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41 people charged in drug smuggling ring linked to cartel, feds state


41 people charged in drug smuggling ring linked to cartel, feds state


GALVESTON, Texas (BNN) - - Forty-one people have actually been charged with drug smuggling and the U.S. Department of Justice thinks the individuals are connected to the cartel.

Twenty-three individuals were nabbed after a 50-page indictment declared they were associated with criminal activities related to cocaine, fentanyl, meth and heroin trafficking in the Houston and Galveston area. The DOJ states from December 28, 2018, through April 22, 2020, they worked for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and offered drugs smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico.

According to the charges, 52-year-old Roque Zamudio-Mendoza of Mexico, the leader of one of the groups and was the primary source of drugs smuggled into the United States. It's alleged other co-conspirators issued narcotics in the Houston and Galveston areas to other places throughout the United States, consisting of New Orleans, Pensacola, Fla., Atlanta, Nashville and Chicago.

The crackdown covered over multiple jurisdictions that extended from Houston, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Brownsville and McAllen areas in Texas as well as Louisiana, Colorado, Washington and California.

The indictment is likewise desires any prohibited proceeds of the supposed criminal activities to be given up which is estimated at $10 million. To date, records reveal authorities have taken approximately 550 kilograms of meth, 249 kgs of drug, 34 kgs of heroin, 5 kgs of pentobarbital and 22,600 fentanyl-laced pills. As part of the arrests, they also supposedly discovered nine guns and numerous luxury Rolex watches and big amounts of U.S. currency to consist of $190,000 seized during a traffic drop in Porter.

All are charged with conspiracy to have with intent to distribute drug, meth, heroin and fentanyl and confront life in prison.

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