PHOTO: Las Vegas, Nevada
A Las Vegas real estate broker was arrested Monday for allegedly helping Mexican and Central American drug cartels to launder criminal profits through Las Vegas real estate and dummy corporations, the US Justice Department announced.
Luis Eduardo Rodriguez is accused of aiding major international drug traffickers by moving hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug money through his real estate business. According to the criminal complaint, Rodriguez was one conduit under the direction of Jesus Rodriguez-Jimenez, the leader of a global money-laundering organization.
Last year, Rodriguez-Jimenez pleaded guilty to laundering more than US$250 million in drug proceeds for cartels in Mexico and Central America.
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