Three charged with trafficking methamphetamine on behalf of Mexico-based trafficker

Date: Feb. 27, 2026

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Kansas City, MO - Three defendants have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Kansas City metropolitan area. One defendant is also charged with his role in a conspiracy to commit international money laundering.

Geovanni L. Cano, Pete Carrillo, and Bayron Franco-Lopez were charged in a twelve-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Feb. 25, 2026. This superseding indictment replaces a previous indictment filed on Dec. 9, 2025.

According to Court documents, between Feb. and Aug. 2025, Cano, Carrillo, and Franco-Lopez distributed approximately 10 kilograms of methamphetamine to law enforcement through controlled buys conducted in Kansas City, Mo. The methamphetamine was distributed on behalf of a Mexico-based broker. Cano also wired money obtained from drug sales to the broker in Mexico to further promote the drug trafficking organization. On Aug. 28, 2025, investigators arrested Cano while he was in possession of approximately 3.7 kilograms of methamphetamine. A federal search warrant was executed at Cano's residence in Kansas City, Ks. Investigators located approximately 18.6 kilograms of methamphetamine in the residence.

The charges contained in the criminal complaint are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashleigh Ragner. It was investigated by IRS-Criminal Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Kansas City, Kansas Police Department.

This prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Kansas City comprises agents and officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States Marshals Service, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Division with the prosecution being led by the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri.

IRS-CI is the law enforcement arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. It is the only federal law enforcement agency with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code. IRS-CI has 18 field offices located across the U.S. and maintains an international presence through attaché posts abroad.