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UNITED STATES DIsTRIcT COURKUDlSTCTCOURT 

br th WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

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United States of America 

-' "° 4 20-MJ-841 

CRIMINALCOMPLAINT 

I. the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and hdicf 

On or dhout thc date(s) 01 __ / in the counts of 0 in the 

District of To: , the defendant(s) violated: 

Code Section Offeoe Description 

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This criminal complaint is based on these facts: 

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Continued on the attached sheet. 

Sorn to before me and signed in my 

Date: 

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ATTACHMENT 

Defendants: 

(I) Gabriel Fernando OLIVARES 

(2) Carlas Alberta ARAUJOGastelurn 

(3) Bomber Josbel ARAWOVega 

(4) Marcelo HERNANDEZAratjo 

FACTS:. 

On April 13, 2020, at approximateLy 250 AM. United Stote Border Patrol agents were patrolling the Van 

Horn, Texas area of responsibility in Culberson County, in the Western District of Texas. A USBP agent 

observed a dark colored sport utility vchcle drive south on Golf Course road on the West side of Van 

Horn, Texas. The USI3P agent knows tiolf Course toad to he restricted and closed to public use outside of 

normal business hours, in addition to knowing that the sante area is a common loading spot for illegal alien 

and illegal narcotic smuggling. 

The USBP agent folloed the vehicle eastbou:td toward lnte uc 18 and requested a registration cheek on the Texas heenseplate GXK7876 11w velude was identitied as a 2007 Cadillac Lscalade registered out of 

Fort Worth, 'l'cxas ftc agent noticed several band prints on the tailgate of the vehicle as if it were used 

recently. The Cadillac did not show any crossing through the 1iSlW Sierra Blanca Checkpoint. Throuch 

the agenas held experience, the agent knows it to be common practice in the area for smugglers to trasel 

from eastern areas to Van Horn, picknp ilkgd contraband and return eastbound to avoid the IJSBP 

Checkpoints. 

At approximately 3:00 AM, the USL3P agent initiated his emergency lights and conducted a vehicle stop near mile uaarker 133 on Interstate U, east of Van Horn, Texas, The agent approached the vehicLe and 

asked thit driser to lower his rear dner-side windoss fat satet concerns. The agent observed ton 

additional nasseniters in the second row, along sith seseral large rectangular burlap bags that were consistent suth narcotics smuggling in the area, '[he driver was identified as Gabriel Fernando O1.1VARES, 

who admitted to being a United States citizen. The remaining three passengers admitted to being citizens of 

Mexico and were not in possession ofdocurnents allowine them to remain in the United States egal1v. 

Additional USBP agents, along with asIgned canine, arrived to assist the tnestigation \ canine stutiof 

the thtee burlap bags yielded a positive alert for the presence oh concealed humans tituLar narcattc, All 

four individuals were placed under arrest and transported to the L.SBP Van Horn Station 1sr further 

invesuganon and processing. 

After arriving at the USJ3P Van Horn station the three paeners were identified as Carlos Alberta 

ARAUJO"Gastelum; Bomber Josbel ARALiU-Veea. and Marcela UERNANDFZ-Araujo. The contents of' 

the burlap bags revealed n green leafy substance, which tested positive for the properties and charactcnsties 

of marijuana The total weight ofthe marijuana was 72.3 kilorratiss t,L59,3 pounds). The Big Bend SeLtor 

Border Intelligence Center was notified of the seizure and comacted The Drug Enitircement Administration 

(DIA) Alpine Office, 

On April 13, 2020, Task Force Officer Eric Banegas and Special Agent Idowu Odutola of the DEA Alpine 

Resident Officc rcspondcd to the USBP station in Van ibm, IX, to assist with the investigatton Each 

subiect was advised of.his rights individually, via DEA-l3h I hiec of the subjects invoked their right to 

having an atIorne present, H umber ARAUJO-Vega agreed to speak with agents without an attorney 

present. ARM JO*Vega admitted that he. ARALtJO Gastelum and lIERNAND[LZ'Araujt smuggled the 

marijuana into the United States fioni Mexico with the intent to deliver for finanual gaiti ARAL'JO-Vea 

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also aJmeted that the dner OL VARL S bud picked up hi group and the bundk thai iine da rn Van 

torn. Te'as. 

Aprfl 14, 2020. 

lasktorceOlhcer 

Drug En(orcement AdministratiOn 

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