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Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Operator Mauricio Sanchez-Garza Extradited From Mexico To Face Federal Charges In San Antonio Sanchez Faces Money Laundering And Extortion Charges Related To A Hollywood Screenplay

… Sinaloa Cartel Operator Mauricio Sanchez-Garza Extradited From Mexico To Face Federal Charges In San Antonio Sanchez Faces Money Laundering And Extortion Charges Related To A Hollywood Screenplay July …
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Pharmacy Robber Sentenced To 141 Months For Conviction On Federal Hobbs Act, Drug Trafficking And Firearms Charges

… and we will continue to lock up anyone trying to profit from the sale of these dangerous and highly addictive … distribute.  The charges against Hurtado and Montano arose from the Jan. 6, 2015, armed robbery of the Smith’s Pharmacy … and stealing bottles of Oxycodone and other drugs from the pharmacy’s inventory. Hurtado also pleaded guilty …
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March 05, 2019
March 05, 2019

DEA Museum Lecture Series - Intelligence: Who We Are and What We Do

6:00 AM - 6:45 AM (EST)
Arlington, VA
Contact: DEA Museum (202) 307-3463 Kenna Howat Felix, Historian (202) 307-6714 Kenna.H.Felix@usdoj.gov DEAMuseum@usdoj.gov Streaming URL: www.deamuseum.org/lecture-series/2019/Inelligence-DEA Email Questions : During the event, email questions to Elizabeth.L.Maurer@usdoj.gov Admission : This event is free and open to the public. Follow the link to the DEA Museum to register.
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15 Defendants Indicted for Meth and Fentanyl Trafficking

… of fentanyl pills hidden in a vehicle being transported from San Bernadino, Cal. to Springfield, Mo. Stevie Delane … in Greene, Jasper, and Newton Counties, and elsewhere, from Jan. 1, 2022, to April 20, 2024. The federal indictment … Drug Enforcement Administration removed the fentanyl pills from the Dodge Magnum and replaced most of the …
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Major Heroin Supply Chain From New York City To Upstate Counties, Long Island Dismantled: Five Arrested, $5 Million In Heroin, $115,000 Cash And Two Guns Seized

… Major Heroin Supply Chain From New York City To Upstate Counties, Long Island … Enforcement Strike (NY OCDESF), Group Z-41, with leadership from the New York State Police, working in partnership with …
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Illegal Alien, Unlawfully Present in U.S., Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine in Homeless Encampments and Seattle’s Chinatown-International District

… Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine in Homeless Encampments and Seattle’s Chinatown-International District June 03, 2026 … remain relentless in our pursuit of those who profit from peddling poison. Every fentanyl seizure, every …
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DEA Search Warrants in Tri-Cities Result in Largest Drug Seizure in Eastern District of Washington History

DEA Search Warrants in Tri-Cities Result in Largest Drug Seizure in Eastern District of Washington History March 06, 2026 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter …
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Arizona Man Pleads Guilty to His Role in Conspiracies to Distribute Fentanyl and Narcotics and to Launder the Proceeds

… organized multi-kilogram deliveries of fentanyl and cocaine from California to Massachusetts. The kilograms were driven by tractor trailer from the area of Ontario, Calif., to Massachusetts. In … witness to pick up drug proceeds in Massachusetts from two co-defendants, with approximately $600,000 in drug …
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DEA Announces New Los Angeles Field Division Special Agent in Charge

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … of DEA remain committed to safeguarding our communities from global criminal networks, drug cartels, and narcotics …
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New Haven Man Sentenced to More Than 23 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Possession Offenses

… and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction. According to court … who died after ingesting the drug.  Franco was released from federal prison in December 2020. In 2021, the U.S. … $300,000 in cash. Subsequent analysis of cellphones seized from Franco revealed hundreds of videos depicting Franco’s …
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Member of Violent Bridgeport Gang Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison

… to 15 Years in Federal Prison September 04, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … customers, and others, sold narcotics, and stole cars from inside and outside Connecticut, often using the cars to … a gunpoint robbery of the Citgo in Stratford, taking cash from the store and a cellphone from a store employee.  They …
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Chief Lieutenant Of Drug Trafficking Crew In Central Massachusetts Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

… large quantities of cocaine through packages mailed from Puerto Rico to addresses used by the DTO and mailed … for coordinating the receipt of packages of narcotics from Puerto Rico; negotiating with suppliers; transporting fentanyl as well as drug proceeds to and from customers and suppliers; and packaging fentanyl for …
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Two Money Couriers For Colombian-Based Drug Money Laundering Organization Sentenced

… laundered more than $6 million in drug trafficking proceeds from Colombian cartels through the United States, Caribbean … imposed sentences. The defendants were 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 …
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Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Narcotics Trafficking Charges

… to distribute heroin in Bernalillo and Santa Fe Counties from Sept. 2012 through Dec. 2013.  It also charged Gene … and property and assets obtained directly or indirectly from the commission of the crimes alleged in the … 2012 and Dec. 12, 2013, he received heroin on consignment from a co-conspirator and redistributed the heroin in …
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June 04, 2019
June 04, 2019

Who We Are and What We Do: Special Agents

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM (EDT)
Arlington, VA
Take a peek into the inner workings of the Drug Enforcement Administration in our 2019 lecture series “Who We Are and What We Do.” Join Elizabeth L. Maurer, Curator of Education for the DEA Museum at a panel discussion with three DEA Special Agents. Special Agents are on the front...
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21 defendants charged, additional charges added to heroin/fentanyl conspiracy

… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … of the two cases related to overdose deaths that resulted from fentanyl trafficking. Sheron Loggins, also known as … grams or more of fentanyl in Christian and Greene counties from Sept. 23, 2018, to Nov. 14, 2019. In addition to the …
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WANTED: Sebastian Marset Added to DEA Fugitives List

May 21, 2025
… to be responsible for moving ton quantities of cocaine from South America to Europe, while generating tens of … 2021, Marset was allegedly owed more than €17 million from the proceeds of a single shipment of cocaine. Santoro … to use) violence, or about his whereabouts, to contact email at  MarsetTips@dea.gov .  Identities are kept strictly …
May 21, 2025
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DEA Omaha Division encourages awareness of prescription medication abuse

March 01, 2019
… substance after marijuana.  In 2017, 70,237 people died from a drug overdose with nearly 60 percent of these deaths … take notice.    Every day across the nation, 46 people die from overdoses involving prescription opioids. Taking just a … Community Outreach Specialist Erin Payne at 402-964-7986 or email her at Erin.K.Payne@usdoj.gov . On …
March 01, 2019
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … 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. …
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Tallahassee Brothers Receive 10 Years in Prison for Large Scale Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana

… 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 …
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Gainesville Man Sentenced for Carrying Multiple Firearms While Selling Drugs

… firearms to protect himself, including protecting himself from the risk of drug-related robberies. “This case is an … it.” “I’m proud of the way our agents and officers from Alachua County Sheriff’s Office came together to bring … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime, human and drug …
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Goffstown Man Pleads Guilty to Firearms and Narcotics Offenses

… 2023, Williams was driving a vehicle that he had borrowed from an acquaintance when he became involved in a single-car … 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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Rhode Island Man Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Over Six Kilograms of Methamphetamine Intended for Distribution

… traffic stop of Sirikhom’s vehicle, the backpack was seized from the trunk and found to contain over six kilograms of … to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Boston is comprised of agents and officers from HSI, FBI, DEA, ATF, USMS, IRS-CI, USPIS, DOL-OIG and …
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Byfield Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Meth Trafficking Ring

… to Role in Meth Trafficking Ring January 06, 2026 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … also conducted controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Adams, as well as from his co-conspirators James Snow of Tewksbury, Danielle …
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Wakefield Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Meth Trafficking Ring

… to Role in Meth Trafficking Ring December 10, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … also conducted controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Loughman, as well as from his co-conspirators James Snow, of Tewkesbury, Danielle …
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Cross City Man Sentenced to 10 years in Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

… traffic stop was conducted as Jackson returned to Old Town from the Ocala area, where officers believed his source of … 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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Dominican National Pleads Guilty of Unlawful Reentry into the U.S. and for Distributing Fentanyl and Meth

… cooperating source purchased fentanyl and methamphetamine from De Jesus Guerrero in New Hampshire. Through two sales … 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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Dominican National Sentenced to a Decade in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

… - (802) 951-2900 Defendant, who was previously deported from the United States following a drug conviction, … a fentanyl distribution hub out of a basement in the Bronx, from which he distributed fentanyl to destinations including … witness. More than two kilograms of fentanyl was seized from Collazo. According to court records, in 2021, Collazo …
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DEA Surge Targets Sinaloa Cartel Networks Worldwide

… Engage Orange County 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   Anthony Chrysanthis … their command, control, and distribution networks.  From August 25 through August 29, 2025, DEA agents across 23 …
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Dominican Republic Man Pleads Guilty for Role in a Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… enforcement purchased fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine from the drug trafficking organization in Manchester on 10 … 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 …