How one man used meth and violence to build an empire

How one man used meth and violence to build an empire

While many in North Dakota and Minnesota were just hearing about methamphetamine in 1999, Michael Gamboa began a drug ring that covered the state of North Dakota, and parts of Minnesota, pushing 400 pounds or about $18 million worth into people’s lungs and bloodstreams. He likened his rise from the underworld to the life of being a king, claiming ownership of Grand Forks, North Dakota, and he ruled his dealers with the gun, sometimes automatic r…