Celio Luna
Celio Luna
MJ-20- -BU-KLD
(DCI) assigned to the Narcotics Bureau and am currently assigned to the Drug
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Montana, and was previously with the Tactical Diversion Squad (TDS) for the
since 2013 and have been assigned to the DEA since November of 2018. During
charging Oscar Noe Celio Luna ("CELIO LUNA") with conspiring to possess with
the intent to distribute, and possessing with the intent to distribute, more than 500
and 18 U.S.C. § 2.
3. The facts and information contained in this affidavit are based upon
knowledge, and observations during the course of this investigation, as well as the
observations of other agents and officers involved in this investigation and other
evidence obtained during the course of this investigation. This affidavit contains
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include each and every fact and matter observed by me or known to the
government.
4. In January 2019, the DEA initiated a joint investigation into the drug
investigations that were being conducted independently by the DEA, The Missouri
River Drug Task Force (MRDTF), and Homeland Security Investigations. The
investigations, as outlined below, show that CELIO LUNA arranges the shipment
defendant with the hope of reducing the federal defendant's sentence. The federal
defendant explained that CELIO LUNA has been arranging the shipment of drugs
for several months, which was arranged through CELIO LUNA. The federal
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defendant also told law enforcement that CELIO LUNA made several trips from
with the federal defendant in Montana on two occasions to collect drug proceeds,
investigation. CS-1 advised investigators that CELIO LUNA has arranged to have
methamphetamine and heroin mailed to Montana. CS-1 told investigators that CS-
1 has met CELIO LUNA in Montana to pay CELIO LUNA for drugs that CELIO
the direction of law enforcement. CELIO LUNA did not physically mail the
packages for the controlled buys. Rather, CELIO LUNA arranged to have the
packages shipped. The two controlled buys are further identified below:
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that CELIO LUNA sent of methamphetamine, heroin, and suspected fentanyl pills.
CS-I and CELIO LUNA. For example, during one call, CS-I and CELIO LUNA
discussed drug prices. CELIO LUNA explained he understood his prices for drugs
in Montana could not be too high because he "ain't the only drug dealer out here."
investigators from the DEA, MRDTF, and the Montana Division of Criminal
Investigators identified that CELIO LUNA was staying in a hotel room in Helena,
Montana. Law enforcement obtained a state search warrant for the hotel room.
Law enforcement arrested CELIO LUNA and took him into custody. Inside
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CELIO LUNA's hotel room, agents recovered large quantities of cash, suspected
CONCLUSION
10. Based upon the facts outlined in this affidavit, I believe probable
with the intent to distribute, and possessing methamphetamine with the intent to
distribute, all in violation of21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(l) and 846, and 18 U.S.C. § 2.
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SUBSCRJBED and SWORN to me this c;t.!__ day of May, 2020.
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United States Magistrate Judge