CLEVELAND, Ohio — Federal prosecutors have now charged seven people accused of being part of a drug-trafficking operation that involved a now-closed Mexican restaurant in Lakewood, according to court filings.

A new indictment lists a total of 25 charges related to a case that the U.S. Attorney’s Office says involves dealing large amounts of cocaine and marijuana.

Some of that activity took place at El Torito Taqueria Bar & Grille on West 117th Street, according to an affidavit written by a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent in February.

A grand jury previously indicted Angel Rios, Jaime Hernandez De La Paz, Felix Cruz and Edwin Tavares. A new indictment, filed July 17 and docketed Thursday, also lists Migdalia Isabel Pabon, Edwin Vasquez and Malvin Ramon as defendants.

Charges include drug conspiracy for more than 11 pounds of cocaine, maintaining a drug premises, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, money laundering conspiracy, and using a phone to facilitate drug trafficking, along with others.

Rios, Cruz and Hernandez De La Paz were arrested in February after agents executed search warrants for the restaurant, and houses on Hodgson Avenue and West 58th Street in Cleveland.

Court and state filings, as well as interviews conducted by cleveland.com, showed that Rios and Cruz were involved in the popular Lakewood restaurant. Pabon told a reporter in February that Hernandez De La Paz was the owner and that Rios, whom the feds said was the owner and manager, was employed as a dishwasher.

Authorities had received information about Rios’ drug trafficking activities since November 2014 and tapped phones as they investigated, according to the affidavit.

Rios sold cocaine to people or had others do so on his behalf, investigators said. He did this from El Torito, his car, coming to or from his home and at stash houses in Cleveland, federal investigators said.

Agents executed search warrants on Feb. 1, and Rios was at a house on West 58th Street. During the search, agents told Rios they were also searching El Torito, and Rios said “that’s all I have, whatever is there,” the affidavit said.

Investigators searched the restaurant and Hernandez De La Paz’s car and discovered a large amount of currency, a digital scale, a 9 mm handgun and ammunition, more than three ounces of cocaine and other drug paraphernalia, the affidavit stated.

The new indictment says Rios and Pabon worked together to launder drug money. It also lists times several defendants used the phone for drug trafficking, prosecutors say.

Federal prosecutors seek the forfeiture of two pistols, ammunition and $99,758 seized as part of the case.

The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Benita Pearson.

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