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(NewsNation) — A superseding indictment unsealed Wednesday links the trafficking of fentanyl and different amerciable drugs successful the Midwest with the Sinaloa cartel successful Mexico, national prosecutors said.
High-ranking Sinaloa cartel members are among 26 defendants who look drug-conspiracy charges for their alleged engagement successful shipping hundreds of kilograms of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine done confederate Illinois and the St. Louis area. Laundered proceeds flowed backmost to Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
“The bonzer enactment of the St. Louis Field Division and their partners resulted successful the seizure of much than 800 pounds of fentanyl and exposed a wealth laundering web that pushed millions successful cartel profits done U.S. banks,” Drug Enforcement Administrator Terrance Cole said successful a news release. “This is not a street-corner cognition — it is simply a cartel pipeline that has flooded the Midwest.”
Prosecutors accidental the DEA and its partners arrested 15 defendants successful a nationwide operation. According to tribunal documents, the drug-trafficking conspiracy cardinal to the indictment occurred betwixt January 2020 and July 2025.
Two defendants, Mexican nationals, are besides charged with narcoterrorism. It wasn’t instantly wide which defendants were successful custody.
Wednesday’s announcement astir the Illinois-Mexico cause transportation comes arsenic the Trump medication has designated the Sinaloa cartel a terrorist organization.
