The Brief
- A Mexican drug supplier pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal charges related to large-scale Atlanta cocaine trafficking.
- Federal agents seized over 170 pounds of illicit drugs smuggled into metro Atlanta inside commercial tractor trailers.
ATLANTA – A high-level drug trafficker extradited from Mexico pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges for flooding metro Atlanta with massive quantities of cocaine.
Orfael Macedo Bustos, 52, admitted to coordinating a pipeline that smuggled millions of dollars’ worth of narcotics across the border.
Atlanta drug pipeline smuggling
What we know:
Federal law enforcement first identified the transnational criminal network in 2017. Macedo Bustos served as a primary supplier and leader, organizing shipments that traveled across the country to Georgia.…