Mexican national with ties to cartel sentenced to federal prison after South St. Paul drug bust

Mexican national with ties to cartel sentenced to federal prison after South St. Paul drug bust

A Mexican national was given a two-year federal prison term for dealing large amounts of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine as part of a drug cartel cell that used a South St. Paul residence as a stash house. Court documents say an investigation began in September 2022 into a local operation that sold drugs on behalf of Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, which U.S. prosecutors say “is arguably the most prolific and most violent cartel in Mexi…