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Carlsbad man sentenced to 20 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking

… methamphetamine in Eddy and Chaves Counties in New Mexico from May through Oct. of 2017. On Sept. 7, 2017, Twaddle was …
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Federal jury convicts Colorado man of transporting kilograms of methamphetamine through Albuquerque by bus

… is currently in custody awaiting sentencing. He faces from 15 years to life in prison.   The Albuquerque office of …
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Deming man appears in federal court for child pornography charges

… Investigations (HSI) investigated this case with assistance from the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Las …
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DEA 360 Maine and Partners Host a Free Family Showing of the Documentary “If They Had Known”

… This initiative combats the growing opioid epidemic from three perspectives: 1. Law enforcement, 2. Diversion … for the event, please contact Kim Parent at 207-540-3659 or email kimparent@carymed.org or Robin Thurston at … .  Once you are registered, you will be emailed a confirmation with a zoom link. If there are any …
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Mexican National Found Guilty of Marijuana Distribution

… for sentencing in March 2022. Six co-defendants, all from Mexico, have pleaded guilty in this case. Jesus …
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Albuquerque man in court for drug and firearm charges under Operation LeGend

… According to a criminal complaint, on Sept. 29, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration encountered Walker …
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Albuquerque company agrees to $240,000 settlement relating to Controlled Substances Act claims

… AHS agrees to pay $240,000 and the government releases AHS from any civil or administrative monetary claim the United …
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Alleged Mexican drug dealer extradited to Southern District of Illinois

… U.S. Marshals Service extradited Armando Medina-Hernandez from Mexico on Nov. 7, 2018, to face federal drug …
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Former Odessa Adult Bookstore Owner Sentenced To Prison

… with the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This matter was …
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DEA And Texas DPS Arrest 13 In Operation Tangled Web

… agents, diversion investigators, and task force officers from DEA and Texas DPS over the last year.  The …
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Federal Court In New Mexico Dismisses Drug Addict’s Lawsuit Against United States And DEA Agents

… addiction to crack.  Romero sought $8,500,000.00 in damages from the United States, the DEA agents and their …
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DEA Activates "Pill Mill" Tip Line

… made hundreds of undercover purchases of prescription drugs from doctors in South Florida rogue pain clinics. The first … established a 24 hour, toll free “pill mill” tip line and email address. The toll free number is 888-954-4662 and the email address is Florida.Pill.Mill.Tips@USDOJ.GOV . Callers …
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Synthetic Drug Sales Send A Mother And Her Son To Federal Prison

… as “K2”) and synthetic (commonly known as “bath salts”) from two eastern Iowa businesses. United States District …
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Springfield Man, Woman Plead Guilty To Drug-Trafficking, Prostitution Conspiracies, Illegal Firearms

… to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in Boone County from Jan. 2 to Aug. 6, 2014. Wright also pleaded guilty to …
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Jury Convicts KC Man Of Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Conspiracies

… participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Jan. 1, 2009, to Dec. 11, 2012. Ybarra was also found …
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Cedar Rapids Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin And Fentanyl Conspiracy Resulting In Four Injuries, Two Deaths In 2015

… James Shroba announced today that DeShaun Anderson, age 43, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, pleaded guilty today in federal …
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Gang Member To Federal Prison For Drug Conspiracy

… than 20 years in federal prison. Albert Allen, Jr., 30, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a …
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Three Nixa, Missouri Residents Plead Guilty To Drug Trafficking Resulting In Murder

… Dallas County, Webster County and Christian County, Mo., from April 28, 2015, to April 26, 2016. McGinnis admitted …
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Two Indicted In Kansas City For Transporting Multi-Kilo Quantities Of Methamphetamine, Fentanyl

… those agents/officers learned that the pair was traveling from Los Angeles, California, to St. Louis, Missouri. In …
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Jefferson City Man Pleads Guilty To Charge Of Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

… De La Cruz admitted that he participated in this conspiracy from August through November of 2015, while also admitting …
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Kansas City Man Gets 13 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… purchase of approximately two ounces of methamphetamine from Lederhos at his residence in February, 2016. On …
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Eleven Southern Illinois Residents Indicted In Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… The offense carries a penalty of a term of imprisonment from 10 years to life, a fine of not more than $10 million, …
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Granite City Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Conspiracy

… 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: … East St. Louis. He faces a possible penalty of imprisonment from 10 years to life, a fine of not more than $10 million, …
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Honduran National Sentenced For Role In Large Cocaine Distribution Organization

… States currency which represented drug proceeds seized from him by law enforcement while he was transporting …
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Mother And Son Sentenced For Heroin Distribution And Operating Fairview Heights "Drug House"

… died. In March 2012, Oliver and Perkins moved Williams body from Fairview Heights to a wooded area in Washington Park, …
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Kansas City Woman Sentenced To 30 Years For Large-Scale Cocaine Conspiracy

… the course of the conspiracy. She also picked up the money from these customers for Johnson, and helped him conceal the …
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Ex-Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna Convicted of Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Taking Millions in Cash Bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel

… Convicted of Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Taking Millions in Cash Bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel February 21, 2023 New York Contact … Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, was convicted today by a federal jury in …
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Attorney General William P. Barr joins President Donald J. Trump to announce significant cases stemming from Joint Task Force Vulcan

… Donald J. Trump to announce significant cases stemming from Joint Task Force Vulcan July 15, 2020 Headquarters … Virginia, and the District of Nevada. Federal prosecutors from the Department of Justice’s National Security Division … for the assistance of his office, as well as investigators from El Salvador’s Policia Nacional Civil, Centro …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… 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 …
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Communities Nationwide Join DEA and its Partners to Safely Dispose of 571,000 pounds of Unwanted Medications

… removed 571,054 pounds of unneeded and expired medications from home medicine cabinets to prevent drug misuse before it …