A high-ranking member of a violent Mexican drug cartel will spend the next decade behind bars after orchestrating methamphetamine sales in metro Atlanta.
🌎 The Big Picture: Pablo Tabares-Martinez, 50, was a mid-level operative in La Nueva Familia Michoacana, a cartel responsible for trafficking approximately 12 tons of methamphetamine, 13 tons of opioids, and 18 tons of cocaine into the United States annually, according to prosecutors.
💊 What Happened: Federal authorities say Tabares-Martinez arranged the sale of one kilogram of methamphetamine to someone in Atlanta in November 2021. After the transaction, he contacted the buyer to confirm the quality of the drugs…