Luis Anselmo Ortega-Flores, 30, who is not a citizen of the United States, was charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, one count of carrying a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by an illegal alien and one count of harboring illegal aliens.
The crimes are alleged to have occurred in 2011 and 2012 in Kansas City, Kan. Co-defendant Victor Hugo Flores-Sanchez, 41, who is not a citizen of the United States, was charged with one count of unlawfully re-entering the United States after being deported.
The indictment alleges Ortega-Flores, who was the owner and operator of Panaderia La Guadalupana at 941 Central in Kansas City, Kan., employed three undocumented aliens who he paid in cash without withholding state income taxes, federal income taxes or Social Security payments.
Upon conviction, the crimes carry the following penalties:
- Possession with intent to distribute cocaine: A maximum penalty of 20 years and a fine up to $1 million.
- Unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking: Not less than five years consecutive to other sentences and a fine up to $250,000.
- Unlawful possession of a firearm by an illegal alien: A maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000.
- Harboring an illegal alien: A maximum penalty of two years and a fine up to $250,000.
