Federal authorities say a metro Atlanta man accused of working for a Mexican drug cartel hid large amounts of fentanyl inside car batteries while distributing the deadly drug across the region.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, Kevin Martinez, 20, of Doraville, appeared in federal court Monday on charges related to the alleged distribution of a significant amount of fentanyl in the metro Atlanta area.
Investigators say Martinez allegedly operated under the direction of the La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel, a Mexico-based criminal organization…