Following his capture on June 17, 2025, Jorge Luis Hernández Villazón, also known as “Boliche,” the man who facilitated the judicial processing of Álex Saab as a DEA informant, now faces a charge of conspiracy to commit electronic fraud based on a complaint filed by the FBI.
This Colombian citizen, a former drug trafficker and paramilitary associated with powerful political families in Colombia, began actions that ultimately crossed the boundaries of legality. Boliche was instrumental in the capture of Saab when he laundered money from corrupt chavista activities in Venezuela through Bruce Bagley.
Boliche was presented before U.S. justice on June 18, 2025, when his rights and the charges against him were outlined. Currently, legal proceedings are underway to transfer the case from one district to another, allowing the accused to face the charges in the appropriate jurisdiction.
The Boliche Case
Jorge Luis Hernández Villazón, alias “Boliche,” is currently detained in Florida under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for alleged “Conspiracy to Commit Electronic Fraud via Bank Transfers in the United States.”
The prosecution is striving to keep this man in preventive detention, who, in his past as a drug trafficker and member of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), ended up as an informant for the United States. As previously mentioned, he was the intermediary in the case involving university professor Bruce Bagley, a specialist in organized crime who succumbed to this crime and became one of his agents.
Bagley informed the judge in his case that Álex Saab—who was not named in the accusation—was transferring illicit income from chavista corruption to bank accounts controlled in his name (Bagley’s). Saab was arrested, extradited, and faced judicial proceedings, but the Joe Biden administration negotiated his release to Maduro, and the trial did not take place.
Álex Saab transferred USD 200,000 monthly to Bruce Bagley’s account until a total of USD 3 million was reached. Upon receiving each installment, Bagley would request a bank manager’s check for 90 percent of the transfer, amounting to USD 180,000. He then deposited this check into the account of Hernández De Luque Brothers LLC, owned by Jorge Luis Hernández Villazón (1), who was alongside him during these transactions. In total, Boliche’s company received USD 2.7 million from Álex Saab’s chavista corruption.
The defense of Jorge Luis Hernández Villazón, alias “Boliche,” requested and was granted a postponement of the detention hearing on the grounds of needing to hire an attorney, Sylvia Piñeiro Vázquez, who is expected to take on the case moving forward, replacing Néstor Menéndez.
The Judicial Removal Process
Since Jorge Luis Hernández Villazón, alias “Boliche,” was arrested in Fort Lauderdale in the Southern District of Florida, a different district from the original charge, that is, Tampa in the Middle District of Florida, the case is being removed to the appropriate court.
The removal process is governed by Rule 5(c)(3) and Rule 40 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, ensuring that the accused is tried in the location where the crime was committed while safeguarding their procedural rights and proper jurisdiction.
A magistrate will determine whether the case should be transferred to Tampa, based on the evidence of the charges. If approved, the case will be moved to the original district under the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), where it will continue through the trial stages.
In the meantime, while the prosecution insists on preventive detention, several conditions may be imposed if bail or pre-release were granted. These include:
- Mandatory surrender and prohibition from obtaining passports/travel documents.
- Appearance before Pretrial Services and monitoring for substance abuse.
- Treatment requirements (mental health).
- Maintenance or pursuit of employment/education.
- No contact orders with victims/witnesses and prohibition from possessing firearms.
- An unusual restriction of not visiting transportation facilities, to prevent potential travel arrangements related to the electronic fraud case.
- Possible home confinement/electronic monitoring.
The Setback of Jorge Luis Hernández Villazón, Alias “Boliche”
The controversial past of Jorge Luis Hernández Villazón, alias “Boliche,” has been detailed by the FBI, which revealed he is an “former drug trafficker and paramilitary, linked to well-known families in Valledupar,” with connections to public figures such as former attorney general Edgardo Maya Villazón and singer Iván Villazón. He is also related to the murdered José Guillermo Hernández, alias “el Ñeñe.”
Following his surrender to U.S. justice in 2001, he became an informant for the DEA but engaged in actions that, as mentioned, oscillated between legality and illegality. He contacted drug traffickers to produce “positive” results leading to their delivery to the United States.
The FBI now accuses him—despite his history as an informant—of being part of “a criminal scheme that demanded sums reaching one million dollars from Colombian and Dominican drug traffickers in exchange for allegedly providing them with prison sentences of no more than five years.”
The accusation states that “Boliche” and his associates received “properties, cars, and jewelry.” It also notes that Hernández Villazón “claimed to work for the DEA and FBI and obtained a license to operate as a ‘paralegal’ in Florida, meaning a legal assistant. He never reported these payments to U.S. authorities.”
The investigation uncovered rough accounting and it was determined through intercepted calls that implicated “Boliche” in collecting from drug traffickers and their relatives, whom he threatened with legal consequences if they failed to pay.
The Criminal Complaint Against Boliche
Before the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the anonymous prosecution filed a federal criminal complaint against Jorge Luis Hernández Villazón on June 17, 2025. He is accused of conspiracy to commit electronic fraud, a violation of the United States Code 18 U.S.C. § 1349.
The alleged crime occurred in November 2020 in the Middle District of Florida, which includes the counties of Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, and Fort Myers. This crime carries penalties of up to 20 years in prison for each count of wire or mail fraud charged, depending on the scale of the fraud and the losses involved.
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