Alberki, NM- The federal jury was accused of operating illegal marijuana growth operations to supply dark markets in New Mexico and Navaho countries.
The prosecution failed on Thursday a week after the region, state and federal authorities raided one of the defendants in the rural areas of Alberki, which was no longer approved by the state. The confiscated items included marijuana, some metamphetamins, two firearms, $ 35,000 in cash, illegal insecticide and bulletproof vests of 8,500 pounds.
Allegations of DINEH Benally, 48; Donald Ben, 74; The 73 -year -old California IRVING REA YUI LIN includes the conspiracy of marijuana manufacturing and distribution, the intention of distributing and polluting protected waterways.
The prosecution explained the operation as a brave criminal company for charges and asked the federal judge to detain men waiting for trials, and suggested that the defendant is at risk of running away and is dangerous for the community.
“The conclusion is that the defendant is a drug trafficker operated by his own law, so how lack of detention is how guaranteed the safety of the community or the defendant on this issue.”
The phone and email message to seek opinions was left for the defendant on Thursday.
DINEH Benally made the first headline in 2020 when the Anti -Maccho Agricultural Operation in the northwest of New Mexico was raided by the Federal authorities. The Navajo Justice Department sued him and stopped the court order.
A group of Chinese immigrants also sued Benally and his colleagues. The workers insisted that they were attracted to northern New Mexico and claimed that it was illegal to trim marijuana in Navaho.
Last year, the New Mexico Marijuana Regulatory Agency canceled the growing operating license at Toy Lance County east of Alberki. The regulatory authorities said that there were about 20,000 mature plants in the field, imposing a fine of $ 1 million. The prosecutor also found another 20,000 immature plants.
According to the prosecution, companies have been included in building more than 1,100 cannabis greenhouses, Chinese workers’ demands and crops as funds. DINEH Benally was also accused of approaching the police of the Navaho -state to bribe him with drug profits so that marijuana could grow in the tribal land in Marijuana.
According to the claims that armed guards secured farms on tribal lands, vacuum silters were used to pack marijuana, and Chinese workers transported drugs to their main lines.
The accused was also accused of violating the federal clean water standard by installing a dam made of sandbags along the mountain Juan River to irrigate crops. Wells were also drilled to approach water.
If they are convicted, the defendant will survive in prison for more than 10 years, the prosecution said.
