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| Suspected Mexican cartel leader smuggled 44 pounds of fentanyl into NYC |
| 2018-03-29 |
| [FoxNews] A suspected Mexican cartel drug kingpin was charged Tuesday in the seizure of 44 pounds of fentanyl from a sting operation late last year, officials said. Francisco Quiroz-Zamora, 41, was arrested in November after he traveled to New York City to collect a payment from an undercover agent posing as a drug dealer, authorities said. Officials charged him in connection with the opioid seizure at a Bronx hotel and a posh Manhattan apartment. Authorities used undercover agents to track Quiroz-Zamora’s shipments from Mexico to Arizona and Californian and New York, according to the New York Post. He allegedly stashed a duffel bag filled with fentanyl above a vending machine at the Bronx hotel and five more pounds was being stored at a Central Park West apartment, according to the New York Daily News. An investigation into Quiroz-Zamora’s alleged trafficking was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the office of Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan and other agencies. Quiroz-Zamora is believed to be a leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, according to the New York Post. He was reportedly working under the nickname “Gordo.” Five of Quiroz-Zamora’s alleged accomplices were also charged in the smuggling ring. Fatal overdoes of fentanyl reached an all-time high of more than 1,400 in New York City in 2017, officials said. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 We can't show this article! It's anti-immigrant! Poor guy's just trying to keep the cost of drugs low in the Big Apple. Now the druggies will have to do more crime to pay the higher prices! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-03-29 17:48 |