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Kenosha investigation recovers $120,000 in alleged cartel theft case
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Kenosha County Sheriff\'s OfficeKENOSHA COUNTY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Eight people are facing charges in Kenosha County after authorities uncovered a large retail theft operation linked to Cartel La Familia Michoacana in Mexico.
According to a news release from the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, Sept. 23, investigators began looking into the group in March 2025 after being contacted by police in Oak Brook, Ill., along with federal agencies.
Four days later, deputies stopped several members and found more than $21,000 in stolen merchandise from Madison.
In total, more than $120,000 in stolen merchandise was seized in Kenosha County.
Those arrested include Fausto Gonzalez-Medrano, Jose Antonio Baez-Fuerte, Jorge Alberto Villeda-Sevilla, Sharon Jazmin Villeda-Sevilla, Ana Paola Villeda-Sevilla, Manuel Perez-Sanchez, Danna Paola Gomez and Yareli Salas-Ramirez.
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