Marco Antonio Santillan Valencia, 51, is charged with violating export regulations and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
LOS ANGELES — A former U.S. Marine from Whittier agreed Monday to plead guilty to federal chargesto one of the most feared transnational drug cartels in Mexico.
The defendant and three other alleged members of the operation were arrested in January in Southern California as part of a federal investigation dubbed Operation Semper Infidelis, a play on the Marines’ famous motto, federal prosecutors said. The indictment alleges that Santillan led the gun trafficking operation that used drug money to purchase assault rifles, hundreds of thousands of rounds of assault rifle ammunition, and machine gun parts and accessories. Some of the items were smuggled into Mexico.
The case has “dealt a blow to firearms trafficking groups on which this cartel relies to facilitate their violent operations,” she said.
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