Seven people in southwest Missouri have been indicted on federal charges related to the distribution of methamphetamine.

 

 According to authorities, the defendants include 36-year-old Wilbert Pacheco-Salazar of Springfield; 35-year-old Frank Lee Chapman and 51-year-old Omar Rosales-Olmos, both of Joplin; 42-year-old Jaime (Hi-may) Francisco-Figueroa and 32-year-old Isaac Alan Schilling, both a Carthage; 47-year-old Evan Lance Masters of Sarcoxie; and 52-year-old Indelfonso Vasquez-Martinez, a Mexican national.

 

Court document indicate that the group is accused of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene, Jasper, Newton, and Vernon counties in southwest Missouri between January 1, 2020 and May 1, 2024. Vasuqez-Martinez and Rosales-Olmos also face charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering relating to drug trafficking proceeds.

 

The investigation was conducted by the Springfield Police Department, the DEA, the ATF, and local sheriff's departments. It is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces operation aimed at dismantling high-level criminal organizations.