FARGO (KFGO) – A federal judge in Fargo has sentenced a Columbian National to 27 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking and money laundering case.
42-year-old Daniel Vivas Ceron pleaded guilty and admitted that he and another man led an international fentanyl ring from inside a Canadian prison.
They arranged shipments of the drug from China to Canada and this country. Fatal and non-deadly overdoses in North Dakota, Oregon, New Jersey and North Carolina were linked to the shipments. In all, 34 people were charged.
The US Dept. of State has offered a $5 million reward for a Chinese National tied to the drug ring. Federal prosecutors refer to the case as “Operational Denial.”