CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily) — Three people have been sentenced to prison following a meth-trafficking bust in Chandler linked to a Mexican cartel.
Chandler police broke up the drug deal in November 2025, seizing more than 70 pounds of methamphetamine that investigators said was sent from a Mexican drug cartel.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said Tuesday that all three defendants were sentenced after they previously pleaded guilty in the case.
Marcial Valenzuela-Hernandez, who was 17 at the time of his arrest, was sentenced to five years in prison…