(The Center Square) – Federal prosecutors have charged 25 members and associates of two group feds say are Minneapolis-based drug trafficking organizations.
The indictments, unsealed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, allege dozens of suspects fueled violence across south Minneapolis.
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