Soldier charged with cocaine distribution after Colorado club raid
- U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Juan Gabriel Orona-Rodriguez was arrested on April 30, 2025, in Denver on federal cocaine distribution charges.
- The arrest followed a federal raid on April 27 targeting the underground nightclub Warike, where Orona-Rodriguez and about 16 other active-duty soldiers were present.
- Documents indicate that Orona-Rodriguez occupies a managerial or ownership role in Immortal Security LLC, a company that supplied armed security personnel to Warike, a nightclub linked by authorities to drug trafficking and other criminal activities.
- The charges against Orona-Rodriguez include selling cocaine and knowingly holding it with the purpose to sell, each carrying a potential sentence of up to 20 years in prison and fines reaching $1 million, with the alleged criminal activity dating back to September 2024.
- Orona-Rodriguez, a decorated soldier with no prior felonies, faces further hearings, highlighting ongoing military and federal investigations into narcotics and illicit activities at Warike.
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