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International Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 54 Years In Prison For The Manufacture, Shipment, And Importation Of Tons Of Cocaine Into The United States And Other Countries

… hearing in May 2014: Between 1992 and his arrest in Venezuela in 2011, Rios Suarez, along with his … department of Colombia and other areas of Colombia near the Venezuelan border. During that time, Rios Suarez and his … of thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela to the United States and other countries through …

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International Narcotics Trafficker Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To The Manufacture, Shipment, And Importation Of Tons Of Cocaine Into The United States And Other Countries

… proceedings: Between in or about 1992 until his arrest in Venezuela in or about 2011, Rios Suarez, along with his … department of Colombia and other areas of Colombia near the Venezuelan border. During that time, Rios Suarez and his … tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela to the United States and other countries through …

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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Alleged International Narcotics Trafficker Charged With Conspiring To Engage In Narco-Terrorism And To Support The FARC

… ran cocaine laden aircrafts from Colombia, through Venezuela, Honduras, and into Mexico for distribution onto … FARC to secure safe passage of drugs through Colombia and Venezuela. I commend the members of the New York Strike … The cocaine was transported through the Apure region of Venezuela, flown to Honduras, and thereafter sent to the …

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Italian national connected to seizure of over 1,500 kilos of cocaine bound for Europe aboard fishing vessels pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking

… an operation that trafficked Colombian cocaine by boat via Venezuela to Spain, Puerto Rico and other locations. … arranged for the drugs to be transported to Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. Thereafter, based upon an agreed-upon date, time, … and learned that the cocaine shipment had departed from Venezuela. On Aug. 25, 2014, an international law …

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Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Using U.S. Registered Aircraft To Transport Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine

… large amounts of cocaine from clandestine airstrips in Venezuela to clandestine airstrips in Honduras. Also as part of the conspiracy, Chang-Monroy arranged with the Venezuelan military for the safe passage of the drug trafficking aircraft through Venezuelan air space. The first aircraft purchased by …

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Reward for Information to Bring Colombian Money Launderer to Justice

… to obtain or retain contracts to provide food to the Venezuelan people. Pulido and his co-conspirators allegedly … conspirators could pay the bribes and kickbacks to those Venezuelan government officials who assisted them in … the importation into and distribution of boxes of food in Venezuela, Pulido and a co-conspirator started a business to …

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NINETEEN PERSONS INVOLVED IN A DOMINICAN BASED ORGANIZATION ARE INDICTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES

… with raids in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. Several significant drug traffickers were arrested in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela and are currently being held in those countries … law enforcement, and agencies in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. SAC Nagel particularly lauded the efforts of …

FUGITIVE

Jesus Alfredo Itriago

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to possession with intent to distribute cocaine

FUGITIVE

Ropolpho Mcturk-Mora

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal drug charges:
Conspiracy to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and obstruction of Justice

FUGITIVE

Pedro Martin-Olivares

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged federal drug charges:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine

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Colombian Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

… of a drug trafficking (DTO) operating out of Colombia and Venezuela. In that role, during July and September 2011, he … the day-to-day operations at the SPSS construction sites in Venezuela. On or about July 13, 2011, the United States …

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International Narcotics Trafficker Extradited To Face Drug Trafficking And Narco-Terrorism Charges

… of thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Apure, Venezuela to Central America and the Caribbean. … approximately 20,000 kilograms of cocaine cached in Apure, Venezuela, near Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de (the …

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Accused Drug Trafficker Arrested In Panama Appears In Miami Federal Court

… indictment against Roberto Lopez Perdigon, 41, of Caracas, Venezuela. Lopez Perdigon was indicted on December 13, 2011, … of cocaine each year using aircraft originating from Venezuela and destined for Africa, and via maritime …

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Dominican National involved in drug importation schemes sentenced to 12 years in prison

… registered in the U.S., flew from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine was to be loaded onto the jet. … traveling to Brazil. Ultimately, the plane crash-landed in Venezuela, the crew evaded capture by Venezuelan authorities, and the cocaine was diverted back to …

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Dominican national pleads guilty in conspiracy to transport 1600 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the United States

… in the United States, flew from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine was to be loaded onto the jet. … traveling to Brazil. Ultimately, the plane crash-landed in Venezuela, the crew evaded capture by Venezuelan authorities, and the cocaine was diverted back to …

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Thirteen Indicted For Airdropping Multi-Hundred Kilogram Quantities Of Cocaine In The Caribbean Sea And For Money Laundering Offenses

… narcotics trafficking conspiracy spanning from Colombia and Venezuela to the British Virgin Islands and the United … multi-hundred kilogram loads of cocaine from Apure, Venezuela, to the British Virgin Islands, where the cocaine …

FUGITIVE

Jose Alberto Carmona-Colmenares

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to Launder MoneyMoney LaunderingAiding and Abetting

FUGITIVE

Carlos Orlando Zambrano-Briceno

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to Launder MoneyMoney LaunderingAiding and Abetting

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Colombian Citizen Admits Conspiring to Transport Hundreds of Kilograms of Cocaine into the United States

… the United States from other countries including Colombia, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic, Special Agent in …

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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of A Leader Of A Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization And Three Other International Narcotics Traffickers

… registered in the United States, from Colombia and Venezuela to points in Central America, particularly … from clandestine airstrips located in the Apure region of Venezuela. In addition, in September and October 2012, …

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New rewards offered for information leading to capture of two FARC leaders

… and violent narco-terrorism conspiracy with high-ranking Venezuelan officials. Through the U.S. Department of State’s … their terrorist activities, and partnered with corrupt Venezuelan elites to threaten United States and our allies. … to harm the United States and betray the citizens of Venezuela.” Marín Arango and Hernández Solarte allegedly …

FUGITIVE

Jesus A. Flores-Diaz

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: WAS CHARGED WITH CONDUCTING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING PROCEEDS OF SPECIFIED UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY, INTENT TO DISGUISE THE NATURE OF PROCEEDS AND TRANSFERRING THE MONEY INSTRUMENT OUTSIDE AND THEN INSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN VIOLATION OF 18 USC 1956 (A)(1)(A)(I), 1956(A)(2)(A) AND 1956(A)(1)(B)(I).

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Man Sentenced to 178 Months for Conspiring to Import Cocaine into the United States

… hundreds of pounds of cocaine into the United States from Venezuela, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic. Edwin …

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Former chief of Honduran National Police charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses

… sent to Honduras from, among other places, Colombia and Venezuela via air and maritime routes, and to transport the …

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Federal Jury Finds Venezuelan National Guilty of Trafficking $21 Million Of Cocaine on the High Seas

… Federal Jury Finds Venezuelan National Guilty of Trafficking $21 Million Of … announced that a federal jury found Hector Caballero (70, Venezuela) guilty of conspiring to possess with the intent …

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Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr. Admits to Leading Vast Drug-Smuggling, Money Laundering Empire

… sources in Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. The charges to which Dominguez …

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Guatemalan National Extradited to Eastern District of Texas

… to transport cocaine shipments departing from Colombia and Venezuela to arrive at his clandestine landing strips in …

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Major International Cocaine Transporter Extradited From Colombia

… tonnage quantities of cocaine from Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela through Central American countries to Mexico, for …

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Four of Chapo’s Sons Indicted for Large-Scale Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Violent Crimes as Alleged Leaders of Sinaloa Cartel

… Central and South America, including Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, and …

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39 Defendants Indicted in $4.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy

… Valderrama-Barros, also known as “Sabri,” 25, a citizen of Venezuela, address unknown; and Daniel Felipe …