(The Center Square) – A federal magistrate judge ordered the last of 23 defendants in a drug trafficking and money laundering case to be detained this week.

Now, 22 out of 23 of these people who have been charged with 33 federal crimes are now in custody. Their crimes include, among other things, laundering millions of dollars via wire transfers from Utah to Mexico and Honduras, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah. 

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