More than 30 members of the Norteno street gang are facing federal charges after a major drug-trafficking bust in Salt Lake City.
"This is a street gang in Salt Lake County that has direct contact with the drug-producing cartels of Mexico," said U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber at a press conference on Wednesday, according to FOX 13.
The 33 people arrested — including the alleged Norteno kingpins, Joe Gomez of Sandy and Denny Kandt of Salt Lake City — are being charged with playing a part in an elaborate multi-million dollar heroin and methamphetamine operation that brouight heroin and meth from Sinaloa, Mexico, to Salt Lake City.