WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have filed a dozen new indictments charging alleged Mexican drug cartel bosses pumped vast quantities of drugs into major U.S. cities.
Ten accused cartel leaders and 33 others were charged in indictments unsealed in Chicago and New York. Many of the top cartel suspects charged are already being hunted by U.S. and Mexican authorities. The new court documents depict a sprawling distribution network beginning about 20 years ago and stretching across the country.
Three suspects, Joaquin “el Chapo” Guzman-Loera, Ismael “el Mayo” Zambada-Garcia and Arburo Beltran-Leyva, are accused of being the past and present heads of the organized crime syndicate called the Sinaloa cartel, or the Federation.
