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Los Zetas Kidnappers Plead Guilty

… indicating that a person had been kidnapped at gunpoint from a residence on Eistetter Street in Laredo and that … Garza as one of the kidnapers who took her by force from her residence. The next day, Cerda received a call from Zaragoza who reported “his friends already have the …
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Aspen And Los Angeles Residents Indicted For Cocaine Distribution

… - (307) 778-1500 DENVER, CO. - DENVER - Ten defendants, six from Aspen and four from Los Angeles, were charged in a sealed indicted returned … title and interest in property constituting and derived from any proceeds obtained directly and indirectly as a …
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Owner Of Colorado Car Dealership Sentenced For Structuring And Money Laundering

… requirements as required by law.  Daily cash receipts from the business Chopeque Auto Sales, which is owned by … various banks to avoid the $10,000 reporting requirements.  From February 26, 2008 through May 29, 2012, they structured …
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New Jersey Doctor, 11 Others Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… Diversion Squad. Domando will be arrested upon his release from a medical facility. The defendants arrested today are … prescriptions for oxycodone in exchange for cash, including from an undercover DEA agent he believed to be a patient. … he told a co-conspirator that the pills would resell for from $1,000 to $1,200 per bottle, and that based on the …
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Texas Businessman Found Guilty Of Laundering Millions Of Dollars For A Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organization

… and the evidence presented during the two-week trial: From June 2009 until January 2011, Datta operated a business … millions of dollars in cash that had been generated from drug sales in the United States. After the drugs were …
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Twelve Indicted In Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy; Two Charged With Distribution Resulting In Death

… one kilogram or more of heroin in the New Orleans area from January 2011 to the present.  The indictment was … deadly drug and to bringing to justice those who profit from the misery created by heroin."  "The St. Tammany Parish … we do together is helping remove life- threatening drugs from our communities and making sure that those who would …
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U.S. Postal Service Employee Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Mailing And Receiving Packages Of Cocaine Husband Who Was Charged With Her Sentenced Last Month

… role in a scheme to intercept cocaine-laden packages mailed from Puerto Rico to New Jersey.   Christina Nunez, 30, of … had been receiving packages of cocaine, which were mailed from Puerto Rico to delivery addresses along her mail route. … lawfully seized approximately 1,300 grams of cocaine from an express mail package that was supposed to be …
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12 Members Of Heroin Drug Trafficking Organization Operating In Manhattan, Bronx, And New Jersey Charged In Manhattan Federal Court

… this organization transported large quantities of heroin from Washington Heights and the Bronx across the Hudson to … conspired to distribute significant amounts of heroin from May 2017 to August 2017, as members of a drug … trafficking (the “DTO”) that obtained narcotics for resale from Washington Heights, New York, and the Bronx, New York, …
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Southern Indiana Indictments Charge Alleged Marijuana Traffickers

… responsible for obtaining large quantities of the drug from sources in Texas, Arizona and Mexico, for subsequent … the proceeds of marijuana sales by the group, was seized from defendant Zefferino Trejo’s residence in Seymour, … excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana over several years, from Mexico to Southern Indiana and Kentucky. If convicted, …
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 66 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Heroin

… dealers in New Haven who regularly obtained heroin from Crucetts and Martin Rodriguez, 50, in Hartford.  The … that Crucetts was receiving kilogram quantities of heroin from Carlos Gabriel Estevez, 23, of Ozone Park, N.Y.; Jimmy … calls and texts, investigators surveilled Ortiz as he drove from Connecticut to a parking lot in New Rochelle, N.Y., …
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Fairfield Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone

… To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone October 14, 2016 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … obtained forged prescriptions for opioid medications from Bellofiore’s former medical assistant and, as a result, … for a friend or relative of the couple to pick up from Bellofiore’s office.  It was Bellofiore’s understanding …
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McAllen Medical Clinic Operator Pleads Guilty In Pill Mill Case

… and pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge stemming from his involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced … drug distribution conspiracy.  That indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … their DEA registration numbers, preventing Dr. Andrews from issuing prescriptions for controlled substances and …
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Suspended Physician Sentenced To 1 A½ Years For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone And Falsely Billing Medicare In Undercover Probe

… Sentenced To 1 A½ Years For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone And Falsely Billing Medicare In Undercover Probe February … Social Accounts X Todd C. Smith Domestic Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … while imposing sentence, “The defendant was stealing money from those in need….putting many in need at risk.” Babu …
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Two Individuals Convicted On Large-Scale Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … James Morgan, 34, also known as “Weazel” or “Wezzie,” both from Panama City, were involved in a conspiracy that … obtaining approximately four kilograms of cocaine per week from his Texas source of supply, Kelvin Rucker. Knowles paid …
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Treasury Designates Honduran Drug Traffickers

… store.  Today’s action generally prohibit U.S. persons from conducting financial or commercial transactions with … and distribution of multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombian sources of supply into Honduras.  These … coordinates the receipt of drug-laden aircraft departing from Apure, Venezuela into Honduras via clandestine …
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Texas “Mexikan” Mafia Members Get Long Prison Sentences TMM Describes Itself As A Criminal Organization Dealing In Drugs, Firearms, Assassination Contracts, Prostitution, Robbery

… as narcotics distribution, extortion and money laundering from Nov. 1, 2013, through May 30, 2014.   Bazan was found … and firearms. It also states that 10 percent of the profits from any business or interest shall be contributed to the … TMM’s primary source of income. The TMM collects “the dime” from members, prospective members or sympathizer. TMM …
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Houston Mother And Son Sent To Prison For Smuggling Methamphetamine

… heard that on June 22, 2012, Favorite drove a Honda minivan from Laredo to the Border Patrol immigration checkpoint on … in the van and that he and his mother had driven down from Houston. However, when agents asked if the bottles … they were only his. He stated he received them previously from a Hispanic male, but would not elaborate. The bottles …
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Colombian Crime Syndicate Leader Sentenced To Prison For Role In Mediating Drug Money Disputes

… with his role in a conspiracy to invest the proceeds from the sale of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine.  Fredy … to conspiracy to invest illicit drug profits in April 2015. From approximately 2001 to September 2014, Mira Perez was a …
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Ten Charged After Investigation Into Danbury-Area Home Invasion Drug Robberies

… conspiracy, robbery, firearms and drug offenses stemming from an investigation into a series of Danbury-area violent … robbery of narcotics and narcotics trafficking proceeds from a victim on January 30, 2013, and subsequently … robbery of narcotics and narcotics trafficking proceeds from a victim on February 14, 2013, and that Patterson, …
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California Man Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin In Operation Goldy Locks

… Walt Green announced yet another conviction arising from Operation Goldy Locks, an extensive investigation into … contained heroin. Upon delivery of the pills to Baton Rouge from California, they were then distributed to mid-level … he transported over 30,000 pills containing heroin from California to Baton Rouge and delivered the pills to a …
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Baton Rouge Man Convicted Of Possession With The Intent To Distribute Heroin

… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … furthers our efforts to prevent heroin trafficking from taking hold in our community.” U.S. Attorney Green stated: “This sentencing resulted from a line of cases prosecuted by my office relating to …
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Baton Rouge Man Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin Disguised As Prescription Pills

… contained heroin. Upon delivery of the pills in Baton Rouge from California, they were then distributed to mid-level … contained heroin, and his intent was to sell and profit from the sale of significant amounts of heroin. In addition, … in March 2015, Lambert also engaged in money laundering from the proceeds of the drug-trafficking conspiracy.  “On …
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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 29, from 10 am to 2 pm local time, at over 5,000 sites around … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms. The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
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Ten Indicted In Dismantling Of Plattsburgh Heroin Distribution Ring

… and criminal complaints previously filed in the case, from June 2016 through May 2017, the defendants transported heroin from Annapolis, Maryland, and Schenectady, New York, and … are felt in our communities, but the groups profiting from spreading this poison are often found elsewhere.  As …
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31 Dealers Arrested In Drug Sweep In Yonkers, NY

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. Members from our Department and our law enforcement partners began … crack-cocaine, and prescription pills were purchased from these street level drug dealers and suppliers. …
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Multiple Defendants Indicted In Large Scale Drug Trafficking And International Money Laundering Conspiracies

… in Alaska and also working together to launder money from the United States into Mexico. The first indictment … of California, with conspiring to transport drug proceeds from the United States to conspirators in Mexico. The … Conspirators later mailed three more kilograms of heroin from Texas to Alaska using Canales’s address. Investigators …
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DEA’s Seventh Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

… Operation Engage Glendale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables and kitchen drawers. … (5.15 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 90 locations manned …
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Treasury Continues Targeting Sinaloa Cartel Leadership

… these traffickers of their assets, draining the lifeblood from their criminal enterprises." Tapia Quintero oversees … purchase and transportation of cocaine and methamphetamine from Sinaloa into the U.S., specifically Arizona and … cell affiliated with Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman Loera from Sinaloa to Tijuana, Baja California via tractor …
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13th Drug Take-Back Announced By DEA

… - 571-324-7324 Event Will Take Place Throughout Arizona from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, April 29th phx042817_fig1.jpg … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place April 29th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous Take-Back … by eliminating the availability of these drugs, starting from within their own homes.”  The National Prescription …
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DEA Collected A Record Amount Of Unwanted Rx Medication In The State Of New York

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … prescription medications were collected in New York State from members of the public making a total of 742,497 pounds …