 | The arrest of Francisco Quiroz-Zamora provides a window into how the Sinaloa cartel moves drugs from Mexico to the United States.
The 41-year-old, known as “Gordo” or the Fat One, has been charged with operating as a major trafficker, first-degree sale of a controlled substance and second-degree conspiracy. Quiroz-Zamora arranged for 20kg of fentanyl to be shipped to New York – a haul of drugs that had the potential to kill 10 million people. He organized a pipeline that sent drugs from Mexico to Arizona and California through trucks, cars and drug couriers and authorized transactions between customers and dealers. |  |
