AVENTURA, FLA. (WSVN) - - The FBI conducted a raid at an Aventura mansion as part of an extensive drug trafficking investigation, federal officials said.
The operation occurred early Wednesday morning within the exclusive Island Estates community, where agents could be heard ordering anyone inside the home at 3914 Island Estates Drive to exit with their hands up.
The home is owned by Nahim Jorge Bonilla, a music executive and the owner of the Mandrake in South Beach, also known as “Nahhim” and “The One,” according to a federal indictment.
Witnesses reported seeing numerous federal and local law enforcement vehicles and boats surrounding Bonilla’s home.
Cellphone videos obtained by 7News captured the tense scene, showing law enforcement boats stationed nearby as FBI agents executed a court-ordered search warrant related to an ongoing investigation led by the FBI’s Los Angeles office.
Bonilla, 36, has been indicted on multiple charges linked to a drug trafficking conspiracy involving large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine.
In a Thursday press conference, the FBI detailed the allegations against 12 of the 16 people who, they said, have been arrested as part of the operation.
“I’m here today joined by local, federal, Canadian law enforcement partners, indictment against major transnational organized crime group,” said U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California E. Martin Estrada. “They were one of the largest suppliers of cocaine to Canada and into the United States.”
According to the 53-page indictment filed in the Central District of California, Bonilla is accused of conspiring with co-defendants Ryan James Wedding and Andrew Clark to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine and 500 grams of methamphetamine, both classified as Schedule II narcotic drugs.
The indictment alleges that the conspiracy began in January 2024 and continued until August 2024, with operations spanning California, Mexico, Colombia and Canada.
“The organization cultivated a violent transnational drug trafficking empire, one that extended from Canada to the United States, Mexico and Colombia,” said Special Agent Krysti Hawkins.
Bonilla is reported to have been provided with approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine through an intermediary, with arrangements for payment structured such that he was expected to pay for seven kilograms upon delivery while being fronted an additional five kilograms.
Further details in the indictment allege that Bonilla received threats regarding his mother’s safety if he failed to repay his debts for the drugs.
He allegedly utilized a cryptocurrency payment service for financial transactions tied to his drug dealings.
Wedding, 43, who is a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, remains at large. FBI officials said he was the mastermind behind the operation and is now on the FBI’s Most Wanted List.
“This criminal enterprise was extremely prolific and ruthless. By prolific, massive amounts of cocaine. Were the largest supplier to Canada and U.S., moved on average 60 tons of cocaine per year,” said Estrada. “By ruthless, they were killers, anyone in their way, they would target for violence, including murder.”
According to officials, Wedding was operating out of Mexico.
Officials are now offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest.
Bonilla is currently being held at a federal detention center in Miami.
The FBI said the operation is related to four murders.
The investigation remains active as authorities work to dismantle the drug trafficking network associated with Bonilla and his co-conspirators.
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