ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have indicted an additional 12 members of what they say is a large-scale cocaine trafficking ring that brought drugs from Mexico into Virginia.

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U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil MacBride said that 41 individuals connected to this ring have already been convicted.

This cases announced Friday are part of a federal investigation titled "Operation Springfield Snow," which began in November 2008 targeting Virginia-based cells of a cocaine drug trafficking organization based in Mexico.

Among those indicted is the man prosecutors identify as the trafficking ring's regional leader, 27-year-old Gregorio Delgado-Salinas, of Alexandria, who was arrested earlier this year.

Delgado-Salinas pleaded not guilty at an arraignment Friday.