PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A woman pleaded guilty to a federal charge on Friday for her role in conspiring to launder drug trafficking proceeds, authorities announced.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon identified the woman as 40-year-old Brenda Lili Barrera Orantes – a Guatemalan national unlawfully living in the United States.

According to court documents, Barerra Orantes owned and operated La Popular, a money services business with locations in Oregon spanning Hillsboro, Beaverton, Woodburn, Odell and Canby, along with Vancouver, Washington.

Authorities claim that from August 1, 2024, through November 1, 2024, the stores sent more than $4.2 million in wire transfers to places in Mexico.

During this time period, authorities said her other co-conspirators accepted nea

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