Two years after federal investigators seized a cocaine-laden jet in Gary, they say they’ve worked their way up the ladder of an organization that imported thousands of pounds of the drug from Mexico to Chicago and other cities.
Reputed ringleader Oswaldo Espinosa and 14 others were indicted in July in federal court in Chicago on drug conspiracy charges. From March 2021 to March 2022, the government seized more than 1,200 pounds of cocaine from Espinosa’s operatives in Chicago, Indiana, Texas and Florida, authorities say.
