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Gulf Cartel Plaza Boss Heads To Federal Prison

November 17, 2014
… Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth … Cos. It was during this struggle that Cardenas Vela ousted Jose Luis Zuniga, aka Wicho, from leadership of Matamoros …
November 17, 2014
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22 Defendants Charged For Alleged Roles In Connected Drug Rings Extending From Mexico To Chicago And Across The U.S.

October 01, 2014
… Ruiz, 36, of Bellwood; Armando Garcia, 38, of Bellwood; and Joseph De La Vega, 52, of Chicago, were allegedly wholesale … with co-defendants Nikkolas Casillo, 28, of Chicago, and Jose Vasquez, 30, of Chicago, to distribute narcotics to …
October 01, 2014
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61 Latin Kings Gang Members And Associates Arrested And Charged In Connection With A Racketeering And Drug Distribution Scheme Defendants Were Affiliated With The Austin, San Antonio And Uvalde Chapters Of The Gang’s Central Region Of Texas

October 15, 2015
… of Investigation in San Antonio; Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Drug Enforcement Administration in … “Chip”) 28 Uvalde 1, 2 Jake (aka “Thug”) 24 Uvalde 1, 2 Jose (aka “Creeper”) 30 Uvalde 1, 3 John Andrew (aka …
October 15, 2015
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DEA Leads Major Narco-Terror Operation

April 04, 2013
… District of New York announced that five defendants - Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, the former head of the …
April 04, 2013
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18 Waco Area Aryan Brotherhood Members And Associates Sentenced To Federal Prison For Role In Methamphetamine Distribution Operation

June 10, 2015
… Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, Acting United States … - of Flat, TX. Ronnie Knepler - , age 54, of Belton, and Jose Rodriguez - , age 25, a resident alien living in … facilitators of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas,” said Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug …
June 10, 2015
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$1 Million Worth Of Methamphetamine Secreted In Candles Seized And Five People Arrested

August 30, 2017
… Orlando Alcantara, Cindy Carrillo, Santos Minjarez, and Jose Luis Gonzalez-Solis, all of whom conspired to …
August 30, 2017
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Puerto Rican Drug Kingpin Among Ten Charged Over $1 Million Cocaine Delivery At Times Square Hotel

May 20, 2011
… cocaine at the time. Rivera also supplied another dealer, Jose Santana, who was arrested on May 6. Santana ran a crew …
May 20, 2011
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against 16 Alleged Members Of Bronx Armed Robbery Crew That Impersonated Police Officers

January 11, 2013
… the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), and Joseph A. D’Amico, the Superintendent of the New York State … will be pursued and prosecuted.” NYSP Superintendent Joseph A. D’Amico said: “The collaborative efforts of the … Benjamin Jiminez, Rafael Huerta, Oscar Noriega, Victor Jose Gomez, Joshua Roman, Victor E. Moral, Ramon Jiminez, …
January 11, 2013
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 05, 2025
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division …
December 05, 2025
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Taxi Driver From Lawrence Convicted of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

December 02, 2025
… conspiracy involving methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine. Jose Dolores Batista, 65, was convicted on Nov. 20, 2025 of …
December 02, 2025
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Brockton Man Detained After Allegedly Attempting to Purchase 15 Kilograms of Cocaine

July 08, 2025
… court in Boston on June 24, 2025, on drug charges.     Jose Perez, 47, is charged via a criminal complaint with one …
July 08, 2025
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Two New Bedford Men With Significant Criminal Histories Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances

July 16, 2025
… in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and other drugs. Jose Santiago, 43, and Samuel Rodriguez, 39, were each …
July 16, 2025
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Accused Drug Cartel Broker, 28 Others Indicted in St. Louis

June 07, 2024
… says. The indictment says Javier Ramos-Garcia, 50, Jose Coronel-Coss, 28, and Theodore Sigite, 47, were …
June 07, 2024
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Operation Chopping Block: Two Alleged Gang Members Indicted for Selling 33 Firearms to Undercover Officer

March 24, 2022
… by Assistant District Attorneys Edward Christian Uy and Joseph Russo of the Violent Criminal Enterprise Bureau, … Supervisor in the Violent Criminal Enterprise Bureau; Jose Arocho, Deputy Bureau Chief of the Violent Criminal …
March 24, 2022
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Peruvian citizen pleads guilty to role in transnational drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy

October 19, 2020
…   Cocaine conspiracy > 5 kilograms   87 months in prison Jose Mauricio Ortiz Bolanos 32 Cali, Colombia Cocaine …
October 19, 2020
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Two members of trafficking organization convicted on money laundering and drug charges

March 26, 2019
… following a jury trial and is awaiting sentencing; Jose Ruben Gil, aka Unc, aka Ruben Gil Campos, aka Mayor of … Cheatham, was convicted and is awaiting sentencing; and Joseph Thompson, aka Jo-Jo, aka Skools, aka Skoolboy, …
March 26, 2019
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Six MS-13 gang members indicted for allegedly conspiring to commit murder

March 25, 2019
… felony, and Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree, an E felony.   Jose J. Portillo, a/k/a “Soldado,” 28, of Maryland, …
March 25, 2019
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Drug Dealer Arrested with Firearm, DEA Seizes Seven Kilograms of Fentanyl Powder & 100,000 Fentanyl-Laced Pills

February 06, 2025
… seven kilograms of fentanyl powder.  PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jose Manuel Arellano-Noriega, 37, a Mexican national living …
February 06, 2025
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Last Defendant in Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring is Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison

April 13, 2023
… in prison and three years of supervised release. William Joseph Craig was sentenced to 179 months in prison and ten … 84 months in prison and four years of supervised release. Jose Andress Martinez was sentenced to 130 months in prison …
April 13, 2023
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Barrio Azteca Gunmen Who Committed Consulate Murders in Ciudad Juarez Sentenced to Life in Prison

October 24, 2022
… to be prosecuted for their heinous crimes.” On Feb. 3, Jose Guadalupe Diaz Diaz, aka Zorro, 43, of Chihuahua, …
October 24, 2022
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40 Alleged Meth Traffickers Charged in Operation Kullvid-20

June 09, 2022
… About Drugs Just Think Twice Prescription Drug Abuse PSA Joseph B. Tucker Special Agent In Charge View Joseph B. Tucker Bio Division X Account @DEADallasDiv Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, …
June 09, 2022
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DEA Task Force and Waterbury police investigation takes down heroin trafficking ring; 15 charged

October 29, 2019
… ERIK RAFAEL POLANCO , aka “Chino,” 23, of Waterbury DARRY JOSE GUERRERO , aka “Domi,” 27, of Waterbury JEISSON …
October 29, 2019
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2.5 Tons of Methamphetamine and 100,000 Fentanyl Pills Interdicted

February 05, 2021
… of the New York City Police Department, announced that Jose Loreto Gastelum-Torres and Fredy Alejandro …
February 05, 2021
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Former Honduran National Police Chief sentenced to 14 years in prison for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and to possess firearms

September 28, 2018
… Criss Zelaya Romero, Juan Manuel Avila Meza, and Carlos Jose Zavala Velasquez, are also charged in this case with …
September 28, 2018
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2 get combined 197 years in federal prison

March 04, 2021
… Mexican citizen Marin Macrin Cerda aka Filtro, 34, and Jose Miguel Montemayor aka El Mickey, 30, Mission, Sept. 6, …
March 04, 2021
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Eleven indicted in wide-ranging conspiracy trafficking heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine in multi-state area

December 16, 2020
… Alarcon-Castaneda, aka “Sobrino,” 35, of Chino, California Jose Luis Arredondo-Valdez, aka “Primo,” 25, of Lake …
December 16, 2020
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Nineteen indicted in cartel-connected drug trafficking conspiracy

July 28, 2020
… California Luis MAGANA RAMIREZ; 32, Fife, Washington Jose Daniel ESPINOZA; 33, Renton, Washington Estefhany COREA …
July 28, 2020
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Federal jury convicts two for multiple violent crimes

September 09, 2019
… Mexican citizen Arin Macrin Cerda aka “Filtro,” 33, and Jose Miguel Montemayor aka “El Mickey,” 29, of Mission, late …
September 09, 2019
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Federal Investigation Dismantles Deming-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization

October 18, 2012
… Enforcement Administration’(DEA) El Paso Field Division, Joseph M. Arabit; U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales; Acting … of the indictment. Galindo was arrested in Tucson, Arizona. Jose Angel Morales, 22, of Deming, is charged in Counts 1 …
October 18, 2012
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Last Of Three Defendants Convicted For Role In Murder Of Southlake, Texas, Man Is Sentenced

December 06, 2016
… About Drugs Just Think Twice Prescription Drug Abuse PSA Joseph B. Tucker Special Agent In Charge View Joseph B. Tucker Bio Division X Account @DEADallasDiv Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, …
December 06, 2016