Major Drug Ring Busted: Mexican National Convicted in Multi-Million Dollar Meth and Heroin Distribution Plot in Kansas City
Kansas City, MO – A federal jury in Kansas City recently convicted a Mexican national implicated in a multi-million dollar narcotics conspiracy. The scheme involved distributing vast amounts of methamphetamine and heroin across the Kansas City metropolitan area and other parts of the United States. Luis Eduardo Pineda-Zarao, 29, residing in Lebanon, Tennessee, was proven guilty of conspiracy to distribute significant quantities of methamphetamine and heroin between February 28, 2020, and June 1, 2022. Authorities have linked the drug-trafficking operation to the Cárteles Unidos cartel, based in Michoacán, Mexico. The federal indictment revealed that the … Read more