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Former Chihuahua, Mexico State Police Officer Sentenced to Prison on Federal Racketeering Charge

June 08, 2018
… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community … Lopez admitted to participating in the criminal enterprise from 2005 through 2009 by safeguarding and repackaging …
June 08, 2018
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… are inextricably linked,” said Acting Administrator Shea.  “From the extreme levels of violence in Mexican cartels, to … that have little regard for human life, and profit from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our …
October 20, 2020
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Six Arrested In El Paso/Alpine Portion Of Project Delirium

July 21, 2011
… Operations Division, comprised of agents and analysts from the DEA, FBI, ICE, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. … Protection, U.S. Marshals Service, as well as attorneys from the Criminal Division’s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug …
July 21, 2011
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Lonnie Dean Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine In Valencia County And Assaulting A Federal Officer

November 12, 2013
… Lunas Police Department. Dean was one of twelve individuals from Valencia and Socorro Counties charged with federal … to arrest him.  One DEA agent, who had blocked Dean’s car from the front, exited his car and was moving on foot to a …
November 12, 2013
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest 23 Individuals Today In Relation To Cocaine And Methamphetamine Distribution Operations In Permian Basin

January 29, 2015
… offenses or federal firearms violations stemming from two separate investigations. Two arrested today were … David Counts. These federal charges and arrests resulted from investigations conducted by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), …
January 29, 2015
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest Eight In El Paso Area Roundup

August 03, 2016
… Federal And State Authorities Arrest Eight In El Paso Area Roundup … Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … federal grand jury indictment. The indictment alleges that from August 2014 to June 2016, the defendants conspired to …
August 03, 2016
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Las Cruces Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

February 23, 2017
… drug trafficking organization that obtained methamphetamine from Arizona and Texas and distributed the drugs in Otero … Force/Metro Narcotics Task Force is comprised of officers from the Las Cruces Police Department, the Doña Ana County …
February 23, 2017
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6 “Cruces Boys” Gang Members Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking

June 08, 2017
… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community … cocaine and “crack” cocaine throughout the Las Cruces area from July 2016 until last month. Garcia, whose charge …
June 08, 2017
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40 Charged, Huge Cash And Drug Seizures Of Organization Tied To Murders

June 19, 2015
… 40 Charged, Huge Cash And Drug Seizures Of Organization Tied To Murders June 19, … and East Coast states with drug shipments origination from either McAllen through Houston and/or from Southern California.  “This is DEA and our partners at …
June 19, 2015
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 04, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
December 04, 2025
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Mexican National Admits Distributing Cocaine in New Haven

September 24, 2025
… Force learned that Onofre-Mendez was distributing narcotics from a restaurant on Grand Avenue in New Haven.  Between May … purchases totaling approximately 600 grams of cocaine from Onofre-Mendez. Onofre-Mendez was arrested on October 1, … On that date, investigators seized 225 grams of cocaine from Onofre-Mendez and 480 grams of cocaine from a location …
September 24, 2025
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Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting at Federal Agents

July 11, 2025
… to the hospital where he was treated for and recovered from his injuries.  In the bedroom from which Broadbent fired at the agents, law enforcement … the firearms and the pipe bomb. Broadbent was prohibited from possessing firearms because he had multiple prior …
July 11, 2025
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Former East Hartford Resident Sentenced to More Than 13 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl, Violating Supervised Release

May 29, 2025
… Fentanyl, Violating Supervised Release May 29, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … for a fentanyl trafficking offense.  He was released from federal prison in June 2018 and, while residing in East … of Connecticut.  At some point, Aguilar-Linares absconded from supervision and fled to Mexico. In July 2019, the DEA’s …
May 29, 2025
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Leader of Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 30 Years

June 21, 2023
… Conspiracy Resulted in Several Overdose Deaths from Fentanyl Laced with Xylazine SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A … the conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Greene County from Jan. 31, 2019, to May 18, 2020, and to one count of … transported at least 300 grams of fentanyl by vehicle from either St. Louis, Mo., or Chicago, Illinois, to …
June 21, 2023
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 19, 2024
… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from 4 out of 10 pills in 2021 and 6 out of 10 pills in … lives lost.  Nearly 70% of these drug poisonings are from fentanyl. DEA has responded to this unprecedented …
January 19, 2024
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Albuquerque career criminal sentenced to life imprisonment for heroin distribution resulting in death of Cameron Weiss

January 23, 2020
… Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov La Cueva High School student died from overdose in 2011 after becoming addicted to opioids … be contacted through go-betweens. After he was released from jail on Aug. 7, 2011, Mr. Weiss contacted a go-between, who purchased heroin from Moya and delivered it to Mr. Weiss. The following day, …
January 23, 2020
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Samuel Velasco Gurrola Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder-For-Hire Plot

March 24, 2017
… his criminal organization to kill his wife to prevent her from testifying against him. By the time he was he was done, … and indecency with a child. Evidence further revealed that from September 2008 until November 2008, he initiated a … to kill Sagredo while in Mexico in order to prevent her from testifying in the state case. Testimony revealed that …
March 24, 2017
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New Britain Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Charge

July 16, 2025
… 6,000 dose bags of fentanyl to an individual who had driven from Vermont to pick up the drugs.  On February 25, 2025, … made a controlled purchase of 3,000 dose bags of fentanyl from Meneses on Franklin Avenue in Hartford. Meneses was … The DEA’s Hartford Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
July 16, 2025
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Dominican National Arrested for his Unlawful Reentry into the United States and for Distributing Fentanyl and One Pound of Meth

June 16, 2025
… De Jesus Guerrero was deported to the Dominican Republic from the United States in November 2021. He was encountered … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
June 16, 2025
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Hartford Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking Charge

June 16, 2025
… distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine.  He was released from federal prison in September 2022. In August 2024, the … made multiple controlled purchases of fentanyl from Flythe.  On December 18, 2024, a court authorized … Police Department.  The task force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
June 16, 2025
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Carver Man Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Oxycodone Conspiracy

May 30, 2025
… 2023 and June 2023, Atwood obtained oxycodone pills from co-defendant John Campbell that he redistributed to … The amount of oxycodone pills that the defendant obtained from Campbell ranged from hundreds to more than a thousand at a time. On July 12, …
May 30, 2025
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day on April 29

April 28, 2025
… is not immune.  In 2023, more than 105,000 Americans died from drug poisonings with nearly 70 percent of those deaths … to synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) … (Vicodin ®). The only safe medications are ones that come from licensed and accredited medical professionals. Social …
April 28, 2025
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Indictment Charges Stamford Men with Trafficking Fentanyl

April 25, 2025
… the seizure of two parcels that Brown mailed to Charles from California and Arizona, the first containing … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.  Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
April 25, 2025
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Gun-toting Meth Dealers Sentenced

September 30, 2024
… he purchased a pound of methamphetamine each week from a co-defendant who was working with Keltner, for which … paid $5,000, and a pound of meth every two or three weeks from a separate source of supply. According to court … trips to acquire 14 to 16 kilograms of methamphetamine from Oklahoma per trip, using women to make the trips for …
September 30, 2024
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Drug Trafficking Organization Member Sentenced for 8 Felony Counts

July 02, 2024
… heroin and fentanyl to the St. Louis and Kansas City areas from Mexico via Texas and Florida. Green was a lower-level … were charged and arrested , Green continued to obtain drugs from other members of the conspiracy and distributed fentanyl and meth from 2019 to 2023. In 2023, the Drug Enforcement …
July 02, 2024
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Missouri Residents Indicted in Cocaine Conspiracy

May 14, 2024
… Federal Agents Seized 16 Kilos of Cocaine from Texas Defendants SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Three southwest … seized approximately 16 kilograms of cocaine and $145,123 from their residence. Today’s superseding indictment … participated in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine from Dec. 12, 2021, to April 11, 2024. In addition to the …
May 14, 2024
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Gang Leaders Receive Life Sentences for Racketeering Conspiracy and Murder

August 17, 2023
… regime. On April 28, 2018, Clemon and Maxwell, on orders from Smith, fatally shot a Gangster Disciples leader and … Griffin sought to remove another Gangster Disciple member from his position as Governor of Missouri. Smith texted … Police Department investigated the case. BOP employees from the National Gang Unit worked in conjunction with …
August 17, 2023
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KC Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

March 14, 2022
… methamphetamine and a money-laundering conspiracy from Jan. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2020. Fabulae also pleaded … the Jeep off road and up a hill approximately 100 feet from the roadway. Fabulae, who had a black and white … room. Fabulae shot one of the men multiple times and fled from the scene. When Fabulae was arrested a few days later, …
March 14, 2022
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DEA St. Louis Division Breaks Fentanyl Seizure Record in 2021

January 25, 2022
… organizations, seizing and stopping $15.8 million from reaching its organization leaders. “With overdose … to do our part to prevent drug trafficking organizations from profiting from their criminal activities and causing harm in our …
January 25, 2022
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DEA arrest 15 in multi-state drug trafficking ring

October 08, 2020
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … A. Davis Bio Michael A. Davis Domestic Illinois, Kansas and Missouri Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … City, Kan. DEA is investigating the case, with assistance from the St. Charles County Police Department, the St. Louis …
October 08, 2020