PHOENIX, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Arizona has indicted 16 alleged members of a Mexican drug cartel on charges of smuggling contraband through Arizona to many states, authorities say.
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard announced the state grand jury indictment Monday, KTAR-TV, Phoenix, reported.
The defendants are charged with conspiracy, illegally conducting an enterprise and other crimes related to their alleged involvement smuggling cocaine, marijuana and heroin across the Mexico-Arizona border into Illinois, North Carolina and other states.
Among those indicted were Roque Aceves-Beltran, 45, Rey Cuen-Villareal, 38, and Teresa Cuen-Leon, 33, all of Phoenix, Evodeio Cruz-Beltrain, 39, of Los Angeles and Jose Munoz-Alcaraz, 49, of Mexico, KTAR said.
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