Across the Valley, law enforcement officers identified and apprehended suspects who were using social media to traffic firearms and narcotics.
According to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, the investigation revealed suspects were advertising fully automatic machine guns, known as “ghost full-auto short, barreled rifles’, semi-automatic pistols, and both AK-47 and AR-style rifles for sale. During the arrest, in addition to the weapons, 2000 fentanyl pills, small quantities of cocaine, MDMA, and methamphetamines were confiscated.
The Maricopa County Drug Suppression Taskforce (MCDST) is a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) initiative which is a taskforce comprised of several Law Enforcement agencies including, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), Buckeye Police, Tempe Police, Mesa Police, Surprise Police, Casa Grande Police, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, the Arizona Department of Corrections, and the DEA.
Task Force investigations are focused on the disruption and dismantling of mid-to-high
drug trafficking organizations throughout the state.
The suspects arrested are:
Luis Acevedo Machorro
Marcos Acevedo Machorro
Jennifer Rojas Madrigal
Andres Acevedo Dominguez
Jesus Garcia Barrales
Chief Pain; You fail to state the “Root Cause” of drug use and drug trafficking its called “Having Parenting Skills.” Drug Trafficking in Mexico and South America is an ingrained cultural norm. We need to get our Kids off of Social Media and have Parents RAISE their Kids correctly, and not by a computer.
Just do not buy any drugs and the trade will stop.
Their mothers must be so proud.
I wonder what the Citizenship are of these young crooks?
I know many readers’ eyes glaze over when they see the acronyms of these fine law enforcement agencies and task forces. These are often the most experienced and sharpest sleuthhounds the Arizona law enforcement community has to offer. The small group of gun runners and drug traffickers brought to light in this press release only highlights the danger in our Arizona streets. Why are they selling fully automatic machine guns? I understand why they are selling drugs, because society allows tolerance of junkies, or sometimes we call them sons, brothers, sisters, nephews, cousins while we ignore the full cost of drug addiction. We ignore it until the inevitable overdose occurs and then it is a tragedy. Seldom do WE (yes you and I) take ownership of the problem. Yes, it is much easier to ignore, we avoid conflict this way. The road of least resistance, like water in Colorado river. What did this river create over time? Well, back to the illegal machine guns, do all the bullets fired from these guns only strike other drug dealers and expendable scum of society? You probably just answered the question in your head for me.
Thanks for your word-salad explanation of how it’s really ALL ‘OUR’ FAULT.
Gimmeabreak.