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    UNIJLD

    STATES DISTRICT

    COURT

    SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

    Pla in t i f f

    v.

    MARIO S TABRAUE,

    GUILLERMO TABRAUE, SR.,

    FRANCISCO QUINTANA,

    a / k / a

    "PUPI",

    JOSE LABRADA,

    a / k / a JOE

    VULCANO

    ORLANDO

    CICILIA,

    MIGUEL RAMIREZ,

    EDUARDO

    FERNANDEZ-CARDULI,

    CARLOS PAZOS-SANTANA,

    ANTONIO MUN O,

    JOSE

    PEPE

    ACOSTA,

    LUIS VALDESUSO,

    a /k/a FLACO ,

    a /k / a "RECITO",

    JUAN PORTt ONDO,

    and

    PHILIP EPSTEIN

    Defendants.

    NO. 87-928-Cr-KEHOE(S)

    18

    usc §1962(d)

    usc §1962 c )

    18

    usc Sl963

    18 usc §2

    21 USC SB48

    21 usc §846

    21 usc

    S963

    21

    usc §952

    21 USC §841 (a)

    (1)

    18 USC

    S1952

    (a) (3)

    18 usc S1503

    18

    usc §1512(b)

    26 usc §5861 (d)

    26

    usc

    §5871

    SUPERSEDING

    INDICTMENT

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    The

    Grand Jury

    charges

    that:

    THE ENTERPRISE

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    From an unknown date

    bel ieved

    to

    be

    in the Summer

    of

    1976

    and

    continuing up to and

    including December

    16 1987

     

    the

    d.efendants

    MARIO S.

    TABRAUE,

    GUILLERMO TABRAUE, SR.,

    FRANCISCO QUINTANA, a /k / a •pupr•,

    JOSE LABRADA a /k / a JOE VULCANO

    ORLANDO CIC LIA,

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    MIGUEL RAMIREZ,

    EDU RDO

    FERNANDEZ-CARDULI,

    CARLOS PAZOS-SANTANA,

    ANTONIO MUNIO,

    and

    JOSE PEPE ACOSTA,

    and

    o t h e r s

    known

    and

    unknown

    to

    t h e

    grand

    j u ry ,

    did

    c o n s t i t u t e

    an

    e n t e r p r i s e ,

    ( The Enterp r i se )

    wi th in

    t he meaning

    of

    T i t l e 18,

    Uni ted S t a t e s Code,

    Sec t i o n 1961{4) ,

    t ha t

    s a

    group

    o f

    i n d i v i -

    duals associated in fact

    which

    engaged

    in various criminal

    a c t i v i t i e s cons i s t ing

    of :

    conspi racy to import and

    the

    impor-

    t a t ion of marijuana, a Schedule I controlled substance, in

    v io la t ion

    o f

    Ti t l e

    21, United

    Sta tes

    Code, Sec t ions 952 and 963;

    consp i racy

    to

    possess

    and

    d i s t r i b u t e , t he possess ion

    with

    i n t e n t

    to d i s t r ibu te ,

    and

    dis t r ibu t ion

    of marijuana,

    a

    Schedule

    I

    cont ro l led substance, and coca ine , a Schedule

    I I

    narco t ic

    con t ro l l ed subs t ance , i n v io l a t i on o f T i t l e

    21

    1

    Uni ted Sta t e s

    Code,

    Sec t i o n s

    84l{a)

    1}

    and

    846i t r a v e l in i n t e r s t a t e commerce

    to f a c i l i t a t e a cocaine bus iness , in v io l a t i on

    o f

    T i t l e

    18,

    Uni ted Sta t e s Code, Sec t ion 1952 a)

    (3};

    murder , in v io l a t i on

    of

    Flor ida Sta tu t e 782.04; accessory

    a f t e r

    the

    f a c t

    to murder in

    v i o l a t i o n

    of F lor ida

    Sta tu t e s

    777.03

    and

    775.082t

    and obs t ruc t ion

    of

    j u s t i c e ,

    in

    v io l a t i on

    of

    T i t l e

    18, United

    Sta t e s

    Code,

    Se c t i o n s 1503 and 1512(b) .

    ROLES

    OF THE

    DEFENDANTS

    2. The

    ro le o f

    the defendants in the bus iness

    o f

    the

    Ente rp r i se was as fol lows:

    A.

    M RIO 5 .

    T BR UE a r ranged fo r

    the impor ta t ion ,

    d i s t r i b u t i o n and sa le

    of

    l a rge quan t i

    t i e s

    of i l l e ga l drugs on

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    ( . I

    .

    behal f

    of

    the

    Enterpr i se . To conduct the drug bus iness , MARIO s .

    TABRAUE arranged for the impor tat ion of mari juana and for i t s

    s a l e in t he Unit.ed

    Sta tes

    a f t e r t was i l l e g a l l y impor ted . At

    t imes ,

    MARIO

    S. TABRAUE broke red the

    loads

    by ar rang ing fo r

    d i r e c t

    shipment

    to c l ien t s of the En terpr i se .

    on

    othe r

    occa-

    s i o n s ,

    MARIO

    S. TABRAUE

    took

    d e l iv e r y

    of the mar i juana and

    s to red

    t

    in s tash houses , con t ro l l ed by

    t he

    Enterpr i se , u n t i l t was

    so ld

    and d e l iv e r ed

    to

    a c l i e n t o f

    the Enterpr i se .

    MARIO S.

    ' 'ABRADE e i t h e r purchased ,

    brok:ered,

    o r

    had

    a j o i n t

    f inancia l

    i n t e r e s t in

    mar i juana loads imported by FRANCISCO QUINTANA

    a /k /a

    PUPI

     

    and others . The Enterpr i se a l so received and d is t r ibu ted

    l a rg e q u a n t i t i e s

    of cocaine .

    MARIO S. TABRAUE and

    h i s fa ther ,

    GUILLERMO

    TABRAUE,

    SR. received

    1

    col lec ted and

    d is t r ibu ted

    the

    proceeds

    from t h e

    sa le

    o f mari juana and cocaine on

    b eh a l f

    of the

    E n t e rp r i s e .

    B.

    GUILLERMO TABRAUE SR. operated t h e Guil le rmo

    Tabraue Jewel ry

    s to re a t 940 west Fl ag l e r

    St r ee t ,

    Miami, Flor ida

    ( he r e ina f t e r

    re fe r red to as the jewelry storert) • GUILLERMO

    TABRAUE

    SR.

    as s i s t ed h i s son, defendant MARIO

    S.

    TABRAUE by

    plac ing hi s

    son, defendant

    MARIO

    s.

    TABRAUE

    1

    i n

    co n tac t

    with

    drug

    impor ter s and

    d is t r ibu to r s wbo frequented

    the j ewel ry

    s tore .

    Many

    o f

    the

    drug impor ters

    and d i s t r i b u t o r s ,

    who

    were associa ted

    wi th

    the Enterpr i se ,

    inc lud ing de fendant FRANCISCO QUINTANA

    a / k / a PUPI , were in t roduced

    to

    defendant MARIO s . TABRAUE

    y

    GUILLERMO TABRAUE SR. for t he

    purpose

    o f

    promoting

    and

    expanding

    t h e E n t e r p r i s e s drug

    business. In

    ad d i t i o n ,

    defendant

    GUILLERMO

    TABRAUE

    SR.

    was re spons ib le

    for co l l ec t i n g ,

    r ece iv in g and

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    .

    disburs ing

    mil l ions of dol lars

    in

    cash proceeds generated

    by the

    Enterpr ise .

    Speci f ica l ly defendant

    GUILLERMO TABRAUE

    SR. acted

    as a clear ing house far drug associates of the Enterpr ise

    receiving

    and

    disbursing payments for

    and on

    behalf

    of the

    importers

    suppl ie r s and

    d i s t r ibu to r s

    and co l l ec t ing payments

    from c l i en t s of the Enterprise.

    C. FRANCISCO QUINTANA,

    a /k /a

    PUPl

    was

    assoc ia ted

    with

    and par t ic ipated

    in

    the a f fa i r s of the Enterprise by import

    ing

    large

    quant i t ies of marijuana in to the

    United States for

    and

    on

    beha l f o f defendant MARIO s. TABRAUE and the En te rp r ise .

    D. JOSE LABRADA a /k/ a JOE VULCANO off

    l oaded

    pos-

    sessed

     

    t ransfer red

    and dis t r ibuted marijuana and cocaine

    for the

    Enterpr ise .

    E. ORLANDO

    CICILIA received possessed warehoused

    and

    d is t r ibu ted quan t i t i e s

    of cocaine for

    and

    on behal f of the

    Enterpr i se .

    F. MIGUEL RAMIREZ rece ived possessed and d is t r ibu ted

    quan t i t i e s of

    marijuana for the

    Enterpr i se .

    G. EDUARDO FERNANDEZ-CARDULI suppl ied machine

    guns

    and s i lencers to the Enterprise and otherwise associa ted with

    and

    par t ic ipated in the a f fa i r s of the Enterpr i se .

    H.

    CARLOS

    PAZOS-SANTANA

    received

    possessed

    and

    d is t r ibu ted quan t i t i e s of mari juana and cocaine for the Enter-

    prise .

    I

    ANTONIO

    MUNIO

    was

    a

    so ld i e r

    or employee

    o f the

    Enterpr i se and as

    such ass i s t ed

    the Enterpr i se in of f - loading

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    s ta r ing guarding, t r ansfe r r ing and d is t r ibu t ing

    mari juana

    and

    cocaine for the Enterpr ise.

    J . JOSE PEPE

    ACOSTA

    was

    a

    s o l d i e r

    o r employee

    o f

    t he

    Enterpr i se

    and

    as such,

    ass i s t ed the Enterpr i se

    in

    of f - loading

    s to r ing

    guarding,

    t ransfer r ing ana d i s t r i b u t i n g

    mari juana

    and

    cocaine

    far the Enterpr ise.

    PURPOSE, OBJECTS AND

    OPERATION OF

    THE

    ENTERPRISE

    3. The Enterprise

    1

    operated

    in

    the fol lowing manner;

    The Enterpr i se

    impor ted

    in to the

    United Sta t e s

    la rge loads o f mari juana for domestic

    d i s t r i b u t i o n

    and

    sa le .

    Defendant

    MARIO S. TABRAUE would c o n t a c t defendant FRANCISCO

    QUINTANA, a /k / a npupin and other impor te r s as so c i a t ed with the

    Enterpr i se who would

    make

    arrangements for the purchase

    and

    shipment of

    marijuana

    from

    Colombia to the

    United

    S t a t e s ~

    B.

    The

    defendants

    FRANCISCO QUINTANA,

    a / k / a PUPI

    and MARIO TABRAUE and others associated

    with

    the

    Enterprise,

    would arrange

    for

    boats t rucks and

    other vehic les

    to

    t r anspor t

    the drugs. Boats would be used to

    import

    the drugs in to Florida,

    Georgia and

    Louis iana.

    The marijuana

    would then be t ransported

    y vehicles from the off- load areas

    to various

    s tash houses under

    the

    cont rol o f the Enterprise or

    i t s c l i e n t s ~

    On occasions

    when

    the

    Enterpr i se

    re ta ined possess ion o f

    the mari juana for r esa le

    the Enterpr ise would ut i l i ze individuals such as defendants JOSE

    LABRADA,

    a / k /

    a

    JOE

    VULCANO, ANTONIO MUNIO, JOSE

    PEPE

    \COSTA and

    others , to

    off- load and t ransfer

    the

    marijuana

    from the vessels ,

    the t rucks and other vehicles

    unload

    the t rucks a t the s tash

    houses and coUnt, weigh and record

    the

    amount of marijuana

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    r ece ived

    and d i s t r i bu ted .

    La te r ,

    the

    mari juana

    would

    then be

    t r ans f e r r ed to customers

    of

    the

    Enterpr i se .

    On those occas ions

    when defendant MARIO

    S. TABRAUE

    brokered t h e loads o f mar i juana ,

    he ar ranged fo r the de l ivery to be made d i r e c t l y

    to

    the c l i e n t s

    of the E n t e rp r i s e a f t e r the mari juana was of f - loaded .

    C. In

    those ins tances

    ~ h n

    the mari juana was s to red

    a t

    s t a sh

    houses

    under

    the control of the Enterpr i se , defendant

    MARIO S. TABRAUE

    would contac t

    d i s t r i b u t o r s

    and

    c l i e n t s

    o f t h e

    E n te r p r i s e , such as defendants MIGUEL RAMIREZ and CARLOS PAZOS-

    SANTANA and arrange for

    the

    del ivery of the mari juana to them

    inc lud ing the manner of de l ivery , the pr ice and terms o f payment.

    D efendan t s

    JOSE LABRADA

    a k a JOE

    VULCANO

    ANTONIO

    M UNIO and

    JOSE

    PEPE ACOSTA

    and o th e rs under

    defendant

    MARIO S

    TABRAUE

    s

    superv is ion

    1

    would a s s i s t

    ln

    t r ans fe r r ing

    the mari juana from t he

    s t a s h

    houses

    to t rucks belonging

    to

    the

    c l i e n t s

    o r the Enter

    p r i s e .

    D. The

    number

    w e i g h t s

    and amount

    o f b a l e s being

    delivered by

    defendant

    MARIO s . TABRAOE

    to

    the Ente rp r i se s

    c l i e n t s ,

    and the

    amount o f tnoney rece ived on account ,

    would

    be

    recorded

    and k e p t by de fendan t s MARIO

    S.

    TABRAlJE and GUILLERMO

    TABRAUE SR.

    After

    each load was d i s t r i bu ted

    and paid

    for , t hese

    r ecords would

    be des t royed .

    E .

    Payment for each load o f

    mar i juana

    would usual ly

    be

    made

    to defendant

    MARIO

    s . TABRAUE or

    h i s f a the r ,

    defendant

    GUILLERMO TABRAUE, SR. usual ly

    a t

    the j ewel ry s to re

    o r

    MARIO

    S.

    TABRAUE S

    r es idence . Often the

    d i s t r i b u t o r s

    would

    pay

    for

    a t

    l eas t

    a portion

    o f the

    load

    immedia te ly

    upon t h e i r r e c e i p t of

    the

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    mari juana. The balance owed would be paid to defendants MARIO

    s .

    TABRAUE

    or GUILLERMO

    TABRAUE

     

    usual ly

    with in a few

    Weeks.

    As payments were received

    from

    the d i s t r i b u t o r s , t he defendants

    MARIO

    S. TABRAUE and GUILLERMO TABRAUE SR. would

    arrange

    for

    payments to

    be

    made to defendant FRANCISCO

    QUINTANA

    a/k /a

    · ~ P U P I

    and

    the other

    importers and

    suppliers-

    associated

    with

    the

    Enterpr i se , for

    the marijuana imported

    and supplied

    by

    them to

    the Enterpr i se .

    F. Defendants MARIO S. TABRAUE

    and

    CARLOS

    PAZOS

    SANTANA were par tners in a

    mari juana

    d is t r ibu t ion

    network

    in the

    New York area.

    Defendant CARLOS

    PAZOS-SANTANA

    would receive

    quan t i t i e s

    of

    mari juana

    from

    the

    Enterpr i se

    and

    t r anspor t

    t

    to

    New York

    u t i l i z ing vans and t rucks .

    Upon ar r iv ing

    in

    th New

    York area , defendant CARLOS PAZOS-SANTANA would then be

    in charge

    of

    d is t r ibu t ing

    the

    marijuana

    in

    the New York a rea .

    At t imes,

    CARLOS PAZOS SANTANA would a l so rece ive

    cocaine

    from the Enter

    p r i s e

    and d i s t r ibu te

    t for

    the Enterpr i se

    through

    the

    New York

    network.

    G.

    The Enterprise

    used

    as s o c i a t e s ,

    such as

    JOSE

    LABRADA

    a/k /a

    JOE

    VULCANO

    and

    uniformed

    police

    of f ice rs

    working

    fo r the Enterpr i se , to co l lec t ,

    rece ive

    and count the monies

    received

    from

    the

    E nte r pr i se s sa l e s .

    B. During the per iod

    o f

    t ime al leged in the i n d i c t -

    ment

    the Enterpr i se

    would a l so

    receive and d i s t r ibu te large

    quan t i

    t i e s

    of

    cocaine .

    The Enterpr i se , through defendants

    MARIO S. TABRAUE CARLOS PAZOS-SANTANA ORLANDO CICILIA and

    othe r s ,

    would

    e i t h e r

    receive l a rge

    quan t i t i e s

    of cocaine on

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    consignment

    and

    d i s t r i b u t e it to i t s var ious c l i e n t s throughout

    the United Sta tes o r broker the sa l e between the supp l ie r and

    a

    d i s t r ibu to r .

    Depending

    on

    the

    s i ze

    o f the t r an s ac t i o n

    and

    the

    c l i e n t involved the

    arrangements

    fo r the r ece ip t and del ivery of

    cocaine and the pr ice and

    manner

    o f payment would be

    made

    th rough

    defendants

    M RIO

    S. TABRAUE GUILLERMO TABRAUE SR. o r

    ORL NDO CICILIA.

    I Defendants ORL NDO CICILIA and JOSE LABRADA a / k / a

    JOE VULC NOr would rece ive

    cocaine on

    consignment from the

    Enterpr i se

    q u a n t i t i e s

    for d is t r ibu t ion

    to

    of cocaine

    would

    a l so

    t he i r own customers.

    Large

    be

    rece ived s to red

    o r

    ware-

    housed by ORL NDO CICILIA fo r

    l a t e r

    d i s t r i b u t i o n by

    de f e nda n t

    M RIO S. TABRAUE to customers o f the Enterpr i se .

    When

    defendant

    M RIO S. T BR UE or

    a customer

    of the Enterpr i se requ i red

    a

    quant i ty o f

    cocaine defendant

    M RIO S T BR UE would i n s t ruc t

    defendant ORL NDO

    CICILIA

    as to the amount r equ i red and where

    it

    was to be del ivered . Defendant ORL NDO CICILIA would then

    arrange

    for

    the del ivery of

    t h a t

    cocaine from s torage as

    in

    s t ru c t ed

    by defendant MARIO

    s .

    TABRAUE. Q u an t i t i e s o f

    coca ine

    would

    e i t h e r be del ivered on account

    or

    fo r cash the proceeds

    would then

    be

    co l lec ted by as s o c i a t e s o f the

    Enterpr i se

    and

    d e l iv e r ed to

    defendant

    MARIO

    S.

    TABRAUE.

    J . Defendant M RIO S. T A B ~ U E and other members and

    ssoc i tes

    of the

    Enterpr i se

    would t ake s teps necessary to

    secure

    pr o tec t

    and

    conceal

    the

    a f f a i r s

    of the Enterpr i se and the

    prof i t s

    derived

    therefrom.

    The

    a f fa i r s

    o f

    the

    Enterpr i se

    were

    pro tec ted by armed employees

    and uniformed

    pol ice

    of f ice r s br ibed

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    by

    the

    Enterprise.

    Defendants W.RIO

    s.

    TABRAOE

    CARLOS

    PAZOS-SANTANA MIGUEI RAMIREZ

    EDU RDO

    FERNANDEZ-CARDOLI

    and

    others associated

    with

    the Enterprise would

    be

    armed

    with

    unlawful

    machine guns

    and

    s i lencers

    supplied

    to

    the

    Enterpr ise

    by

    defendants

    MARIO

    S.

    TABRAUE

    and EDUARDO FERNANDEZ-CARDULI.

    Force

    violence including

    murder

    bribery of police off icers

    and

    at tempts to induce fa l se tes t imony

    before a federa l

    grand j u ry

    were

    a l l u t i l i z e d by the

    Enterpr i se

    to protec t and conceal- i t s

    a f f a i r s

    from

    in te r fe rence by law enforcement au thor i t i e s

    and to

    prevent defec t ion

    among

    the Enterprise

    1

    s

    assoc ia tes .

    Indeed to

    f a c i l i t a t e

    the En terpr i se

    1

    s

    continued

    and

    unfe t t e red opera t ion

    1

    confidential

    informant Larry

    Nash and

    defendant

    M RIO

    S.

    TABRAUE s wife Maria Tabraue were

    murdered

    by

    associates

    of the

    Enterpr i se . Other as s o c i a t e s

    o f

    the Enterpr i se then

    pa r t i c ipa t ed

    in the des t ruc t ion

    of

    evidence t ha t would imp l i ca t e defendant

    W.RIO s . TABRAUE and o the r associates o f the

    Enterpr ise

    in the

    murders.

    K. The

    Enterpr i se would conceal the sourcer

    nature

    and amount o f

    ts

    i l l e g a l p ro f i t s

    by the use

    o f an o f f sho re

    corporation

    inves tments

    cash iers

    checks

    fa l se

    loans

    and

    mortgages t r u s t s and at to rney t r u s t account .

    THE RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY

    4. From

    on

    or about

    an unknown

    date be l ieved to be in the

    the Summer o f 1976 and cont inuing

    up

    to and inc lud ing December

    16

    1

    1997

    1

    in the Southern Dis t r ic t of Florida

    and

    elsewhere

    1

    the

    defendants

    MARIO S. TABRAUE,

    GUILLERMO TABRAUE, SR.

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    FRANCISCO QUINTANA a /k / a PUPI ,

    JOSE LABRADA a /k / a JOE VOLCANO

    O R L h ~ O

    CICILIA,

    MIGUEL

    RAMIREZ

    EDUARDO FERNANDEZ-CARDULI

    CARLOS PAZOS-SANTANA

    ANTONIO MUNIO

    and

    JOSE

    PEPE

    ACOSTA

    and o t h e r s

    known

    and unknown

    to t he grand jury ,

    be ing members

    of ,

    employed by

    and

    associated with

    the Enterpr ise , as further

    descr ibed

    in paragraph

    1 th rough 3

    above,

    did knowingly

    and

    i n t e n t i o n a l l y

    combine, consp i re ,

    confede ra t e

    and agree

    t o g e t h e r

    and

    with other persons known

    and

    unknown

    to the grand

    jury

    to

    v i o l a t e T i t l e

    18, Uni ted Sta te s

    Code, Sec t ion

    1962{c) ,

    t h a t

    i s to

    conduct and

    p a r t i c i p a t e ,

    d i re c t l y and

    i n d i r e c t l y ,

    in

    t he conduct

    of the a f f a i r s of the

    E n t e rp r i s e through

    a

    pa t t e rn

    of

    r ack e t e -

    e r ing

    a c t i v i t y , as def ined by T i t l e

    18,

    United Sta t e s Code,

    Sect ions

    1961(1) and 1961(5} as se t

    fo r th

    in

    paragraphs 5

    and

    6

    o f

    t h i s

    count .

    All i n v io l a t i on

    o f

    T i t l e

    18, Uni ted

    Sta t e s

    Code,

    Sec t ion

    1962

    d) •

    THE

    PATTERN

    OF

    RACKETEERING ACTIVITY:

    5 . The pa t t e rn of racke teer ing a c t i v i t y , as

    de f ined

    in

    T i t l e 18, Uni ted S t a t e s

    Code,

    Sec t ions

    1961

    (1) and

    1961 5) ,

    through

    which

    t he defendants conducted and

    pa r t i c ipa t e d

    in the

    a f f a i r s

    of

    the Ente rp r i se , and agreed to

    do

    so,

    consis ted

    of :

    t he

    impor t a t ion i n to

    the

    Uni ted Sta t e s , o f mar i juana , a

    Schedule

    I con t ro l l ed subs t ance , i n v i o l a t i o n o f T i t l e

    21,

    Uni ted

    Sta te s

    Code,

    Sect ion

    952

    and

    conspi racy

    to

    do

    so in

    v i o l a t i o n

    o f

    T i t l e

    21, United Sta te s

    Code,

    Sect ion 963:

    t he

    possess ion

    wi th i n t e n t

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    to d i s t r i b u t e mari juana

    and

    the d i s t r i b u t i o n

    of

    mar i juana

    a

    Schedule I

    cont rol led

    substance, in v io la t ion of Ti t l e 21, United

    States Code, Section 84l a)

    1}

    and conspiracy to

    do

    so, in

    vio la t ion of Ti t l e 21, United St a t e s

    Code, Sec t ion

    84

    6;

    the

    possess ion with in tent to d i s t r ibu te cocaine and the dis t r ibut ion

    of cocaine,

    a Schedule

    I I narco t ic

    control led

    substance,

    in

    v io la t ion o f Ti t l e

    21,

    United Sta tes

    Code, Section

    B4l a) 1) and

    the

    conspiracy to do so, in viola t ion of Ti t l e

    21,

    United Sta tes

    Code, Sect ion 846;

    t r ave l

    in

    i n t e r s t a t e commerce to f a c i l i t a t e

    a

    cocaine

    bus iness in

    viola t ion

    of Ti t l e

    lS United

    Sta tes Code,

    Section 1952 a) {3); murder, in

    viola t ion

    of Flor ida Statute

    Section

    782.04i

    accessory

    af t e r

    the

    f ac t to

    murder,

    in

    v io la t ion

    o f

    Flor ida St a t u t e s Sec t ions

    777.03

    and

    775.082;

    and obs t ruct ion

    of ju s t ice

    in

    viola t ion of Ti t le

    18,

    United States Code,

    Sect ions 1503 and 1512 b) .

    ACTS OF RACKETEERING

    The defendants agreed to conduct and par t i c ipa te

    d i r e c t l y and i n d i r e c t l y in the conduct o f t he

    a f f a i r s o f

    t he

    Enterpr ise

    through

    a

    pattern

    of racketeer ing

    ac t iv i ty in t ha t two

    or

    more

    of

    the

    following

    racketeer ing

    ac ts

    would

    be committed

    on

    beha l f of the Enterpr ise .

    A.

    ACTS OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING MURDER

    A-1) Racketeer ing Act No. 1

    On

    o r

    about

    Ju ly 15,

    1980,

    in

    Dade

    County,

    in

    the

    Southern

    D i s t r i c t

    of Flo r ida the defendants , MIGUEL

    RAMIREZ

    and EDU RDO

    FERNANDEZ-CARDULI

    did unlawful ly and feloniously from a premed

    i t a t e d design

    to ef fec t t he

    death of

    a human

    being

    k i l l

    and

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    murder Larry Nash a human being y shoot ing the s a i d Larry

    Nash

    with a

    f i r earm,

    to wit: a semi-automatic p i s t o l ( i n v i o l a t i o n

    of

    r l o r i d a Sta tu t e 782.04.

    A-2) Racketeer ing

    Act

    No.

    2

    on

    or

    about Ju ly 15, 1980,

    defendant s

    M RIO

    s. TABRAUE,

    JOSE

    PEPE ACOSTA, ANTONIO MUNIO,

    C RLOS

    PAZOS-SANTANA and other s known

    and

    unknown

    to the grand

    Jury,

    ,did knowingly and feloniously

    a s s i s t defendant s EDU RDO FERNANDEZ-CARDULI and MIGUEL RAMIREZ,

    knowing t h a t

    they

    had committed

    a f e lony ,

    to

    w i t : murder,

    wi th

    the i n t e n t t h a t they sha l l avoid or escape detec t ion, ar r es t ,

    t r i a l

    or punishment,

    y assis t ing them in the

    muti la t ion ,

    cremat ion

    and d i sp o sa l o f Larry Nash s body and

    y c lean ing

    and

    di spos ing o f t he automobi le , in

    which

    Larry Nash was

    murdered,

    in vio la t ion

    of Flo r ida

    Sta tu t e s , Sect ions 777.03 and 775.082.

    A-3) Racketeer ing

    Act

    No. 3

    On

    or about

    February 6,

    1981,

    in Dade

    County,

    in t he South-

    ern D i s t r i c t of Flor ida , defendants M RIO TABRAUE, JOSE PEPE

    COST

    and

    ANTONIO MUNIO, did unlawful ly and fe lon ious ly ,

    from

    a

    premedi t a t ed des ign to e f f e c t the dea th o f a human be ing , k ll

    and

    murder Maria Tabraue

    a human

    being

    y shoot ing

    the

    sa id

    Maria

    Tabraue wi th a

    f i rea rm,

    to wit : a

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    Bar re t t a p i s t o l ,

    in

    v io l a t ion

    of Flo r ida

    Sta tu t e 782.04.

    B. CTS

    OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    THE

    INITIAL DISTRIBUTION

    OF

    M RIJU N

    TO

    OSC R

    OLIVA C NTU

    B-1) Racketeer ing

    Act

    No. 4

    Between the Summer o f 1976 and t h e end o f 1976, a t Dade

    County, in

    the

    Southern D i s t r i c t

    of Fl o r i d a ,

    defendant s

    M RIO s.

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    TABRAUE

    GUILLERMO

    TABRAUE SR. and FRANCISCO QUINTANA

    a /k / a

    npopJ , together

    with

    others

    known and unknown to

    the

    grand

    j u ry ,

    knowingly

    and

    intentionally

    did

    combine, consp i re ,

    confederate

    and

    agree with

    each

    other

    to

    d is t r ibu te

    approximately

    eight thousand 8,000)

    pounds

    of marijuana,

    a

    Schedule

    con t r o l l ed

    subs tance, in

    v io la t ion

    of

    Ti t l e

    21,

    United

    St a t e s

    Code, Sect ion 846,

    B-2) Racketeer ing

    Act

    No.

    5

    From

    in

    or about

    December,

    1976

    1

    th rough January, 1977, a t

    Dade County, in the Southern D i s t r i c t o f

    Flor ida ,

    t h e defendant

    MARIO s. TABRAUE and others known and unknown

    to the

    grand jury

     

    knowingly and

    in ten t iona l ly

    did

    combine,

    conspire ,

    confederate

    and

    agree to

    d i s t r ibu te

    approximately seven

    thousand 7,000)

    pounds o f mar i juana ,

    a

    Schedule

    I con t ro l l ed

    substance

     

    in

    v i o l a t i o n o f

    Ti t l e

    21, United

    Sta tes

    Code, Sec t ion

    846*

    C. ACTS OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    THE

    BARGE

    CANAl

    AT

    CRYSTAL RIVER

    C-1) Racke tee r ing

    Act No. 6

    Between

    in

    o r about November, 1977 and the ~ g i n n i n g o f

    1978

    1

    a t Cr y s t a l River ,

    Cit rus County,

    and in the Southern

    D is t r i c t of Flo r ida and elsewhere,

    the defendant MARIO S.

    TABRAUE toge ther with

    others

    known and unknown to t he grand

    ju ry ,

    committed

    one o r more of the fol lowing ac t s , any one o f

    which would const i tute one act of racketeering:

    {a

    knowingly

    and i n t en t i o n a l l y imported i n to

    the n i ted

    Sta tes a t Crys ta l River , Flor ida , approximately twenty thousand

    201000) pounds o f marijuana,

    a

    Schedule

    I

    co n t r o l l ed substance ,

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    l

    in v i o l a t i o n o f Ti t l e

    21

    1

    United

    St a t e s Code, Sec t io n 952

    and

    Ti t l e 18, United

    St a t e s

    Code, Sec t ion

    2; and

    b)

    knowingly

    and

    i n t en t iona l ly

    possessed

    with

    in ten t

    to

    d is t r ibu te

    approximately twenty

    thousand

    20,000)

    pounds o f

    mari juana, a

    Schedule

    I con t ro l l ed

    substance,

    in

    v io la t ion

    of

    T i t l e 21,

    Uni ted S t a t e s

    Code, S e c t i on

    8 4 1 a ) l ) and T i t l e 18,

    United St a t e s Code,

    Sec t ion 2;

    and

    {c) knowingly

    and i n t en t iona l ly d i s t r i bu ted approximate ly

    f i v e

    thousand 5,000} pounds o f mari juana, a Schedule I con-

    t r o l l e d

    substance , in vio la t ion

    of Ti t l e 21,

    United Sta t e s Code,

    Sect ion 84l{a) {1

    and

    Ti t l e 18, United St a t e s Code, Sec t io n 2.

    D. ACTS OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    TRE NAPLES

    RIP-OFF

    D-1) Racketeer ing

    Act

    No. 7

    From in or

    about

    the end

    of 1977,

    u n t i l in or

    about

    January ,

    1978, a t Naples and

    Miami, in the Southern D i s t r i c t o f F lo r id a

    and

    e lsewhere ,

    the

    defendant

    MARIO S. TABRAUE t o g e t h e r wi th

    o t h e r s

    known and unknown

    to the grand ju ry , committed

    e i the r

    one

    or both of the

    fol lowing

    ac t s , e i t h e r one of which would cons t i -

    t u t e one ac t

    of

    r ack e t ee r in g :

    a)

    knowingly

    and

    i n t en t iona l ly

    did

    combine,

    consp i re ,

    confedera te and agree wi th each other to impor t

    i n t o

    the

    United

    S t a t e s ,

    a t

    Naples,

    Flor ida ,

    from a

    place outs ide

    t h e reo f , approx-

    irnate ly

    f i f t e e n

    thousand

    15,000} pounds of

    mar i juana , a

    Schedule

    I co n t ro l l ed subs tance , i n v i o l a t i o n

    of

    Ti t l e

    21,

    United St a t e s

    Code, Sect ion 963; and

    b) knowingly and i n t en t iona l ly did

    combine,

    consp i re ,

    confedera te

    and

    agree

    with

    each

    o th e r

    to

    possess wi th i n t e n t

    to

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    d i s t r i bu t e

    approximate ly

    f i f t e en thousand 15

    1

    000)

    pounds o f

    mari juana a Schedule I con t ro l l ed substance in v io l a t i on o f

    Ti t l e 21,

    United Sta te s

    Code,

    Sect ion

    846,

    D-2)

    Rac) te teer ing

    Act

    No.

    8

    In o r

    about

    the

    ea r ly

    pa r t of

    1978,

    but subsequent

    to

    t he

    ac t s

    above

    1

    a t

    Dade

    County, in the Southern Dis t r i c t of

    Flor ida

    and elsewhere the

    defendants

    M RIO

    S.

    T BR UE and

    GUILLERMO

    TABRAUE

    SR.,

    toge ther

    with o the r s

    known

    and

    unknown to the grand

    j u ry

    knowingly

    and

    i n t en t i ona l l y

    did combine, consp i re confed-

    era te and

    agree

    with each

    o ther

    to

    d i s t r ibu te a

    quan t i ty o f

    mari juana, a Schedule I cont ro l led

    substance,

    in v io la t ion

    of

    Ti t l e

    21,

    United

    Sta te s

    Code,

    Sect ion

    841 a)

    1)

    and

    Ti t l e

    18,

    Uni ted Sta t e s Code, Sect ion

    2.

    E.

    CTS OF R CKETEERING INVOLVTNG

    THE T LL H SSEE LO DS

    E-1) Raclte teer ing

    Act No. 9

    From in

    o r

    about May, l97B, through in or about

    June , 1978,

    a t Tallahassee and Dade County in the Southern Dis t r i c t

    of

    Flor ida and e lsewhere defendants M RIO TABRAUE GUILLERMO

    TABRAUE

    SR. and o the r s known

    and unknown

    to

    the grand j u ry

    knowingly and i n t en t iona l ly d id combine, consp i re confede ra t e

    and

    agree

    with each other to d i s t r i bu te approximately twenty

    thousand 20,000) pounds o f mari juana a

    Schedule

    I con t ro l l ed

    substance

    in viola t ion

    o f

    Ti t l e

    21, United

    Sta te s Code,

    Sect ion

    846.

    E-2) Racketeer ing Act N6.

    10

    From in or about

    June,

    1978, through in or

    about

    Ju ly 1 ~ 7 8

    a t

    Tallahassee

    and

    Dade County in the Southern

    Dis t r i c t

    of

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    .

    t

    Fl o r i d a

    and elsewhere

    defendants

    M RIO

    S.

    TABRAUE, GUILLERMO

    TABRAUE,

    SR. and othe rs

    known and

    unknown to

    the grand j u ry

    knowingly

    and i n t en t iona l ly

    did

    combine, consp i re confedera te

    and

    agree with each other to d i s t r ibu te approximate ly seventeen

    thousand

    17, 000) pounds

    of

    mari juana ,

    a Schedule I con t ro l l ed

    subs tance ih vio la t ion

    o f

    T i t l e

    United St a t e s Code, Sect ion

    846.

    F . ACTS OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    POLICE LIEUTENANT

    CASAMAYOR

    F-1) Racketeer ing Act

    No.

    11

    From in

    or

    about January, 1978,

    un t i l in

    o r about

    Apri l

    1978, in Monroe and Dade Countie.s,

    in the

    Southern

    D is t r i c t of

    Flor ida

    and elsewhere ,

    the

    defendant

    M RIO

    s.

    TABRAUE,

    toge ther

    wi th o the r s n o ~ n and

    u n n o ~ n

    to the grand ju ry committed one

    o r

    more o f

    t h e fol lowing ac t s any

    one o f

    which would c o n s t i t u t e

    one

    ac t

    of racke teer ing :

    {a)

    knowingly

    and

    i n t en t iona l ly did

    combine,

    consp i re

    confedera te and agree with

    each

    other to impor t in to the United

    S t a t e s

    from

    a

    place

    ou ts ide t h e reo f approximate ly t h i r t y

    thousand

    30,000) pounds

    o f mari juana ,

    a Schedule I con t ro l l ed

    subs tance

    i n v io l a t i on o f

    T i t l e

    21,

    United

    Sta tes

    Code,

    Sect ion

    963;

    and

    b)

    knowingly

    and i n t en t iona l ly did impor t i n to t he United

    S t a t e s from

    a

    place

    ou ts ide

    t h e reo f

    approximately

    t h i r t y

    thousand 30 ,000)

    pounds o f

    mari juana , a Schedule I con t ro l l ed

    subs tance

    i n v io l a t i on

    of

    T i t l e

    21,

    United

    St a t e s

    Code,

    Sect ion

    952

    and

    Ti t l e 18, United Sta tes Code,

    Sec t ion

    2i and

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    t

    c} knowingly and

    in ten t iona l ly did

    combine, conspire,

    confedera te

    and

    agree with

    each other to

    p o sse s s

    wi th the

    i n t e n t

    to d i s t r i b u t e approximately t h i r t y thousand 30, 000) pounds of

    mari juana , a

    Schedule

    I

    con t ro l l ed

    substance,

    in vio la t ion

    of

    T i t l e 21, United Sta t e s Code, Sect ion 84l (a ) ( l ) and T i t l e 18,

    United S t a t e s Code,

    Sect ion

    2;

    and

    {d)

    knowingly

    and i n t en t iona l ly did possess with in ten t to

    d i s t r i b u t e approximately t en thousand {10 000)

    pounds of mari-

    juana, a Schedule I cont ro l led substance in vio la t ion o f Ti t l e

    21, Uni ted Sta t e s

    code, sect ion 841 a)

    1)

    and

    T i t l e

    18, United

    St a t e s Code, Sec t ion

    G. ACTS

    OF

    RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    THE LOX H TCHEE

    LO DS

    G-1) Racke tee r ing Act

    No.

    12

    In o r

    about the Summer

    o f

    1977, a t Dade

    County,

    in

    the

    Southern

    D i s t r i c t

    of Flo r id a ,

    and elsewhere , t h e

    defendant s

    M RIO

    S.

    T BR UE

    and

    GUILLERMO

    TABRAUE SR.,

    toge ther

    with

    o th e r s known

    and

    unknown

    to the

    grand

    jury, committed

    one

    or

    more

    of

    the

    fol lowing

    ac t s , any

    one

    o f

    which

    would cons t i t u t e one ac t

    o f

    racketeer ing :

    a) knowingly and i n t en t iona l ly

    combined,

    conspired,

    confedera ted

    and

    agreed to

    possess with

    i n t e n t

    to

    d is t r ibu te

    approximate ly twenty-f ive thousand 25,000) pounds

    o f mari juana ,

    a Schedule I cont ro l led substance ,

    in

    viola t ion o f Ti t l e 21,

    United

    Sta t e s Code, Sect ion 846;

    and

    b)

    knowingly

    and in ten t iona l ly

    possessed

    with in ten t to

    d i s t r i b u t e approximately twenty- f i , •e

    thousand

    25 ,000)

    pounds o f

    marijuana, a

    Schedule

    I control led substance,

    in v io la t ion

    of

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    (_,

    Ti t l e 21, United

    St a t e s

    Code,

    Section 841

    a) I l l ; and T i t l e 18

    United

    States Code, Section

    2i

    and

    {c)

    knowingly

    and i n t en t iona l ly d is t r ibu ted approximate ly

    twenty- f ive thousand 25,000) pounds

    of

    marijuana,

    a

    Schedule

    I

    con t ro l l ed subs tance , i n v io l a t ion

    o f

    Ti t l e 21, United Sta t e s

    Code, Sect ion

    B4l{a}

    1)

    and

    Ti t l e 18, United States Code,

    Section

    2

    {G-2)

    Racketeering Act

    No. 13

    Between in or about the Fal l of 1977, and the beginning of

    1978,

    a t Loxahatchee,

    Florida, in

    the

    Southern Dis t r ic t of

    Florida

    and

    elsewhere,

    the defendants MARIO S. TABRAUE and

    GUILLERMO

    TABRAUE SR., together with

    others

    known

    and

    unknown to

    the grand jury conunitted one

    o r

    more o f the fol lowing

    a c t s

    any

    one of

    which

    would const i tu te

    one act

    of

    racketeering:

    a) knowingly and in ten t iona l ly

    imported i n to the United

    S t a t e s

    a t

    Georgia,

    from

    a

    place outs ide t h r o f ~ approximately

    fo r ty thousand {40,000)

    pounds of mar i juana a Schedule I

    con

    t r o l l ed

    substance, in

    v io la t ion of

    Ti t l e

    21, United

    Sta t e s

    Code,

    Sect ion 952 and Ti t l e

    18

    1

    United

    Sta tes

    Code, Section

    2;

    and

    b) knowingly and

    in ten t iona l ly

    combined,

    conspired,

    confedera ted

    and

    ag reed with each o th e r to

    d i s t r i b u t e

    approxi

    mately for ty thousand 40,000)

    pounds

    of mari juana,

    a

    Schedule

    I

    con t ro l l ed substance, in

    vio la t ion

    of

    Ti t l e

    21, United

    Sta t e s

    Code,

    Sect ion 846; and

    {c)

    knowingly

    and

    i n t en t i o n a l l y

    d i s t r i b u t e d approximately

    for ty

    thousand {40,000) pounds

    of

    mari juana,

    a

    Schedule

    con t ro l l ed substance in

    vio la t ion

    of Ti t l e 21, United

    Sta t e s

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    Code,

    Sec t ion

    8 4 l a ) l ) and T i t l e

    18, Uni ted Sta t e s Cadet

    Sec t ion

    2 .

    (G-3) Racketeer ing Act No. 14

    In

    o r

    about

    t he

    end of

    1978,

    a t

    Dade

    County

    and

    Loxahatchee ,

    in

    t he Sou thern D i s t r i c t o f

    Flor ida ,

    and e lsewhere , t he defendant

    M RIO S. TABRAUE, t o g e th e r with

    o th e r s

    known

    and unknown

    to

    t he

    grand j u ry , committed

    e i t h e r

    one or bo th of the fo l lowing

    ac t s

    1

    e i t h e r

    one

    o f which

    would

    co n s t i t u t e one ac t o f r acketeer ing :

    a ) knowingly and i n t en t i o n a l l y

    combinedt

    conspired,

    confedera ted and

    agreed to

    d i s t r ibu te approximately

    twenty-nine

    thousand 29,000) pounds

    o f mar i juana ,

    a Schedule I con t ro l l ed

    subs tance ,

    in

    v io l a t i o n

    of

    T i t l e

    21

    1

    United

    S t a t e s

    Code,

    Sec t ion

    646;

    and

    (b) knowingly and

    i n t en t i o n a l l y

    d i s t r i b u t e d and caused to

    be

    d i s t r i b u t e d approximate ly twenty-nine thousand (29

    1

    000)

    pounds

    o f

    mar i juana ,

    a Schedule I

    co n t r o l l ed subs tance ,

    in v i o l a t i o n

    o f

    T i t l e

    21,

    Uni ted S t a t e s Code, sec t i o n 841

    (a)

    (1) and

    T i t l e

    18,

    United Sta t e s

    Code,

    Sect ion 2,

    H. ACTS OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    THE PALMETTO/APPOLLO BE CH LO D

    (H-1) Racketeer ing Act

    No.

    15

    In or

    about July ,

    1978,

    a t Hil l sborough

    County, Flor ida

    and

    in the Southern D i s t r i c t o f

    Flor ida ,

    and elsewhere , the de fen-

    dant ,

    FRANCISCO QUINTANA, a /k / a

    PUPI ,

    and

    JOSE

    LABRADA, a / k / a

    JOE VULCANO, t oge the r with other s known

    and

    unknown to the grand

    j u ry , knowingly and

    in ten t iona l ly

    did impor t i n to the

    United

    St a t e s from a place

    out s ide

    thereof app rox imate ly f i f t y thousand

    (50,000) pounds o f mari juana, a

    Schedule

    I co n t r o l l ed subs tance ,

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    in

    v i o l a t i o n o f Ti t l e

    21,

    United

    St a t e s Code, Sect ion

    952 and

    T i t l e

    18, United

    S t a t e s Code,

    Sec t ion 2.

    (H-2)

    Racke tee r ing

    Act

    No. 16

    In

    o r about Ju ly 1978,

    a t

    Hil lsborough County and in the

    Southern

    D i s t r i c t

    o f Flo r id a and elsewhere , the defendant MARIO

    S TABRAUE

    and o thers known

    and unknown to the

    grand

    j u r y

    knowingly and in tent ional ly

    combined, conspired,

    confederated and

    agreed wi th each o th e r to possess wi th i n t e n t

    to

    d i s t r i b u t e

    a

    q u an t i t y

    o f

    mari juana, a Schedule I con t ro l l ed

    subs tance ,

    in

    viola t ion

    of

    Ti t le

    21, United States

    Code, Section

    841(a)

    {1) and

    Ti t l e 18, United St a t e s Code,

    Sec t ion

    2.

    l

    ACTS OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    THE

    SMALL

    HOUSES

    LOAD

    I -1) Racketeer ing

    Act

    No.

    17

    Bet'W een

    in o r about t he

    end

    of 1978

    and

    the beginning o f

    1979, a t

    Monroe

    County, in

    the

    Southern Dis t r ic t of Floridat and

    elsewhere , th e defendan ts FRANCISCO QUINTANA, a /k / a

    PUPI and

    JOSE

    LABRADA,

    a /k / a JOE

    VULCANO

    t o g e th e r wi th

    others

    known

    and

    unknown to

    the grand jury, knowingly and in tent ional ly did import

    in to the

    United Sta t e s ,

    from

    a

    p lace

    outside

    t he r eof ,

    approximately

    twenty-five

    thousand (25,000)

    pounds

    of marijuana,

    a

    Schedule

    I con t ro l l ed

    substance , i n v i o l a t i o n o f Ti t l e 21,

    United

    States

    Code,

    Sect ion

    952 and Ti t le 18, United States Code,

    Section 2.

    I -2) Racke tee r ing

    Act

    No. 18

    Between in o r about the end of 1978,

    and

    the

    beginning

    of

    1979t a t Monroe County, in

    the

    Southern Dis t r ic t of Flor ida, and

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    e lsewhere t he defendant MARIO

    S. TABRAUE

    t oge the r with and

    others known and unknown

    to

    the

    grand jury, knowingly

    and

    in ten-

    t iona l ly

    did

    combine,

    conspire ,

    confedera te and agree with

    each

    other to

    possess wi th

    i n t en t

    to

    d i s t r i b u t e

    approximately twenty

    f ive

    thousand (25

    1

    000) pounds

    of

    mari juana , a Schedule I con-

    t ro l led substance; in violat ion of Ti t le 21, United Sta tes Code,

    Section B46.

    (I-3) Racketeerina

    Act

    No. 19

    In or about the

    end

    of

    1978

    and the beginning of 1979,

    but

    subsequent

    to the above

    ac ts

    a t Dade County in the southern

    Dis t r ic t

    of Flor ida,

    and elsewhere,

    the defendant, MARIO

    S.

    TABRAUE,

    tog th r

    wi th

    others

    known and unknown to

    the grand

    j u ry knowingly and i n t en t i o n a l l y di s t r ibu ted approximately f ive

    thousand

    (5,000}

    pounds

    of

    marijuana, a

    Schedule

    I

    controlled

    substance, in violat ion of Ti t l e 21,

    United

    States Code, Section

    B4l(a)

    (1)

    and Ti t l e

    18,

    United Sta tes

    Code, Section 2.

    J ACTS OF RACKETEERING

    INVOLVING

    TBE

    ACAPULCO

    BOUSE

    LOADS

    (J-1)

    Racketeering Act No. 20

    In

    or

    about

    the

    Spring

    of

    1979,

    a t Monroe

    County,

    in

    the

    Southern b i s t r i c t of Florida, or

    elsewhere,

    the

    defendants

    MARIO S. TABRAtJE FRANCISCO QUINTANA a/k/ a PUPI and JOSE

    LABRADA a /k /a

    JOE

    VULCANO along

    with

    others

    known and unknown

    to

    the

    grand

    jury, committed

    one

    or more of

    the

    following acts

    any one of

    which

    would

    cons t i tu te

    one

    act

    of

    racketeering:

    a)

    knowingly

    and in tent ional ly

    combined,

    conspired,

    confederated and agreed

    with

    each other to

    import

    in to the United

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    St a t e s ,

    a t Monroe

    County,

    Flo r id a , from

    a

    place

    outs ide t h e reo f ,

    approximate ly f i f t y

    thousand

    (50, 000) pounds o f marijuana, a

    Schedule

    I co n t r o l l ed substance , in v i o l a t i o n o f T i t l e 21, United

    St a t e s Code, Sect ion 96 ;

    and

    (b) knowingly and i n t en t i o n a l l y did impor t i n t o the United

    St a t e s froro

    a

    place

    outs ide

    thereof approximately f i f ty thousand

    (50,000) pounds of mar i juana , a Schedule I co n t ro l l ed

    subs tance ,

    in v i o l a t i o n o f Ti t l e 21, United

    Sta tes

    Code, Sec t ion

    952

    and

    T i t l e

    18,

    United

    Sta tes

    Code, Sec t ion 2;

    and

    (c) knowingly and

    in tent ional ly

    did combine, conspire,

    confedera te

    and agree

    with each other to

    possess wi th i n t e n t

    to

    d is t r ibu te

    a

    quant i ty

    of marijuana, a

    Schedule

    I control led

    subs tance , in v i o l a t i o n o f T i t l e

    21,

    United St a t e s Code,

    Sec t ion

    846; and

    {d} knowingly

    and i n t en t iona l ly did possess with i n t e n t to

    d i s t r i b u t e a q u an t i t y of mari juana, a Schedule co n t ro l l ed

    subs tance , i n v i o l a t i o n o f

    T i t l e

    21,

    United

    St a t e s Code, Sec t ion

    84l l a

    11) and

    Tit le 18,

    United

    States Code, Section 2 .

    IJ-2)

    Racketeer ing Act

    No.

    21

    In

    o r about t he Summer

    o f 1979, a t Monroe

    County, in t he

    Southern

    D i s t r i c t

    of Florida, and elsewhere, the defendants

    MARIO

    S.

    TABRAUE, FRANCISCO QUINTANA,

    a/k /a PUPl

    and JOSE

    LABRADA a /k /a JOE VOLCANO

    together

    with

    others

    known

    and

    unknown to t he

    grand

    ju ry , committed one o r

    more

    o f

    t h e

    fo l lowing

    ac t s , any

    one

    o f

    which

    would

    co n s t i t u t e one ac t o f

    r ack e t ee r in g :

    (a}

    knowingly

    and i n t en t i o n a l l y

    combined,

    consp i red ,

    confedera ted

    and

    agreed

    with

    each

    othe r to

    impor t i n t o the

    Dnited

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    S t a t e s , a t Monroe

    county ,

    Flor ida , from a place outs ide

    thereof ,

    a t l e a s t f i f ty

    thousand

    (50,000) pounds o f mar i juana , a

    Schedule

    I

    con t r o l l ed

    subs tance ,

    in vio la t ion o f

    Ti t l e

    21, Onited

    Sta t e s

    Code1

    Sec t ion

    963; and

    (b)

    knowingly

    and i n t en t i o n a l l y imported i n t o the United

    Sta t e s , a t Monroe County, Flo r id a , from a place o u t s id e t h e r eo f ,

    a t l e a s t

    f i f ty thousand

    (50,000)

    pounds

    o f mar i juana , a

    Schedule

    I

    co n t ro l l ed subs tance

     

    i n v i o l a t i o n o f Ti t l e 21, United St a t e s

    Code, Sect ion

    952

    and

    Ti t le

    18,

    United

    States

    o d e ~

    Sect ion 2;

    and

    (c)

    knowingly and

    i n t en t iona l ly

    combined, conspired,

    confederated

    and

    agreed

    to

    possess wi th

    in ten t

    to

    d i s t r i b u t e

    a

    quan t i ty

    o f mari juana , a

    Schedule

    I

    con t ro l l ed substance, in

    v i o l a t i o n

    o f

    T i t l e 21, Uni ted St a t e s Code, Sect ion 846; and

    d}

    knowingly

    and i n t en t i o n a l l y possessed wi th i n t e n t to

    d i s t r i b u t e a q u an t i t y o f

    mar i juana

    1

    a Schedule I co n t r o l l ed

    subs tance ,

    i n v i o l a t i o n

    o f T i t l e

    21,

    Uni ted

    St a t e s Code,

    Sec t ion

    841(a) l l

    and T i t l e

    18, Uni ted St a t e s

    Code,

    Sec t ion 2.

    (J-3)

    Racke tee r ing

    Act

    No. 22

    From

    in or

    about

    November, 1979r un t i l

    in

    or

    about

    December

    1979, a t

    Monroe

    County, in t he Southern D i s t r i c t o f Flo r id a , and

    e lsewhere ,

    the

    defendants

    MARIO S.

    TABRAUE, FRANCISCO QUINTANA,

    a / k / a

    PUPI

    and

    JOSE LAB RADA, a / k / a JOE

    VULCANO,

    t o g e th e r

    with

    o th e r s

    known

    and unknown to the

    grand ju ry , committed one o r

    more

    of

    the

    following

    acts , any one of which would const i tu te one

    ac t

    of racketeer ing:

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    a)

    knowingly and

    in ten t iona l ly combined, consp i red ,

    confedera ted and

    agreed

    with

    each

    o th e r to

    import i n to the United

    Sta t e s ,

    a t

    Monroe

    County,

    Flo r id a , from a

    place

    outs ide

    t h e reo f ,

    approximate ly f i f t y

    thousand 50,000)

    pounds

    Of

    mar i juana , a

    Schedule

    I

    co n t r o l l ed substance , in vio la t ion o f Ti t l e 21, United

    Sta t e s

    Code,

    Sec t ion 963i

    and

    b)

    knowingly

    and

    i n t en t i o n a l l y imported i n t o the United

    Sta t e s from

    a

    place outs ide thereof approximately f i f t y thousand

    50,000) pounds

    o f mar i juana , a

    Schedule

    I

    con t ro l l ed

    subs tance ,

    in

    v i o l a t i o n o f T i t l e

    21, United St a t e s

    Code, Sec t ion 952 and

    Ti t l e

    18,

    United

    Sta tes

    Code, Sec t ion 2; and

    c) knowingly and i n t en t i o n a l l y combined, consp i red ,

    confedera ted and agreed with

    each

    o th e r

    to

    possess wi th i n t e n t

    to

    d i s t r i b u t e

    a

    q u an t i t y of mari juana,

    a

    Schedule

    I

    con t ro l l ed

    subs tance , in vio la t ion o f Ti t l e 21, United

    St a t e s

    Code, Sec t ion

    846; and

    d)

    knowingly and i n t en t i o n a l l y possessed wi th i n t e n t

    to

    d i s t r i b u t e a q u an t i t y

    o f mari juana,

    a

    Schedule

    I

    con t ro l l ed

    subs tance ,

    in v i o l a t i o n o f Ti t l e 21, Dnited St a t e s Code, Sec t ion

    84l a ) 1)

    and

    T i t l e 18,

    United St a t e s Code,

    Sec t ion 2.

    K.

    CTS

    OF R CKETEERING INVOLVING

    THE ROUND

    HOUSE

    K-1} Racketeer ing

    Act

    No.

    23

    In o r

    about the

    f a l l o f

    1979,

    a t

    Southern

    Dade County, i n

    the Southern D i s t r i c t o f Flor ida ,

    and

    elsewhere , the defendant s ,

    M RIO

    S.

    TABRAUE JOSE PEPE ACOSTA

    NTONIO MUNIO

    and

    others

    known and

    unknown

    to t he grand ju ry , committed one o r

    more

    o f the

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    following a c t s any one of which would

    c o n s t i t u t e

    one

    a c t of

    r c k e t e e r i n g ~

    a)

    knowingly

    and i n t en t iona l ly combined, conspired,

    confederated

    and

    agreed with

    each

    other to

    impor t

    in to

    the

    United

    St a t e s from

    a place ou t s ide

    thereof

    a q u an t i t y o f mar i juana a

    Schedule

    I control led

    substance, in vio la t ion

    of

    Ti t l e 21, United

    St a t e s

    Code, Sec t ion 963; and

    b) knowingly and in tent ional ly combined,

    conspired,

    confedera ted and agreed with

    each

    o th e r t o possess wi th i n t en t to

    d i s t r ibu te

    fourteen thousand {14,000)

    pounds

    o f mari juana

    a

    Schedule

    I

    con t ro l l ed substance ,

    in

    vio la t ion of Ti t l e 21, United

    Sta t e s

    Code,

    Section

    B46;

    and

    {c knowingly and

    i n t en t iona l ly

    d i s t r ~ b u t e d

    approximately

    four t een thousand

    14,000)

    pounds of mar i juana a Schedule I

    con t ro l l ed

    subs tance ,

    in

    vio la t ion

    of

    T i t l e

    21, United St a t e s

    Code,

    Sect ion

    84l a) 1) and

    Tit le 18, United States Code,

    Section

    2.

    K-2)

    Racketeering Act No.

    24

    In or

    about

    November,

    1979,

    a t Southern Dade c oun t y

    in the

    Southern

    D i s t r i c t

    o f

    Flor ida

    and

    elsewhere ,

    t h e

    defendant

    MARIO S. TABRAUE JOSE PEPE

    ACOSTA,

    ANTONIO MtJNIO

    and

    others

    known

    and

    unknown

    to

    the

    grand ju ry

    committed

    one o r more of the

    fol lowing

    a c t s any one of which would

    cons t i t u t e

    one

    ac t

    of

    r acketeer ing :

    a) knowingly and in ten t iona l ly combined,

    conspired,

    confederated and

    agreed

    with each other to

    impor t

    in to the United

    Sta t e s from a place ou ts ide

    thereof approximately

    t h i r t y - e i g h t

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    thousand 38,000} pounds

    o f

    marijuana,

    a

    Schedule

    I con t ro l l ed

    subs tance in vio la t ion

    o f

    T i t l e 21

     

    United St a t e s Code, Sect ion

    963;

    and

    b)

    knowingly

    and

    i n t en t iona l ly

    combined,

    consp i red

    confedera ted

    and agreed wi th each other

    to

    possess wi th i n t e n t

    to

    d i s t r i b u t e t h i r t y - e i g h t

    thousand

    {38,000} pounds

    o f

    mar i juana a

    Schedule I

    con t ro l l ed

    subs tance in vio la t ion

    of

    Ti t l e 21, United

    St a t e s Code, Sect ion 846; and

    {c)

    knowingly

    and i n t en t iona l ly d i s t r i bu ted approximately

    t h i r t y - e i g h t thousand

    38,000) pounds o f

    mari juana

    a

    Schedule

    I

    co n t ro l l ed substance in vio la t ion

    of

    Ti t l e 21, United St a t e s

    Code, Sect ion 841 a) 1) and Ti t l e

    18

    1

    United

    St a t e s Code

    1

    Sect ion

    2.

    K-3)

    Racketeer ing Act

    No.

    25

    In or

    about

    December

     

    1979,

    a t Southern

    Dade

    county in the

    Southern D i s t r i c t of Flo r ida and elsewhere , the

    defendant

    M RIO

    S. TABRAUE, JOSE PEPE ACOSTA, NTONIO

    MUNIO

    and o t h e r s known and

    unknown

    to the

    grand

    j u ry committed one o r

    more

    o£ the

    fo l lowing

    a c t s

    any one

    o f

    which would cons t i t u t e one

    ac t

    of

    racke teer ing :

    {a)

    knowingly

    and i n t en t iona l ly

    combined,

    consp i red

    confedera ted and agreed with

    each

    other to impor t

    i n t o

    the United

    Sta t e s from a p lace

    outs ide

    t h e reo f a

    quan t i ty o f

    mar i juana a

    Schedule

    I con t ro l l ed

    subs tance

    in

    vio la t ion

    of Ti t l e 21, United

    St a t e s Code,

    Sec t ion

    963;

    and

    b)

    knowingly and i n t en t iona l ly combined, consp i red

    confedera ted and agreed with each other to

    possess

    wi th

    i n t e n t

    to

    d i s t r i b u t e twenty

    thousand

    20,000)

    pounds o f

    mar i juana a

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    Schedule I cont rol led substance

    1

    in violat ion of Ti t l e 21., United

    Sta t e s Code

    1

    Sec t ion 846; and

    {c) knowingly and i n t en t i o n a l l y d i s t r i b u t ed approximately

    twenty thousand

    {20,000} pounds

    of

    marijuana,

    a Schedule l

    con t ro l l ed substance , in v io la t ion o f

    Ti t l e 21, United

    Sta tes

    Code, Section

    84l a)

    1) and Ti t le 18, United

    Sta tes

    Code,

    Section

    {K-4) Racketeering Act No. 26

    In

    o r

    about

    the

    Fa l l

    of

    1979,

    a t Dade County,

    in the

    Southern D i s t r i c t o f Fl o r i d a , t he de fendant s

    1

    MIGUEL RAMIREZ and

    CARLOS

    PAZOS-SANTANA, tog th r

    wi th

    oth rs

    known and unknown to

    the

    grand

    j u ry

    knowingly

    and

    i n t en t i o n a l l y

    possessed wi th

    i n t e n t

    to

    d i s t r i b u t e a

    quan t i ty o f

    mari juana , a

    Schedule

    I

    con t ro l l ed

    substance, in

    vio la t ion

    of

    Ti t le 21, United

    St a t e s Code,

    Sect ion

    84l a ) {1 and Ti t l e

    18,

    United

    St a t e s

    Code, Sec t ion 2.

    K-5) Racke tee r ing

    Act No. 27

    In o r

    about

    the ea r ly

    par t o f 1980,

    a t Dade

    county ,

    in

    the

    Southern D i s t r i c t

    o f

    Flor ida , t he de fendant s , MIGUEL RAMIREZ and

    C RLOS

    PAZOS-SANTANA, t oge the r with o th e r s known and unknown

    to

    the

    grand

    jury,

    knowingly

    and

    i n t en t i o n a l l y

    possessed

    with

    i n t en t

    to d i s t r ibu te a

    quant i ty

    o f

    mari juana,

    a Schedule I

    co n t ro l l ed

    subs tance

    1

    i n v i o l a t i o n o f T i t l e 21, United

    Sta tes

    Code,

    Sec t ion

    84l a)

    1)

    and Ti t l e lB, United

    St a t e s

    Code, Sect ion 2.

    K-6) Racke tee r ing

    Act

    No. 28

    In o r about

    Spr ing ,

    1980 a t

    Dade

    County, in the Southern

    D i s t r i c t o f

    Flor ida ,

    t he defendant , C RLOS PAZOS-SANTANA and

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    o th e r i n d iv id u a l s known

    and

    unknown to the grand j u ry knowingly

    and

    i n t en t iona l ly combined, consp i red confedera ted

    and

    agreed

    with each

    o th e r

    to

    possess

    with

    i n t e n t t o d i s t r i b u t e quan t i t i e s

    of mar i juana a

    Schedule

    I co n t r o l l ed subs tance

    in

    v i o l a t i o n of

    Ti t l e 21,

    United

    St a t e s Code, Sec t ion 846.

    K-7) Racke tee r ing

    Act No.

    29

    In o r about February

    1981,

    a t Dade

    County, in

    t h e Southern

    D i s t r i c t

    o f

    Flor ida

    t he de fendant

    CARLOS PAZOS-SANTANA

    toge ther with others known and unknown

    to

    the grand j u ry

    know-

    ing ly and i n t en t iona l ly

    possessed

    wi th

    i n t e n t

    to d i s t r i b u t e

    a

    quan t i ty

    o f

    mar i juana

    a Schedule I

    con t ro l l ed

    subs tance

    in

    v i o l a t i o n o f

    T i t l e

    21, United St a t e s Code, Sec t ion

    84l a}

    1)

    and

    Ti t l e 18, United St a t e s

    Code,

    Sec t ion 2.

    L. ACTS

    OF

    RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    THE

    LOUISIANA

    LO DS

    L-1)

    Racke tee r ing

    Act No. 30

    From in o r

    about February o f 1980

     

    through March

    o f 1980,

    the

    exac t da te be ing unknown, a t L a f a y e t t e

    Louis i ana and

    Dade

    County,

    i n t h e Southern D i s t r i c t o f Fl o r i d a

    and

    elsewhere t h e

    defendant

    MARIO S.

    T BR UE

    and

    JOSE

    LABRADA

    a / k / a

    JOE VOLCANO

    and

    o th e r s

    known

    and

    unknown to

    the

    grand

    ju ry

    knowingly

    and

    i n t e n t i o n a l l y combined,

    conspired

     

    confedera ted

    and

    agreed

    with

    each other to possess wi th i n t e n t t o d i s t r i b u t e

    a

    quan t i ty

    o f

    mari juana a Schedule I co n t r o l l ed subs tance in vio la t ion o f

    Ti t l e

    United

    St a t e s Code, Sec t ion 846.

    L-2) Racke tee r ing

    Act No. 31

    From in

    o r about

    Apri l 1980

    th rough

    May, 1980, a t Lafayet te

     

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    Louisiana ,

    Dade

    County in the Southern D i s t r i c t

    o f

    Flor ida , and

    elsewhere , the defendant ,

    MARIO

    S. TABRAUE JOSE LABRADA

    a /k /a

    JOE

    VULCANO MIGUEL RAMIREZ

    and

    o t h e r s known and unknown to the

    grand jury , knowingly and in ten t iona l ly combined,

    conspired

    1

    confederated and

    agreed

    with

    each

    other to possess with

    in tent to

    d i s t r ibu te a

    quant i ty

    of marijuana, a Schedule I controlled

    substance , in

    v i o l a t i o n of

    T i t l e

    21, United Sta tes Code, Sect ion

    846.

    M ACTS OF

    RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    MIDDLE TORCH KEY SEIZURES

    (M-1) Racketeer ing Act No. 32

    In

    o r

    about

    September

    1980, a t Monroe County, in the South-

    ern D i s t r i c t of Flo r ida , and elsewhere , the defendant ,

    FRANCISCO

    QUINTANA a/k /a PUPI ,

    together

    with

    others

    known and unknown

    to

    the grand ju ry , knowingly

    and i n t en t iona l ly

    impor ted in to the

    Uni ted Sta t e s

    1

    from a place

    outs ide

    thereof , a

    quan t i ty of

    mari-

    j uana , a

    Schedule

    I

    cont ro l led

    subs tance ,

    in

    vio la t ion

    of

    T i t l e

    21,

    United St a t e s Code, Sect ion 952 and Ti t l e 18, United

    Sta tes

    Code,

    Sect ion 2.

    (M-2) Racketeer ing Act No. 33

    In

    or

    about

    September

    1980,

    a t

    Monroe

    and

    Dade

    Count ies ,

    in

    the

    Southern D i s t r i c t

    of

    Flor ida , and

    elsewhere , the defendant ,

    MARIO

    S. TABRAUE and JOSE

    LABRADA

    a /k / a

    JOE

    VULCANO together

    with

    othe r s

    known and

    unknown

    to

    t he

    grand

    jury

    knowingly

    and

    i n t en t iona l ly

    possessed

    with i n t e n t

    to

    d i s t r i b u t e a

    quant i ty o f

    mari juana,

    a

    Schedule

    I

    cont ro l led

    subs tance ,

    in v i o l a t i o n o f

    Ti t l e 21, uni ted

    Sta tes

    Code,

    Section

    84l a )

    (1)

    and Ti t le 18,

    United

    St a t e s Code

    1

    Sect ion

    2.

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    N.

    ACT OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    NEW YORK

    JN-l l

    Racketeer ing Act No. 34

    In o r

    about November, 1980,

    a t New York and Dade

    County, in

    the

    Southern

    Dis t r ic t

    of

    Florida, the

    defendants ,

    MARIO

    S.

    TABRAUE and CARLOS PAZOS-SANTANA, and others

    known

    and

    unknown

    to

    the

    grand

    ju ry knowingly and

    i n t en t iona l ly

    combined, consp i red

    confedera ted

    and agreed

    with

    each other

    t o d i s t r i b u t e q u a n t i t i e s

    o f mar i juana a Schedule I co n t r o l l ed subs tance i n v i o l a t i o n o f

    T i t l e 21,

    United St a t e s

    Code, Sec t ion 846.

    0 .

    ACTS

    OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    THE VESSELS DOS HERMANOS and LOVE

    0-1)

    Racke tee r ing Act No. 35

    In or

    about

    Ju ly 1981,

    a t Monroe County

    and

    Dade

    County,

    in

    the Southern Dis t r ic t

    of

    Florida, and elsewhere, defendant ,

    MARIO

    S. TABRAUE, and others

    known

    and

    unknown to the

    grand

    j u r y

    knowingly and i n t en t i o n a l l y combined, consp i red confedera ted and

    agreed w i th

    each

    othe r to possess

    wi th

    i n t e n t t o

    d i s t r i b u t e

    approximate ly

    t h i r t y thousand 30,

    000)

    pounds

    o f

    mari juana a

    Schedule I

    con t ro l l ed

    substance , in

    vio la t ion

    o f i t l e 21, United

    St a t e s

    Code,

    Sec t ion 846.

    0-2)

    Racketeer ing Act

    No.

    36

    In o r

    about September 1981,

    a t Monroe

    County, in

    t he South-

    e rn

    D i s t r i c t o f Flo r id a and e lsewhere

    t h e defendant MARIO s .

    TABRAUE and

    oth rs known and unknown

    to

    th

    grand

    j u ry

    know-

    ingly and i n t en t i o n a l l y combined, consp i red confedera ted and

    agreed wi th

    each

    othe r to possess wi th i n t e n t to d i s t r i b u t e

    approximate ly f i f t e en

    thousand

    {15,000)

    pounds

    o f mari juana; a

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    Schedule

    I controlled substance,

    in violat ion

    of Ti t le

    21, United

    States

    Code,

    Section 84l(a) ( ll and Ti t le 18, United States Code,

    Sec t io n 2.

    P .

    ACTS OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING THE

    VESSEL

    uW1NDJAMMERn

    (P-1)

    Racketeer ing Act No. 37

    Between

    in

    or about July, 1981

    and

    November

    1981, a t Monroe

    County in

    the

    Southern Dis t r i c t of Flor ida and elsewhere, the

    defendant FRANCISCO QUINTANA, a / k / a

    nPUPI , t oge the r with

    other s

    known

    and unknown to the

    grand

    jury, knowingly and

    in tent ional ly

    did

    import

    in to the uni ted

    Sta tes in

    the Flor ida Keys_, from a

    p lace o u t s id e

    t h e reo f

    approximate ly

    four t een thousand 14 0 00}

    pounds of

    marijuana,

    a Schedule I controlled substance

    1

    in

    viola t ion of Ti t le 21, United States Code,

    Section 952

    and Tit le

    18, United States Code, Section

    2.

    (P-2) Racketeering Act No. 38

    ln or

    about November, 1981, a t Monroe County, in

    the South-

    ern D is t r i c t of

    Flor ida

    and

    elsewhere

    1

    the defendant , MARIO S.

    TABRAUE together with

    others- known

    and unknown

    to the grand

    jury

    knowingly

    and in ten t iona l ly combined,

    conspired ,

    confed-

    e ra t ed and

    agreed wi th

    each o t h e r

    to

    possess wi th i n t e n t to

    d i s t r i ~ t e approximately- four teen

    thousand

    {14,000)

    pounds

    of

    mari juana,

    a Schedule I cont rol led

    substance,

    in v io la t ion

    of

    Ti t l e

    21,

    United Sta t e s

    Code, Sect ion

    846.

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    Q.

    ACTS OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    THE VESSEL "C R'

    1

    (Q-1)

    Racke tee r ing Act No. 39

    In o r about February and March, 1982

    1

    a t Monroe Countyt in

    the

    Southern

    D i s t r i c t

    of

    Flor ida

    1

    and

    elsewhere

    1

    the

    defendant ,

    FRANCISCO QUINTANA, a / k / a nPUPI"', t o g e th e r

    with

    o th e r s known nd

    unknown

    to the grand jury, knowingly

    and

    in tent ional ly did import

    i n to the

    United

    St a t e s from a place outs ide

    thereof

    approximate ly twenty- two

    thousand

    (22,000) pounds

    o f

    mar i juana a

    Schedule

    I

    co n t r o l l ed

    substance in v i o l a t i o n

    o f T i t l e

    21.,

    United

    States

    Code,

    Section 952

    and

    Tit le

    18, United

    States

    Code,

    s e c t i o n 2.

    Q-2)

    Racke tee r ing

    Act

    No.

    40

    In or

    about February

    and

    March

    1982, a t Monroe County,

    in

    the Southern

    Distr . ic t of

    Flor ida and elsewhere , t he defendant

    MARIO s. TABRAUE,

    and o t h e r s

    known

    and

    unknown t o t h e grand

    j u r y

    knowingly and

    i n t en t i o n a l l y possessed w i th i n t e n t to

    d i s t r i b u t e

    approximate ly

    twenty- two thousand (22,000)

    pounds

    o f

    m a r i j ua na a

    Schedu le I co n t r o l l ed subs tance in v i o l a t i o n o f T i t l e 21, United

    St a t e s

    Code, Sec t ion 841(a)

    (1)

    and T i t l e

    18, Uni ted

    S t a t e s Code,

    Sec t io n

    2

    R.

    ACT

    OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    T IE VESSEL "BLUE WATER

    (R-1) Racke tee r ing Act

    No.

    41

    From

    in

    or about June, 1982 through i n o r

    about

    February,

    1983, a t Dade County,

    in the

    Sou thern

    D i s t r i c t of

    F l o r i d a and

    e l sewhere

    the

    defendant s FRANCISCO QUINTANA,

    a / k /

    a

    "PUPI'

    1

    and

    MARIO s . TABRAUE, and o t h e r s known and

    unknown

    t o t h e

    grand

    j u r y

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    co-mbined

    1

    conspired, confederated

    and

    agreed with each other to

    impor t i n to the United

    Sta tes

    from

    a

    p lace

    outs ide thereof

    approximate ly

    twenty- f ive thousand 25,000) pounds o f

    mar i juana ;

    a

    Schedule

    I

    con t ro l l ed

    substance

    in

    vio la t ion

    o f

    Ti t l e

    21,

    United St a t e s Code,

    Sec t ion

    963.

    S,

    ACTS OF RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    THE VESSEL

    YENYA ,

    A/K/A

    GINGER

    S-1) Racketeer ing Act

    No. 42

    In

    o r about

    March, 1983,

    a t Monroe

    County, Flor ida

    1

    the

    defendants , MARIO S.

    TABRAUE

    and

    FRANCISCO

    QUINTANA a /k /a

    ' ~ P U P I , t o g e th e r with other s known

    and

    unknown to the grand ju ry

    1

    committed

    one or

    more of

    the

    following ac t s any

    one

    o f which

    c o n s t i t u t e s

    one ac t

    of racke tee r ing :

    a)

    knowingly

    and i n t en t i o n a l l y combined,

    consp i red

    confedera ted and agreed

    to

    import in to

    t h e Uni ted Sta t e s

    from

    a

    place

    o u t s id e

    thereof

    a

    quant i ty o f mar i juana

    1

    a

    Schedule

    I

    cont rol led substance, in

    vio la t ion

    o f Ti t l e 21, United Sta tes

    Cadet

    Section 963;

    and

    b) knowingly and in tent ional ly imported

    in to

    the

    United

    S t a t e s

    from

    a place

    outs ide

    th e r eo f a q u an t i t y o f mari juana a

    Schedule

    I

    cont rol led

    substance,

    as

    al leged

    in

    Count

    VI

    of t h i s

    indictment which

    i s incorpora ted

    here in

    by re ference as i se t

    out in f u l l ; and

    c)

    knowingly and

    i n t en t iona l ly

    combined,

    consp i red

    confedera ted and agreed to possess w i th i n t en t to d is t r ibu te

    mari juana, a

    Schedule

    I con t ro l l ed

    substance, in

    v-iolation o f

    T i t l e

    21

    1

    United Sta t e s

    Code

    1

    Sec t ion 846; and

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    d) knowingly and i n t en t iona l ly possessed

    with in ten t

    to

    d i s t r i b u t e mari juana

    1

    as al leged in Count VII of t h i s

    i nd ic tment ,

    which

    i s

    incorpora ted

    herein by r eference as i f s e t o u t i n

    fu l l .

    T.

    CTS

    OF

    RACKETEERING INVOLVING

    THE

    DISTRIBUTION

    OF

    COCAINE

    {T-1}

    Racketeer ing

    Act

    No. 43

    In

    o r

    about

    the beginning o f

    1977

    1

    a t

    Miami

    1

    in the Southern

    Dis t r ic t

    o f

    Florida, and elsewhere,

    the

    defendant , M RIO

    S.

    TABRAUE and

    oth rs known

    and

    unknown

    to

    th grand j u ry

    know

    ingly and in ten t iona l ly

    possessed with in ten t

    to

    d is t r ibu te

    approximately

    three

    {3) kilograms of coc inet a Schedule I I

    con t ro l l ed narco t i c

    substance , in v i o l a t i o n o f Ti t l e

    21,

    United

    Sta t e s

    Code,

    Section

    84l{a}

    1)

    and Ti t l e

    18,

    United

    Sta t e s

    Code,

    Sect ion

    2.

    {T-2}

    Racketeer ing

    Act No. 44

    In

    o r about March,

    1977, in Miami, Dade County, in t h e

    Southern

    D i s t r i c t

    of Flor ida ,

    t he defendant ,

    MARIO S. T B UE

    1

    and

    others

    known

    and

    unknown

    to

    the grand ju ry , knowingly and

    i n t e n t io n a l l y d i s t r ib u t e d approximately twenty 20) ki lograms of

    cocaine ,

    a

    Schedule

    I I n a rco t i c co n t ro l l ed substance, i n v io -

    l a t i o n

    o f

    Ti t l e

    21,

    Uni ted

    Sta t e s

    Code,

    sec t ion

    84l a )

    {1}

    and

    Ti t l e 18

    1

    Uni ted St a t e s Code, Section 2.

    {T-3}

    Racketeer ing Act

    No. 45

    In

    o r

    about

    May or

    June

    1

    1977,

    in Miami, Dade County

    1

    in

    the

    Southern

    D i s t r i c t of

    Flor ida

    1

    the defendant , M RIO S.

    TABRADE,

    and others known and unknown to the grand ju ry , knowingly and

    i n t e n t i o n a l l y d i s t r i b u t e d

    approximately

    t en 10}

    ki lograms of

    cocaine ,

    a Schedule

    I I narco t i c con t ro l l ed

    subs tance , in

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    v i o l a t i o n

    o f

    Ti t l e

    21, United St a t e s

    Code, Sec t ion

    B41{a)

    {1} and

    Ti t le lB,

    United States

    Code, Section 2.

    {T-4) Racketeering Act No.

    46

    In

    or about

    t h e

    Spring

    o f

    19SO,

    a t

    Dade

    County,

    in

    t he

    Southern D i s t r i c t o f F1or ida

     

    the defendant MARIO

    S t

    TABRAUE,

    and others known

    and

    unknown to

    the

    grand j u ry

    knowingly

    and

    in tent ional ly did possess

    with i n t e n t to

    dis t r ibute

    approximately

    e leven 11) kilograms o f

    coca ine

    a Schedule I I n a rco t i c

    con

    t ro l led . substance, in viola t ion

    o f

    Ti t l e

    21

    1

    United

    St a t e s Code,

    Sect ion 84l a) 1) and T i t l e 18, United St a t e s

    Code,

    Sect ion 2.

    {T-5) Racketeering Act

    No.

    47

    In

    o r

    about

    t h e

    Spring of

    1980,

    but

    subsequent

    to

    Act

    No.

    46

    above,

    a t

    Dade County, in

    the

    Southern Dis t r i c t of Fl o r i d a and

    elsewhere, the defendants, MARlO S. TABRAUE CARLOS PAZOS-SANTANA

    and others known and unknown

    to t h e grand

    ju ry

    knowingly

    and

    i n t e n t i o n a l l y did possess

    with

    i n t e n t

    to d i s t r i b u t e s ix

    6)

    kilograms

    of cocaine,

    a

    Schedule

    I I

    narcot ic cont rol led sub-

    s t ance

    i n v i o l a t i o n

    of T i t l e

    21, United St a t e s

    Code

    1

    Sec t ion

    841 a) 1) and

    Ti t le

    18,

    United

    s ta tes

    Code, Section 2.

    T-6)

    Racketeering

    Act

    No.

    48

    Between in o r

    about August

    and

    November,

    1982,

    a t

    Dade

    County, in the

    Southern

    Dis t r i c t of Flor ida

    and

    elsewhere

    the

    defendant MARIO

    S.

    TABRAUE

    and

    other s

    known

    and unknown

    to

    the

    grand ju ry knowingly and i n t en t i o n a l l y

    did

    d i s t r i b u t e

    not

    l es s

    t han seven 7) kilograms of coca ine a Schedule

    I I

    n ar co t i c

    cont rol led

    substance, in

    viola t ion of

    Ti t l e 21,

    uni ted

    Sta tes

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    (

    Code, Sec t ion 84l{a) (1)

    and

    T i t l e 18, Uni ted St a t e s

    Code,

    Sec t ion

    2.

    T-71 Racketeering

    Act

    No. 49

    From

    in o r about June 1983,

    u n t i l

    i n o r

    about

    J u ly 1983,

    a t Dade County, in the Southern

    D i s t r i c t o f

    Fl o r i d a and

    e l s e

    where the defendant_ MARIO

    S.

    ' 'ABRAUE,

    and

    others known

    and

    unknown t o t h e

    grand j u ry

    knowingly

    and

    i n t e n t i o n a l l y combined,

    consp i red

    confedera ted

    and agreed

    with

    each o th e r t o

    d i s t r i b u t e

    approximate ly

    twenty :20)

    ki lograms o f co ca in e

    a

    Schedule

    I I

    n a rco t i c

    co n t r o l l ed subs tance in v io l a t ion o f

    T i t l e 21, United

    St a t e s

    Code,

    Sec t ion

    846.

    (T-8 I Racketeering

    Act

    No. 50

    In o r about

    the

    Summer o f 1983,

    a t

    Dade

    County,

    in

    the

    Sou thern D i s t r i c t o f Fl o r i d a

    and e l sewhere t he d e f e n d a n t

    1

    MARIO

    s . TABRAUB, and o th e r s

    known

    and unknown to t he

    grand j u ry

    know

    ing ly and i n t en t iona l ly did d i s t r i b u t e

    a

    q u an t i t y o f

    cocaine a

    Schedule I l narco t i c

    co n t r o l l ed subs tance

    in

    v io l a t ion o f T i t l e

    21 , United St a t e s Code, Section 8 41

    (a)

    1 I and Ti t le 18, United

    St a t e s Code, Sect ion

    (T-101 Racketeering Act No. 5

    on

    or about February

    20 1986

    1

    defendants

    MARlO

    s TABRAUE

    and ORLANDO CICILIA, d i s t r i bu ted coca ine

    1

    as al leged in Count

    VII

    o f t h i s

    i nd ic tment

    which i s incorpora ted here in by r e f e r

    ence

    as

    i f

    s e t out

    in

    f u l l .

    (T-111

    Racketeering Act

    No.

    52

    On

    or

    about

    March

    10 1986 Defendants MARIO

    S.

    TABRAUE

    and

    ORLANDO CICILIA, d i s t r i bu ted cocaine as a l l eg ed i n

    Count IX

    of

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    t h i s indic tmei l t which i s

    i ncorpora ted

    here in by r eference as

    i f

    se t out

    in

    fu l l .

    {T-12) Racke tee r ing

    Act No. 53

    On

    r

    about

    May

    7,

    1986,

    defendan ts

    MARIO

    S.

    TABRAUE

    and

    ORLANDO

    CICILIA,

    d i s t r i b u t ed coca ine as a l l eg ed in

    Count

    X o f

    t h i s i nd ic tment which i s i ncorpora ted here in by r eference as if

    s e t

    out

    in f u l l .

    T-13)

    Racke tee r ing

    Act

    No. 54

    On o r

    about

    september

    26

    I

    1986

    r

    a t Dade

    County in the

    Southern D i s t r i c t o f

    Flor ida

    and

    e lsewhere

    defendant ORLANDO

    CICILIA