4 High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Members Charged With International Drug Trafficking

Sinaloa state police agents check a plastic bag with a suspicious substance found during a security operation in the city of Culiacan, , which used to be one of "El Chapo" Guzman's major influence areas, in Sinaloa state, Mexico, on Feb. 15, 2019. Rashide Frias/AFP via Getty Images

Four high-ranking members of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel were indicted on federal charges of international drug trafficking on Nov. 5, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

According to the DOJ, a federal grand jury indicted Aureliano Guzman-Loera of Sinaloa, and brothers Ruperto, Jose, and Heriberto Salgueiro-Nevarez of Guadalupe y Calvo. Prosecutors allege the Salgueiro-Nevarez brothers operate a faction of the cartel known as the Salgueiro-Nevarez Organization (SNO) while Guzman-Loera is the brother of former cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman-Loera.