司法部起诉36人涉跨州贩毒与洗钱 查获芬太尼346公斤
华盛顿 — 美国司法部11月10日宣布，在一项跨州国土安全工作队（Homeland Security Task Force）调查中，36人被控参与一个跨境贩毒与洗钱网络，其中9人为非法居留的外国人。调查期间，缉毒局（DEA）查获芬太尼346公斤、冰毒23公斤、可卡因70公斤、大麻34磅、枪支43支以及超过280万美元现金。
司法部表示，DEA还查获了用贩毒所得购买或可追溯至贩毒所得的个人物品，包括珠宝与15辆豪车，其中有两辆 Rolls Royce、一辆 Lamborghini 与一辆 Aston Martin，并对 South Carolina 与 Georgia 两州17处房产发出诉讼通知，这些房产总估值近400万美元。
「没有什么能阻止特朗普政府保护美国人民免受致命毒品侵害的决心，」司法部长 Todd Blanche 说。「多亏国土安全工作队的工作，South Carolina 的民众今天比两年前更安全。司法部将继续瓦解贩毒网络，为受害者及其家庭伸张正义。」
案件的起诉结构分三部分：2026年4月的一份起诉书指控该贩毒洗钱网络的18名成员；11月解封的一份含42项罪名的替代起诉书再追加16人；另有2人已在2025年7月的一份起诉书中被控。迄今已有6名被告认罪。
调查认定，一个总部位于墨西哥的贩毒与洗钱组织至少自2011年起就在 South Carolina 活动，成员分布在墨西哥、South Carolina 与其他州，甚至包括联邦监狱局与 South Carolina 惩教部门内部。调查人员称，该组织至少自2021年起向 South Carolina 供应数百公斤芬太尼与可卡因，毒品源自墨西哥、经南部边境运入美国，其芬太尼分销网络遍及 South Carolina 的 Lowcountry、Pee Dee、Grand Strand 与 Midlands 等地区，负责压制、重新包装与再分销。
「这项国土安全工作队调查的影响遍及本州每个地区乃至更远，」South Carolina 地区联邦检察官 Bryan Stirling 说。DEA Atlanta 外勤处代理特别探员主管 Michael J. Connolly 表示，这份起诉书传递的信号是，执法部门会继续追查分销危险毒品、助长社区犯罪活动的人。
此案由 DEA、国土安全调查局（HSI）、联邦调查局 Columbia 外勤处以及 South Carolina 州与地方多家执法机构联合调查，由助理联邦检察官 Mike O'Mara 与 Cole Shannon 负责起诉。司法部说明，起诉书只是指控，所有被告在被法庭以排除合理怀疑的标准证明有罪之前，均推定无罪。
（来源：美国司法部）
36 Indicted in Multi-State Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Case, 346 Kilograms of Fentanyl Seized
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced on November 10 that 36 individuals, nine of whom are illegal aliens, have been charged in a multi-state Homeland Security Task Force investigation involving drug trafficking and money laundering that spans international borders. During the investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seized 346 kilograms of fentanyl, 23 kilograms of methamphetamine, 70 kilograms of cocaine, 34 pounds of marijuana, 43 firearms, and over $2.8 million.
The department said DEA also seized personal items purchased with or traceable to proceeds from drug trafficking, including jewelry and 15 luxury vehicles, among them two Rolls Royces, a Lamborghini, and an Aston Martin, and secured notice of lawsuits on 17 properties in South Carolina and Georgia with an aggregate estimated value of nearly $4 million.
"Nothing will stop the Trump Administration's commitment to protecting the American people from lethal drugs," said Attorney General Todd Blanche. "Thanks to the work of the Homeland Security Task Force, the people of South Carolina are safer today than they were two years ago. The Department of Justice will continue dismantling drug trafficking networks and delivering justice for victims and their families."
An April 2026 indictment charged 18 members of the operation. A 42-count superseding indictment, unsealed in November, charged an additional 16 individuals. Two individuals were previously charged in a third indictment in July 2025. Six defendants have pleaded guilty in the case so far.
The investigation identified that a Mexico-based drug trafficking and money laundering organization has been operating in South Carolina since at least 2011, and that its members are active in Mexico, South Carolina, other states, as well as within the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Investigators said the organization has been supplying South Carolina with hundreds of kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine since at least 2021, that the narcotics originated in Mexico and were transported across the southern border into the United States, and that a large fentanyl distribution network extended across the Lowcountry, Pee Dee, Grand Strand, and Midlands regions of South Carolina, repressing, repackaging, and redistributing large quantities of fentanyl.
"This Homeland Security Task Force investigation has an impact on every region of our state, and beyond," said U.S. Attorney Bryan Stirling for the District of South Carolina. Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Connolly of the DEA Atlanta Field Division said the indictment sends a clear message that law enforcement will continue pursuing those responsible for distributing dangerous drugs.
The case was investigated by the DEA, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the FBI Columbia Field Office, and numerous South Carolina state and local agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mike O'Mara and Cole Shannon are prosecuting the case. An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
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