Federal prosecutors say a major money-laundering operation reaches from an Oklahoma ranch all the way to one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels.

KRMG is learning new information Tuesday afternoon as a federal indictment is unsealed.

The indictment lays out a case from federal authorities that a key member of a Mexican drug ring laundered money through horse operations in the southwestern United States and included a ranch in Lexington, Oklahoma and names 14 defendants.

45-year-old Jose Trevino-Morales and 38-year-old Zulema Trevino were arrested during a raid at a ranch in Lexington, just south of Oklahoma City along I-35.

Jose Morales is said to be the brother to the leader of the Los Zetas.

Five more people were arrested in New Mexico at Ruidoso Downs, Los Angeles and Austin.

The news release states 7 more people were indicted and have not been arrested.

Prosecutors say the drug cartel would use multi-million dollar revenues from drug sales to buy, sell and breed quarter horses in the United States and had been operating since 2008.

The indictment also seeks a monetary judgment in the amount of $20 million representing the amount of money derived from the defendants’ scheme.

If convicted, the defendants face up to 20 years in federal prison.