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25 Floridians charged with narcotics trafficking

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Twenty-five Florida residents were charged in a 54-count indictment with narcotics trafficking in connection with their participation in a conspiracy to possess and distribute multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine. The charges are part of a national operation and coordinated takedown, known as Project Deliverance. The South Florida investigation, which commenced in August 2009, is known locally as Operation Mexican Minute and was a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, and the Highlands County Sheriff's Office.

The South Florida indictment charges the following defendants:

• Joseli Davila, 36, of Boynton Beach;
• Placido Martinez-Resendiz, 23, of West Palm Beach;
• Edgar Orosco, 24, of Lake Placid;
• Jose Guadalupe Resenitz-Ordona, 31, of Boynton Beach;
• John Doe, 37, of Boynton Beach;
• Cesar Ramos Alvarado, 37, of West Palm Beach;
• Oscar Ramos, 22, of Lake Placid;
• Armando Resendiz, 28, of Lake Placid;
• Cesar Fortanel, 29, of La Belle;
• Salvador Ramos Alvarado, 26, of Delray Beach;
• Ivan Camacho Hernandez, 26, of Lake Worth;
• Vicente Fortanel, 23, of La Belle;
• Angel Zavala Soto, 30,of Palm Beach Gardens;
• J Guadalupe Garcia-Landaverde, 38, of West Palm Beach;
• Ricardo Perez-Figueroa, 37, of West Palm Beach;
• Gerardo Martinez, 23, of Lake Placid;
• Sulema Salcedo Chavez, 21, of Lake Placid;
• Enrique Garcia Redon, 23, of Lehigh Acres;
• Bladimir Lopez, 25, of West Palm Beach;
• Timothy Isaguirre, 30, of West Palm Beach;
• Jorge Herrera Luviano, 30, of Lake Worth;
• Israel Villanueva, 32, of Lakeland;
• Alejandro Becerra, 23, of Lake Placid;
• Victor Olvera, 27, of Lake Placid; and
• Gregory Rivera, 30, of Boynton Beach.

"Project Deliverance identified and dismantled a group of Mexican drug traffickers distributing multi-kilograms of cocaine per month. These traffickers were able to create significant transportation routes from Mexico to the residents of Florida," said Drug Enforcement Administration Miami Field Division Special Agent in Charge Mark R. Trouville.