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They sold boots up front.
Out back, feds say it was a cartel bank.
E******* P******* F********, 50, a Mexican national illegally in this country, just got charged in Oregon for allegedly laundering more than $34 million in drug money through his Springfield shop, El Kaiman Western Wear.
Prosecutors say from 2018 to 2026 that store ran nearly 180,000 wire transfers totaling over $93 million. More than $34 million of it allegedly went to drug corridors in Mexico and Honduras.
Undercover agents told him the cash was from trafficking. The complaint says he moved it anyway, with fake sender IDs.
When they hit the shop on Nov. 4, they found a Ruger 9mm, ammo, and bulk cash. He admitted he had no legal status here.
One traffic stop with El Kaiman receipts turned up about 72 pounds of meth.
National media buried this under election noise. Cartels do not need an open border when they have a Western Wear counter in Oregon washing tens of millions.
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