A St. Cloud woman has been sentenced to over 26 years in federal prison for her role in leading a drug trafficking ring from Mexico.Macalla Lee Knott, 32, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Fargo ...

St. Cloud's Macalla "Kayla" Knott was sentenced to 26 years in prison for her role helping El Chapo smuggle drugs and money into the Midwest.

She is one of several people from central Minnesota facing a prison sentence ... The operation was also a family affair, as Knott's father, Jeffrey Knott, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years ...

Other defendants in the case included Knott's father, Jeff, who was sentenced in April ... Alexandria and St. Cloud in Minnesota; and Rapid City, South Dakota, as part of the investigation.

While prosecutors have estimated the dollar value of the meth, fentanyl and cocaine moved into Minnesota and the Dakotas by Knott’s trafficking operation at $10 million, Martinez said Knott ...

The investigation led to 18 people from Minnesota being charged in ... Among those sentenced was Knott's 53-year-old father Jeffrey Knott, of St. Cloud, whom the Star Tribune reports was sentenced ...