Three men charged for conspiracy to distribute 30 kilograms of cocaine
NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced three men have been charged with conspiring to distribute 30 kilograms of cocaine in Newark.
Yohan E. De Jesus Osornio, 29, of Los Angeles, California; Raul A. Figueroa Santana, 47, of the Bronx, New York, and Ronal Luiyi Hernandez Sepulveda, 29, of the Bronx, New York, are charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. They appeared Nov. 18, 2019, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leda Dunn Wettre in Newark federal court.
De Jesus Osornio, Figueroa Santana, and Hernandez Sepulveda were arrested on Nov. 15, 2019, in Newark after conducting a transaction involving 10 kilograms of cocaine. Law enforcement officers observed De Jesus Osornio, who had parked his tractor trailer on Passaic Street in Newark, enter a white Mazda before returning to the tractor trailer with a weighted-down bag. Around the same time, law enforcement officers observed Hernandez Sepulveda and Figueroa Santana arrive in a black Mitsubishi. Law enforcement officers observed Hernandez Sepulveda approach the tractor trailer and walk back to the Mitsubishi with a bag, which Hernandez Sepulveda placed in the back of the Mitsubishi. After approaching and apprehending the defendants, law enforcement officers searched the bag and found 10 kilograms of cocaine, and found an additional 20 kilograms of cocaine and a large sum of cash in the tractor trailer.
The count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a $10 million fine.
U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson, with investigation leading to the arrests.
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