Sinaloa cartel father-son drug kingpins charged by Justice Department for allegedly running one of the world's largest fentanyl networks

A father-son duo and other Sinaloa cartel leaders were charged Tuesday with allegedly trafficking massive amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin into the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release. 

Pedro Inzunza Noriega and his son, Pedro Inzunza Coronel ran one of the largest and most sophisticated fentanyl production networks, federal prosecutors said. The Department of Justice said the duo were leaders of the Beltran Leyva Organization — a powerful and violent faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. Five other leaders were also charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.

The pair trafficked tens of thousands of kilograms of fentanyl into the United States, the U.S. government alleges, and more than 1.65 tons of fentanyl was seized from their holdings by the Mexican government– the largest seizure of fentanyl in the world.