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Mexican National Extradited from Brazil

… 10 to face international drug trafficking charges. Jose Gonzalez-Valencia, aka Jafett Arias-Becerra, aka La Chepa, … to court documents, beginning in as early as 2006, Gonzalez-Valencia conspired with others to import more than … from a foreign country. According to court documents, Gonzalez-Valencia is alleged to be a high-ranking leader of …
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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

… in 2008, Sanchez and 38-year-old Mexican National Jorge Vasquez Sanchez conspired to steal by force a movie … as a prequel to “The Passion of Christ.” On June 12, 2013, Jorge Vasquez Sanchez was sentenced to four years in federal … to one count of extortion. The Court also ordered that Jorge Sanchez forfeit to the Government his rights and …
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Mexican drug traffickers charged with drug trafficking crime based on seizure of almost three tons of cocaine

… Abraham Alfonso Garcia-Montoya, and Felizardo Diaz-Hernandez were charged in a criminal complaint in … Navy found and arrested Montoya-Lopez, Garcia-Montoya, and Diaz-Hernandez.  The Mexican Navy also found and seized … of cocaine. Montoya-Lopez, 45, Garcia-Montoya, 31, and Diaz-Hernandez, 39, all of Sinaloa, Mexico, are charged with …
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Fentanyl and oxycodone trafficker sentenced to 235 months in prison in Buffalo, N.Y.

… Vazquez, Terrance Williams, Johanna Sanchez-Rodriquez, Luis Diaz and others, to distribute fentanyl, oxymorphone, … Vazquez, Terrance Williams, Johanna Sanchez-Rodriquez, Luis Diaz and others, would be paid money for their services. … – 20 months Johanna Sanchez Rodriquez – 18 months Luis Diaz – 24 months   The sentencing is the result of an …
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Former Head of Gulf Cartel Receives Life Sentence for Importing Kilos of Drugs

… Seven tons of cocaine seized during the investigation  Jorge Costilla-Sanchez  BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 51-year-old … Daniel C. Comeaux and  U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Jorge Costilla-Sanchez pleaded guilty Sept. 26, 2017. …
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Alleged Drug Cartel Leader Charged

… County - (760) 355-0857 San Ysidro - (619) 671-4500 Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas, aka Chuy Gonzalez, Indicted as Part of Coordinated Nationwide Efforts … today against alleged Mexican drug cartel leader Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas in connection with suspected heroin and …
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Department of Treasury Designates Sinaloa-based Mexican Narcotics Trafficker Under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act

… - (307) 778-1500 Kingpin Act Sanctions Target Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas Gonzalez Penuelas DTO.JPG Gonzalez Penuelas DTO DENVER – The Denver Field Division of …
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Cartel-linked Fugitive Wanted for Serious Crimes Returned to the United States from Mexico

… Wency, Ivan Caballero-Velasquez aka Talivan, Jaime Miguel Diaz DeLeon aka Michael and Eduardo Carreon Ibarra aka Negro …
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Four Indicted In 30 Lb. Methamphetamine Seizure In Anderson, CA

… Jose Angel Martinez Chairez, 38; Angel Avilio Martinez-Diaz, 26; Jose Maria Villareal, 24; and Sunnyvale resident … of crystal methamphetamine for $195,000 from Martinez-Diaz. They arranged to meet in a parking lot in Anderson. Martinez-Diaz initially showed the confidential informant a …
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State Trooper Seized 88 Pounds of Meth from Vehicle in Saline County

… defendant to be sentenced in this case. Co-defendants Jose Alfredo Renteria-Rojas, 35, and his brother, Gustavo …
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Two Illegal Aliens Head To Prison For Trafficking Meth

… following release from prison.   Co-defendant Oscar Diaz-Pineda, 27, a Mexican national who resided in Houston, … via telephone on Dec. 7, 2016.  Two days later, Vasquez and Diaz-Pineda met with the undercover agent in Houston to … on behalf of Alvarez. Agents arrested Vasquez and Diaz-Pineda that same day and seized the narcotics.  Alvarez …
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Colombian Woman Sentenced to 10 Years and $5 Million Forfeiture for Narcotrafficking

… Shipments of Cocaine BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Hilda Maria Gonzalez Lopez, also known as “La Boyaca” and “Daniela,” who … distribute cocaine. In her October 2021 plea agreement, Gonzalez Lopez stipulated that she was responsible for …
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Statement from DEA Administrator Anne Milgram

… to the arrest and/or conviction of Juan Carlos Valencia González, an alleged senior leader of the Jalisco New … that are causing the most harm in our communities. Valencia Gonzalez Reward Poster Valencia Gonzalez Reward Poster - Spanish OCDETF/Task Force Drug …
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Leader Of Major Drug Trafficking Ring And Seven Co-Conspirators Sentenced To Prison

… 66 months and three years of supervised release. Juan Pablo Diaz-Herrera, 26, of Troutman, N.C. - Sentenced to 57 months … September 2013, Rosy and David Maldonado hired Juan Pablo Diaz-Herrera and Brian Maldonado-Reyes as drivers for the conspiracy. Juan Diaz and Brian Maldonado began transporting the cocaine and …
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Orlando Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring and Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Heroin

… Heroin March 23, 2021 ORLANDO, Fla. - Freddie Miguel Velez-Gonzalez 53, of Orlando, has pleaded guilty to one count of … with the intent to distribute controlled substances. Velez-Gonzalez faces a minimum mandatory sentence of five years, … yet been set.          According to court documents, Velez-Gonzalez was a member of a drug trafficking organization …
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Over 85 Pounds of Cocaine and Fentanyl, 8 Guns and $420,000 Cash Seized in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Man Charged as Major Trafficker

… Narcotics Prosecutor, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of … saved many lives.” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez  said, “This defendant, who allegedly profited off … Bridget Brennan thanked Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, and commended SNP’s Special Investigations Bureau …
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Four Bolivian Nationals, Including Retired Police General, Charged With Drug Trafficking

… Milton Sanchez-Pantoja, Marcelo Foronda-Azero, and Jorge Sanchez-Pantoja, all Bolivian nationals, on charges of … March 2, 2011 at 10a.m. for both men. Defendants Milton and Jorge Sanchez-Pantoja remain at large. This investigation … from Bolivia to the United States. Foronda-Azero and Jorge Sanchez-Pantoja allegedly agreed to sell 100 kilograms …
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Eleven defendants charged in federal court with committing narcotics and firearms offenses in the Bronx

… federal court[1]: Between 2015 through 2018, Jency Diaz, aka “JC,” Kevin Mora, aka “Jaffy,” Cerene Mayes, aka … unless and until proven guilty. United States v. Jency Diaz, et al. , 18 Cr. 749 United States v. Alan Arias, et … and possess with intent to distribute Oxycodone.) Jency Diaz,     aka “JC” (27 years old) Kevin Mora,     aka …
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Serial law enforcement impersonator sentenced to ten years for fraud and firearms offenses

… Texas – In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced Modesto Gonzalez III to ten years in federal prison for defrauding … prison term, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel ordered that Gonzalez pay total restitution to his victims in the amount … court for impersonation-based theft.   Numerous victims of Gonzalez’s fraud stated to the court at sentencing that …
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Chicopee Business Man Sentenced In Cocaine And Heroin Conspiracy Sourced From Mexico

… Roman acted as a trusted advisor to co-conspirator Javier Gonzalez – a large-scale drug dealer responsible for … Roman, who owned TWC Auto Body in Holyoke, conspired with Gonzalez to collect a debt owed for four kilograms of cocaine, which was part of a larger load that Gonzalez obtained from a Mexican supply source. …
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Two former Venezuelan officials charged and two businessmen plead guilty in connection with Venezuela bribery scheme

… Southern District of Florida made the announcement. Luis Alfredo Motta Dominguez (Motta), 60, and Eustiquio Jose Lugo …
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Two Passaic County Men Plead Guilty to Illegal Money Transmitting Scheme

… Checo-Almonte, 31 of Passaic, New Jersey, and Jordano Abreu-Diaz, 24 of Clifton, New Jersey, separately pleaded guilty … elsewhere. From November 2016 through August 2017, Abreu-Diaz accepted over $1 million in cash and purchased 39 …
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South Florida doctor sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone

… West Palm Beach - 561-684-8000 MIAMI - Dr. Rodolfo Gonzalez Garcia, 65, of Weston, Florida, was sentenced … 2016, through and including September 2018, Dr. Rodolfo Gonzalez Garcia, his wife Arlene Gonzalez, 59, also of Weston; Annie Suarez- Gonzalez, 35, of …
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Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking Offense

… the District of Connecticut, announced that FABIO VARGAS-GONZALEZ, 47, of Wethersfield, was sentenced today by U.S. … DEA’s Hartford Task Force developed information that Vargas-Gonzalez was involved in narcotics trafficking activities in …
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Career Offender Sentenced to Fourteen Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

… followed by five years of supervised release. Jonathan Masa-Gonzalez, 24, of Providence, pled guilty on June 5, 2024, to … to be followed by four years of supervised release. Juan Gonzalez, 47, of Providence, pled guilty on January 25, …
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Local Santa Rosa Lima Cartel Cell Head Sentenced for Drug Crimes, Money Laundering

… later, on March 12, he directed codefendant Edwin Contreras-Diaz to deliver approximately three ounces of heroin to a … been convicted in this case: •             Edwin Contreras-Diaz, aka “Flaco” – pleaded guilty to possession with intent …
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Madera Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison

… 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Alfredo Sanchez, 43, of Madera, was sentenced yesterday to …
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Three defendants sentenced for conspiring to send nearly 14 kilograms of 100 percent pure methamphetamine from California to Georgia

… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 ATLANTA – Yadira Gomez-Gonzalez has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Gomez-Gonzalez is the last of three defendants whose drug ring was … information presented in court: DEA agents identified Gomez-Gonzalez and her husband, Fernando Herrera-Rojas, as drug …
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Seven South Florida Residents Charged In Conspiracy To Distribute Performance Enhancing Drugs To Underage High School And Professional Athletes

… Acevedo - , 35, of Miami, Yuri Sucart - , 52, of Miami, Jorge Augustine Velazquez - , a/k/a “Ugi,” 43, of Miami, … to distribute molly are Giovanny Brenes - , 35, and Jorge Canela - , Jr., 25; and charged with attempted … et al., Case No. 14-20550-CR-Altonaga - Yuri Sucart, Jorge Augustine Velazquez, a/k/a “Ugi,” Christopher Benjamin …
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Six Charged In Multi-state Cocaine Trafficking Scheme: Upper West Side Apartment Served As Base Of Operation

… in the Second Degree. The investigation centered on Gerardo Gonzalez, an alleged cocaine distributor who operated from … and charged five other individuals associated with Gonzalez’s drug network. Among those charged are alleged …