Ten members of drug and gun trafficking groups arrested on indictments and criminal complaints

Seattle – A law enforcement operation lead by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Seattle Police Department made ten arrests yesterday in connection with three significant, interrelated, drug and gun trafficking conspiracies, announced U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. The defendants have been appearing in U.S. District Court in Seattle yesterday and today. The arrests are the culmination of a year-long investigation by area law enforcement officers.

“These defendants were trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin on the streets of western Washington. These drugs take a heavy toll on our community,” said U.S. Attorney Floyd. “Worse yet, this group trafficked in dozens of firearms – some of them high powered assault style weapons. Yesterday alone law enforcement seized 34 firearms.”

“This heavily armed Transnational Criminal Organization threatened all of Western Washington by trafficking guns and fentanyl from Lewis County to Snohomish County,” said David F. Reames, Special Agent in Charge, DEA Seattle Field Division. “Our entire region is safer today because of the efforts of DEA and our partners, who literally risked their lives to confront this threat to our communities.”

“This violent organization not only trafficked dangerous drugs but was responsible for putting firearms on our city streets,” said Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes. “I’m thankful for the great work of our Seattle Police officers and our federal partners.”

Those arrested on indictments yesterday include:

Luis Humberto Lamas-Guzman, 25, of Lynnwood, Washington

Eduardo Villavicencio-Salido, 44, of Marysville, Washington

Silvestre Ramos Martinez, 35, of Everett, Washington

Jose Navarro Hernandez “Robert”, 46, of Marysville, Washington

Jose Manuel Ramos Ibarra “Kora”, 28, of Everett, Washington

Marisol Perez-Diaz, 23, of Auburn, Washington

Jordan Martinez Gamez, 23, of Auburn, Washington

Those arrested on criminal complaints include:

Jose Isabel Sandoval Zuniga, 30, of Sammamish, Washington

Roni Licona Escoto, 56, of Seattle

Edgar Rivas Robles, 33, of Centralia, Washington

Search warrants were served at twelve different locations including at a largely undeveloped “stash property” linked to Jose Isabel Sandoval Zuniga in Centralia, Washington. The house

 contained 25 kilos of suspected fentanyl powder, more than 90,000 fentanyl pills and two dozen firearms. Zuniga was arrested in his vehicle with 1.6 kilos of suspected fentanyl. At his Sammamish home investigators seized heroin, fentanyl, and a loaded .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol.

In the arrest operation yesterday law enforcement seized approximately 100,000 fentanyl pills, 34 kilos of fentanyl powder, 3.7 kilos of methamphetamine, nearly a kilogram of heroin and 8.7 kilos of cocaine. Law enforcement also seized $40,000 in cash.

The charges contained in the indictments and criminal complaints are only allegations.  A person is presumed innocent unless and until he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).

In addition to DEA and SPD, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) is part of the investigation.

These agencies provided assistance in the law enforcement operation on October 28, 2025: Seattle Police Department (SWAT & Community Response Group), North Sound Metro (Regional SWAT), Snohomish County (Region 1 SWAT), Washington State Patrol (SWAT), Centralia Police Department (SWAT), Customs & Border Patrol (BORTAC), Valley (Regional SWAT), King County Sheriff’s Office (SWAT – TAC 30)

The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys C. Andrew Colasurdo and Joseph Silvio.