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The Voice of Seguin Today

Volume 55, Number 029 830-379-2234

Operation Sinner results in 21 arrest, 12 from Seguin area

By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera

the heroin, cocaine and crystal methamphetamine distribution activities in the greater Seguin and San Antonio areas.

(Seguin) -- A multi agency effort this week has led to the arrest of several individuals in the Seguin, San Marcos, San Antonio and Fort Worth areas. The two year investigation this week resulted in the round up of a group of drug traffickers with ties into Mexico. On Feb. 5, evidence was presented to a federal grant jury in the Western District of Texas securing the indictment of these 21 targets in this drug investigation.

Nichols says what began as a local impact investigation gave way to this greater effort to identify and disrupt the transportation network and source supply of the narcotics being smuggled from the Republic of Mexico into the greater South Texas area. Nichols says there was a mix of both men and women who were taken into custody. The latest seizure occurred Tuesday morning when officers seized and searched the properties of Jesse Ricky Escobedo, 39, of Seguin. Search warrants were served at a home in the 700 block of Geronimo Road in Geronimo. Officials say he was reportedly living there and taken into custody without incident. Officers also searched what is reported as his primary residence at 3032 Prairie Bluff in the Mill Creek Crossing subdivision. See SINNER, page 2

Leading the investigation and initiating those arrests and search warrants were officials with the Seguin Police Department, the Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Seguin Police Chief Terry Nichols say in September 2017, the San Antonio District Office Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force initiated the investigation dubbed "Operation Sinner." He says this was a long-term investigation that targeted

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