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Family Summit
August 26, 2025 - August 27, 2025
August 26, 2025 - August 27, 2025

DEA El Paso to host Family Summit in Church Rock

2:00 PM - 1:15 PM (EDT)
Church Rock, NM
WHEN: Tuesday Aug. 26 from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday Aug. 27 from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. MST. WHERE: Red Rock Park, Church Rock, New Mexico WHAT: Summit for New Mexico and West Texas families who have suffered the terrible loss of a loved one to fentanyl or other illicit...
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DEA’s 2019 National Red Ribbon Rally

October 09, 2019
… 300 people, including 150 middle and high school students from the metropolitan DC area filled the Headquarters … of Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena; invited guests from other federal agencies; DEA’s prevention partners; and … with Polaris Dance Institute; and a musical selection from the H-B Woodlawn Chamber Singers.      The rally …
October 09, 2019
GENERAL INFORMATION

Miami news 2007

July 15, 2021
… 11, 2007 DEA Suspends Lakeland Branch of Drug Company From Distributing Controlled Substances October 5, 2007 1st … April 24, 2007 DEA Suspends Orlando Branch of Drug Company from Distributing Controlled Substances April 18, 2007 …
July 15, 2021
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DEA History-The Early Years

December 17, 1919
… ahead. BNDD, ODALE, ONNI and a large contingent from Customs would be unified to form an agent force 2,000 … the Drug Enforcement Administration arose phoenix-like from the ashes. In the voice of one of our great allies in …
December 17, 1919
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DEA’s Fentanyl Free America Billboard Sparks Conversation on Dangers of Synthetic Drugs

… America is DEA’s commitment to protecting the United States from synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, by disrupting … removed approximately six million deadly doses of fentanyl from Minnesota communities, including nearly 210 pounds of … labs reported a decline in fentanyl powder purity dropping from 20% in 2024 to 10.3% in 2025.  The billboard in …
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Independence, LA Man Sentenced to 235 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Conviction

… In imposing Nelson’s prison term, the Court found that from approximately July 2017 through February 2018, Nelson … and others in a venture to obtain kilograms of cocaine from various sources in Houston, Texas, and transport said … and forfeited over $500,000 in drug trafficking proceeds from James as well as approximately eight firearms, two kilo …
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Coordinated Federal-Local Law Enforcement Efforts Lead Surge in Arrests, Drug Seizures, and Federal Drug Trafficking Charges in San Francisco

… and over 250 grams of heroin and approximately 55 arrests from early October to early December 2025.   Over the same … plays a critical role in eradicating this poison from our communities.  With continued urgency, we will … “San Francisco residents deserve safe streets, free from deadly drugs. We are united, we are persistent, and we …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud

… actors who prey upon our most vulnerable citizens and steal from hardworking American taxpayers,” said Attorney General … fraudulently obtained at least approximately $51,474 from the fraudulent PPP applications, sought at least approximately $12,391 from at least one fraudulent EIDL application, and obtained …
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Law Enforcement Operation Results in 25 Arrests for Drug-trafficking Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

… that involved more than 200 law enforcement officers from multiple local and federal agencies. “This operation … removed a large number of armed and dangerous drug dealers from the streets of our community,” said U.S. Attorney … 200 law enforcement officers were involved in the operation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and …
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Fourth Defendant Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with Poisoning of Four Children at a Bronx Daycare

… even as the children he abandoned inside were suffering from his poisonous trade.  As I vowed in the wake of this … this proliferating threat.” As alleged in the Complaint: From at least in or about July 2023 through at least in or …
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Eight Defendants, Including a Brooklyn Medical Doctor, And Three Pharmacists, Charged with Illegally Distributing More Than 1.2 Million Oxycodone Pills

… will continue to vigorously pursue those who steal from government health care programs for personal gain.” … practitioners to move these dangerous and addictive pills from pharmacies to our neighborhoods,” stated BNE Director … emergency room visits. More than 16,000 Americans died from prescription opioid overdoses in 2020. Oxycodone …
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Leader of Savannah-Area Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison

… a threat of illegal drugs and its attendant violence from our community,” said U.S. Attorney Steinberg. “We will … to coordinate our efforts to protect our neighborhoods from dangerous drugs.” Operation Deadlier Catch, as … greater Savannah area. The operation, led by investigators from the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. …
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Seventeen Charged and Twelve Arrested in Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad, New Mexico

… and other court records, in February of 2022, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Pecos … and 50 grams and more of methamphetamine, smuggling goods from the United States and conspiracy thereto; attempt to … four kilograms of fentanyl, 31 firearms, and $75,000 from the drug trafficking organization. “This is a violent …
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DEA, FBI and SPD operation across Puget Sound Region leads to the arrest of 36 subjects involved in a violent drug trafficking organization

… criminal groups operating throughout the Puget Sound Region from pushing dangerous drugs onto our communities’ most … face a variety of drug and gun charges. The penalties range from five years in prison to a maximum of life in prison … searches and arrests involved agents and officers from: DEA, FBI, ATF, HSI, USMS,  SPD, Auburn Police …
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New York News 2008

July 15, 2021
… of Mexican Cocaine Cartel Extradited to The United States From Mexico on Narcotics Trafficking Charges September 4, … Heroin Importation Ring Extradited to United States from Colombia August 27, 2008 Nine Arrested for Violation of …
July 15, 2021
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New York News 2007

July 15, 2021
… Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine Into The United States From Colombia November 30, 2007 Curaçao-Based Cocaine … 5, 2007 Heroin Kingpin – First Defendant Ever Extradited From Afghanistan – Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To …
July 15, 2021
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Two Colombian Drug Traffickers Charged With Smuggling Narcotics To New York Aboard Famed Spanish Navy Ship

… was apprehended outside the city. The arrests resulted from close collaboration between the Office of the Special … Service assisted in the investigation. Narcotics smuggled from Colombia to New York City - A long-term wiretap … Siado-Alvarez oversaw a major international drug operation from their base in Cartagena, Colombia. As part of the …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day with Extended Museum Hours

… Museum will extend its operating hours this coming Thursday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. to commemorate National Fentanyl … died of a drug overdose or poisoning in 2024. Per the CDC, from March 2024 to March 2025, drug related overdose deaths decreased approximately 25 percent from the same previous 12-month period. While this news is …
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DEA Announces 5,456 Drug-Related Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania in 2017

… per 100,000 people and a 64% increase in overdose deaths from 2015 to 2017. The DEA Philadelphia Division will be … opioid misuse data sources. A summary of key findings from the upcoming report indicates that heroin sourced from Mexican transnational criminal organizations presents a …
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Two Passaic County Men Plead Guilty to Illegal Money Transmitting Scheme

… aiding and abetting an illegal money transmitting business. From April 2017 through March 2019, Erickson Checo-Almonte … checks at local bank branches in New Jersey and elsewhere. From November 2016 through August 2017, Abreu-Diaz accepted …
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Two Hunterdon County women sentenced for distributing opioids

… imposed the sentences today in Trenton federal court. From April 2016 through December 2017, Rios, Call and Call’s … the pills to Marie DeJulia, 42, of Lodi, New Jersey, from Call’s and Rios’ Flemington residences for resale. The …
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Distributor of More than 100 Pounds of Fentanyl Sentenced to Almost Six Years in Prison

… total, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents seized from Renteria 49.1 kilograms (108.2 pounds) of fentanyl; … this year. “The quantity of fentanyl DEA agents seized from Ernesto Renteria is disturbing,” said DEA Acting … drugs prior to distribution, many Americans could have died from a fentanyl overdose.  The DEA will continue to …
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Local trafficker distributing methamphetamine in North San Diego County sentenced to 10 years

… for a one-year period, he obtained bulk methamphetamine from a broker in Mexico and subsequently sold smaller … obtained pound quantities of methamphetamine each month from his methamphetamine supplier in Mexico. “San Diego … U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer praised federal agents from the DEA, the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal …
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Utica men sentenced for drug trafficking conspiracy

… possess with intent to distribute cocaine in the Utica area from October 2016 to October 2017. The jury also found … fingerprints on some of the drug packaging material seized from the stash location. The cocaine base Peralta possessed … Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with assistance from the New York State Police, Oneida County Sheriff’s …
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Niagara Falls man sentenced for involvement in multi-million dollar heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl conspiracy

… Williams to assist Williams with receiving drug shipments from California, distributing the drugs, and collecting … Sonia Hernandez, to receive kilograms of cocaine.   From July 15, 2014, through March 18, 2015, Lucas received …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, 2019

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take Back Day is a unique …
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Four Arrested for Alleged Drug Trafficking in Las Vegas

… of illegal synthetic drugs and firearms. Special Agents from the DEA and investigators assigned to the Tulare County … in California and Las Vegas, NV. On March 22, 2022, agents from the DEA in Las Vegas, along with assistance from investigators assigned to the Tulare County HIDTA …
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison For Illegally Possessing Firearms

… in Bridgeport.  At the time of his arrest, officers seized from Vasquez several fictious driver’s licenses from several states, each with Vasquez’s picture and a … Georgia in June 2019.  In late 2019, the gun was recovered from an SUV outside of a Waterbury nightclub, and the …
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Missouri Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Healthcare Fraud

… Judge E. Richard Webber sentenced on Thursday a doctor from Town and Country, Missouri, to a year in prison for a … only by prescription. The Naushads concealed their actions from patients, employees and publicly-funded health … programs by, among other things, stonewalling questions from their chief of purchasing. After a shipment of foreign, …
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St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty in Case Involving Overdose Death

… District Court Judge John A. Ross accepted a plea of guilty from Markquis Bryant Feb. 28 for the crime of distribution … were able to determine that the victim had purchased from Bryant the fentanyl that caused the overdose on March … an undercover operation in which fentanyl was purchased from Bryant at his residence in the 5300 block of Queens …