Nine indicted in multicount drug and money laundering case

Date: May 19, 2026

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Denver, CO - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Juan Omar Gonazlez-Guzman, Abel Joshua Thomas, Paris Kayla Gonazles, Karla Lyn Cipares, Diego Yair Hernandez-Barbizani, Pedro Carrillo-Hernandez, Diana Victoria Amador-Rodriguez, and Dustin Gary Trujillo, who all resided in the Denver metro area, and an unidentified individual, are charged in an indictment containing seventeen counts of possession and distribution of fentanyl, possession and distribution of methamphetamine, possession and distribution of cocaine, and possession and distribution of heroin, and a conspiracy to commit the same. Hernandez-Barbizani faces one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Thomas, Cipares, Hernandez-Barbizani, Amador-Rodriguez, and the unidentified individual are also charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

According to the indictment, between October 2024 and through 2025, individuals named in the indictment participated in a variety of actions including possession and distribution of illicit substances as well as a variety of financial transactions to, amongst others, conceal the source of the money from alleged drug dealing.

The charges contained in the indictment are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The Drug Enforcement Administration led the investigation and was joined by the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, and Homeland Security Investigations.

The Transnational Organized Crime and Money Laundering Section of the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado is handling the prosecution.

IRS-CI is the law enforcement arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. It is the only federal law enforcement agency with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code. IRS-CI has 18 field offices located across the U.S. and maintains an international presence through attaché posts abroad.