Federal, state, and local law enforcement have been working for the last three weeks to take down a cartel-connected drug trafficking ring.

Now, more than a dozen people are being indicted as part of the investigation into the ring that distributes fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin throughout western Washington, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington announced via a news release Monday.

The traffickers transported narcotics from Mexico, through California, to Washington, using a semi-truck at times. Drug deals spanned from Whidbey Island and Arlington to Tacoma and Lacey. Truck driver Isabel Villarreal Zapien, 44, a Mexican citizen, was arrested in January 2024 and is being charged in the indictment.

“This Sinaloa Cartel-affiliated drug traff

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