Woodburn police make 3 arrests in local drug ring

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FOX 12 Staff
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FOX12
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Thursday, August 8, 2013
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WOODBURN, OR (KPTV) - Local police and federal agents say they broke up a drug trafficking organization in the city of Woodburn last month.

A five-month investigation led officers to make three arrests and seize two pounds of methamphetamine, as well as $10,000 in cash, on July 22.

Officers arrested 24-year-old Domingo Ruiz Esparza, 38-year-old Eliobardo Ramirez-Escobar and Ramirez-Escobar's wife, 32-year-old Angelica Barraza-Favela. All face drug related charges, and Barraza-Favela also faces two counts of child neglect.

Two weeks later, Ramirez-Escobar's state charges were dropped and he was taken into federal custody. He and Ruiz Esparza were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday.

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RUIZ-ESPARZA, DOMINGO