United States v. EDWIN CARRASQUILLO; HECTOR HERNANDEZ; JOSE HERNANDEZ; NATHANIEL MANNING; DAMEL MARCUS; EDWARDO MORENO, et al., No. S7 21 Cr. 93 (VM), Southern District of New York (Mar. 6, 2024) — Indictment

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN D ISTRICT OF NEW YORK 
UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA 
V. 
EDWIN CARRASQUILLO, 
a/k/a "Malo," 
HECTOR HERNANDEZ, 
a/k/a "Hee," 
JOSE HERNANDEZ, 
a/k/a 
''Nene," 
a/k/a "Little," 
NATHANIEL MANNING, 
a/k/a "Tio,'' 
DAMEL MARCUS, 
a/k/a "Shank," 
EDWARDO MORENO, 
a/k/a "AR," 
JASON RIVERA, 
a/k/a "Colombo," 
JOSUE VARGAS, 
a/k/ a "Leo," 
JUAN KUANG, 
a/k/a "Jo Jo," 
a/k/a "Jay," 
a/k/a "Blanco," 
STEVEN SANTIAGO, 
a/k/a "Swizz," 
VICTOR MENDENG, 
a/k/a "Cali," 
DELILAH CARRIEL, 
ROSEMARIE SANCHEZ, 
a/k/a "Rosie," 
JUAN CALDERON, 
a/k/a "Jazzo," 
a/k/a "Juanito," 
CHRISTOPHER MEADOWS, and 
ANGEL VILLAFANE, 
Defendants. 
SEALED SUPERSEDING 
INDICTMENT 
S7 21 Cr. 93 (VM) 

The Grand Jury charges: 
COUNT ONE 
(Narcotics Conspiracy) 
Overview of the Valentine Avenue Crew 
1. From at least in or about 2012 through at least in or about February 2024, in the 
Southern District 
of New York and elsewhere,  EDWIN CARRASQUILLO, a/k/a "Malo," 
HECTOR HERNANDEZ, a/k:/a ''Hee," JOSE HERNANDEZ, a/k:/a ''Nene," a/k:/a "Little," 
NATHANIEL MANNING, 
a/k:/a "Tio," DAMEL MARCUS, a/k:/a "Shank," EDWARDO 
MORENO, 
a/k:/a "AR," JASON RIVERA, a/k:/a "Colombo," JOSUE VARGAS, a/k:/a "Leo," 
JUAN KUANG, 
a/k:/a "Jo Jo," a/k:/a "Jay," a/k:/a "Blanco," STEVEN SANTIAGO, a/k:/a "Swizz," 
VICTOR MENDENG, 
a/k:/a "Cali," DELILAH CARRIEL, ROSEMARIE SANCHEZ, a/k:/a 
"Rosie," JUAN CALDERON, a/k:/a "Jazzo," a/k:/a " Juanito," CHRISTOPHER MEADOWS, and 
ANGEL VILLAFANE, the defendants, and others known and unknown, formed an anned drug 
trafficking organization (the "Valentine Avenue Crew") that took over the block 
of Valentine 
Avenue between East 194th Street and East 196th Street in the Bronx, New York (the "Block") 
and its surrounding neighborhood. Working in shifts throughout the day and night, and organized 
in a  clear hierarchal structure, the Valentine Avenue Crew and its  members, including the 
defendants--many 
of whom were typically anned with firearms and other weapons-<iistributed 
fentanyl, heroin,  cocaine, and cocaine base, 
in a  form commonly  known as "crack." These 
narcotics were often manufactured and packaged elsewhere and then delivered to the Block, where 
members and associates 
of the Valentine A venue Crew sold them to a  large base of end-user 
customers. Controlling  the sidewalks  and street 
of the Block, as well as the public spaces of 
multiple buildings along the Block, the Valentine Avenue Crew and its members, including the 
defendants, operated freely, creating an open market for drugs, 
in which they extorted payments 
from customers through violence. For well over a decade, members 
of the Valentine A venue Crew 
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also used violence-including multiple shootings-to compete with rival drug traffickers, and at 
times within the Valentine Avenue Crew itself, 
to maintain dominance over the drug trade on the 
Block. 
Statutory Allegations 
2. From at least in or about 2012 through at least 
in or about February 2024, in the 
Southern District 
of New York and elsewhere, EDWIN CARRASQUILLO, a/k/a "Malo," 
HECTOR HERNANDEZ, a/k/a "Hee," JOSE HERNANDEZ, a/k/a "Nene," a/k/a "Little," 
NATHANIEL MANNING, a/k/a "Tio," DAMEL MARCUS, a/k/a "Shank," EDWARDO 
MORENO, a/k/a "AR," JASON RIVERA, a/k/a "Colombo," JOSUE VARGAS, a/k/a "Leo," 
JUAN KUANG, a/k/a "Jo Jo," a/k/a "Jay," a/k/a "Blanco," STEVEN SANTIAGO, a/k/a 
"Swizz," 
VICTOR MENDENG, a/k/a "Cali," DELILAH CARRIEL,  ROSEMARIE SANCHEZ, a/k/a 
"Rosie," JUAN CALDERON, a/k/a "Jazzo," a/k/a "Juanito," CHRISTOPHER MEADOWS, and 
ANGEL VILLAFANE, the defendants, and others known and unknown, knowingly and 
intentionally combined, conspired, confederated, and agreed together and with each other to 
violate the controlled-substance laws 
of the United States. 
3. 
It was a part and an object of the conspiracy that EDWIN CARRASQUILLO, a/k/a 
"Malo," HECTOR HERNANDEZ, a/k/a "Hee,"  JOSE HERNANDEZ, a/k/a ''Nene," a/k/a 
" Little," NATHANIEL MANNING, a/k/a 
"Tio," DAMEL MARCUS, a/k/a "Shank," 
EDWARDO MORENO, a/k/a "AR," JASON RlVERA,  a/k/a "Colombo," JOSUE VARGAS, 
a/k/a "Leo," JUAN KUANG, a/k/a "Jo Jo,"  a/k/a "Jay," a/k/a "Blanco," STEVEN SANTIAGO, 
a/k/a "Swizz," VICTOR MENDENG, a/k/a "Cali," DELILAH CARRIEL, ROSEMARIE 
SANCHEZ, a/k/a "Rosie," JUAN CALDERON, a/k/a "Jazzo,"  a/k/a "Juanito," CHRISTOPHER 
MEADOWS, and ANGEL VILLAFANE, the defendants, and others known and unknown, would 
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and did distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, in violation of Title 
21, United States Code, Section 
841 (a)(l ). 
4. The controlled substances involved in the offense were (i) 400 grams and more of 
mixtures and substances containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United 
States Code,  Section 84l(b)(])(A), (ii) one kilogram and more 
of mixtures and substances 
containing a  detectable amount 
of heroin, in violation of Title 21,  United States Code, Section 
841 (b )(1 )(A), (iii) five kilograms and more of mixtures and substances containing a  detectable 
amount 
of cocaine, in violation of Title 2 1, United States Code, Section 84 l(b)(l)(A), and (iv) 280 
grams and more 
of mixtures and substances containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, in a 
form commonly known 
as "crack," in violation of  Title 21, United States Code, Section 
84 l(b )(l)(A). 
(fitle 21, United States Code, Section 846.) 
COUNT TWO 
(Continuing Criminal Enterprise) 
The Grand Jury further charges: 
5. From at least in or about 2012 through at least in or about February 2024, in the 
Southern District 
of New York and elsewhere, EDWIN CARRASQUILLO, a/k/a "Malo," 
HECTOR HERNANDEZ, a/k/a "Hee," JOSE HERNANDEZ, a/k/a "Nene," a/k/a "Little," 
NATHANIEL MANNING,  a/k/a 
"Tio," DAMEL MARCUS,   a/k/a "Shank," EDWARDO 
MORENO,  a/k/a "AR," JASON RIVERA,  a/k/a "Colombo," JOSUE VARGAS,  a/k/a "Leo," 
JUAN KUANG, a/k/a "Jo Jo," a/k/a "Jay,"  a/k/a "Blanco," and STEVEN SANTIAGO,  a/k/a 
"Swizz
," the defendants, and others known and unknown, engaged in a  continuing criminal 
enterprise (the "Continuing Criminal Enterprise," 
i.e., the Valentine Avenue Crew), in that each 
of the defendants knowingly and intentionally participated in the narcotics conspiracy charged in 
Count One 
of this  Superseding Indictment,  which involved a continuing series of  violations of 
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Title 21, United States Code, Chapter 13, Subchapter I, undertaken by each of the defendants in 
concert with five and more persons with respect to whom each 
of the defendants occupied a 
position 
of organizer, a supervisory position, and any other position of management. 
Notice 
of Special Sentencing Factors 
6. From at least in or about 2012 through at least in 
or about February 2024, in the 
Southern District 
of New York and elsewhere, EDWIN CARRASQUILLO, a/k/a "Malo," and 
HECTOR HERNANDEZ, a/k/a "Hee," the defendants, were two 
of the principal administrators, 
organizers, and leaders 
of the Continuing Criminal Enterprise, in which the continuing series of 
violations of Title 21, United States Code, Chapter 13, Subchapters I involved at least 300 times 
the quantity 
of mixtures and substances containing a detectable amount of fentany 1 described in 
Title 21, United States Code, Section 
841 (b )(1 )(B), at least 300 times the quantity of mixtures and 
substances containing a  detectable amount 
of heroin described in Title 21, United States Code, 
Section 84l(b)(l)(B), and at least 300 times the quantity 
of mixtures and substances containing a 
detectable amount 
of cocaine base, in a form commonly known as "crack," described in Title 21, 
United States Code, Section 841(b)(l)(B). 
(Title 21, United States Code, Sections 848(a), 848(b), and 848(c); and 
Title 
18, United States Code, Section 2.) 
COUNTTBREE 
(Us~ Carrying, and Possession of Firearms in 
Connection with a Drug Trafficking Crime) 
The Grand Jury further charges: 
7. From 
at least in or about 2012 up to and including in or about February 2023, in the 
Southern District 
of New York and elsewhere, EDWlN CARRASQUILLO,  a/k/a "Malo," 
HECTOR HERNANDEZ,  a/k/a "Hee," JOSE HERNANDEZ, a/k/a '"Nene," a/k/a "Little," 
NA THANIEL MANNING,   a/k/a 
"Tio," DAMEL MARCUS, a/k/a "Shank," EDWARDO 
MORENO,  a/k/a "AR," JOSUE VARGAS, a/k/a "Leo," JUAN KUANG, a/k/a "Jo Jo," a/k/a 
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"Jay," a/k/a "Blanco," STEVEN SANTIAGO, a/k/a "Swizz," VICTOR MENDENG, a/k/a "Cali," 
DELILAH CARRIEL, ROSEMARIE SANCHEZ, a/k/a "Rosie," JUAN CALDERON, a/k/a 
"Jazzo," a/k/a "Junnito," and CHRISTOP
HER MEADOWS, the defendants, during and in relation 
to a  drug trafficking crime for which they may be prosecuted in a  court 
of the United States, 
namely, the drug trafficking crime charged in Count One 
of this  Superseding Indictment, 
knowingly used and carried fireanns, and 
in furtherance of such crime, possessed firearms, certain 
of which were brandished and discharged, and aided and abetted the same. 
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924(c)(l)(A)(i), (ii), and (iii) and 2.) 
COUNT FOUR 
(Use, Carrying, and Possession 
of Firearms in 
Connection with a Drug Trafficking Crime) 
The Grand Jury further charges: 
8. From at least in 
or about 2012 up to and including in or about February 2020, in the 
Southern District 
ofNew York and elsewhere, JASON RIVERA, a/k/a "Colombo," the defendant, 
during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime for which he may be prosecuted in a court 
of the 
United States, namely, the drug trafficking crime charged 
in Count One of this  Superseding 
Indictment, knowingly used and carried firearms, and in furtherance 
of such crime, possessed 
firearms, certain 
of which were brandished, and aided and abetted the same. 
(Title l 8, United States Code, Sections 924(c)(l 
)(A)(i) and (ii) and 2.) 
COUNT FIVE 
(Use, Carrying, and Possession 
of Firearms in 
Connection with a Drug Trafficking Crime) 
The Grand Jury further charges: 
9. From at least 
in or about 2012 up to and including in or about January 2021, other 
than on or about July 5, 2020, 
in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, ANGEL 
VILLAFANE, the defendant, during and 
in relation to a drug trafficking crime for which he may 
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be prosecuted in a court of the United States, namely, the drug trafficking crime charged in Count 
One 
of this Indictment, knowingly  used and carried fireanns, and in furtherance of such crime, 
possessed fireanns, certain of which were brandished and discharged, and aided and abetted the 
same. 
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924(c){l)(AXi), (ii), and 
(iii) and 2.) 
COUNT SIX 
(Murder for Hire) 
The Grand Jury further charges: 
10. In or about July 2020, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, ANGEL 
VILLAFANE, the defendant, traveled 
in and caused another person to travel in interstate and 
foreign commerce, and used and caused another person to use the mail and a facility 
of interstate 
and foreign commerce, with intent that a murder be committed in violation 
of the laws of a State 
and the United States as consideration for the receipt of, and as consideration for a promise and 
agreement to pay, a  thing 
of pecuniary value, which resulted in the personal injury of another 
person ("Victim-I"), and aided and abetted and conspired 
to do the same, to wit, VILLAFANE 
paid a  co-conspirator ("CC-I") to lure Victim-I to a  location where VILLAFANE attempted to 
murder Victim-I over a drug debt, and 
CC-1 did so, resulting in personal injury to Vicitm-1. 
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1958 and 2.) 
COUNTSEVEN 
(Use, Carrying, and Possession of a Firearm in 
Connection with a Drug Trafficking Crime) 
The Grand Jury further charges: 
11. On or  about July 5, 2020, in the Southern District 
of New York and elsewhere, 
ANGEL VILLAFANE, the defendant, during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime for which 
he may be prosecuted in a  court 
of the United States, namely, a  conspiracy,  other than the 
conspiracy charged 
in Count One of this Superseding Indictment, to distribute and possess with 
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intent to distribute (i) mixtures  and substances containing a  detectable amount of heroin, and 
(ii) mixtures and substance containing a  detectable amount 
of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, 
United States Code, Sections 846 and 841(b)(l)(C), knowingly used and carried a firearm, and 
in 
furtherance of such crime, possessed a firearm, which was brandished and discharged, and aided 
and abetted the same. 
(Title 
18, United States Code, Sections 924(c)(l)(A)(i), (i i), and (iii), and 2.) 
COUNT EIGHT 
(Felon in Possession of Ammunition) 
The Grand Jury further charges: 
12. On or about January 8,  2021, in the Southern District of New York, ANGEL 
VILLAFANE, the defendant, knowing he had previously been convicted in a  court 
of a  crime 
punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, knowingly possessed ammunition, to 
wit, one FC Luger nine-millimeter cartridge,  one Win Luger nine-millimeter cartridge, and one 
FC Luger nine-millimeter cartridge casing, and the ammunition was in and affecting interstate and 
foreign commerce. 
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(l) and 2.) 
FORFEITURE ALLEGATIONS 
13. As a  result of committing the offense alleged in Count One of this Superseding 
Indictment,  EDWIN CARRASQUILLO, a/k/a "Malo,"  HECTOR HERNANDEZ, a/k/a "Hee," 
JOSE HERNANDEZ,  a/k/a ''Nene," a/k/a "Little," NATHANIEL MANNING, a/k/a "Tio," 
DAMEL MARCUS, a/k/a "Shank," EDWARDO MORENO, a/k/a " AR," JASON RIVERA, a/k/a 
"Colombo," JOSUE VARGAS, a/k/a ''Leo," JUAN KUANG,  a/k/a "Jo Jo," a/k/a "Jay," a/k/a 
"Blanco," STEVEN SANTIAGO, a/k/a "Swizz," VICTOR MENDENG, a/k/a 
"Cali," DELILAH 
CARRIEL,  ROSEMARIE SANCHEZ, a/k/a "Rosie," JUAN CALDERON, a/k/a "Jazzo," a/k/a 
"Juanito," CHRISTOPHER MEADOWS, and ANGEL VILLAFANE, the defendants, shall forfeit 
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to the United States, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853, any and all property 
constituting, 
or derived from, any proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, as a  result of said 
offense and any and all property used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit, or 
to facilitate the commission of, said offense, including but not limited to a sum of money in United 
States currency representing the amount 
of proceeds traceable to the commission of said offense 
and the following specific property: 
a. $120,071.00 
of United States  currency seized at the Newark Liberty 
International Airport in Newark, 
New Jersey on or about October 26, 2020 and initially secured in 
Drug Enforcement Administration Self-Sealing Evidence Envelope# 
SOOl 108501; 
b. $51,220 
of United States currency seized at the Newark Liberty 
International Airport in Newark, 
New Jersey on or about October 26, 2020 and initially secured in 
Drug Enforcement Administration Self-Sealing Evidence Envelope# S00 1073083; 
c. $30,000 
of United States currency seized at the Newark Liberty 
International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on 
or about October 26, 2020 and initially secured in 
Drug Enforcement Administration Self-Sealing Evidence Envelope# S00l 108513; 
d. $10,726 
of United States currency seized in the vicinity of the front of2451 
Valentine Avenue in the Bronx, 
New York on or about March 16, 2023 and initially secured in 
Drug Enforcement Administration 
Self-Sealing Evidence Envelope# S00I 777753; 
e. assorted yellow-gold jewelry valued.at $117,755 and seized in the vicinity 
of the front of 2451 Valentine Avenue in the Bronx, New York on or about March 16, 2023 and 
initially secured 
in Drug Enforcement Administration Self-Sealing Evidence Envelope # 
S00 1777754, including multiple yellow-gold chains, bracelets, a ring, and a pendant, all more fully 
described in Drug Enforcement Administration Seizure Form 23-DEA-702719. 
14. As a result of committing the offense alleged in Count Two of this Superseding 
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Indictment, EDWIN CARRASQUILLO, a/k/a "Malo,"  HECTOR HERNANDEZ, a/k/a "Hee," 
JOSE HERNANDEZ, a/k/a "Nene," a/k/a "Little,"  NATHANIEL MANNING, a/k/a 
"Tio," 
DAMEL MARCUS, a/k/a "Shank," EDWARDO MORENO, a/k/a "AR." JASON RIVERA, a/k/a 
"Colombo," JOSUE VARGAS, a/k/a "Leo," JUAN KUANG,  a/k/a "Jo Jo
," a/k/a "Jay," a/k/a 
"Blanco," and S1EVEN SANTIAGO, a/k/a 
"Swizz,"  the defendants, shall forfeit to the United 
States, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853, any and all property constituting, 
or 
derived from, any proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of said offense; any and all 
property used, 
or intended to be used, in any manner or part,  to commit, or to facilitate the 
commission of, said offense; and  any  and a
ll interest in, claims against, and property and 
contractual rights affording a source 
of control over the continuing criminal enterprise described 
in Count Two of this Superseding Indictment, including but not limited to a  sum of money in 
United. States currency representing the amount 
of proceeds traceable to the commission of the 
offense and the following specific property: 
a. 
$120,071.00 of United States currency seized at the Newark Liberty 
International Airport in Newark, New Jersey 
on or about October 26, 2020 and initially secured in 
Drug Enforcement Administration Self-Sealing Evidence Envelope # 
S0O l l   0850 l ; 
b. $51,220 of United States currency seized at the Newark Liberty 
International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on or about October 26, 2020 and initially secured in 
Drug Enforcement Administration Self-Sealing Evidence Envelope# S001073083; 
c. $30,000 of United States currency seized at the Newark Liberty 
International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on 
or about October 26, 2020 and initially secured in 
Drug Enforcement Administration Self-Sealing Evidence Envelope # S001108513; 
d. $10,726 of United States currency seized in the vicinity of the front of245 l 
Valentine Avenue 
in the Bronx, New York on or about March 16, 2023 and initially secured in 

Drug Enforcement Administration Self-Sealing Evidence Envelope# S00l 777753; 
e. assorted yellow-gold jewelry valued at $117,755 and seized in the vicinity 
of the front of 2451 Valentine Avenue in the Bronx, New York on or about March 16, 2023 and 
initially secured in Drug Enforcement Administration Self-Sealing Evidence Envelope 
#S0OI 777754, including multiple yellow-gold chains, bracelets, a  ring, and a  pendant, all more 
fully described 
in Drug Enforcement Administration Seizure Fonn 23-DEA-702719. 
15. As a  result 
of committing the offense alleged in Count Six of this Superseding 
Indictment, ANGEL VILLAFANE, the defendant, shall forfeit to the United States, pursuant to 
Title 18, United States Code, Section 981(a)(l)(C) and Title 28, United States Code, Section 
2461(c), any  and all property, real and personal, that constitutes 
or is derived from proceeds 
traceable 
to the commission of said offense, including, but not limited to, a sum of money in United 
States currency representing the amount 
of proceeds traceable to the commission of said offense 
that VILLAFANE personally obtained. 
Substitute Assets Provision 
16. If any of the above-described forfeitable property, as a result of any act or omission 
of EDWIN CARRASQUILLO, a/k/a "Malo," HECTOR HERNANDEZ, a/k/a "Hee," JOSE 
HERNANDEZ, a/k/a "Nene," a/k/a "Little," NA THANIEL MANNING,  a/k/a "Tio," DAMEL 
MARCUS, a/k/a "Shank," EDWARDO MORENO,   a/k/a "AR," JASON RIVERA, a/k/a 
"Colombo," JOSUE VARGAS, a/k/a "Leo," JUAN KUANG, a/k/a "Jo Jo," a/k/a "Jay," a/k/a 
"Blanco," STEVEN SANTIAGO, a/k/a "Swizz," VICTOR MENDENG, a/k/a "Cali," DELILAH 
CARRIEL, ROSEMARJE SANCHEZ, a/k/a "Rosie," JUAN CALDERON, a/k/a "Jazzo," a/k/a 
"Juanito," CHRISTOPHER MEADOWS, and ANGEL VILLAFANE, the defendants: 
a. cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; 
b. has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third person; 
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c. has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the Court; 
d. has been substantially diminished in value; or 
e. has been commingled with other property which cannot be subdivided 
without difficulty; 
it  is the intent 
of the United States, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(p) and 
Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c), to seek forfeiture 
of any other property of the 
defendants up to the value 
of the above forfeitable property. 
(fitle 18, United States Code, Section 981; 
Title 21, United States Code, Section 953; and 
Title 28 United States Code, Section 2461.) 
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DAMIAN WILLIAMS 
United States Attorney