Overview
- An indictment unsealed Thursday charges Poly Antunez, Antonio Quinones and Jovanny Enriquez with conspiracy to commit murder, murder for hire and related racketeering offenses.
- FBI agents arrested Quinones and Enriquez this week, while Antunez was already in federal custody, and all three made initial appearances in San Diego federal court.
- Federal filings describe the trio as go-betweens connecting the Sinaloa Cartel, the Mexican Mafia and teenage gunmen, coordinating guns, a vehicle, an Airbnb and payments, with messages referencing a payout up to $150,000.
- Prosecutors say the teens struck on March 26–27, 2024, wounding the target outside a Chili’s and later triggering an apartment shootout that wounded a friend and left accomplice Ricardo Sanchez dead after return fire.
- The shooters, Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero, pleaded guilty in December to federal charges and await sentencing next month, as prosecutors allege they were recruited at 15 based on a belief they could avoid adult prosecution under state law.