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Former El Paso County Commissioner Willie Gandara, Jr. Sentenced To Federal Prison

Former El Paso County Commissioner Willie Gandara, Jr. Sentenced To Federal Prison November 14, 2012 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) 832-6000 …
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Two Sentenced To Prison For Roles In 2010 Wedding Murders In Juarez, Mexico

Two Sentenced To Prison For Roles In 2010 Wedding Murders In Juarez, Mexico March 21, 2013 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) 832-6000 …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest El Paso Based Drug Trafficking Organization On Federal Charges

Federal And State Authorities Arrest El Paso Based Drug Trafficking Organization On Federal Charges April 30, 2013 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) …
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Twelve Individuals Arrested Large Quantities Of Heroin, Methamphetamine, And Marijuana

Twelve Individuals Arrested Large Quantities Of Heroin, Methamphetamine, And Marijuana August 02, 2013 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) 832-6000 …
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Alleged El Paso Cell Ringleader For Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Drug Trafficking Organization Detained Pending Trial

Alleged El Paso Cell Ringleader For Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Drug Trafficking Organization Detained Pending Trial August 27, 2013 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth …
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Lonnie Dean Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine In Valencia County And Assaulting A Federal Officer

Lonnie Dean Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine In Valencia County And Assaulting A Federal Officer November 12, 2013 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. …
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El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction June 26, 2014 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) 832-6000 …
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Santa Fe Man Sentenced To Seventy-Eight Months For Participating In Crack Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

Santa Fe Man Sentenced To Seventy-Eight Months For Participating In Crack Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy July 30, 2014 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth Borruel …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest Eight In El Paso Area Roundup

Federal And State Authorities Arrest Eight In El Paso Area Roundup August 03, 2016 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) 832-6000 …
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Former Pharmacy Technician From Carlsbad Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Crime For Unlawful Possession Of Oxycodone

Former Pharmacy Technician From Carlsbad Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Crime For Unlawful Possession Of Oxycodone December 20, 2016 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name …
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96 Charged And Dozens Arrested As The Result Of A Joint Investigation

96 Charged And Dozens Arrested As The Result Of A Joint Investigation February 02, 2011 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) 832-6000 …
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Career Offender From Clovis Sentenced To 77 Months For Selling 20 Grams Of Heroin To Undercover Agents

Career Offender From Clovis Sentenced To 77 Months For Selling 20 Grams Of Heroin To Undercover Agents January 06, 2017 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth Borruel …
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Las Cruces Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

Las Cruces Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction February 23, 2017 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) 832-6000 …
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6 “Cruces Boys” Gang Members Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking

6 “Cruces Boys” Gang Members Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking June 08, 2017 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) 832-6000 …
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In St. Louis To Address Heroin, Prescription Drugs And Violent Crime

DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In St. Louis To Address Heroin, Prescription Drugs And Violent Crime January 28, 2016 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 …
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Three-Day Operation Targets Violent Areas To Find Murder, Violent Crime Suspects

Three-Day Operation Targets Violent Areas To Find Murder, Violent Crime Suspects August 08, 2011 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a …
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Twenty-Four Defendants Facing Federal Drug Charges For Transporting Heroin And Cocaine To Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

… of fentanyl, five handguns, two rifles, and more than $1.8 million in cash. The charges seek forfeiture of approximately $9.3 million in illegal profits. The indictments and complaints … The indictment seeks forfeiture of approximately $5 million in cash.             In U.S.A. v. Aragon Contreras …
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DEA Helps Foil Iranian Terror Plot

… to perform, including the murder of the Ambassador. $1.5 Million Fee for Alleged Assassination - In a July 14, 2011, … and that his price for carrying out the murder was $1.5 million. Arbabsiar allegedly agreed and stated that the …
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DEA Administrator Statement On Capture Of Hector Beltran-Leyva

… regime.  Beltran-Leyva’s organization smuggled countless amounts of lethal and highly addictive drugs into the United …
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A Message From DEA Administrator Anne Milgram

October 06, 2023
… a lethal dose of fentanyl.   DEA has seized a record 62 million fentanyl pills to date in 2023, which already exceeds last year’s totals of 58 million pills. In September, DEA hosted its second annual …
October 06, 2023
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Caribbean News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Strike Force Arrests Two Men and Seizes Approximately $1.7 Million July 1, 2009 Caribbean Corridor Strike Force Seizes Approximately $8.5 Million in Cash, Arrests Four Colombians May 22, 2009 DEA …
July 15, 2021
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Fentanyl distribution organization disrupted in Kern County

… statutory penalty of life in prison and a fine of up to $10 million; Portillo faces a maximum statutory penalty of 40 years in prison and a fine of up to $5 million; and Garcia faces a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million. Any sentence, however, would be determined at the …
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Mexican Drug Trafficker Caught with Tens of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills, Cocaine, Heroin, and Stolen Guns Sentenced to Federal Prison in Washington State

Mexican Drug Trafficker Caught with Tens of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills, Cocaine, Heroin, and Stolen Guns Sentenced to Federal Prison in Washington State June 16, 2025 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 …
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Leader of Savannah-Area Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison

… conspiracy that distributed kilos of cocaine and large amounts of other illegal drugs throughout the coastal … More of Cocaine, 28 Grams or More of Crack Cocaine, and an Amount of Marijuana. He is considered innocent unless and …
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13 Arrested in Connection with an LSD, Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking and Money Laundering Scheme Occurring in the West Campus Area of the University of Texas at Austin

… care and sourced from a licensed pharmacy.  A miniscule amount, as small as a couple grains of salt, of some of … our collaborative efforts have removed a significant amount of illegal drugs off the streets of Austin. This has …
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Denver News 2008

July 15, 2021
… Jordon Man to Serve 23 Years in Federal Prison Almost $6 Million Dollars Laundered - Sent to Mexico May 5, 2008 McKesson Corp Agrees to Pay More Than $13 Million to Settle Claims That it Failed to Report Suspicious …
July 15, 2021
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Powerful Stories and Connections During DEA Washington Division’s 3rd Family Summit on Fentanyl

Powerful Stories and Connections During DEA Washington Division’s 3rd Family Summit on Fentanyl June 24, 2024 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …
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Leader of cocaine trafficking organization admits guilt

… organization that transported and distributed significant amounts of cocaine and other drugs into the coastal Georgia …
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DEA Working To Avoid U.S. Drug Shortages

… portion of their quota allotment and DEA reallocated these amounts to three DEA-registered manufacturers of FDA …
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Cranston Man Admits to Large Scale Production of Meth and Fentanyl-Laced Pills

Cranston Man Admits to Large Scale Production of Meth and Fentanyl-Laced Pills July 16, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 Kristen Govostes Recruiter Name Garth Hamelin bostonspecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a …