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The trial of Jose Treviño Morales, brother of Miguel Angel Treviño Morales (Z-40) leader the Mexican cartel Los Zetas is now scheduled to start at 9:00 am on April 15, 2013 in Austin, Texas.
The Treviño brothers, who managed to establish a prominent horse breeding operation in the United States, Tremor Enterprises, which allowed them to launder millions of dollars in drug money, according to current and former federal law enforcement officials. The operation amounted to a foothold in the United States for one of Mexico’s most dangerous criminal networks, the officials said.
The Justice Department moved against Tremor last July, sending several helicopters and hundreds of law enforcement agents to the company’s stables in Ruidoso and its ranch in Oklahoma. José Treviño, his wife and five associates were taken into custody later in the day, and a total of 15 people were charged, the authorities said.
Miguel Ángel Treviño, 38, and another brother, Omar, 36, were among those charged. They remain at large in Mexico. Omar Treviño is also a high-ranking member of the Zetas, and an F.B.I. affidavit filed in United States District Court describes him as participating in the money laundering.
The affidavit said the Zetas funneled about $1 million a month into buying quarter horses in the United States. The authorities were tipped off to Tremor’s activities in January 2010, when the Zetas paid more than $1 million in a single day for two broodmares, the affidavit said.
Jose Trevino Morales remains in federal custody as a flight risk pending trial on allegations that he was involved in a money laundering scheme centered on an Oklahoma horse ranch.
Trevino has pleaded not guilty to a federal money laundering charge.
Trevino’s Dallas-based attorney David Finn has argued that authorities are trying to “tar and feather” Trevino because his brothers were allegedly involved in the Mexican cartel. Both are also indicted.
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| Treviño attorney David Finn |
Previously U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Lane said no evidence suggested Jose Trevino was a risk to the community, though he thought Trevino could possibly flee to Mexico.
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AUSTIN DIVISION
CAUSE NO. A-12-CR-210-SS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
-vs-
MIGUEL ANGEL TREVINO MORALES (1)
OSCAR OMAR TREVINO MORALES (2)
JOSE TREVINO-MORALES (3)
ZULEMA TREVINO (4)
CARLOS MIGUEL NAYEN BORBOLLA (5)
FRANCISCO ANTONIO COLORADO CESSA (6)
FERNANDO SOLIS GARCIA (7)
VICTOR MANUEL LOPEZ (8)
SERGIO ROGELIO GUERRERO RINCON (9)
ADAN FARIAS (10)
EUSEVIO MALDONADO HUITRON (11)
FELIPE ALEJANDRO QUINTERO (13)
RAUL RAMIREZ (14)
LUIS GERARDO AGUIRRE (15)
ERICK JOVAN LOZANO DIAZ (16)
GERARDO GARZA QUINTERO (17)
JESUS MALDONADO HUITRON (18)
ALEXANDRA GARCIA TREVINO (19)
(seems to be missing no. 12
crossed out on previous indictment)
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BE IT REMEMBERED on this day, the Court was advised that all translations into English on all of the audio presentations and email messages that the United States will attempt to use as evidence in this trial will be available to all defense counsel by March 14, 2013. In addition, there are pending multiple motions to be determined prior to trial.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that a hearing is set for March 21, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. .in the United States Courthouse, Courtroom 2, 501 West Fifth Street, Austin, Texas on all pending motions and any objection to any translation must be filed by this date in order that a certified interpreter in the United States District Court can review the objection and make the determination on the final translation to be presented to the jury (both audio transcripts and email messages).
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SIGNED this the 7 day of March 2013.
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