YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A man accused of leading a violent drug cartel in Mexico grew up in central Washington and committed crimes in the town of Tieton before he was deported.
The Yakima Herald-Republic reports 34-year-old Martin Omar Estrada Luna is remembered by Tieton Police Chief Jeff Ketchum from the 1990s.
Ketchum says Estrada admitted being a gang member. Court records say his nickname was “El Kilo.”
Estrada’s Yakima County convictions include burglary and brandishing a knife. When he was sentenced in 2006 for an immigration violation, federal prosecutors said he had 16 felony and misdemeanor convictions. He was last deported in 2009.
