Woman Tied To EL Chapo Cartel Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/FOX9) — A woman pleads guilty in a drug trafficking case in Fargo that had connections to a Mexican cartel.

Deanna Gerads appeared in federal court to enter her plea in the case on Tuesday.

She was arrested in Mexico last August after she’d been on the run for a year.

Authorities say Gerads was part of a group working together to move cocaine, meth, and fentanyl, from the cartel once led by El Chapo.

The drugs were shipped to Minnesota and North Dakota among other spots in the U.S.

Gerads was among 11 people named in charges filed back in November 2022.