6 illegal
immigrants linked to Mexican cartel arrested in NC for drug trafficking
operation, officials say, By Frank Miles | Fox News
Massive drug operation
with ties to a Mexican drug cartel results in arrests of six undocumented
immigrants in North Carolina.
Six illegal immigrants with ties to a Mexican drug cartel
— a rival of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, whose notorious leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was convicted last week— were arrested in an
elaborate drug trafficking operation in North Carolina, according to reports.
The massive drug operation included transporting large amounts
of cocaine and methamphetamine across state lines — for instance, from
Texas to Georgia and North Carolina, WSOC reported.
The feds
identified the suspects as Oscar Rangel-Gutierrez, Regulo Rangel-Gutierrez,
Francisco Garcia-Martinez, Rodolfo Martinez, Raul Rangel-Gutierrez and
Rigoberto Rangel-Gutierrez.
EL CHAPO LEGACY WILL LIVE ON - “Members of the investigative team believe — based on wire
intercepts, surveillance and other facts discovered from the investigation
— that Oscar and Regulo transport illicit proceeds, derived from the sales
of narcotics, when they travel from Myrtle Beach to Charlotte,” according to
federal court documents, as WMBF reported.
Misty
Joyner, who reportedly lived near the home in Charlotte where investigators
said Rangel-Gutierrez stored drug money, was in disbelief about her neighbors.
“Just
devastating,” Joyner told WSOC. “They were good people.”
Rangel-Gutierrez
is affiliated with the upstart Jalisco New Generation cartel, which has tried to
stage incursions into Sinaloa territory, sparking bloody turf battles in places
like Tijuana. The border city across from San Diego has become one of the
world’s deadliest cities.
Sinaloa’s
leader, Guzman, was convicted last Tuesday in New York, likely meaning he will
spend decades behind bars in the United States.
He gained
infamy for twice pulling off brazen escapes from maximum-security prisons,
earning him international notoriety perhaps rivaled only by the late Colombian
drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.
The Associated Press contributed
to this report.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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