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Man arrested in Pueblo may be accessory to San Luis Valley murders
Updated 1:24pm Dec 31, 2020
The affidavit states the informant helped authorities locate the site where the bodies were found.
A Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent, who has been part of the investigation, signed the affidavit.
A judge advised Ramirez on Wednesday of the charge and ordered him to be held in federal custody in Denver until at least Jan. 5. Then, a judge will decide whether Ramirez can be released on bond.
That charge stemmed from a search of a truck he was in on Dec. 11 in Pueblo after investigators learned he was in the city. The affidavit states Pueblo police, agents of the ATF and Colorado Bureau of Investigation found a handgun and two loaded magazines, plus suspected heroin and methamphetamine, with a street value of $49.000.
He admitted to Pueblo Detective Brian Roman and ATF agent Matthew Gonzales he was a drug dealer and had a gun to protect his drug trafficking, according to the affidavit.
ATF says it confirmed Ramirez is a member of the East Side Dukes, a violent street gang in Southern Colorado affiliated with the Sureno street gang.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Colorado is prosecuting Ramirez. He pleaded guilty in 2015 in federal court in Denver to a federal drug crime in Arapahoe County and was sentenced to serve 366 days in custody.
Updated 1:24pm Dec 31, 2020
The affidavit states the informant helped authorities locate the site where the bodies were found.
A Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent, who has been part of the investigation, signed the affidavit.
A judge advised Ramirez on Wednesday of the charge and ordered him to be held in federal custody in Denver until at least Jan. 5. Then, a judge will decide whether Ramirez can be released on bond.
That charge stemmed from a search of a truck he was in on Dec. 11 in Pueblo after investigators learned he was in the city. The affidavit states Pueblo police, agents of the ATF and Colorado Bureau of Investigation found a handgun and two loaded magazines, plus suspected heroin and methamphetamine, with a street value of $49.000.
He admitted to Pueblo Detective Brian Roman and ATF agent Matthew Gonzales he was a drug dealer and had a gun to protect his drug trafficking, according to the affidavit.
ATF says it confirmed Ramirez is a member of the East Side Dukes, a violent street gang in Southern Colorado affiliated with the Sureno street gang.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Colorado is prosecuting Ramirez. He pleaded guilty in 2015 in federal court in Denver to a federal drug crime in Arapahoe County and was sentenced to serve 366 days in custody.