KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – The last of 15 members of a metro-based drug trafficking ring tied to Mexico has been sentenced to federal prison.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas says the ringleader, Santiago Gamboa-Saenz, 39, a Mexican national from Chihuahua living illegally in the U.S., was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison.
Court records show Gamboa-Saenz previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine with intent to distribute…