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Two Defendants Extradited from Honduras Sentenced to Multiple Years for Drug Trafficking in the Bay Area

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - …
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Fresno Man Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl That Caused Overdose Death

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - …
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July 20, 2026
… | United States Department of Justice ). On June 20, 2025, Jose Gonzalez-Valencia was sentenced to 30 years in federal … to the United States. As one of Los Cuinis’ top leaders, Jose Gonzalez-Valencia directed acts of extreme violence in …
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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 … months in federal prison without parole. Both Gustavo and Jose Renteria-Rojas have pleaded guilty to one count of … a white 2011 Volkswagen Jetta SE on April 5, 2021, and Jose Renteria-Rojas was a passenger in the vehicle, which …
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Sinaloa Cartel-Connected Drug Distribution Ring That Used Semi-Trucks to Transport Huge Loads Disrupted With Multiple Arrests

… the drug trafficking ring named in the indictment include: Jose Mejia Ortiz, 30, a citizen of Mexico, a courier and … powder stamped with a swastika as well as $50,000 in cash. Jose Felix German, 34, a Mexican citizen, was charged with …
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Oak Park Gang Members and Drug Suppliers Charged with Drug and Firearm Offenses

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - …
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Leader Of Multi-State Polydrug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Nearly Two Decades in Prison for Drug Conspiracy, Illegal Possession of Firearms and Money Laundering

… that distributed fentanyl, fentanyl analogue and cocaine. Joseph Correa, 35, was sentenced by on Friday, June 6, 2025, … local suppliers, and that he and co-defendants and brothers Jose Martinez and Luis Martinez regularly traveled to Puerto … been converted into a fully automatic weapon.  In May 2024, Jose Martinez was sentenced to 90 months in prison, to be …
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Leader of Major Alabama Drug-Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Life in Prison

… (120 months); William Keith Reed (240 months); and Jose Manuel Lamas, Jr. (57 months). The court ordered each …
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Bronx Man Indicted as a Major Trafficker Following Seizure of 110 Pounds of Cocaine from Tractor-Trailer in Virginia

… by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor charges Jose DelaCruz with Operating as a Major Trafficker, … Investigations New York, announced the indictment today as Jose DelaCruz appeared before Manhattan Supreme Court … 27 and September 30, 2021, a wiretap investigation revealed Jose DelaCruz allegedly engaged in a series of phone …
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Dominican National Indicted for Fentanyl Distribution While On Supervised Release For Drug Trafficking Conviction

… heroin and cocaine.  Wagner Ismael Mejia Sanchez, a/k/a “Jose F. Rosario,” a/k/a “Jose Majimbe,” 39, was indicted on one count of distribution …
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Vacaville Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Firearm Possession and Manufacturing DMT

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - …
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A Look Back at Fentanyl Prosecutions in 2023

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - … Laurel J. Montoya prosecuted the case. On Oct. 30, 2023, Jose Santana , 46, of Shafter, in Kern County, was sentenced …
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Jury Convicts Illegal Alien who Distributed Cocaine and Machine Guns from Home

… Laredo. At that time, they found Garcia-Guajardo along with Jose Guadalupe Hernandez-Garza, a 26-year-old illegal alien …
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Justice Department Sues Stockton-based Nurse Practitioner to Stop Her Sale of Illegal Opioid Prescriptions

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - …
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Drug Organization Dispatcher Sentenced to Seven Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - …
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Six Individuals Charged with Federal Drug Trafficking Offenses

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - …
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Two Aryan Brotherhood Prison Gang Members Sentenced to Two Consecutive Life Terms in Prison for RICO Conspiracy and Murder in Aid of Racketeering

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - …
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Nineteen South Bay Residents Charged in Alleged Scheme to Funnel Drugs into U.S. and Firearms to Mexico

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - … conspiracies—one to transport drugs from Mexico to the San Jose Area, the other to transport firearms illegally from …
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DEA Operation Overdrive Targets Fentanyl Traffickers on the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation, Thirteen Charged, Thousands of Pounds of Drugs Seized

… and More of Actual (Pure) Methamphetamine (three counts)  Jose Francisco Aguirre,  age 56, pleaded guilty to … Actual (Pure) Methamphetamine; sentencing in July 2025.   Jose Caudillo-Ascencio,  age 23 charged with Possession with …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 30 Years for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - … to plead guilty and be sentenced in this case, including Jose Pantoja-Estrada, Luis Rios-Garcia, Georgina …
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Kern County Man Trafficking Fentanyl Sentenced to Over 17 Years

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 FRESNO, Calif . —  Jose Santana, 47, of Shafter, was sentenced to 17 years and …
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“Operation SLO Ride” Dismantles Major Drug Trafficking Organization in Tulare County

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - … approximately 10 pounds of methamphetamine for Alvarado. Jose Maria Medina Franco, of Yokuts Valley, is alleged to be …
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Stockton Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Pill Manufacturing and Distribution

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - …
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Alleged Fentanyl Trafficker Extradited from Honduras to Face Charges in San Francisco

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - …
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Five Related Indictments Target South Bay Drug Distribution Schemes

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - … Drug Supply From Southern California And Mexico To The San Jose Area SAN FRANCISCO – In five related indictments, …
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Stockton Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Meth Pills and Illegal Firearms Possession

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - …
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Mexican National Residing in Stockton Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking

… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Oakland - (510) 637-5600 Sacramento - (916) 480-7100 San Jose - (408) 282-3400 Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jose Cruz Ivan Aispuro, 38, a Mexican national residing in …
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Mexican National Sentenced for 88 Pounds of Meth Found in Car

… during a car stop on Interstate 70 in Saline County, Mo. Jose Alfredo Renteria-Rojas, 34, who was residing in Des … placed in the trooper’s patrol car. The trooper requested Jose Renteria-Rojas, in the rear passenger seat, to exit the vehicle for a vehicle search. As Jose Renteria-Rojas did so, air fresheners fell from the …
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Taxi Driver From Lawrence Convicted of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… conspiracy involving methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine. Jose Dolores Batista, 65, was convicted on Nov. 20, 2025 of …
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Man Indicted on Suspicion of Trafficking Illicit Drugs

… Pounds of Methamphetamine and One Gun Seized from Defendant Jose Luis Montoya Fentanyl Powder.jpg Photo of One Kilogram … Powder Stamped with Transformer Logo. Photo of Defendant Jose Luis Montoya PHOENIX – Special Agent in Charge Cheri Oz and Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced today that Jose Luis Montoya Miranda has been indicted on one count …