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Dominican Congressman Charged with International Cocaine Trafficking Arrested at Miami International Airport

… to Miami.  Fifty-eight-year-old Miguel Andres Gutierrez Diaz, of Santiago, is an elected member of the Chamber of … 11, 2021, from about 2014 to 2017, Congressman Gutierrez Diaz was part of a transnational drug ring that operated in … the United States. The federal indictment charges Gutierrez Diaz and others with three counts: conspiring to distribute …
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Waterbury Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Narcotics Distribution and Firearm Possession Offenses

… Vann, also known as “Bug,” of Waterbury, and Pedro Diaz of Red Lion, Pennsylvania.  Between August and October … engaging in multiple drug transactions with Vann and Diaz.  After one transaction, in August 2021, a Pennsylvania State Trooper stopped Diaz’s car in Pennsylvania and seized 48 grams of fentanyl. …
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Leader Of Zapata Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization Convicted

… Leonel Rodriguez aka “La Dona”, 41, Juan Luis Rivera, 29, Jorge Grajeda Jr., 28, Juan Antonio Valadez Sr., 53, Jose Luis Gonzalez-Chapa, 23, Judith Zamora, 26, Clauida Medrano, 27, …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 50 Members And Associates Of Trinitarios Street Gang With Racketeering, Narcotics, And Firearms Offenses Defendants Include Seven Leaders Of Bronx-Based Gang

… According to the Indictment, Leonides Sierra, Richard Gonzalez, Jose Cruz, Carlos Urena, Edwin Ciriaco, Anibal … Henry O. Pena, Dave Mcpherson, Vance Hill, Nelson Jorge-Martinez And Henry Paulino. Antonio Pena and Julio …
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Three Men Indicted, Nearly 1,400 Pounds of Methamphetamine Seized, and Two Methamphetamine Labs Dismantled

… Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced.   Alfredo Alvarez Sanchez, 37, and Raul Munoz Navarro, 54, …
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West Hartford Man Sentenced To 45 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack, Heroin And Fentanyl

… for the District of Connecticut, announced that Eros Diaz, also known as “Red,” 21, of West Hartford, was … cocaine, heroin and fentanyl.  Judge Covello also ordered Diaz to perform 100 hours of community service while on … the DEA’s Hartford Task Force received information that Diaz was selling narcotics in the Hartford area.  Between …
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Home-Invasion Robber Sentenced To 20 Years’ Imprisonment

… today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Derrick Diaz, the former leader of a crew of robbers who targeted … narcotics crimes twice, and various other offenses. Of Diaz’s burglary convictions, three involved his breaking …
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Philadelphia man sentenced to 33 months in prison for role in drug conspiracy

… Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett announced. Denny Diaz, 30, previously pled guilty before U.S. District Judge … documents filed in the case and statements made in court: Diaz’s co-defendant, Luis Aponte, 49, of Riverside, … New Jersey, on March 1, 2019. The next day, he met Diaz in a car and gave Diaz approximately six kilograms of …
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Bakersfield Man Arrested For Conspiring With Law Enforcement Officers To Sell Methamphetamine And Marijuana

… with Bakersfield Police Department officers Damacio Diaz and Patrick Mara to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana that Diaz and Mara seized in the course of their duties as police … April 2012 to August 2015, Carter conspired with Mara and Diaz who deliberately failed to submit the seized drugs into …
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Two Fresno County Residents Indicted for Dealing Fentanyl

… with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, Uriel Diaz-Santos, 19, of Fresno, was also charged with possession … developing enough evidence to obtain a search warrant for Diaz-Santos’s residence. On Nov. 2, 2021, investigators searched Diaz-Santos’s house and found thousands of fentanyl pills …
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Santa Barbara Doctor Known As ‘Candy Man’ Pleads Guilty To Illegally Writing Prescriptions For Huge Quantities Of Dangerous Narcotics

… for “patients” who were drug addicts. Julio Gabriel Diaz, 65, who operated the Family Medical Clinic in Santa … to a (which, under federal law, is a person under 21). Diaz pleaded guilty before United States District Judge … who is scheduled to sentence the defendant on June 2. Diaz, who will be held in jail until his sentencing, faces a …
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Seven Arrested in Camarillo for Alleged Drug Trafficking

… assigned to the VCAT conducted an investigation into Homero Diaz, 24, of Bakersfield.  The investigation revealed that Diaz was responsible for trafficking methamphetamine and … to the City of Camarillo Patrol Services, arrested Homero Diaz and six of his co-conspirators on federal charges of …
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Eight Sentenced in Laredo Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… 35, Jose Moises Cruz, 39, all of Laredo; and Ernesto Diaz-Velazquez, 41, Forney, had all previously pleaded … terms of imprisonment, while Hernandez-Barajas, Cruz, Diaz-Velazquez, Garcia and Arce received 135, 130, 63, 70 …
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Jury Finds Waterbury Man Guilty of Narcotics Distribution and Firearm Possession Offenses

… Vann, also known as “Bug,” of Waterbury, and Pedro Diaz of Red Lion, Pennsylvania.  Between August and October … engaging in multiple drug transactions with Vann and Diaz.  After one transaction, in August 2021, a Pennsylvania State Trooper stopped Diaz’s car in Pennsylvania and seized 48 grams of fentanyl. …
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Florida Man Gets 17 Months In Prison For Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Scheme

… U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Roberto Diaz, 48, formerly of Demarest, New Jersey, previously …  In addition to the prison term, Judge Cecchi sentenced Diaz to three years of supervised release and ordered him to … control or access in various ways. At his plea hearing, Diaz admitted that he received fraudulently obtained refund …
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DEA And US Attorney Announce Charges Against Three Leaders Of Peruvian Terrorist Organization Shining Path

… Artemio,” Victor Quispe-Palomino, a/k/a “Comrade José,” and Jorge Quispe-Palomino, a/k/a “Raul.” As set forth in the Indictment, Flores-Hala, Victor Quispe-Palomino, and Jorge Quispe-Palomino are leaders of the Peruvian-based … of Peruvian law enforcement. Victor Quispe-Palomino and Jorge Quispe-Palomino remain at large. The three are accused …
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Jury Convicts Mesquite Man Of Trafficking In Marijuana

… Christi has returned guilty verdicts against Edilberto Maso Diaz, 55, of Mesquite, on all counts as charged in a … for less than five hours today before convicting Diaz of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute … drivers that worked for E & E Trucking would drive one of Diaz’s tractor trailers to the Rio Grande Valley to pick up …
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DEA Investigation Results In Federal Marijuana And Money Laundering Charges

… for purchase of marijuana grow facility (DENVER)   - Hector Diaz, age 49, David Jeffrey Furtado, age 48, Luis Fernand … law and money laundering related to marijuana laws.  Diaz, who was previously charged, was sent a summons to … a fugitive from justice.  Furtado, Luis Uribe, and Hector Diaz are scheduled to be back in court on Wednesday, April …
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Federal search warrant results in seizure of 1,500 small bags of heroin/fentanyl and one arrest

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 ALBANY, NY – Victor M. Diaz, age 29, of Johnstown, New York, was arrested yesterday … law enforcement executing a search warrant yesterday found Diaz in possession of approximately 1,500 small bags of heroin and/or fentanyl.    Diaz appeared today before United States Magistrate Judge …
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A Salute to the Oldest and Largest Task Force in the Nation

January 08, 2021
… Herrera “Don Mario”; Daniel Barrera Barrera “El Loco”; and Alfredo Beltran Leyva. The NYDETF is a model for interagency …
January 08, 2021
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Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction Of Frank Mercedes On Murder Charges

… resulting in death, for his role in the murder of Richard Diaz, 28, in Manhattan in 1999.  Mercedes was convicted … We hope the verdict brings some measure of peace to Richard Diaz’s family.”      According to the evidence introduced at …
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Dominican national sentenced to 70 months in prison for fentanyl conspiracy

… federal court in Boston for fentanyl conspiracy.   Maximo Diaz Tejada, 44, a Dominican national residing in Lawrence, … District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 70 months in prison. Diaz Tejeda will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. In November 2018, Diaz Tejada pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to …
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Weslaco Man Sentenced for Attempting to Import Shoebox Containing Crystal Meth

… Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Jesse James Gonzalez pleaded guilty Sept. 27, 2023.  U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez has now ordered Gonzalez to serve 120 months in federal prison to be … hearing, the court heard additional information about how Gonzalez’s criminal history was repetitive and warranted a …
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Four of Chapo’s Sons Indicted for Large-Scale Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Violent Crimes as Alleged Leaders of Sinaloa Cartel

… collectively as the “Chapitos,” are Ivan Guzman Salazar, Alfredo Guzman Salazar, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, and Ovidio … to the arrest and/or conviction of Ivan Guzman Salazar, Alfredo Guzman Salazar, and Ovidio Guzman Lopez and up to $5 …
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Nineteen Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… aka “La Flaca;” Jaime Ernesto Montoya-Gómez, aka “Risitas;” Jorge Aquiles Berríos-Vega, aka “Maracucho;” Paula Andrea … on DTO's operating in Puerto Rico.” IRS-CI SAC José A. González stated, “The laundering of illegal drug profits is …
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DEA Administrator Cole's Statement on 26 Fugitives from Mexico taken into U.S. Custody

August 13, 2025
… are now in U.S. custody. Among them: Abigael "El Cuini" González Valencia, the brother-in-law of CJNG leader "El …
August 13, 2025
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Connecticut Man Sentenced To Over 22 Years For Oxycodone Conspiracy

… States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Barry Diaz - , 32, of Stamford, Connecticut, was sentenced … to distribute oxycodone and unlawful use of a telephone.  Diaz pleaded guilty to the charges on December 20, 2013. … According to the evidence presented at the trial of Diaz’s co-defendant, Mark Razo, Diaz and Razo operated the …
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Buffalo Man Convicted for His Role in Narcotics Conspiracy that Led to an Overdose Death

… - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Steven Gonzalez a/k/a Steven Hernandez, a/k/a Steve, a/k/a Stevie, … months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. Gonzalez was also ordered to pay restitution totaling … which they recovered approximately 19 grams of heroin from Gonzalez’s possession.  Gonzalez utilized the West Avenue …
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Violent Drug Dealer Off the Streets for Possessing Meth and Pistol

… Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Lauro Gonzalez Jr. pleaded guilty April 24, 2023. Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane has now ordered Gonzalez to serve a total of 12 years in federal prison to … In handing down the sentence, the court noted Gonzalez’s lengthy criminal history which includes extensive …
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13 Charged In Worcester Drug Trafficking Organization

… Michael E. Robinson and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Gonzalez Sanchez of the Narcotics & Money Laundering Unit …