Alleged Mexican drug trafficker tied to Sinaloa cartel indicted on fentanyl charges
By aaron katersky
Jun 5, 2019
Roberto Gonzalez Franco of Los Mochis, Mexico, is charged with two other defendants as a major trafficker, meaning he could get life in prison if convicted.
"This case provides a bird's eye view of how the Sinaloa Cartel's operation and transportation network brings heroin, fentanyl, and death to New York City doorsteps and users throughout the Northeast," said Raymond Donovan, special agent in charge of the DEA's New York Field Office. "Fentanyl is the deadliest threat facing communities nationwide."
According to the indictment, Gonzlez Franco supplied 50 pounds of fentanyl seized from a hidden compartment in a vehicle as it drove from Chicago en route to the Bronx and other locations. The source of the fentanyl is believed to have been the Sinaloa cartel.
Read more at: https://abcnews.go.com/US/alleged-mexican-drug-trafficker-tied-sinaloa-cartel-indicted/story?id=63503440
Per link (video), 22 were indicted with connections to the Sinaloa Cartel.
2nd story, check this out.
Univision, you know, Spanish news is reporting this and I did not find an English language story:
(Technology Company) Made $80 million selling cell phones with encrypted technology to the Sinaloa cartel and will have to pay http://uni.vi/aMz4101C4sd via @UniNoticias
https://twitter.com/maibortpetit/status/1138232795657097217
https://www.univision.com/noticias/narcotrafico/hizo-80-millones-vendiendole-celulares-con-tecnologia-encriptada-al-cartel-de-sinaloa-y-tendra-que-pagarlos
That's a pretty heady thing to think about, $80 million made selling encrypted phones to the Sinaloa cartel. I wonder if we will get an English-language story on this?
With all of this stir on the border, see what we are up against? Really, the best thing would be to militarize the zone. It'd be too much trouble to really mop it up imho, to go into the country itself.
We lost 58,000 in VN, here this fentanyl kills thousands each year.
