AO 442 (Rev. 11/11) Arrest Warrant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

United States of America 

v. 

Luis Hernandez 

a/k/a Blue 

Defendant 

To: Any authorized law enforcement officer 

for the 

Western District of Texas 

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Case No. SA-19-CR-227-FB (14) 

ARREST WARRANT 

YOU ARE COMMANDED to arrest and bring before a United States magistrate judge without unnecessary delay 

(name of person to be arrested) Luis Hernandez 

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who is accused of an offense or violation based on the following document filed with the court: 

O Indictment ~ Superseding Indictment O Information O Superseding Information O Complaint 

O Probation Violation Petition O Supervised Release Violation Petition OViolation Notice O Order of the Court 

This offense is briefly described as follows: 

Ct. 1, 19, 21-22 21 :USC 841 (a)(1) & 18:USC 2; Possession of Methamphetaime with Intent to Distribute and Aiding & 

Abetting; Ct. 3 21 :USC 846; Conspiarcy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine; Ct 4: 21 USC 846; Conspiracy to to 

Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine; Ct. 5 18:USC 1956(h); Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments; 

Ct. 6 18: USC 924(c) & 2; Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime & Aiding & Abetting; Ct. 7 

21 :USC 846 Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base; Ct. 16 21 :USC 841 (a)(1 ); Possession of 

Cocaine with Intent to Distribute; Ct. 17-18 21 :USC 841 (a)(1 ); Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute; 

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Date: 02/04/2020 ~::::::::::-C - Issuing officer's signature 

City and state: San Antonio, Texas 

This warrant was received on (date) 

at (city and state) 

Date: 

Wayne Garcia, U.S. Deputy Clerk 

Printed name and title 

Return 

-------, and the person was arrested on (date) 

Arresting officer's signature 

Printed name and title 

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FEB - 5 2020 INQFUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT CLERK, U.8 Ol$TRICt CLERK OF TEXAS STERN DISTRICT OF SAN ANTONIO DIVISION 

DEP 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, V. ALMA LUGO (1); 

JOSEFINA GARZA (2); 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3); 

RONALD CLARK a.k,a. Screw (4); 

BRANDON GRAVES a.k.a. B-Loc (5); 

MICHAEL SCHMIDT. (6); 

ANNA FLOTA (7); 

RUSSELL BOSQUEZ (8); 

ROCKY CARDENAS (9); 

RAQUEL RIVERA (10); 

BRIAN MARTINEZ (11); 

ROSIE MORENO (12); 

REYNALDO GIL a.k.a. Fatboy (13); 

LUIS HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14); 

JUAN EUGENE PERALES (15); 

TANILO GEORGE RODRIGUEZ a.k.a. 

George (16); 

JOSE NEFTALI VIDAURRI-MORALES 

a.k.a. Lexus (17); 

ROBERTO LOPEZ (18); 

ARTURO ROMERO (19); 

RICHARD DANIEL GARCIA (20); 

JASON GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) 

Defendants. 

CRIMINAL NO. SA-19-CR-227-FB 

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FIRST SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT 

CT 1, 19-24: 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 

U.S.C. § 2; Possession of a Controlled 

Substance with Intent to Distribute and 

Aiding and Abetting 

CT 2: 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); Possession of 

Firearm in Furtherance of Drug 

Trafficking Crime 

CT 3-4,7: 21 U.S.C. § 846; Conspiracy to 

Possess with the Intent to Distribute A 

Controlled Substance; 

CT 5: 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h); Conspiracy to 

Launder Monetary Instruments 

CT 6: 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and 2; 

Possession of Firearm in Furtherance of 

Drug Trafficking Crime and Aiding and 

Abetting 

CT: 8-9, 11-14: 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); 

Distribution of a Controlled Substance 

Ct 10: 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 

U.S.C. § 2; Distribution of a Controlled 

Substance and Aiding and Abetting 

CT 15-18: 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); 

Possession of a Controlled Substance 

with Intent to Distribute 

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COUNT ONE 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A)(viii) & 18 U.S.C. §2) 

That beginning on or about March 3, 2019, and continuing through and including on or 

about March 4, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendants, 

ALMA LUGO (1); 

JOSEFINA GARZA (2); 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3); 

BRIAN MARTINEZ (11); and 

JASON GIL (21) 

knowingly and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and aided 

and abetted the knowing and intentional possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 

which offense involved 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable 

amount of methamphetamine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United 

States Code, Sections 841 (a)( 1) and 841 (b)( 1 )(A)(viii) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 

2. 

Before JASON GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) committed the offense charged in this count, JASON 

GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) was convicted of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a serious 

drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which he was 

released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the 

commencement of the instant offense. 

COUNT TWO 

(18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i)) 

On or about March 4,2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendants, 

ALMA LUGO (1), and 

JOSEFINA GARZA (2), 

knowingly possessed a firearm, to wit: a DPMS 223 Model AR-iS Assault Rifle, Smith & Wesson 

M&P .40 Caliber, Bersa Tunder .380 Caliber, Taurus PT 738 .380 Caliber, Jimenez JA .380 

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Caliber, in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, to wit: possession with the intent to distribute 

methamphetamine and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in 

violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(l )(A)(i). 

COUNT THREE 

(21 U.S.C. § 846 & 841(a)(1)) 

That beginning on or about May of 2018 and continuing through and including on or 

about August 2019, in the Western District of Texas and elsewhere, Defendants, 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3); 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4); 

BRANDON GRAVES a.k.a. B-Loc(5); 

MICHAEL SCHMIDT (6); 

RUSSELL BOSQUEZ (8); 

ROCKY CARDENAS (9); 

BRIAN MARTINEZ (11); 

ROSIE MORENO (12); 

REYNALDO GIL a.k.a. Fatboy (13); 

LUIS HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14); 

JUAN EUGENE PERALES (15); 

TANILO GEORGE RODRIGUEZ a.ka. George (16); 

JOSE NEFTALI VIDAURRI-MORALES a.k.a. Lexus (17); 

ARTURO ROMERO (19); 

RICHARD DANIEL GARCIA (20); and 

JASON GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) 

knowingly, intentionally, and unlawfully conspired, combined, confederated, and agreed together, 

and with each other, and with others to the Grand Jury known and unknown, to commit offenses 

against the United States, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, that is to say, 

they conspired to possess a controlled substance, which offense involved cocaine, a Schedule II 

Controlled Substance, with intent to distribute same, contrary to Title 21, United States Code, 

Sections 841 (a)( 1) in the quantities set forth below: 

QUANTITY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE INVOLVED IN THE CONSPIRACY 

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The quantity of cocaine involved in the conspiracy and attributable to each Defendant as a 

result of each Defendant's own conduct and as a result of the conduct of other conspirators 

reasonably foreseeable to each Defendant is as follows: 

DEFENDANT QUANTITY STATUTE 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3) 5 kilograms or more of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)(ii) 

a mixture or substance (II) 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

BRANDON GRAVES a.k.a. B-Loc a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

(5) or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

MICHAEL SCHMIDT (6) a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

RUSSELL BOSQUEZ (8) a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

ROCKY CARDENAS (9) 5 kilograms or more of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)(ii) 

a mixture or substance (II) 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

BRIAN MARTINEZ (11) a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

ROSIE MORENO (12) a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

REYNALDO GIL a.k.a. Fatboy a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

(13) or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

LUIS HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

(14) or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

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JUAN EUGENE PERALES (15) a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

TANILO GEORGE RODRIGUEZ 500 grams or more of a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(l)(B)(ii) 

a.k.a. George (16) mixture or substance (II) 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

JOSE NEFTALI VIDAURRI- 500 grams or more of a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B)(ii) 

MORALES a.k.a. Lexus (17) mixture or substance (II) 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

ARTURO ROMERO (19) a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

RICHARD DANIEL GARCIA (20) a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

JASON GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) 5 kilograms or more of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)(ii) 

a mixture or substance (II) 

containing a detectable 

amount of cocaine 

All in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846. 

Before RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) committed the offense charged in this count, 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) was convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine 

Base, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which 

he was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the 

commencement of the instant offense. 

Before REYNALDO GIL a.k.a. Fatboy (13) committed the offense charged in this count, 

REYNALDO GIL a.k.a. Fatboy (13) was convicted of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled 

Substance, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and 

for which he was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 

years of the commencement of the instant offense. 

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Before LUIS RANGEL HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14) committed the offense charged 

in this count, in 2009, LUIS RANGEL LIERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14) was convicted of 

Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a serious drug felony, for which he served more 

than 12 months of imprisonment and for which he was released from serving any term of 

imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the commencement of the instant 

offense. Before LUIS RANGEL HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14) committed the offense charged 

in this count, in 2010, LUIS RANGEL HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14) was convicted of 

Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a serious drug felony, for which he served more 

than 12 months of imprisonment and for which he was released from serving any term of 

imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the commencement of the instant offense. 

Before JUAN EUGENE PERALES (15) committed the offense charged in this count, 

JUAN EUGENE PERALES (15) was convicted of Conspiray to Possess with Intent to Distribute 

a Controlled Substance, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of 

imprisonment and for which he was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to 

that offense within 15 years of the commencement of the instant offense. 

Before RICHARD DANIEL GARCIA (20) committed the offense charged in this count, 

RICHARD DANIEL GARCIA (20) was convicted of Conspiray to Possess with Intent to 

Distribute a Controlled Substance, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months 

of imprisonment and for which he was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to 

that offense within 15 years of the commencement of the instant offense. 

Before JASON GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) committed the offense charged in this count, JASON 

GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) was convicted of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a serious 

drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which he was 

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released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the 

commencement of the instant offense. 

COUNT FOUR 

(21 U.S.C. § 846 &841(a)(1)) 

That beginning on or about May of 2018 and continuing through and including on or 

about August 2019, in the Western District of Texas and elsewhere, Defendants, 

ALMA LUGO (1); 

JOSEFINA GARZA (2); 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3); 

BRANDON GRAVES a.k.a. B-Loc (5); 

MICHAEL SCHMIDT (6); 

ANNA FLOTA (7); 

RAQUEL RIVERA (10); 

BRIAN MARTINEZ (11); 

ROSIE MORENO (12); 

JUAN EUGENE PERALES (15); 

TANILO GEORGE RODRIGUEZ a.k.a. George (16); 

JOSE NEFTALI VIDAURRI-MORALES a.k.a. Lexus (17); 

ROBERTO LOPEZ (18); 

JASON GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) 

knowingly, intentionally, and unlawfully conspired, combined, confederated, and agreed 

together, and with each other, and with others to the Grand Jury known and unknown, to commit 

offenses against the United States, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, that 

is to say, they conspired to possess a controlled substance, which offense involved 

methamphetamine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, with intent to distribute same, contrary 

to Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841 (a)(1) in the quantities set forth below: 

QUANTITY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE INVOLVED IN THE CONSPIRACY 

The quantity of cocaine involved in the conspiracy and attributable to each Defendant as a 

result of each Defendant's own conduct and as a result of the conduct of other conspirators 

reasonably foreseeable to each Defendant is as follows: 

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DEFENDANT QUANTITY STATUTE 

AL1'IA LUGO (1) 500 grams or more of a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) 

mixture or substance (viii) 

containing a detectable 

amount of 

methamphetamine and 

50 grams or more of 

methamphetamine 

JOSEFINA GARZA (2) 500 grams or more of a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) 

mixture or substance (viii) 

containing a detectable 

amount of 

methamphetamine and 

50 grams or more of 

methamphetamine 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3) 500 grams or more of a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) 

mixture or substance (viii) 

containing a detectable 

amount of 

methamphetamine and 

50 grams or more of 

methamphetamine 

BRANDON GRAVES a.k.a. B-Loc 50 grams or more of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) 

(5) methamphetamine (viii) 

MICHAEL SCHMIDT (6) 50 grams or more of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) 

methamphetamine (viii) 

ANNA FLOTA (7) 50 grams or more of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) 

methamphetamine (viii) 

RAQUEL RIVERA (10) a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of 

methamphetamine 

BRIAN MARTINEZ (11) 500 grams or more of a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) 

mixture or substance (viii) 

containing a detectable 

amount of 

methamphetamine and 

50 grams or more of 

methamphetamine 

ROSIE MORENO (12) a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of 

methamphetamine 

JUAN EUGENE PERALES (15) a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

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or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of 

methamphetamine 

TANILO GEORGE RODRIGUEZ a quantity of a mixture 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) 

a.k.a. George (16) or substance 

containing a detectable 

amount of 

methamphetamine 

JOSE NEFTALI VIDAUR1U- 50 grams or more of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) 

MORALES a.k.a. Lexus (17) methamphetamine (viii) 

ROBERTO LOPEZ (18); 500 grams or more of a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) 

mixture or substance (viii) 

containing a detectable 

amount of 

methamphetamine and 

50 grams or more of 

methamphetamine 

JASON GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) 500 grams or more of a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) 

mixture or substance (viii) 

containing a detectable 

amount of 

methamphetamine and 

50 grams or more of 

methamphetamine 

All in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846. 

Before ANNA FLOTA (7) committed the offense charged in this count, ANNA FLOTA 

(7) was convicted of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a serious drug felony, for 

which she served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which she was released from 

serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the commencement of 

the instant offense. 

Before JUAN EUGENE PERALES (15) committed the offense charged in this count, 

JUAN EUGENE PERALES (15) was convicted of Conspiray to Possess with Intent to Distribute 

a Controlled Substance, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of 

imprisonment and for which he was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to 

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that offense within 15 years of the commencement of the instant offense. 

Before JASON GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) committed the offense charged in this count, JASON 

GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) was convicted of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a serious 

drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which he was 

released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the 

commencement of the instant offense. 

COUNT FIVE 

(18 U.S.C. §1956(a)(1)(A)(i) & (B)(i) & (ii) & (h)) 

That on or about March 22, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, and elsewhere, the 

Defendants, 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3) and 

ROSIE MORENO (12), 

did knowingly conspire and agree with others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to 

knowingly conduct and attempt to conduct financial transactions affecting interstate commerce, 

knowing that the property involved in such financial transactions represented the proceeds of some 

form of unlawful activity, such property being, in fact, the proceeds of a specified unlawful 

activity, to wit: conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance with the 

intent to promote the carrying on of said specified unlawful activity, in violation of Title 18, United 

States Code, Section 1956(a)(1)(A)(i). 

All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(a)(l) & (h). 

COUNT SIX 

(18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i) & 2) 

On or about May 8, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendants, 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3) and 

ROBERTO LOPEZ (18), 10 

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in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime of possession with the intent to distribute 

methamphetamine and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, did 

knowingly possess a firearm, that is a Springfield XD .45 caliber handgun; and did aid and abet 

therein, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1 )(A)(i) and 2. 

COUNT SEVEN 

(21 U.S.C. § 846 & 841(a)(l)) 

That beginning on or about May of 2018 and continuing through and including on or 

about October 2018, in the Western District of Texas and elsewhere, Defendants, 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3); 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4); and 

BRANDON GRAVES a.k.a. B-Loc(5); 

knowingly, intentionally, and unlawfully conspired, combined, confederated, and agreed together, 

and with each other, and with others to the Grand Jury known and unknown, to commit offenses 

against the United States, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, that is to say, 

they conspired to possess a controlled substance, which offense involved cocaine base, also known 

as "crack", a Schedule II Controlled Substance, with intent to distribute same, contrary to Title 21, 

United States Code, Sections 841(a)(l) in the quantities set forth below: 

QUANTITY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE INVOLVED IN THE CONSPIRACY 

The quantity of cocaine base involved in the conspiracy and attributable to each Defendant 

as a result of each Defendant's own conduct and as a result of the conduct of other conspirators 

reasonably foreseeable to each Defendant is as follows: 

DEFENDANT QUANTITY STATUTE 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3) 28 grams or more of a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(l)(B)(iii) 

mixture or substance 

containing cocaine 

base 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) 28 grams or more of a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B)(iii) 

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containing cocaine 

base 

BRANDON GRAVES a.k.a. B-Loc 28 grams or more of a 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B)(iii) 

(5) mixture or substance 

containing cocaine 

base 

All in violation of Title 21, United States code, Section 846. 

Before RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) committed the offense charged in this count, 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) was convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute cocaine 

Base, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which 

he was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the 

commencement of the instant offense. 

COUNT EIGHT 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)) 

That on or about May 30, 2018, in the Western District of Texas, Defendant, 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4), 

knowingly and intentionally distributed a controlled substance, which offense involved a mixture 

and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, also known as crack, a Schedule II 

Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841 (a)( 1) and 

841(b)(1)(C). 

Before RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) committed the offense charged in this count, 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) was convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine 

Base, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which 

he was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the 

commencement of the instant offense. 

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COUNT NINE 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)) 

That on or about July 2, 2018, in the Western District of Texas, Defendant, 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4), 

knowingly and intentionally distributed a controlled substance, which offense involved a mixture 

and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, also known as crack, a Schedule II 

Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841 (a)( 1) and 

841(b)(1)(C). 

Before RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) committed the offense charged in this count, 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) was convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine 

Base, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which 

he was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the 

commencement of the instant offense. 

COUNT TEN 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(l) & 18 U.S.C. § 2) 

That on or about July 13, 2018, in the Western District of Texas, Defendants, 

RONALD CLARK a.ka. Screw (4), and 

BRANDON GRAVES a.k.a. B-Loc (5), 

knowingly and intentionally distributed a controlled substance, and aided and abetted the knowing 

and intentional distribution of a controlled substance, which offense involved a mixture and 

substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, also known as crack, a Schedule II 

Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(l), 

841(b)(1)(C) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2. 

Before RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) committed the offense charged in this count, 13 

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RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) was convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine 

Base, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which 

he -was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the 

commencement of the instant offense. 

COUNT ELEVEN 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)) 

That on or about July 27, 2018, in the Western District of Texas, Defendant, 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4), 

knowingly and intentionally distributed a controlled substance, which offense involved a mixture 

and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, also known as crack, a Schedule II 

Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1) and 

841 (b)(l )(C). 

Before RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) committed the offense charged in this count, 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) was convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine 

Base, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which 

he was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the 

commencement of the instant offense. 

COUNT TWELVE 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)) 

That on or about August 24, 2018, in the Western District of Texas, Defendant, 

BRANDON GRAVES a.k.a. B-Loc (5), 

knowingly and intentionally distributed a controlled substance, which offense involved a mixture 

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Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1) and 

841(b)(l)(C). 

COUNT THIRTEEN 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(l)) 

That on or about October 16, 2018, in the Western District of Texas, Defendant, 

BRAN])ON GRAVES a.k.a. B-Loc (5), 

knowingly and intentionally distributed a controlled substance, which offense involved a mixture 

and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, also known as crack, a Schedule II 

Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1) and 

841(b)(1)(C). 

COUNT FOURTEEN 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)) 

That on or about October 19, 2018, in the Western District of Texas, Defendant, 

BRANDON GRAVES a.k.a. B-Loc (5), 

knowingly and intentionally distributed a controlled substance, which offense involved a mixture 

and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, also known as crack, a Schedule II 

Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841 (a)( 1) and 

841(b)(1)(C). 

COUNT FIFTEEN 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)) 

That on or about June 24, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendant, 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4), 

knowingly and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute a controlled substance,, which 

offense involved a quantity of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, 

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a Schedule II Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841 (a)( 1) 

and 841(b)(l)(C). 

Before RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) committed the offense charged in this count, 

RONALD CLARK a.k.a. Screw (4) was convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine 

Base, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which 

he was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the 

commencement of the instant offense. 

COUNT SIXTEEN 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)) 

That on or about June 24, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendant, 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3), 

knowingly and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute a controlled substance, which 

offense involved a quantity of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, 

a Schedule II Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 

841(a)(1). and 841(b)(1)(C). 

COUNT SEVENTEEN 

(21 U.S.C. §841(a)(1)) 

That on or about February 4, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendant, 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3), 

knowingly and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute a controlled substance, which 

offense involved 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, in 

violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B)(viii). 

COUNT EIGHTEEN 

(21 U.S.C. §84l(a)(l)) 

That on or about March 5, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendant, 

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JESSE ESCOBEDO (3), 

knowingly and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute a controlled substance, which 

offense involved 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, in 

violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(l) and 841(b)(l)(B)(viii). 

COUNT NINETEEN 

(21 U.S.C. §841(a)(l) and 18 U.S.C. § 2) 

That on or about January 22, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendant, 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3), and 

MICHAEL SCIIIMIDT (6), 

knowingly and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and aided 

and abetting the knowing and intentional possession with intent to distribute a controlled 

substance, which offense involved 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, a Schedule II 

Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(l), 

841(b)(l)(B)(viii) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2. 

COUNT TWENTY 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2) 

That on or about January 22, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendants, 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3), and 

MICHAEL SCHMIDT (6), 

knowingly and intentionally distributed a controlled substance, and aided and abetted the knowing 

and intentional distribution of a controlled substance, which offense involved a mixture and 

substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, in 

violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 84l(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C) and Title 18, United 

States Code, Section 2. 

COUNT TWENTY-ONE 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. §2) 

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That beginning on or about March 24,2019, and continuing through and including on or 

about April 1, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendants, 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3); 

BRANDON GRAVES a.k.a. B-Loc (5); 

ANNA FLOTA (7); 

JOSE NEFTALI VIDAURRI-MORALE5 a.k.a. Lexus (17); and 

JASON GIL (21) 

knowingly and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and aided 

and abetted the knowing and intentional possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 

which offense involved 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable 

amount of methamphetamine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United 

States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(viii) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2. 

Before ANNA FLOTA (7) committed the offense charged in this count, ANNA FLOTA 

(7) was convicted of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a serious drug felony, for 

which she served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which she was released from 

serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the commencement of 

the instant offense. 

Before JASON GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) committed the offense charged in this count, JASON 

GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) was convicted of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a serious 

drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which he was 

released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the 

commencement of the instant offense. 

COUNT TWENTY-TWO 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. §2) 

That beginning on or about May 4, 2019, and continuing through and including on or 

about May 8, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendants, 18 

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JESSE ESCOBEDO (3); 

ROBERTO LOPEZ (18); and 

JASON GIL (21) 

knowingly and intentionally possessed with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and aided 

and abetted the knowing and intentional possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 

which offense involved 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable 

amount of methamphetamine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, in violation of Title 21, United 

States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(l)(A)(viii) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2. 

Before JASON GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) committed the offense charged in this count, JASON 

GIL a.k.a. Jay (21) was convicted of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a serious 

drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and for which he was 

released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the 

commencement of the instant offense. 

COUNT TWENTY-THREE 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2) 

That on or about August 6, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendants, 

JESSE ESCOBEDO (3); 

RUSSELL BOSQUEZ (8); and 

REYNALDO GIL a.k.a. Fatboy (13); 

knowingly and intentionally distributed a controlled substance, and aided and abetted the knowing 

and intentional distribution of a controlled substance, which offense involved a mixture and 

substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, in 

violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C). 

Before REYNALDO GIL a.k.a. Fatboy (13) committed the offense charged in this count, 

REYNALDO GIL a.k.a. Fatboy (13) was convicted of Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled 

Substance, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months of imprisonment and 19 

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for which he was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to that offense within 15 

years of the commencement of the instant offense. 

COUNT TWENTY-FOUR 

(21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2) 

That on or about August 8, 2019, in the Western District of Texas, Defendants, 

ROCKY CARDENAS (9) 

ARTURO ROMERO (19) 

RICHARD DANIEL GARCIA (20) 

LUIS RANGEL HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14) 

knowingly and intentionally distributed a controlled substance, and aided and abetted the knowing 

and intentional distribution of a controlled substance, which offense involved a mixture and 

substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, in 

violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and Title 18, United 

States Code, Section 2. 

Before LUIS RANGEL HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14) committed the offense charged 

in this count, in 2009, LUIS RANGEL HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14) was convicted of 

Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a serious drug felony, for which he served more 

than 12 months of imprisonment and for which he was released from serving any term of 

imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the commencement of the instant 

offense. Before LUIS RANGEL HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14) committed the offense charged 

in this count, in 2010, LUIS RANGEL HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14) was convicted of 

Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a serious drug felony, for which he served more 

than 12 months of imprisonment and for which he was released from serving any term of 

imprisonment related to that offense within 15 years of the commencement of the instant offense. 

Before RICHARD DANIEL GARCIA (20) committed the offense charged in this count, 

RICHARD DANIEL GARCIA (20) was convicted of Conspiray to Possess with Intent to 

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Distribute a Controlled Substance, a serious drug felony, for which he served more than 12 months 

of imprisonment and for which he was released from serving any term of imprisonment related to 

that offense within 15 years of the commencement of the instant offense. 

NOTICE OF GOVERNMENT'S DEMAND FOR FORFEITURE 

[See Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2] I. Drug Violations and Forfeiture Statutes 

[Title 21 U.S.C. § 841 & 846, 

subject to forfeiture pursuant to Title 21 U.S.C. § 853(a)(1) & (2)] 

As a result of the foregoing violations set forth in Counts One, Three, Four, and Seven to 

Twenty-Four, the United States of America gives notice to the Defendants of its intent to seek the 

forfeiture of property, including the items described below, upon conviction and as part of 

sentencing, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim P. 32.2 and Title 21 U.S.C. § 853(a)(1) & (2), which state: 

Title 21 U.S.C. § 853. Criminal forfeitures 

(a) Property subject to criminal forfeitures. 

Any person convicted of a violation ofthis subchapter or subchapter II of this 

chapter punishable by imprisonment for more than one year shall forfeit to the 

United States, irrespective of any provision of State law.-- 

(1) any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the person 

obtained, directly or indirectly, as the result of such violation; 

(2) any of the person's property used, or intended to be used, in any 

manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, such violation. 

II. 

Firearms Violations and Forfeiture Statutes 

[Title 18 U.S.C. 924(c), subject to forfeiture pursuant to Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(d)(1), made 

applicable to criminal forfeiture by Title 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c)] 

As a result of the foregoing violations set forth in Counts Two and Six, the United States 

of America gives notice to the Defendants of its intent seek the forfeiture of property, including 

the items described below, upon conviction and as part of sentencing, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim P. 

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32.2 and Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(d)(1) (made applicable to criminal forfeiture by Title 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2461(c)), which states: 

Title 18 U.S.C. § 924. Penalties 

(d)(1) Any firearm or ammunition involved in or used in. . . knowing violation of 

section 924. . . shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture. . . under the provisions of 

this chapter.... 

III. 

Money Laundering Violations and Forfeiture Statutes 

[Title 18 U.S.C. 1956, subject to forfeiture pursuant to Title 18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(1) 

As a result of the foregoing violations set forth in Count Five, the United States of America 

gives notice to the Defendants of its intent to seek the forfeiture of property, including the items 

described below, upon conviction and as part of sentencing, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim P. 32.2 and 

Title 18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(1), which states: 

Title 18 U.S.C. § 982. Criminal forfeiture 

(a)(1) The court, in imposing sentence on a person convicted of an offense in 

violation of section 1956, 1957, or 1960 of this title, shall order that the person 

forfeit to the United States any property, real or personal, involved in such offense, 

or any property traceable to such property. 

This Notice of Demand for Forfeiture includes but is not limited to the following property: 

IV. 

PERSONAL PROPERTY 

1. DPMS 223 Model AR-15 Assault Rifle 

2. Smith & Wesson M&P .40 Caliber handgun 

3. Bersa Tunder .380 Caliber handgun 

4. Taurus PT 738 .380 Caliber handgun 

5. Jinienez JA .380 Caliber handgun 

6. Springfield XI) .45 caliber handgun; and 

7, Any and all ammunition and firearm accessories. 

V. 

REAL PROPERTY 

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Real Property located and situated at 765 Geronimo Dr., Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas, 78155, with all buildings, appurtenances, and improvements thereon and any and 

all surface and sub-surface rights, title, and interests, if any, and being more fully described 

as follows: 

10 SUR: M CHERINO 1.9400AC MH=PFS0780151/152. 

VI. 

MONEY JUDGMENT 

Money Judgment: A sum of money that each defendant is solely liable for which is equal 

to: the proceeds he/she obtained directly or indirectly from; any facilitating property he/she 

used or intended to use in; and/or any property he/she involved in the violations set forth 

above. 

VII. 

SUBSTITUTE PROPERTY 

If any of the proceeds from the violations above, any of the facilitating property used or 

intended to be used in the violations above, and any of the property involved in the violations 

above, including the items specifically described above as being subject to forfeiture, as a result 

of any act or omission of the Defendants: 

a. cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; 

b. has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a thirci,party; 

c. has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court; 

d. has been substantially diminished in value; or 

e. has been commingled with other property which cannot be divided without difficulty; 

it is the intent of the United States of America to seek the forfeiture of any other property owned 

by the Defendants, up to the value of his/her individual money judgment, as substitute property, 

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pursuant to Title 21 U.S.C. 853(p) and Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(e)(1). 

JOHN F. BASH 

UNITED ST. 

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A TRUE BILL 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

SAN ANTONIO DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, § § 

§ v. § § 

§ LUIS HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14) § § 

FILED 

FEB -5 2020 

CLERK, US. DISTRIGF C1iEK/' 

WESTERN DISTRICT OF 

BY 

DEP 

Cause No.: 5:1 9-CR-227-FB 

GOVERNMENT'S MOTION FOR DETENTION HEARING, FOR DETENTION, 

AND FOR CONTINUANCE 

TO THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE: 

The Government, by and through the United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas 

and the undersigned Assistant United States Attorney, and pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3141, et. seq, moves 

for pretrial detention of Defendant; for a detention hearing regarding the above-named Defendant; and 

for a continuance of said hearing. In support of these motions, the Government shows as follows: 

I. MOTION FOR DETENTION HEARING 

The Government requests that a hearing be set regarding detention pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 

3142(f), as this matter involves one of more of the following: 

an offense with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment or death 

a qualif'ing controlled substance offense with a maximum sentence of 10 years or more 

a felony offense that involves the possession or use of a firearm (including but not limited to 

felon in possession of a firearm), destructive device, or any other dangerous weapon 

a felony offense that is a crime of violence as defined under 18 U.S.C. § 3156(a)(4) to include 

a felony offense under 18 U.S.C. chapter 77, 109a, 110 or 117 

a felony offense that involves a minor victim 

an offense that involves failure to register as a sex offender under 18 U.S.C. § 2250 

a serious risk that the Defendant will flee 

a serious risk that the Defendant will obstruct or attempt to obstruct justice 

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II. MOTION FOR DETENTION 

Grounds for detention. The Government further requests that Defendant be detained pending 

trial in this case pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § § 3141(a) and 3142(e), because no condition or combination 

of conditions will reasonably assure: 

Defendant's appearance as required 

IZIthe safety of any other person or the community 

III. MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE 

Three-day continuance. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3142(f), the Government moves for a threeday continuance of the detention hearing in the matter. 

IV. NOTICE OF REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION IN FAVOR OF DETENTION 

Presumption of detention. In addition, the Government gives notice that 18 U.S.C. § 

3 142(e)(3) establishes a rebuttable presumption that no condition or combination of conditions will 

reasonably assure the appearance of the person as required and the safety of the community, because 

there is probable cause to believe that Defendant committed: 

a qualifying controlled substance offense with a maximum sentence of 10 years or more 

an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) 

an offense under 18 U.S.C. chapter 77 for which a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 

years or more is prescribed 

a qualifying offense involving a minor victim 

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V. NOTICE OF APPLICABILITY OF TEMPORARY DETENTION OF UP TO 10 DAYS 

Temporary detention. The Government gives notice, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3 142(d), that 

Defendant is subject to temporary detention of up to ten days, as Defendant may flee or pose a danger 

to any other person or the community, and Defendant was: 

at the time the offense was committed, on release pending trial for a felony offense 

at the time the offense was committed, on release pending imposition or execution of 

sentence, appeal of sentence or conviction, or completion of sentence for an offense 

at the time the offense was committed, on probation or parole for an offense 

and is not, a United States citizen or not admitted lawfully for permanent residence 

Respectfully submitted, 

JOHN F. BASH 

United States Attorney 

IS! 

BY: 

Daphne D. Newaz 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Bar No. 24056036 

601 NW Loop 410, Suite 600 

San Antonio, Texas 78216-5512 

Phone: (210) 384-7100 

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE COURT 

WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

SAN ANTONIO DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, V. LUIS HERNANDEZ a.k.a. Blue (14) 

Defendant. 

I) 1 0 JI 

Cause No.: 5: 19-CR-227-FB 

On this date the Court considered the Government's Motion to Detain Defendant, and the 

Court having reviewed said motion enters the following Orders: 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Defendant be temporarily detained pending a 

hearing on the Government's Motion and until further Order of the Court, pursuant to 18 USC 

3142(f). 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant's bond hearing is set for 

at a.m. I p.m. 

SIGNED AND ENTERED on: 

RICHARD B. FARRER 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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