US EditionAlleged drug kingpins, father and son, charged with narco-terrorism in San Diego federal court
- U.S. Authorities in San Diego unsealed an indictment Tuesday charging two leaders of the Beltrán Leyva Organization, a faction linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, with narco-terrorism offenses.
- The charges follow President Trump’s February 2025 designation of the Sinaloa Cartel and related groups as foreign terrorist organizations to increase legal pressure on cartel operations.
- Mexican authorities raided multiple sites managed by the father and son in December 2024, seizing more than 1.65 tons of fentanyl, the largest such seizure globally.
- U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon emphasized that those who engage in terrorist-like actions should expect to face corresponding charges, referring to the father and son duo's leadership in a major fentanyl distribution network operating since 2006.
- The indictment marks the first narco-terrorism charges against Mexican-based traffickers, signaling an escalated U.S. Approach to dismantling violent cartels controlling drug trafficking and armed violence in Mexico and the U.S.
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San Diego prosecutors unseal first ever narco-terrorism indictment against Mexican drug traffickers
Federal prosecutors in San Diego unsealed a first-of-its-kind indictment Tuesday, alleging narco-terrorism charges against suspected drug traffickers linked to the Sinaloa cartel. The criminal indictment against members of the Beltrán Leyva organization, which prosecutors described as a violent faction of the Sinaloa cartel responsible for one of the largest fentanyl production networks in the world, is the first use of narco-terrorism charges a…
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For first time, U.S. charges Sinaloa Cartel leaders with narco-terrorism
(The Center Square) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged alleged Sinaloa Cartel leaders with narco-terrorism and material support of terrorism for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin into the United States. It is the first time prosecutors charged alleged drug…
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