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Two Honduran men, both in the U.S. illegally, are facing prison time after admitting to running a massive fentanyl distribution ring in North Carolina — one got 14 years, the other 10. Their operation, uncovered after one sold 25 grams to an undercover agent, led investigators to a hotel room packed with over 330 grams of fentanyl, $33,000 cash, and detailed ledgers showing they moved 11 kilograms of fentanyl and nearly 3.5 kilograms of meth for nearly $160,000. Both were also armed with pistols. Authorities say this case underscores the deadly threat of fentanyl and the U.S.’s escalating efforts to dismantle such networks — with both men likely to serve their sentences before being deported back to Honduras.

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