SOLANO COUNTY, CA (MPG) - On Feb. 27, several affiliates of the Brown Brotherhood gang (subset of the Sureño gang) were arrested after a year-long investigation into the trafficking of guns and drugs in Solano County. Specifically, Leo Alonso-Medina (32), Carlos Higuera-Aldana (23), Jeremiah Salanoa (22), and Doroteo Suastegui (47) were arrested and charged federally. During the search warrants executed at several locations throughout Solano County, large scale quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine were seized. Additionally, over 100,000 fentanyl pills were located along with 21 firearms.  

Operation Waterfront, led by the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, involved the collaboration of members of our local law enforcement partners including Vallejo Police Department, Solano County Sheriff’s Office, Vacaville Police Department, Fairfield Police Department, and the Solano County District Attorney Bureau of Investigations, working together with members of the FBI San Francisco team and FBI Sacramento team.  

A week prior, members of the ATF Oakland Field Office arrested four Vallejo residents, Zuryess Anthony Roberts (24), Taezon Laurece Sanderson (23), Divaya James Talley (18), and Anderson Thurston (66), who were subsequently charged with federal firearm violations. These arrests concluded a 7-month long investigation into a loosely affiliated group of individuals that were illegally selling high-powered dangerous weapons at the Super 8 Motel on Solano Avenue in Vallejo.  

These two investigations provide compelling examples of the level of commitment by all of our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners to reduce violent crime in our community. Through the collaboration between our federal partners, specifically, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigations and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, together with our local law enforcement agencies and the Solano County District Attorney’s Office, numerous illegal guns and large-scale drugs have been taken off the streets. By arresting and charging those responsible for the trafficking of guns and drugs in our county, we were able to disrupt any future criminal activity on their part.  

All of our law enforcement partners at the local, state, and federal level are committed to the safety of our citizens throughout Solano County. Our office, together with our law enforcement partners, will continue to prioritize dismantling and disrupting the criminal activity of those trafficking humans, guns, and drugs.  

The Solano County District Attorney’s Office will also continue to partner with the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California to reduce the gun violence in our community by prosecuting these crimes to the fullest extent of the law.