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Waterbury Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Ring

May 29, 2025
… for Role in Drug Trafficking Ring May 29, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … made several controlled purchases of narcotics from Figueroa.  Investigators also determined that Figueroa … The FBI’s Waterbury Safe Streets Gang Task includes members from the FBI, the Waterbury Police Department, the Naugatuck …
May 29, 2025
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High-Level CJNG Associate Financially Sanctioned

March 03, 2021
… Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … or around 2012.  Abouzaid El Bayeh, who remains a fugitive from these charges, maintains a close relationship with …
March 03, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Six Members of St. Louis Drug Ring Linked to Murders Plead Guilty

May 10, 2023
… Lee obtained bulk fentanyl and crystal methamphetamine from Juan Jose Francisco Gonzalez in Arizona via Darryl … being offered. Bost later claimed credit, received $10,000 from Lee and then paid Johnson, plea agreements by Lee and …
May 10, 2023
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Multi-agency investigation dismantles major drug trafficking organization in southeastern New Mexico

February 08, 2019
… on Thursday leading to the arrest of five defendants from New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Texas, and the … are committed to dismantling these criminal organizations from the highest levels down.”   “All agencies involved …
February 08, 2019
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Mexican Cartel Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Violating RICO Statute

March 03, 2022
… where thousands of kilograms of cocaine were unloaded from tanker trucks and then reloaded with weapons and money … our commitment to prevent violence and criminal activity from poisoning the communities of El Paso and our sister …
March 03, 2022
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Two Mexican Cartel Members Found Guilty of Violating RICO Statute

October 26, 2021
… where thousands of kilograms of cocaine were unloaded from tanker trucks and then reloaded with weapons and money … in the death of thousands of people in Ciudad Juarez from 2008 to 2011. Among those, Iglesias was convicted for …
October 26, 2021
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Major financial sanctions announced against Mexico’s largest drug cartel investigated by DEA Los Angeles

May 17, 2019
… Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … organization.    Avelar Gutierrez received bribes from these criminal organizations in exchange for providing …
May 17, 2019
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Fentanyl Supply Chain

February 07, 2025
… leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18 and 45.   The Mexican drug cartels responsible for the … and communities across the United States, killing Americans from all walks of life. Targeting entire criminal drug … This is possible because drug traffickers are able to buy the tools they need, like pill presses and stamps, …
February 07, 2025
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … 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. …
December 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Tallahassee Brothers Receive 10 Years in Prison for Large Scale Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana

June 21, 2025
… the addiction and violence that too often follows from drug traffickers flooding our streets with this poison. … purchasing hundred-pound quantities of marijuana per week from farms and brokers in California and reselling the … conducted a controlled purchase of 28 pounds of marijuana from Cleveland Blackshear. During the surveillance, FDLE …
June 21, 2025
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British Citizen Extradited To United States To Face Charges Of Conspiring To Traffic Cocaine On Commercial Airlines Cocaine Smuggled From The West Indies To England Via The United States

December 13, 2012
… To Traffic Cocaine On Commercial Airlines Cocaine Smuggled From The West Indies To England Via The United States … Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a man from Great Britain made his initial court appearance today …
December 13, 2012
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Hartford Man Charged with Narcotics Trafficking and Firearm Possession Offenses

December 10, 2025
… made controlled purchases of fentanyl and cocaine from Rojas, some of which occurred at the market. Rojas was … by the DEA’s Hartford Task Force, which includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.  Operation Take Back …
December 10, 2025
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New Haven Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine Pills, Violating Supervised Release

December 02, 2025
… Violating Supervised Release December 02, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … St Room E-400 Boston , MA 02203 United States New England Contacts New England Quick Links Press Releases Local … Ogman’s sentence to time served, and he was released from prison.   Ogman resumed his drug trafficking activity …
December 02, 2025
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Violent Bridgeport Gang Member Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison

September 04, 2025
… customers, and others, sold narcotics, and stole cars from inside and outside Connecticut, often using the cars to … In November 2019, O.N.E. members stole a Lexus Rx350 from Rye, New York.  In early December 2019, O.N.E. members … gangs were convicted of federal offenses stemming from this investigation, which solved eight murders and …
September 04, 2025
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Gainesville Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

August 18, 2025
… a machinegun. Johnson was prohibited under state law from possessing a firearm due to his prior criminal history. … Officers obtained search warrants and reviewed material from Johnson’s cellphone, as well as his social media … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
August 18, 2025
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Final Defendant Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Offenses

April 18, 2024
… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … possession of an ice chest which he knew to contain drugs from a co-conspirator in Mexico. Cerezo-Espidio was supposed … Administration investigated this case with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of …
April 18, 2024
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Jesse Denver Hanes Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Conviction On Federal Firearms And Carjacking Charges Arising Out Of Shooting Of Hatch Police Officer

March 01, 2018
… in Doña Ana County, N.M. At the time, Hanes was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because of his status … died as the result of the gunshot wound. After fleeing from the scene of the shooting, Hanes and his passengers … Office and New Mexico State Police, with assistance from the 3rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office. The …
March 01, 2018
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Pawankumar Jain Pleads Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Prescription Painkillers And Health Care Fraud

February 11, 2016
… Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Prescription Painkillers And Health Care Fraud February 11, 2016 El Paso Contact Info … care fraud.  In his plea agreement, Jain acknowledged that from June 2007 through Feb. 2012, he was a licensed … exams and [that he] did not document a therapeutic benefit from the narcotics he was prescribing for her.”  Jain’s plea …
February 11, 2016
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Law Enforcement Operation Results in 25 Arrests for Drug-trafficking Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

March 10, 2022
… that involved more than 200 law enforcement officers from multiple local and federal agencies. “This operation … removed a large number of armed and dangerous drug dealers from the streets of our community,” said U.S. Attorney … 200 law enforcement officers were involved in the operation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and …
March 10, 2022
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Seventeen Charged and Twelve Arrested in Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad, New Mexico

August 01, 2023
… and other court records, in February of 2022, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Pecos … and 50 grams and more of methamphetamine, smuggling goods from the United States and conspiracy thereto; attempt to … four kilograms of fentanyl, 31 firearms, and $75,000 from the drug trafficking organization. “This is a violent …
August 01, 2023
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Six Albuquerque Residents Indicted On Federal Robbery, Firearms And Prescription Drug Trafficking Crimes Arising Out Of Pharmacy Robberies

April 29, 2015
… to fight this epidemic and lock up anyone trying to profit from the sale of these dangerous and highly addictive … enacted in 1984, to combat the theft of prescription drugs from individuals and businesses registered with the DEA.  It … in Oct. 2012, to fight medical theft and protect patients from unknowingly using stolen and mishandled drugs.  It …
April 29, 2015
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Reward Offer of Up to $5 Million for Information Leading to Arrest and/or Conviction of Leader of FTO ‘Los Choneros’

December 11, 2025
… Offer of Up to $5 Million for Information Leading to Arrest and/or Conviction of Leader of FTO ‘Los Choneros’ December … and distribution of multi-ton quantities of cocaine from South America, through Central American and Mexico, to … to contact DEA at +593988292235 (text/WhatsApp/Signal) or email at  ecuadortips@dea.gov or  informa@recompensas131.org …
December 11, 2025
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Three Indicted in Connection with Seizure of 99 Kilograms of Cocaine in Massachusetts, New York and Puerto Rico

December 02, 2025
… of 99 Kilograms of Cocaine in Massachusetts, New York and Puerto Rico December 02, 2025 New England Contact Info … records, in 2023, an investigation began into packages sent from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts that were suspected to … observed picking up additional suspected cocaine packages from locations in Chelsea, Revere and Boston, and delivering …
December 02, 2025
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Colombian Money Broker Sentenced to Nearly a Decade in Prison for Role in International Money Laundering Conspiracy

June 16, 2025
… laundered more than $6 million in drug trafficking proceeds from Colombian cartels through the United States, Caribbean … sentence imposed. Mejia-Bencardino was among 20 individuals from Colombia, Jamaica and Florida who were indicted by a … Over the course of the investigation, $1 million was seized from corporate bank accounts and other investigative …
June 16, 2025
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Three Members of an International Money Laundering Organization Charged with Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds

April 24, 2025
… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States Atlanta … to launder millions of dollars of proceeds derived from drug trafficking. “As alleged in the indictment, the … laundered tens of millions of dollars in drug proceeds from the United States through China and the Middle East, …
April 24, 2025
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Three Business Owners Charged with Wiring Drug Trafficking Money to Mexico

September 22, 2022
… in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin from Feb. 28, 2020, to June 1, 2022. In addition to the … who enable foreign drug suppliers to receive proceeds from controlled substances sold here in the United States. … supervisor, or manager of the ongoing criminal enterprise, from which they obtained substantial income. The federal …
September 22, 2022
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Phoenix Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 151 Months After Agents Seize Over 90 Pounds of Fentanyl and Over 40 Pounds of Cocaine from Stash House

February 14, 2025
… Over 90 Pounds of Fentanyl and Over 40 Pounds of Cocaine from Stash House February 14, 2025 Phoenix Contact Info … 150,000 fentanyl pills (approximately 15 kilograms) from a member of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) in … Authorities also seized over $18,000 in drug proceeds from Gaytan-Ramirez’s vehicle and the stash house. Drug …
February 14, 2025
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Baldwin Pharmacist Charged With Knowingly Doling Out Painkillers Through Phony Prescriptions Chowdhury’s Arrest Stems From Investigation Into Where Kayla Gerdes Obtained Drugs

June 02, 2011
… Through Phony Prescriptions Chowdhury’s Arrest Stems From Investigation Into Where Kayla Gerdes Obtained Drugs … partners in order to keep our neighborhoods free from drug abuse and the dangers that stem from drug …
June 02, 2011
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Violent Bridgeport Gang Member Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison

August 12, 2025
… customers, and others, sold narcotics, and stole cars from inside and outside Connecticut, often using the cars to … gangs have been convicted of federal offenses stemming from this investigation, which has solved eight murders and … Forensic Science Laboratory, and the police departments from Norwalk, Stamford, Fairfield, Stratford, Ansonia, …
August 12, 2025
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Three Santa Rosa County Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Roles in Drug Trafficking Operation

July 21, 2025
… has been instrumental in removing dangerous drugs from our streets,” said Sheriff Bob Johnson, Santa Rosa … 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 …
July 21, 2025