illicit business

McKay’s admission allegedly came shortly after a March 1 Chelan County operation that enlisted Kennewick police to raid a suspected illicit business.

“Our agents are preventing smugglers from conducting their illicit business and this is their very dangerous response,” the chief said.

He is slated to spend much of the 2024 campaign season in court for his alleged attempts to overthrow the 2020 election, for illegal retention of classified documents, and for illicit business practices.

Those suspects were charged with shipping copious amounts of fentanyl into the United States and engaging in a sadistic campaign of violence to keep a firm grip on the illicit business.

The U.S. government has accused Mr. Cartes of “a concerted pattern of corruption,” alleging that he paid up to $50,000 a month to lawmakers while president and that he conducted some of his illicit business at events held by Hezbollah.