A woman identified by authorities as the co-leader of a nationwide drug trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl appeared in a Seattle courtroom last week, where she was sentenced to 15 years in prison for her role in the operation.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington said Iris Adrianna Amador-Garcia, who was living illegally in Bellflower, California, also laundered drug money and had firearms tied to the operation as far away as New York, the Southeast, and Fiji.
Officials said the drugs came from Amador-Garcia’s family in Mexico…