Final Defendant Extradited in Colombia-to-U.S. Cocaine Case as All Nine Enter U.S. Custody

Overview

• Luis Guillermo Peralta Pacheco was extradited from Colombia and made his initial appearance in federal court in El Paso on Monday.
• A March 2022 indictment in the Western District of Texas charges nine Colombian nationals with conspiracies to import and distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.
• Investigators report seizing about 24 kilograms of cocaine during the multi-year investigation that identified the alleged supplier network.
• The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs and its Bogotá judicial attaché worked with the Colombian government to secure all nine arrests and extraditions.
• The FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security Investigations lead the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Adrian Rosales is prosecuting it; all defendants are presumed innocent.