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PHOENIX - Four Valley men have pleaded guilty to charges, including violating the federal "Kingpin" statute, in connection to an international drug trafficking.

What we know:

Between September and November 2022, Marcos Monarrez Jr., 26, was caught on a federal wiretap obtaining fentanyl pills, methamphetamine and cocaine from a Mexican drug supplier, the United States Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania said in a news release .

"Monarrez Jr. provided the drugs to a network of subordinate drug distributors who redistributed them throughout the country, including into western Pennsylvania," officials said. "Additionally, Monarrez Jr. provided over $10,000 in proceeds from the drug sales to couriers, who smuggled the money into Mexico to promote the drug traf

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