Silvestre drug trafficking scandal

Silvestre drug trafficking scandal

Cocaine discovered in the tire of an Azavedo 8.
Date	1983–1990 (approximately 7 years)
Location	Creeperopolis
Also known as	Azavedo drug trafficking scandal
Type	Drug trafficking operation
Organized by	Sérgio Silvestre Mara Salvatrucha
Arrests	14, 9 later released without charges
Convicted	Sérgio Silvestre (in absentia) Vicente Gutiérrez Moreno Hernando Fernández Obregón Carlos Infante Castro Santiago Ortega Murillo
Verdict	Guilty, guilty in absentia
Convictions	Drug trafficking arms trafficking terrorism corruption embezzlement money laundering extortion tax fraud tax evasion racketeering
Sentence	Death, death in absentia

The Silvestre drug trafficking scandal, also known as the Azavedo drug trafficking scandal, occurred from 1983 to 1990 when hundreds of thousands of Azavedo 8 second generation cars were used by Mara Salvatrucha to traffic drugs across the country.