A federal jury convicted Antonio Ledesma Rodriguez, known as Uncle, of trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in Hill County and on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation.
Great to see NBC News put the national spotlight on the Mexican drug cartels and how they're targeting our Indian Reservations here in Montana in particular. Check out this eye-opening report.
Stacy Zinn-Brittain, the top Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Montana, will be speaking and will also be fielding questions from the crowd. She has an incredible background.
Stacy Zinn-Brittain (DEA): "Bozeman is a different animal because we have a cocaine pipeline going through that area, and we have two cartels that are sitting up in that general region."
Fentanyl dealers "got pulled over and they decided to hide the evidence by eating all the fentanyl pills. Everybody coded and they had to be revived with Narcan. "
Meth and fentanyl is being brought into Montana by the Mexican drug cartels. Those drugs are fueling violence, addiction, and a demand on family and social services programs all across the state. We're also seeing a big spike in pill use by kids.