The defendants are: Ignacio Rivera-Hernández, a.
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Defendants are presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Members of the conspiracy included police officers who would provide information regarding investigations of the conspirators, interfere in police investigations for the benefit of the conspirators, provide information to the conspirators on how to avoid police detection, and use and leverage their official positions as law enforcement officers in furtherance of the conspiracy.
They used the United States Postal Service to purchase and mail these drugs to and from various distributors in the Continental United States.
The conspirators facilitated the acquisition of firearms and ammunition, including machine guns, and would use force, violence, and threats in order to intimidate rival drug trafficking organizations.