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DEA In Springfield, Missouri Achieve Significant Prison Sentences For Two Recent Investigations

… and Destiny O’Brien, 21, of Joplin, MO and Michael Gonzalez, 25, of Texas, were stopped by the Joplin Police … driver of the vehicle, O’Brien was the front passenger and Gonzalez was a passenger in the backseat behind O’Brien.  … two handguns on the floorboard of the car in front of Gonzalez.  A loaded Hi-Point .40 caliber pistol and a loaded …
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Father, Son, Sentenced for Trafficking Cocaine to St. Louis

… the items that he will forfeit. In August of 2018, Carlos Gonzalez was found in a hotel with two bags containing a … Jr. Download Original Image In August of 2018, Carlos Gonzalez was found in a hotel with two bags containing a … to Texas to buy kilograms of cocaine from Miguel Angel Gonzalez, who bought it from Carlos Gonzalez. Dixson Jr. was …
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Thirty-Nine Alleged Associates Of Two Chicago Area Drug Trafficking Organizations Facing Federal Narcotics Charges

… Cruz, 30, Arrested Alberto Chavez-Lopez, 33, Arrested Jorge Melgoza, 21, Arrested Martin Rodriguez, 48, In custody … Jose Rivera, 48, Arrested Gabriel Garcia, 23, Fugitive Jorge Vasquez, 30, Round Lake Beach Arrested Jose Padilla, …
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22 Defendants Charged For Alleged Roles In Connected Drug Rings Extending From Mexico To Chicago And Across The U.S.

… and May 2014 Mata Madrigal conspired with co-defendants Jorge Sanchez, of Philadelphia; Jorge Michel-Monroy, 45, of Philadelphia; Sergio Zepeda, 30, …
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2nd Major Narcotics Trafficker Extradited To US From Columbia

… Juan Sebastian de Elcano between April and May of 2014.  Jorge Alberto Siado-(“Siado”), who arrived in New York from … Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor. Co-conspirator Jorge Luis (“Hoayeck”) was previously extradited from …
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Two imprisoned for drug conspiracy involving high speed chase

… and U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick. Raul Gomez, 36, and Enrique Gonzalez, 39, pled guilty on August 6, 2019.  Today, U.S. … someone during the high speed chase or been killed himself. Gonzalez was previously ordered to serve 12 months and one day in prison. Gomez and Gonzalez will serve five and four years of supervised …
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Eight Violent Drug Traffickers Charged With Six Murders And Multiple Trafficking, Firearms And Racketeering Offenses

… Martinez-Ramirez. The June 23, 2006, double murder of Ken Gonzalez-Rodriguez and Jean Adorno-Caballero. The December … “Chino Montero,” Luis Blondet, aka “Cabezon,” Jason Dones-Gonzalez, aka “Jason,” aka “Arrabal,” Jose Victor Pellot … aka “Cabezon,” Oscar Valdes-Garcia, aka “Pony,” Jason Dones-Gonzalez, aka “Jason,” aka “Arrabal,” Jose Victor Pellot …
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Dual U.S.-Mexican citizen arrested for violations of the Kingpin Act

… Division made the announcement. Jessica Johanna Oseguera Gonzalez, known as “La Negra,” 33, who was residing in … Columbia.  The five-count indictment alleges that Oseguera Gonzalez engaged in transactions or dealings in property or … with them.    The indictment alleges that Oseguera Gonzalez continued her involvement with J&P Advertising S.A. …
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Two Men Plead Guilty To Possession Of Marijuana

… Steven Whipple and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Alan Gonzalez, 28, of Laredo, and Juan Galvan-Hernandez, 40, of … suggesting they were on the lookout for law enforcement. Gonzalez then drove a vehicle into a tractor-trailer … today and set sentencing for Dec. 5, 2017.  At that time, Gonzalez and Galvan-Hernandez each face a mandatory minimum …
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Weslaco Woman Admits Role in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme

… Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Upon her initial arrest, Edith Gonzalez admitted she “knew this date was coming” and to … containing 8.8 kilograms of cocaine.  As part of her plea, Gonzalez acknowledged communicating with others to have the cocaine delivered. U.S. District Judge Rolando Olvera Gonzalez will impose sentencing Dec. 17. At that time, …
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Mexican National and California Man Charged Following Seizure of Over 45 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills and Powder

… 45 KG Fent Pills and Powder.jpg PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jose Angel Gonzalez-Carrillo, 46, of Modesto, California, and Ethyel … and over 9 kilograms of fentanyl powder. On June 2, 2025, Gonzalez-Carrillo coordinated the sale of approximately … pills later that same day, which was also coordinated by Gonzalez-Carrillo. After the second delivery, law …
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Southbridge Man Convicted Of Fentanyl And Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… at the request of the leaders of the DTO, Jonathan Pizarro Gonzalez and Isaac Gonzalez. The DTO regularly used the United States mail to … over the course of the investigation. Both Jonathan Pizarro Gonzalez and Isaac Gonzalez pleaded guilty in January 2025 …
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20 defendants charged in drug and gun investigations

… Chicago. The federal charges accuse convicted felons Fausto Gonzalez, 27, of Chicago, and Arturo Gonzalez, 35, of Chicago, of illegally possessing firearms.  Fausto Gonzalez allegedly possessed a 12-gauge shotgun and a …
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Woman admits to smuggling pure meth

… Ryan K. Patrick.   On June 21, 2019, Guadalupe Inostroza-Diaz drove a white Nissan Altima into the primary inspection … impose sentencing Jan. 15, 2020. At that time, Inostroza-Diaz faces a minimum of 10 years and up to life in federal …
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18th Street Gangsters, Associates Arrested on Indictments Alleging Murder, Extortion, Drug Trafficking in L.A.’s MacArthur Park Area

… with one count of racketeering conspiracy: Keiko Marie Gonzalez, 59, a.k.a. “Moms,” “La Señora,” and “La Reina,” … state prison. From at least July 2020 to March 2026, Gonzalez – the second in command and street boss of 18th … directly communicated with Co-Conspirator 1. In this role, Gonzalez had decision-making authority, oversaw the gang’s …
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Boston Man Sentenced For Role In Wide-Ranging Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… 2019, Guerrero was arrested along with his partner, Luis Alfredo Baez, after a kilogram of cocaine being transported …
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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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Mexican National Sentenced for 88 Pounds of Meth Found in Car

… a car stop on Interstate 70 in Saline County, Mo. Jose Alfredo Renteria-Rojas, 34, who was residing in Des Plaines, …
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Second Mexican National Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… prison without parole. His brother and co-defendant, Jose Alfredo Renteria-Rojas, 34, a citizen of Mexico residing in …
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Alleged Fentanyl Trafficker Extradited from Honduras to the United States to Face Federal Charges

… this week to face charges in the District of Oregon. Orbin Alfredo Velasquez Layaire, 38, has been charged with one …
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22 individuals named in federal indictments charging money laundering and drug trafficking

… local money remitter business. The two indictments charged Alfredo Herrera, 73, of Bartlesville, Domingo Aguirre, 60, …
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International Cocaine Trafficking Network Impacting The Low Country And Midlands Charged In Charleston, SC

… federal indictment unsealed in Charleston, S.C. today, Jose Alfredo Sierra-Reynoso of Saint Matthews, S.C., Michael …
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DEA Arrests 7 In Sierra Vista Drug Trafficking Ring

… Erives is also the son of current DEA fugitive Ignacio Alfredo Erives-Martinez. “Drug traffickers cannot conceal …
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Leader Of Ohio Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison

… Southern District of Ohio COLUMBUS, Ohio - Simon Velazquez-Gonzalez, 27, formerly of Hilliard, Ohio was sentenced in … agents made methamphetamine purchases from Velazquez-Gonzalez and his co-conspirators. During the course of … over $11,000 in cash, and three firearms. Velazquez-Gonzalez pleaded guilty on July 30, 2015, to one count of …
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Five Men Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute 55 Kilograms Of Narcotics

… Sauro D. Estevez Figueredo, 48, of Miami, Florida, Emmanuel Gonzalez, 31, of Bronx, New York, Alberto Mora, 52, of … near a store in Clifton, New Jersey. That afternoon, Gonzalez and Alamo drove to the tractor trailer and left … traffic stops later revealed 22 kilograms of heroin in Gonzalez and Alamo’s possession and 13 kilograms of heroin …
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Major Mexican Drug Trafficking Ring Broken Up

… others who were indicted with Fletes-Lopez are Irma Anacani Gonzalez, Jesus Humberto Lopez-Valenzuela, and Mauricio … all of Acampo; Orlando Fletes-Lopez, of Galt; German Gonzalez Velazquez, of Manteca; Marcela Santamaria, of … Reyes-Ontiveros, of Illinois; Diana Elizabeth Hernandez-Gonzalez, of North Hollywood; and Jesus Alberto …
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Eleven Indicted In Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… was occupied by Jose Cardona-Ramirez and Victoria Villa-Gonzalez, a husband and wife from Caldwell, Idaho. Villa-Gonzalez was the registered owner of the vehicle. … for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Victoria Villa-Gonzalez will be sentenced on January 5, 2012; her husband, …
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Illegal Alien Sentenced For Money Laundering And Identity Theft Charges

… number and aggravated identity theft. Juan Carlos Lugo Gonzalez, a/k/a “Josue Cabrera,” 45, was sentenced by U.S. … completion of the imposed sentence.  In December 2025 , Gonzalez pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering, … at least as early as 2020, an investigation began into Lugo Gonzalez and others for laundering proceeds of drug …
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Major financial sanctions announced against Mexico’s largest drug cartel investigated by DEA Los Angeles

… activities on behalf of CJNG and Los Cuinis. Siblings Erika Gonzalez Valencia and Ulises Jovani Gonzalez Valencia have helped bribe government officials on … operate businesses on behalf of her husband, Ulises Jovani Gonzalez Valencia.   Also designated today under the Kingpin …
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Drug Ring Peddling Fentanyl Pills Disguised As Oxycodone, Cocaine And Heroin Dismantled

… more than 130 grams of cocaine were seized from Roger Gonzalez, who sold cocaine along with his cousin, Randy Gonzalez.  The pair allegedly obtained the cocaine from … Buffalo, New York Carlos Martinez - Buffalo, New York Roger Gonzalez - Buffalo, New York Randy Gonzalez - Buffalo, New …