The Department of Justice said each defendant faces between five and 40 years in prison on drug trafficking charges.
Prosecutors say the drug trafficker admitted to transporting methamphetamine for money. Authorities later found fentanyl at his home.
The convict used millions in stolen funds to pay for plastic surgery, college tuition, home renovations, and other personal expenses.
The defendant’s brother was a Gulf Cartel “plaza boss” who was killed a decade ago by other members of his cartel, according to prosecutors.
The U.S. government charged numerous Chinese individuals last year with violations related to espionage, harassment, and other crimes.
The 20-year-old victim had enough fentanyl in her bloodstream to kill her 24 times, according to prosecutors.
Each defendant could face life imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges of human smuggling resulting in death.
Federal prosecutors said the convict and his girlfriend sold fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills that later killed a 27-year-old man.
Texas state lawmakers have introduced bills to elevate the punishments for crimes such as human smuggling and operating stash houses.
The perpetrator could receive consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty to 90 counts of firearms violations and federal hate crimes.
Abortions pills are being shipped through the mail nationwide, but an Amarillo judge could end that practice Friday.
The defendant confessed to running his sex trafficking organization behind bars for years.
