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Mexican man linked to Sinaloa Cartel’s Chapitos charged in U.S. federal court with fentanyl trafficking and weapons offenses, allegedly producing millions of fentanyl pills from 2022 to 2025.
Ivan Valerio Sainz Salazar, a Mexican national known as “Mantecas,” has been charged in a U.S. federal indictment with fentanyl trafficking and weapons offenses linked to the Sinaloa Cartel’s Chapitos faction.
Arrested in January 2026 in Sinaloa, he is accused of producing millions of fentanyl-laced pills between 2022 and 2025, coordinating drug shipments under armed protection, and operating labs for the cartel.
Prosecutors allege his role in fueling the U.S. opioid crisis, with charges carrying life imprisonment.
The case highlights ongoing U.S.-Mexico cooperation in disrupting major drug trafficking networks.
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Hombre mexicano vinculado a Chapitos del Cártel de Sinaloa acusado en una corte federal de Estados Unidos de tráfico de fentanilo y delitos de armas, presuntamente produciendo millones de píldoras de fentanilo de 2022 a 2025.