A former Mexican mayor was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge accusing him of directing the largest shipment of methamphetamine to
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The leader of Mexico’s United Cartels and five others were charged in South Florida federal court for importing more than 1,100 pounds of meth into the United States. (Shutterstock)
MIAMI-DADE, COUNTY The leader of a notorious Mexican drug cartel and five others have been charged by South Florida federal prosecutors for their roles in importing 500 kilograms (more than 1,100 pounds) of Mexican methamphetamine into the United States, the Department of Justice said in a news release.
An undercover investigation led to federal agents busting their shipment two truckloads of drugs mixed with concrete tiles and house paint which was the largest seizure of crystal meth in Miami-Dade County history, the DOJ said.
After smuggling more than 1,100 pounds of crystal meth into Miami, the scheme of six members of a Mexican cartel has been revealed in court documents, as they made their way through Texas concealing the drugs inside in concrete and even dissolving it in buckets of paint.
Based on the announcement of the United States Attorney s office for the southern district of Florida, it is the largest methamphetamine seizure in Miami-Dade County history.
The alleged leader of the United Cartel, Adalberto Fructuoso Comparan-Rodriguez, also known as Fruto, who was also a former Mayor in a town in Mexico, was arrested in Guatemala along with the smuggling s co-conspirator Alfonso Rustrian after the U.S. requested for their detention in Guatemala on March 30, 2021.
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