A DEA agent tracked the source of fentanyl in Mormon country — a Mexican cartel
The meth was expensive. The federal agents were running out of money.
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The meth was expensive. The federal agents were running out of money.
A Las Vegas man whom authorities say provided the fentanyl that killed two Park City teens in 2016 has been arrested on new federal drug charges.
SALT LAKE CITY – Colin Andrew Shapard, 21, of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been charged in federal court by the United States Attorney’s Office in Utah with six
December 14, 2021 — Joseph “Norte Joe” Gomez, the lead defendant in a large-scale 32 defendant federal indictment, was sentenced last Tuesday by a U.S. District Court Judge in the District of Utah. Judge Tena Campbell sentenced Gomez to serve 14 years in federal prison with five years of supervised release to follow his incarceration after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money. All thirty-one members and associates of the Norteños street gang responsible for distributing drugs around the Salt Lake City area have pleaded gu...
June 1, 2021 — The grand jury issued a 27-defendant, 34-count indictment on Wednesday, charging twenty-seven individuals associated with the Nortenos gang for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin across the Wasatch Front. Previously, it returned five other indictments relating to this investigation and operation. The charges follow joint Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force operations conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Metro Narcotics Task Force (DEA), the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division (IRS), t...