINO MORALES would direct portions of the bulk
cash derived from the sale of illegal narcotics to their brother, JOSE TREVINO MORALES
and his wife ZULEMA TREVINO, for the purchase, training, breeding and racing of quarter
horses in the United States.
H, The defendants and other members of Los Zetas utilized Nextel “push-to-talk”
telephones, Blackberry and UHF/VHF radio communications to coordinate their money
laundering activities through the horse racing industry and to evade law enforcement
surveillance.
I. The defendants, along with other members of Los Zetas, organized, directed, and
carried out various acts of violence against Mexican law enforcement officers and rival drug
traffickers to retaliate against and to intimidate any individual or individuals who interfered with
or who were perceived to potentially interfere with the narcotics trafficking or money laundering
activities of Los Zetas to include the laundering of proceeds via the American Quarter Horse
racing industry.
J. The individual roles performed within Los Zetas organization by each
of the defendants were as follows:
1. MIGUEL ANGEL TREVINO MORALES, a. k. a. “40, “a. k. a. “Zeta 40, “a. k. a.
“Cuarenta. “MIGUEL TREVINO is a ranking member of Los Zetas and is recognized as one
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of the two co-leaders of Los Zetas. MIGUEL TREVINO was actively involved in managing the
activities of Los Zetas Drug Cartel in Mexico, including the coordination of cocaine and
marijuana shipments from South America via Central America into the United States, as well as
the receipt of bulk currency shipments into Mexico from the United States. He was actively
involved in the management of the quarter horse activities, including directing funds to pay for
the purchase, breeding, training and racing of the quarter horses.
2. OSCAR OMAR TREVINO MORALES, a.k.a, “42, “a.k.a. “Cuarenta dos,” OSCAR
TREVINO has a leadership role and oversees Los Zetas activities in Mexico. OSCAR
TREVINO was actively involved in managing the activities of Los Zetas Drug Cartel in Mexico,
including the coordination of cocaine and marijuana shipments into the United States, as well as
the receipt of bulk currency shipments into Mexico from the United States. He was actively
involved in the management of the quarter horse activities, including directing funds to pay for
the purchase, breeding, training and racing of the quarter horses.
3. JOSE TREVINO MORALES. JOSE TREVINO MORALES is the brother of
MIGUEL and OSCAR TREVINO MORALES and was actively involved in managing the
activities of money laundering operation in the United States posing as a “legitimate” quarter
horse owner. His activities included the coordination of purchasing, training and racing quarter
horses using bulk currency, wire transfers, bulk currency deposits, and structured payments from
Mexico into the United States. JOSE TREVINO and hi wife Defendant, ZULEMA
TREYLNO created TREMOR ENTERPRISES, LLC, 66 LAND, LLC, and ZULE FARMS,
LLC, which are business entities for the purpose of promoting the money laundering activities.
4. ZULEMA TREJ’7N0. ZULEMA TREYINO is the spouse of JOSE TREVLNO.
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ZULEMA TREVINO is listed as an officer of TREMOR ENTERPRISES, LLC., 66 LAND,
LLC., and ZULE FARMS, LLC,, which are front companies for Los Zetas money laundering
activities used to conceal and disguise the ownership of quarter horses. ZULEMA TREVINO
was responsible for the financial accounts of the various entities controlled by her and Defendant
JOSE TREVINO MORALES and management of the organizations operations in Lexington,
Oklahoma.
5. CARL OS MIGUEL NA YEN BORBOLLA, a. k. a. “Carlito;” a. k. a., “Pilotos.”
NAYEN was actively involved in managing the activities of money laundering operations in the
United States, including the coordination of purchasing, training and racing quarter horses using
bulk currency, wire transfers, bulk currency deposits, and structured payments from Mexico into
the United States. NAYEN was responsible for arranging the various payments to various
trainers and boarding facilities for the organization’s horses. NAYEN is listed as an officer of
CARIvHNA, LLC., a business entity, which is a front company for Los Zetas’ money laundering
activities used to conceal and disguise the ownership of quarter horses.
6. FRANCISCO ANTONIO COLORADO CESSA. CESSA was a Mexican business
man operating as a straw purchaser for MIGUEL and OSCAR TREVINO MORALES.
CESSA would act as a straw purchaser for various horses. He would make payments via
personal check and wire transfers for the purchase and also the boarding and training of quarterhorses.
CESSA controls ADT PETROSERVICIOS, a business entity, which is a front
company for Los Zetas’ money laundering activities used to conceal and disguise the ownership
of quarter horses.
7. FERNANDO SOLIS GARCIA, a.k.a. “Freddy, “GARCIA was actively involved in
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the activities of money laundering operations in the United States. GARCIA would work with
Defendants JOSE TREVINO and NAYEN in purchasing, training and racing quarter-horses
using various straw purchasers and placing quarter horses in various entities for the organization
to disguise their true ownership. GARCIA is listed as an officer of GARCIA BLOOD STOCK,
LLC., and has control of BONANZA RACiNG, LLC., Which are front companies for Los Zetas’
money laundering activities used to conceal and disguise the ownership of quarter horses.
8. VICTOR MANUEL LOPEZ. LOPEZ was actively involved in the activities of
money laundering operations in the United States. LOPEZ worked under the direction of
Defendant NAYEN and was responsible for making payments for the care and upkeep of
quarter-horses via cash payments, wire transfers and personal checks using bulk currency, bulk
currency deposits, and structured payments from Mexico into the United States.
9. SERGIOROGELIO GUERRERORINCON, a.k.a. “El Negro.” FJNCON was
actively involved in the activities of money laundering operations in the United States.
RINCON would work with Defendant JOSE TREYNO in making payments for the care and
upkeep of quarter horses via cash payments using bulk currency, bulk currency deposits, and
structured payments from Mexico into the United States.
10. EUSEVIO MALDONADO HUITRON. HUITRON worked as a race trainer for the
quarter horses under the control of this organization and advised Defendant JOSE TREVINO
and other members and associates of Los Zetas on quarter horse purchases, training and racing.
HUITRON utilized HLJITRON HOMES, a business entity, to launder funds for the organization.
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12. FELIPEALEJANDRO QUINTERO. QUINTERO worked as a race trainer for the
quarter horses under the control of this organization in California: QUINTERO met with
Defendants JOSE TREVINO and NAYEN to discuss the training of quarter horses and the
method of payment to conceal the activities of Los Zetas. He advised members and associates of
Los .Zetas on quarter horse purchases, training and racing.
13. ADAN FARIAS. FARIAS worked as a race trainer for the quarter horses under the
control of this organization and advised members and associates of Los Zetas on quarter horse
purchases, training and racing. FARIAS met with Defendant MIGUEL IRE VINO and others
to discuss the laundering of drug proceeds via the quarter horse racing industry.
14. RAUL RAMIREZ. RAMIREZ was actively involved in the activities of the money
laundering operation in the United States. RAMIREZ would bid for horses on behalf of the
organization at auction to aid in disguising the true ownership of the horses.
15. LUIS GERARDOAGUIRRE. AGUIRRE operated as a straw-purchaser for Los
Zetas organization in which he would purchase quarter horses in his name which would be
transferred at a later date to Defendant JOSE TREVINO MORALES for little or no money.

Oklahoma horse ranch called a front for Mexican drug cartel

Feds say millions of dollars in drug money went to finance horse racing operation based near Lexington, OK.

By Nolan Clay

In this photo taken Sept. 6, 2010, owner Jose Trevino Morales, center, acknowledges the crowd as he his joined by well-wishers and the trophy after Mr. Piloto won the All-American Futurity horse race at Ruidoso Downs, N.M. (AP Photo/The El Paso Times, Rudy Gutierrez)

A powerful Mexican drug cartel — infamous for beheadings and other ruthless acts — used millions of dollars from illegal drug sales to finance a horse racing operation based out of a ranch in southern Oklahoma, federal authorities allege.

Federal agents Tuesday morning raided the quarter horse ranch, Zule Farms, near Lexington, and arrested ranch owner Jose Trevino Morales, 45, and his wife, Zulema Trevino, 38.

A federal grand jury in Texas indicted them and 13 others May 30 on a money-laundering conspiracy charge. The indictment was partially unsealed Tuesday.

Jose Trevino was identified in the indictment as the older brother of Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, one of the top two leaders of Los Zetas drug cartel, and Oscar Omar Trevino Morales, another leader of cartel.

“It was the object of the conspiracy to launder U.S. currency gained from the sale of illegal controlled substances by Los Zetas to purchase, breed, train and race quarter horses in the United States and Mexico,” the grand jury alleged in the indictment.

“The Los Zetas Drug Cartel is a powerful drug organization operating out of Mexico which funnels thousands of kilos of cocaine and other narcotics into the United States each year,” grand jurors alleged. “The huge-scale drug trafficking of this organization generates multimillion dollar revenues. … Miguel and Oscar Trevino … would direct portions of the bulk cash derived from the sale of illegal narcotics to their brother … and his wife … for the purchase, training, breeding and racing of quarter horses in the United States.

Los Zetas on the Backstretch

[Thanks to Thinker Belle for further leads on the story (SEE: Number Two Zeta Arrested By US Authorities At His Oklahoma Horse-Breeding Ranch).]

BY JORDAN SMITH, 5:16PM, WED. JUN. 13

OPEN IMAGE GALLERY

Co-leader of Los Zetas cartel Miguel Angel Trevino Morales is on the lam

COURTESY OF DEA

According to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday, 15 members of the Los Zetas drug cartel – including its co-leader,Miguel Angel Trevino Morales – have been charged with money laundering via investment in American Quarter Horses and U.S. quarter horse racing.

The indictment charges Morales and other members of Los Zetas – the largest Mexican cartel, headquartered in Nuevo Laredo – with funneling money from the sale of cocaine and marijuana into the U.S. via Morales’ brother, Jose Trevino Morales, in an effort to clean the drug money through the purchase of race horses. “The money laundering network of this conspiracy reached from the United States/Mexico border to numerous locations in and near Austin, Texas, and elsewhere,” reads the 25-page indictment. According to the feds, Los Zetas drug money was used to purchase, train, board, breed and race the horses in both the U.S. and Mexico; Jose Trevino and his wife Zulema created Tremor Enterprises, LLC, 66 Land, LLC, and Zule Farms, LLC, in order to “promote the money laundering activities,” reads the indictment. According torecords on file with the Texas Secretary of State‘s office, Tremor Enterprises, located in Balch Springs, was formed in November 2009. Among the horses purchased by the cartel, according to the feds, were animals named Coronita Cartel,Morning Cartel, and Tempting Dash – a horse that in October 2009 won the Dash for Cash at Lone Star Park race track in Grand Prairie.Each of the 14 named defendants (a 15th name has been redacted from the indictment) face up to 20 years in prison on the laundering charges; a majority of the defendants were arrested in morning raids in California, Oklahoma (including Jose Trevino and his wife) and Texas. Notably, co-leader Trevino Morales – a.k.a. “40,” his first ranking in the Zetas before assuming co-top-spot after “killings and captures” eliminated previously-higher-ranking cohorts – is still on the lam and is believed to be in Mexico.

In addition to the money laundering charges, the government is seeking seizure of the horses (for which the feds have filed a protective order), money, and property – including a parcel of land in Bastrop County.

DEA Fugitive:
TREVINO-MORALES, MIGUEL

NAME:	TREVINO-MORALES, MIGUEL
FUGITIVE NCIC#:	W-456102936
WANTED FOR:	The Following Alleged Federal Drug Violations: 21USC 963,959 & 960 18USC 853, 970
JURISDICTION:	Houston, TX
AKA:	40, Z-40, Zeta 40, David Estrada-Corado, Comandante Forty, El Catorce
RACE:	HISPANIC
SEX:	Male
HEIGHT:	5’8″
WEIGHT:	195
HAIR:	Black
EYES:	Brown
YOB:	1970, 1980, 1973, 1976
POB:	Nuevo Laredo, Tamulipas, Mexico
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS:	Mexico
NOTE:	The U.S. Department of State is offering a REWARD OF UP TO $5 MILLION for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of MIGUEL TREVINO-MORALES

Do not attempt to apprehend this individual.

Call the U.S. Marshals Service 24-hour number 1-877-WANTED2 (1-877-926-8332) or the nearest DEA office with information.

Rewards are available at the discretion of the U.S. Marshals Service.