(KNSI) — A Freeport woman is facing a stint in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking charges in North Dakota.
Thirty-three-year-old Deanna Marie Gerads is accused of working for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s Sinaloa cartel. Gerads was taken into custody by Mexican immigration authorities on August 1st and deported to the U.S. from Mexico, where she had been hiding. She pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances before Chief District Court Judge Peter D. Welte. Gerads is scheduled to be sentenced on July 2nd.
The case is part of Operation Unfinished Business II, which focused on international drug trafficking. So far, 18 people have been charged, including Macalla Knott and Melanie Quick, both of St. Cloud. Officials say so far they have seized 150 pounds of methamphetamine, nine pounds of fentanyl powder, and 120,000 fentanyl pills destined for Minnesota and North Dakota.
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