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PHOENIX - Thirteen more defendants have been sentenced in the "Kingpin" case involving the Monarrez Drug Trafficking Organization.

A majority of the defendants sentenced to federal prison are from the Phoenix metro area.

The backstory:

As FOX10 previously reported , the Monarrez DTO was led by a father-son duo of Marcos Monarrez-Mendoza and Marcos Monarrez-Mendoza Jr. The duo was indicted with the rare "Kingpin" statute, also known as the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute.

Update:

The Department of Justice announced on Nov. 14, saying the13 individuals violated federal narcotics and money laundering laws in relation to a transnational criminal organization.

Dig deeper:

From August 2021 to June 2023, in the Western District of Pennsylvania and elsewhere, the d

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