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Cartel Ring Cracked in Midwest | Kansas City News
A major drug trafficking ring has been fully dismantled after its leader, Santiago Gamboa-Saenz, received a 23-year federal prison sentence. This Mexican national, living illegally in the U.S., orchestrated a network smuggling cocaine from Mexico to major U.S. cities like Chicago and Washington D.C. The operation was exposed in December 2019 through a joint DEA and Homeland Security Investigations raid on properties in the Kansas City metro—including a mechanic shop used as a drug-smuggling front. Agents seized over $733,000 in cash, nearly 40 pounds of cocaine, and intercepted vehicles…
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