Accused drug enforcers indicted in St. Paul torture-kidnap case

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St Paul Pioneer Press:

Mara H. Gottfried

5/6/14

 

A federal grand jury has indicted four men for their roles in what the U.S. attorney's office described Tuesday as a large-scale methamphetamine-trafficking organization and a violent kidnapping in St. Paul.

 

A Mexican drug cartel had a "stash house" on a quiet street in the city's West Seventh neighborhood, according to charges previously filed in Ramsey County District Court. When a large amount of drugs and money were stolen from the house last month, a 16- and 19-year-old were allegedly kidnapped and tortured, the charges said.

 

Andrew Luger, the U.S. attorney for Minnesota, announced that a grand jury had returned an indictment Monday, which was unsealed Tuesday, charging Jesus Ramirez, 31, of Los Angeles; Jonatan Delgado Alvarez, 22, of Los Angeles; Juan Ricardo Elenes Villalvazo, 32, of St. Paul; and Antonio Navarro, 19, of St. Paul.

 

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Papini Abduction Likely Work of Mexican Sex Traffickers

Private investigator says evidence suggests a brutal cartel kidnapped and tortured California mom

 

by Matthew Vadum | Updated 02 Dec 2016 at 4:59 PM

 

Recently freed California mom Sherri Papini who was tortured and branded by her captors was likely the victim of a kidnapping gone awry by a Mexican sex-trafficking ring, according to a private investigator who worked on the case.

 

 

The case seems to underline how America’s porous borders enable criminals and other bad elements to enter the United States seeking victims. Mexican crime syndicates have become more active north of the border in recent years. The Redding area in Northern California has become an important corridor for sex-traffickers in recent years.

What ever something bout this case doesn’t meet t smell test