Minnesota woman sentenced to 26 years for role in Mexican drug smuggling operation
Macalla Knott, a native of St. Cloud, pleaded guilty to working with a Mexican drug cartel to import methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl into the Midwest.
MN woman sentenced for leading drug ring tied to El Chapo’s cartel
The drugs came from Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s Sinaloa cartel in Mexico, according to prosecutors. Guzman, 67, was sentenced in 2019 to life in prison for leading a multibillion-dollar drug-trafficking enterprise that spread murder and mayhem for more than two decades.
St. Cloud Woman Sentenced to Over 26 Years for Role in $10 Million Mexican Drug Operation
(KNSI) — A St. Cloud woman has been sentenced to more than 26 years in prison for her role in an estimated $10 million drug running operation in Mexico.
St. Cloud woman sentenced for distributing meth, fentanyl to Minnesota from Mexico
A St. Cloud woman was sentenced to more than 26 years in prison for her role in distributing drugs from Mexico to the upper Midwest.
Minnesota woman charged under kingpin statute is sentenced to 26 years
FARGO, N.D. — Calling it a “heartbreaking” case, Chief Judge Peter Welte sentenced Macalla “Kayla” Knott to 26 years and nine months in federal prison on Friday, Jan. 3, for her role at the helm of a major drug trafficking ring.
Sentencing nears for St. Cloud woman who led $10M cartel-fueled meth ring from Mexico
Macalla Knott oversaw the transport and sale of millions of dollars of drugs supplied by the notorious Sinaloa Cartel to her native Minnesota and the Dakotas. Now she faces life in prison.
Minnesota woman sentenced to 26 years for leading drug smuggling ring tied to El Chapo’s notorious cartel
A St. Cloud woman has received a 26-year prison term for leading a smuggling operation that funneled into the Midwest large amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine supplied by one of the world’s most notorious drug cartels.
Several St. Cloud-area residents in prison in case stemming from El Chapo drug trafficking
St. Cloud's Macalla "Kayla" Knott was sentenced to 26 years in prison for her role helping El Chapo smuggle drugs and money ...
St. Cloud woman gets 26 years for masterminding drug ring tied to Sinaloa cartel
Macalla Knott pleaded guilty to directing shipments of various drugs from Mexico to the Upper Midwest. A St. Cloud woman has ...
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'The cartel had her and they used her': Minnesota woman charged under kingpin statute sentenced to 26 years
Friends, family and law enforcement crowded into the benches of the gallery of a federal courtroom Friday morning in Fargo for Macalla Knott's sentencing. Macalla Knott, in a green prison ...
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Soldier from Minnesota killed in flight-related accident in South Korea
Via KSTP: A soldier from Minnesota was killed this past December in a flight-related accident while stationed in South Korea. According to a statement from the Public Affairs Office at Camp Humphreys, ...