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Miami Rapper Arrested After Search Finds Ritual Room and Baby Goat Marked for Slaughter

Investigators have opened separate fraud and animal‑cruelty cases after online posts led them to seize weapons, drugs, ritual items and a marked baby goat

Overview

  • Police and FBI agents raided the rapper Lazaro Lesteiro‑Diaz’s Miami home and found a room described in the arrest report as containing Cuban Santeria/Voodoo items, a live baby goat with orange paint around its neck, and two decapitated chickens.
  • Authorities say the probe began after videos and livestreams from June and July allegedly showed him explaining bank 'spoofing' and account‑takeover tactics while flaunting cash, firearms and victims’ personal information.
  • Officers seized a Glock 21 with an extended magazine, ammunition, multiple IDs, cash, jewelry, suspected cannabis and bottles containing suspected promethazine/codeine, and investigators recovered video evidence linking the dead chickens to the suspect.
  • Lesteiro‑Diaz was arrested on Thursday and charged with five counts, including possession of a controlled substance, money laundering, organized scheme to defraud, unlawful possession of identification, and animal cruelty; a judge found probable cause and set bond at $30,000.
  • The baby goat was taken to Miami Animal Rescue and temporarily cared for by Felix Varela High School’s Veterinary Academy before transfer to a farm, and investigators continue to review seized electronics and media as the case moves forward.