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Department of Treasury Designates Sinaloa-based Mexican Narcotics Trafficker Under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act

… States-based distribution cells in Colorado, California, Texas, Washington, Utah, and Nevada. As a result of today’s …
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Two Houston Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Burglarizing Pharmacies in Southern Illinois, Missouri

… Ill. – A district court judge sentenced two Houston, Texas, men to federal prison for burglarizing pharmacies of …
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Oklahoma Inmate Sentenced to 26 Years for Leading Meth Conspiracy from his Prison Cell

… a controlled substance in the Northern District of Texas. This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement …
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Meth and Cocaine Drug Ringleader Sentenced to Prison

… as well as California, Kansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the …
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Two Indicted After Drug Shipment Intercepted on Interstate 44 in St. Louis County

… Springfield - (417) 888-9800 ST. LOUIS – A man from Texas and a woman from St. Louis were indicted Wednesday on …
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West Plains Man Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… to distribute methamphetamine in Howell, Greene, and Texas counties. Jose I. Gonzales, 39, was sentenced by U.S. …
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Springfield Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

… from a co-defendant who made multiple trips to Texas to acquire kilogram-level quantities. Iavolo then …
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Operation LeGend Results in 355 Arrests, Including 33 Murder Suspects

… Missouri, and 21 are federal defendants in Kansas (18) and Texas (3). Among the remaining 246 arrests, 33 were homicide …
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years for Fentanyl Distribution

… mail from the Northern District of Indiana to a buyer in Texas. Reyes participated in phone calls with the buyer to …
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Flight Attendant, Two Bank Employees Charged in Federal Indictment of Alleged Mexico-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

… of its Chicago operations, Ricardo Tello, 37, of Mission, Texas. Espinosa’s organization allegedly transported the …
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North Carolina Man Convicted of Multi-State Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… in Newport News and Edenton, would travel to Houston, Texas to obtain multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine and …
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Boston Man Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Offense Involving 24 Kilograms Of Cocaine

… 500 grams or more of cocaine. In June 2022 in El Paso, Texas, a confidential source received 23.9 kilograms of …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 6 1/2 Years for Fentanyl-Related Charges

… Division, the Merrillville District Office, the Amarillo Texas Resident Office and the Albuquerque New Mexico …
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Bristol, Tennessee Woman Sentenced to 13 Years For Role in Large-Scale Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

… in Mexico to accomplices in Atlanta, Georgia, and Houston, Texas.  Desorcy directed Kent and other co-conspirators to …
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South Carolina Woman Sentenced for Role in International Money Laundering, Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

… from additional sources in Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas. When Desorcy was arrested in 2021, Neely conspired …
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South Carolina Man Sentenced to 40 Years on Distribution of Methamphetamine, International Money Laundering, Gun Charges

… to make numerous trips to Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas, to pick up large quantities of methamphetamine from …
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South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Methamphetamine, International Money Laundering, Gun Charges

… to make numerous trips to Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas, in 2020 and 2021 to pick up large quantities of …
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Heroin Trafficker Sentenced For Transporting

… 4.24 kilograms of heroin, hidden inside a car battery, from Texas to the Atlanta-area.   Robert J. Murphy, special agent …
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Three defendants sentenced for conspiring to send nearly 14 kilograms of 100 percent pure methamphetamine from California to Georgia

… of drugs she was attempting to coordinate from McAllen, Texas, to the Atlanta area.   Members of the conspiracy who …
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Receive 24 Kilos of Cocaine from a Mexican Drug Cartel Source

… arrested and charged in July 2022. In June 2022 in El Paso, Texas, a confidential source received 23.9 kilograms of …
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DEA Executes Operation Bottleneck to Prevent the Diversion of Controlled Substances and Keep Communities Safe

… the top opioid suppliers to numerous pharmacies in Houston, Texas, failed to report suspiciously large orders of …
Cavazos-Deluna, Narario
FUGITIVE

Narario Cavazos-Deluna

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846 – cocaine and marijuana
Valencia-Zavala, Fernando
FUGITIVE

Bruno Leal

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846 - cocaine
Lopez, Mario Cesar
FUGITIVE

Mario Cesar Lopez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846 – cocaine and marijuana
Gonzales, Mauro
FUGITIVE

Mauro Gonzales

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine
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Drug Dealer Sentenced to 27 Years for Meth Trafficking

… indicted in September 2021 and arrested in November 2021 in Texas, where he was serving a federal prison sentence for …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Facing Up to Life in Prison Following Jury Verdict

… large amounts of methamphetamine from sources in Mexico, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia. He then transported the …
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Medical Doctor Plus Eight Others Indicted for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering

… 57, of Glendale, Arizona Angel Borunda, 26, of Odessa, Texas Ibis Efren Miranda Hernandez, 43, of Peoria, Arizona …
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DEA Warns of Increase in Mass-Overdose Events Involving Deadly Fentanyl

… Cities impacted include Wilton Manors, Florida; Austin, Texas; Cortez, Colorado; Commerce City, Colorado; Omaha, …
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Heroin trafficker sentenced to six years in prison

… $120,000 in cash and four vehicles. Hanna was arrested in Texas on April 19, 2019.  On November 7, 2019, he pleaded …