FBI busts sophisticated Mexican drug trafficking operation in Denver, Aurora

Article CAIRCO note: 
This is not a new phenomenon.  November 2016 - "Two Mexican-based drug trafficking organizations headed by Yael Osuna-Navarro and Efren Ruelas-Avila operated mostly out of Denver..."
Article author: 
Shelly Bradbury
Article publisher: 
Denver Post
Article date: 
19 February 2020
Article category: 
Colorado News
Medium
Article Body: 

Authorities last week arrested 24 members of a Mexican drug trafficking organization based in Denver and Aurora that distributed cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine throughout the state ...

An Aurora woman, Candelaria Vallejo-Gallo, was charged with running the operation, which FBI Special Agent in Charge Dean Phillips called a “sophisticated” group with numerous international and interstate ties that has been operating in the Denver region for several years ...


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Denver woman who laundered money for drug cartels sentenced, Denver Post, November 25, 2016.