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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 60754, member: 636"]
Federal prosecutors filed narcoterrorism charges against 26 Sinaloa Cartel members Wednesday. The Southern District of Illinois unsealed a superseding indictment targeting the organization's drug distribution network. Mexican nationals Prospero Coronel-Sanchez and Jose Luis Angulo-Soto face the most serious allegations. The criminal enterprise operated from January 2020 through July 2025.

Authorities accuse defendants of trafficking hundreds of kilograms of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine across southern Illinois. The cartel laundered profits through American banking systems back to Mexico. Violence secured their supply chains through intimidation and murder tactics. Investigators seized over 800 pounds of fentanyl during their operations.

The Trump administration previously classified the Sinaloa Cartel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Law enforcement arrested 15 defendants during nationwide raids last week. Convictions could result in decades-long prison sentences for those charged. The remaining suspects remain at large.
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