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Large Scale Colorado Springs And Pueblo Drug Trafficking Organization Dismantled

… 39, Marino Valley, CA Alberto QUIROZ-CHAVEZ, 31, San Jose, CA Eduardo JIMENEZ-CORTEZ 43, Las Vegas, NV Oscar … 33, Denver, CO Pedro CARRERA-CHAVEZ, 36, Commerce City, CO Humberto TORRES 37, Colorado Springs, CO Lucio VAZQUEZ, 33, …
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New Jersey Real Estate Investor and Online Influencer Charged with Multimillion-Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme

… and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Cesar Humberto Pina, 45, of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, is charged …
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Two Drug Traffickers Charged After Ramming DEA Vehicles and Leading a High Speed Chase in Fresno 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 - …
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DEA San Francisco and Partners Make Historic Methamphetamine Seizure

… 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 Sacramento Indicted for Drug Trafficking and Firearms 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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Source of Supply for Major Drug Trafficking Ring Appears in U.S. District Court in Seattle Following Transfer from Mexico

… Court in Seattle, following his transfer from Mexico. Jose Luis Sanchez-Valencia, 58, was transported from Mexico … On Feb. 28, 2023, a local leader of the drug ring, Jose Elias Barbosa, was sentenced to more than twelve years …
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Mariah Ferry and Jose Torrez plead guilty to federal kidnapping charges for abducting and brutally beating two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

… Mariah Ferry and Jose Torrez plead guilty to federal kidnapping charges for … - (432) 686-4085 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Mariah Ferry, 21, and Jose Torrez, 47, of Albuquerque pleaded guilty in federal …
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Four Ecuadorian Nationals Trafficking Over 700 Kilos of Cocaine, Intercepted

… complaint filed earlier this year, Julio Luis Rosado Benitez, 47; Maunel Alexi Quijije Mero, 26; Oscar Arcenio …
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Three men sentenced for attempting to smuggle $28 million of cocaine on the high seas

… defendants on all charges.   U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez handed down significant custodial sentences for …
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Jury convicts three men of trafficking $28 million of cocaine

… after a weeklong trial before U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez.    “These traffickers attempted to smuggle more …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

… guilty and will be sentenced on Sept. 13, 2023. Juan Carlos Figueroa-Ramirez, a.k.a. “Max,” pleaded guilty and will be …
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Scuba Diver Smuggles 55 Pounds Of Cocaine In Under Water/Cross Border Tunnel

… 7, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez. On April 25, 2015, Border Patrol agents were …
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Eight Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Prison

… in prison and two years of supervised release. Miguel Benitez Castrejon, 40, of Monroe, N.C. was sentenced to 97 …
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Meth Dealers Who Plotted to Kill DEA Agent Plead Guilty

… of Dallas Field Division Manuel Gomez-Garcia, 35, and Jorge Humberto Velazco Larios, 29, were indicted in the summer of …
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Law enforcement arrest eight involved in drug trafficking organization operating in and around Union County

… Monroe, N.C. Luis David Bravo, 36, of Monroe, N.C. Miguel Benitez Castrejon, 39, of Monroe, N.C. Matilde Isaias Cruz …
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Previously Deported Dominican Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentering the United States and Distributing Meth

… with Ariel Castillo-Solano, who was using the identity of Jose Antonio Santiago, an American citizen from Puerto Rico. …
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Two men arrested on methamphetamine charges

… U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s announced that Juan Humberto Martinez-Vega, 47, and Giovani Ramirez-Soto, 26, …
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Car stop led to arrest of two men on drug charges

… Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Juan Humberto Martinez-Vega, 47, and Giovani Ramirez-Soto, 26, …
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Mexican citizen pleads guilty to drug conspiracy in Western District of New York

… and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr.announced today that Humberto Martinez-Vega, 48, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded …
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Murder-For-Hire Plot Foiled Againist a DEA Task Force Officer

… federal grand jury indicted Manual Garcia Gomez, 22, Jorge Humberto Velazco Larios, 27, Eva Denisse Gomez Garcia, 38, …
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Delano Man Sentenced to 6 Years and 8 Months in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl

… 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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Nine Indicted on Multiple Charges Arising From Armed Burglaries of Marijuana Grow Facilities That Resulted in Death of Oakland Police Officer

… 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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Eleven People Indicted In Monroe County Drug Conspiracy

… at least May 2015 to July of this year, Joseph Morales, Humberto Morales-Delgado, both of Pocono Summit, PA; Matthew …
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Coordinated Federal-Local Law Enforcement Efforts Lead Surge in Arrests, Drug Seizures, and Federal Drug Trafficking 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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Buffalo man sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in drug trafficking organization

… trafficking organization led by co-defendant Cesar Rivera-Figueroa. In August of 2017, the defendant received a …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… 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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Brokerage Accounts Used To Launder Drug Proceeds Forfeited

… BVI by Laura Avila-Barraza, the widow of drug trafficker Humberto Ojeda-Barraza, and other family members.  In …
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Man sentenced for his role in Puerto Rico to Buffalo cocaine trafficking operation

… with co-defendants Leitscha Poncedeleon and Carlos Javier Figueroa regarding the shipment of cocaine from Puerto Rico …
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Barrio Azteca Gang Associate Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Participating In Racketeering Conspiracy

… racketeering conspiracy and drug trafficking offenses. Luis Humberto Hernandez Celis, aka Pac, 32, of El Paso, was …
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Two Sentenced For Port Arthur Drug Deal

… Juan Carlos Chavez-Delgado, 30, of Houston, and Alvaro Humberto Jimenez, 57, of Mission, Texas, pleaded guilty in …