A federal grand jury in Wichita has indicted three individuals in two separate methamphetamine distribution cases. Yonivert Martinez-Montano, 36, and Rocio Basurto Ayala, 35, both of Wichita, face charges related to the distribution of methamphetamine. Martinez-Montano is accused of five counts of distribution and one count involving the use of a telephone for drug trafficking. In an unrelated case, Shannon Church, 55, also from Wichita, faces three counts of methamphetamine distribution.
The investigations are being conducted by the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Assistant U.S. Attorney Debra Barnett is handling the prosecution.
In other legal actions, Wilson Dubon-Melgar, 32, was charged with unlawful reentry after deportation. Raul Ayon Lizarraga, 24, faces a charge of alien in possession of a firearm. Miguel Lozoya-Serrano, 50, and Anthony Suazo-Brown, 20, were indicted for unlawful reentry after deportation and reentry of removed alien respectively. U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) is investigating these cases with Assistant U.S. Attorneys Trent Krug, Ryan Huschka, Molly Gordon, and Faiza Alhambra prosecuting.
Additionally, Dalton Wayne Woods, 32, was charged with two counts related to child pornography distribution. The investigation is led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) alongside the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), with Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hart prosecuting.
This case forms part of Project Safe Childhood which aims to address child sexual exploitation and abuse on a national scale since its launch by the Department of Justice in May 2006.
"An indictment is merely an allegation," it was noted in court documents "and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law."