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Alleged La Familia Mexican Drug Cartel Members and Associates Indicted in Federal Court

NOV 24 -- (Chicago) Seven separate indictments were returned in Chicago on November 19, 2009, charging 15 defendants of alleged involvement with a Chicago cell of a Mexican drug trafficking organization. Arrests and charges initially occurred in August. These indictments allege for the first time that the defendants were connected to the Chicago distribution cell of La Familia Michoacana, whose members and associates distributed thousands of kilograms of cocaine and collected tens of millions of dollars in profits within the Chicago area since at least 2007.