Four high-ranking members of the Sinaloa cartel were indicted on federal charges of international drug trafficking on Nov. 5, the Department of Justice announced. According to the DOJ, a federal grand jury indicted Aureliano Guzman-Loera of Sinaloa, Mexico, and brothers Ruperto, Jose, and Heriberto Salgueiro-Nevarez of Guadalupe Y Calvo, Mexico. The four high-ranking members of the cartel allegedly committed various violations of the law by internationally distributing controlled substances, including fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana over a seven-year period. Fentanyl is responsible for more than 63 percent of the 96,779 drug overdose deaths in the United States between March 2020 and 2021, according to the State Department. Prosecutors allege the Salgueiro-Nevarez brothers operate a faction of the cartel known as the Salgueiro-Nevarez Organization (SNO) while Aureliano Guzman-Loera is the brother of former cartel leader, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman-Loera. El Chapo, 64, was convicted in February 2019 in a high-profile Brooklyn trial of masterminding …