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New Mexico Pharmacy Agrees to Settlement Relating to Violations of the Controlled Substances Act

… settles civil claims against Joe’s Pharmacy arising from Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on-sight …
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DEA’s Work in New Mexico HIDTA Initiative Earns National Award

… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community … significant quantities of meth and fentanyl pills from Mexico to the entire southeastern portion of New Mexico …
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Former El Paso Physician Agrees to Pay $350,000 to Resolve Allegations

… U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff. “Protecting our community from the diversion of controlled substances is a priority …
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Fort Stockton Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Drug Charges

… The DEA Alpine Resident Office, with valuable assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Pecos …
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Midland Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Gun Charges

… DEA's Alpine Resident Office, with invaluable assistance from the Midland Police Department, is investigating the …
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DEA Administrator names Greg Millard as SAC of the El Paso Division

… and Miami. Millard, who obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida, was one of the original …
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Odessa Area Methamphetamine Ring Members Sentenced to Federal Prison

… release. The Odessa Police Department, with assistance from the DEA's El Paso Division Midland Resident Office, …
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Santa Fe Duo Appears in Court on Firearm and Drug Trafficking Charges

… Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Albuquerque District Office of the Drug Enforcement …
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Albuquerque Smoke Shop Owner Appears in Court on Firearm and Drug Charges

… Task Force (VCGTF) investigated this case with assistance from the Albuquerque District Office of the Drug Enforcement …
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Ready Pharmacy agrees to $400,000 settlement relating to Controlled Substances Act claims

… pay $400,000 and the government will release Ready Pharmacy from any further civil or administrative monetary claims the …
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Albuquerque Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 32 years in Prison

… legally possess firearms or ammunition. Upon his release from prison, Jaquez will be subject to five years of …
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Prison healthcare company agrees to $215,000 settlement relating to Controlled Substances Act claims

… upon receipt of the settlement amount, releases Centurion from any civil or administrative monetary claim the United …
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Owner And Operator Of Carlsbad Smoke Shop Pleads Guilty To Sale Of Drug Paraphernalia Charges

… The Pecos Valley Drug Task Force is comprised of officers from the Eddy County Sheriff’s Office, Carlsbad Police …
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OCDETF Case Nets 30 Year Prison Sentence For Meth Dealer

… to possess for sale, multiple kilograms of methamphetamine from October of 2013 through February of 2016. Investigative …
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El Paso Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charge

… and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, with assistance from the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office.  The case is …
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Alamogordo Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Fraudulently Obtain Prescription Drugs

… Squad of the El Paso Division of the DEA with assistance from the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy, the Lincoln County …
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El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

… Protection and the U.S. Border Patrol, with assistance from the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office.  The case is …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest Surenos Gang Member And Associate

… Federal And State Authorities Arrest Surenos Gang Member And Associate July 14, 2016 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us … to distribute methamphetamine throughout the El Paso area from October 2014 through June 2015.  Upon conviction, …
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Heroin Epidemic Leads To Largest St. Louis-Area DEA Operation Against Deadly Drug

… law enforcement history. The widespread arrests ranging from southern Illinois to Franklin and Lincoln County, MO, …
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DEA St. Louis Given Outstanding Cooperative Effort Award

… DEA St. Louis Given Outstanding Cooperative Effort Award December 04, 2012 St. Louis … Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … whereby Center staff provided names of interceptees from Title III orders to be exploited. These efforts have …
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Towns Rally Behind Families In Support Of Their Drug Free Message

… time focused around a positive message. Ten winners, one from each region across the United States, were chosen by …
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Federal Charges Filed Against Panama City Man for Trafficking in Methamphetamine

… 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 …
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Convicted Felon Sentenced to 52 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Drugs while in Possession of an Illegal Firearm

… As a previously convicted felon, Veilleux was prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition. The Drug … led the investigation with valuable assistance from the Manchester Police Department. Assistant U.S. …
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Federal Charges Filed Against Dixie County Man for Trafficking Methamphetamine

… criminal organizations, and protect communities from perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Traffic Cocaine and Money Laundering

… National Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Traffic Cocaine and Money Laundering June 16, 2025 New England Contact Info … individuals to traffic cocaine and heroin from Mexico, through California, to Massachusetts and into … kilogram of heroin (which turned out to be pure fentanyl) from sources in Mexico. Palafox also admitted to conspiring …
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Dominican National Sentenced to Federal Prison, to be Deported for Trafficking Fentanyl, Stealing Hundreds of Individuals’ Personal Information, and Defrauding the Government

… 306,500 lethal doses. In addition to seizing fentanyl from Nunez Rodriguez’s residence, agents also seized United … he was in possession of 43 refund checks ranging in amounts from $1,400 to $1,800. The case was prosecuted by Assistant …
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Rhode Island Man Sentenced to Twenty Years in Federal Prison in One of Rhode Island’s Largest Fentanyl Seizures

… a highly productive drug lab and a stash house in Pawtucket from which 19,315 fentanyl-laced pills made to resemble … Task Force consists of agents and law enforcement officers from the FBI, Rhode Island State Police, the Cranston, …
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Georgia Woman Who Trafficked Over 10 Pounds Of Methamphetamine Sentenced To Decade In Prison

… trafficking organization (DTO) that trafficked narcotics from Mexico into the United States.  Brooke Logan Paniagua, … courier would be transporting 12 pounds of methamphetamine from Georgia to Massachusetts. On Sept. 27, 2022, Paniagua …
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Conspiracy After Officers Seize $1 Million Worth of Cocaine in I-70 Traffic Stop

… officers seized more than $1 million worth of cocaine from a rental truck that was stopped on Interstate 70 in … and Acosta-Bermejo, attempted to prevent the officer from getting behind the Penske truck to initiate a stop. …
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Kansas City Man Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearm

… that he participated in the drug-trafficking conspiracy from Feb. 28, 2020, to Sept. 20, 2022. Co-defendant Jose … methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl sourced from Mexico. Sanchez-Mendez managed the importation, …