佐治亚州三起关联贩毒集团案件同日推进：一人获无期、一人获刑30年、逾100公斤冰毒案第三人被起诉
位于美国佐治亚州的联邦检察官办公室（佐治亚中区）11月6日与执法伙伴共同宣布，国土安全特别工作组（Homeland Security Task Force，HSTF）侦办的三起关联贩毒集团案件取得重大进展：两名毒贩分别被判无期徒刑与30年监禁，第三名被告则因涉及逾100公斤冰毒与枪支被联邦起诉。
现年28岁、住在佐治亚州 Jefferson 的 Josue Serda 于11月5日被联邦地区法官 Tilman E. "Tripp" Self III 判处无期徒刑，联邦系统没有假释。根据法庭文件与审判证据，Serda 在2024年1月至2025年5月间参与一个在 Athens 一带分销毒品的团伙，涉案芬太尼超过7公斤、冰毒超过50公斤，调查人员认定他是哈利斯科新一代集团（CJNG）在 Athens 地区的供应者。2025年8月26日 FBI 特警队上门逮捕时，他还在清晨6时06分用 WhatsApp 打电话向在墨西哥的供货同伙示警，让对方把当天送货的卡车掉头。今年7月，经过七天审判，陪审团裁定他共谋分销受控物质、分销芬太尼等八项罪名成立。
现年52岁、住在 Athens 的 Orlando Muckle 同样于11月5日被判刑：360个月监禁、其后10年监督释放。他今年8月对一项持有可卡因意图分销罪认罪。法庭文件显示，他的货源与海湾集团（Gulf Cartel）有关联；2025年7月执法人员执行搜查令时，从他的藏毒公寓里缴获26公斤可卡因。
第三名被告 Raul Perez-Mondragon 现年30岁，来自墨西哥 Queretaro，被控共谋分销受控物质、持有冰毒意图分销、在毒品交易中持有枪支，以及以非法居留身份持有枪支。根据起诉书，他涉嫌属于一个在 Athens 活动、与跨国犯罪组织有关联的贩毒团伙，负责接收和分销大宗毒品：冰毒被藏在用绿色玻璃纸包裹的卷心菜里躲避检查，每包约1公斤、每批货多达300包。2025年11月监视期间，执法人员在他位于 Athens 的一处住所执行搜查令，缴获逾100公斤冰毒与多支枪支。他已于11月5日首次出庭，目前仍被联邦羁押。起诉书仅为指控，未经法庭定罪前被告应被推定无罪。
联邦检察官 Will Keyes 表示，两名毒贩获重刑、第三名被告面临逾100公斤冰毒与枪支指控，显示贩毒集团关联网络对社区的破坏以及执法伙伴将其清除的决心。FBI 亚特兰大分局负责人 Marlo Graham 表示，工作组正合力拆解这些网络、追究责任者，并阻止危险毒品流入社区。
三起案件由 FBI、缉毒局（DEA）、国土安全调查局（HSI）与 Athens-Clarke County 警察局等机构侦办，联邦助理检察官 Mike Morrison 负责起诉。（来源：美国司法部）
Three Cartel-Linked Drug Cases Advance in Georgia: Life Sentence, 30-Year Term and a 100-Kilogram Meth Indictment
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia, based in the state of Georgia, announced together with law enforcement partners on Nov. 6 that three Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) investigations targeting cartel-linked drug trafficking organizations had reached major milestones: two traffickers received a life sentence and a 30-year prison term, and a third defendant was federally charged over more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamine and firearms.
Josue Serda, 28, of Jefferson, Georgia, was sentenced on Nov. 5 by U.S. District Judge Tilman E. "Tripp" Self III to life in prison; there is no parole in the federal system. According to court documents and trial evidence, between January 2024 and May 2025 Serda took part in a conspiracy that distributed more than seven kilograms of fentanyl and more than 50 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Athens area, and investigators identified him as a supplier for the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) operating in Athens. During an Aug. 26, 2025 FBI SWAT arrest operation, he called his supplier in Mexico via WhatsApp at 6:06 a.m. to warn that the FBI was at his residence and to have a drug delivery truck turn around. In July, after a seven-day trial, a jury convicted him on eight counts including conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and distribution of fentanyl.
Orlando Muckle, 52, of Athens, was also sentenced on Nov. 5, to 360 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty in August to possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Court documents say his cocaine came through sources associated with the Gulf Cartel; when search warrants were executed in July 2025, agents seized 26 kilograms of cocaine from his stash apartment.
Raul Perez-Mondragon, 30, of Queretaro, Mexico, is charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a person illegally in the United States. According to the indictment, he allegedly belonged to an Athens-based trafficking organization tied to a transnational criminal organization and received and distributed large quantities of narcotics, with methamphetamine concealed inside cabbages wrapped in green cellophane, each package holding about one kilogram and shipments running to as many as 300 packages at a time. A November 2025 search of an Athens residence seized more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamine and multiple firearms. He made his initial appearance on Nov. 5 and remains in federal custody. An indictment is merely an allegation, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
"Two cartel-linked drug traffickers who distributed large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine received lengthy sentences and a third defendant now faces federal charges involving more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamine and firearms allegedly tied to a transnational criminal organization," said U.S. Attorney Will Keyes. Marlo Graham, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta, said the task force is working to dismantle these networks, hold those responsible accountable, and keep dangerous drugs out of neighborhoods.
The cases were investigated by the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, among other agencies, and are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mike Morrison. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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