A Los Angeles gangster living in Mexico has been accused of obtaining police information to help alleged Canadian drug lord Ryan Wedding hide from U.S. authorities.
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Wedding → live → authorities
The U.S. Justice Department announced in a news release Tuesday that 51-year-old Roberto Gomez is charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to import controlled substances, three counts of accessory after the fact, and attempting to transact and deal with a specially designated narcotics trafficker.
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Gomez → announce → trafficker
Gomez, also known as “Rob Flores,” “Fat Boy,” “Fats,” and “Rooster,” is from the Central-Alameda area of South Los Angeles but fled the U.S. for Mexico in 2000 after being charged in Los Angeles Superior Court with two counts of second-degree robbery.
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Gomez → know → robbery
A second criminal case in January 2018 was brought forth by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, which accused Gomez of drug trafficking and money laundering offences.
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which → bring → offences
According to U.S. officials, Gomez allegedly met and communicated with drug cartel leaders, including the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion.
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Gomez → accord → Cartel
During those meetings, he is alleged to have cultivated relationships with individuals who had access to sensitive police information from Mexican and U.S. law enforcement agencies.
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who → allege → agencies
The information obtained from police operations included arrests, drug seizures, warrant executions, and the filing of criminal charges, officials said.
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officials → obtain → charges
That info was then given to Gomez’s co-conspirators, including Wedding.
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info → give → Wedding
Wedding, 45, was arrested January in Mexico City and is charged with eight felonies, including two counts of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to export cocaine, leading a continuing criminal enterprise, three counts of murder in connection with a continuing criminal enterprise and drug crime, and attempt to commit murder in connection with a continuing criminal enterprise and drug crime.
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Wedding → arrest → enterprise
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It’s alleged that Gomez operated as a narcotics supplier to multiple transnational criminal organizations, including Wedding’s trafficking network, from 2016 to 2026.
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Gomez → recommend → 2026
“Gomez’s primary method of operation involved transporting cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl into Mexico via aircraft and maritime vessels through Central America, followed by land-based transportation into the U.S. and Canada,” U.S. officials allege.
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officials → involve → U.S.
Accused of helping Wedding evade capture
Gomez is also accused of assisting Wedding evade capture from October 2024 to January 2026 and of attempting to broker the sale of approximately 450 kilograms of methamphetamine between a supply source and Wedding for approximately $550,000 (C$784,000) in cryptocurrency.
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Wedding → accuse → cryptocurrency
Authorities also unsealed a two-count indictment against Edgar Aaron Vazquez Alvarado, a 42-year-old drug cartel boss who allegedly trafficked cocaine for Wedding’s criminal enterprise but was killed by Mexican police last week.
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who → unseal → police
“Vazquez assisted members and associates of Wedding’s enterprise by paying Mexican public officials to slow down criminal investigations, dispose of and manipulate evidence implying guilt, and dismiss criminal charges against them,” officials said.
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officials → assist → them
Vazquez, who was also known as “El General,” was the founder of Mexico City’s El Certel Nuevo Imperio.
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who → know → Imperio
He was killed last Thursday in Naucalpan, approximately 14 kilometres west of Mexico City, by security forces attempting to serve an arrest warrant, according to Mexico’s Security Minister Omar García Harfuch, CBS News reports.
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News → kill → Minister
It is alleged Vazquez helped the former Canadian snowboarder hide from U.S. law enforcement from October 2024 to January 2026.
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Vazquez → allege → January
If convicted of all charges, Gomez could face a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
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Gomez → convict → imprisonment
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