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Thirty-Four Individuals Indicted in Eastern Washington

… in approximately 2018 and spanned multiple jurisdictions from various locations in Washington State, to include … have also been charged with laundering the proceeds made from these illicit ventures. Upon release of the conspiracy … as this one, which has removed illegal drugs and firearms from our community and illegal narcotics from the Bureau of …
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Ten Alleged Members Of Sunland Park Heroin Trafficking Ring Facing Federal Narcotics Trafficking Charges

… of Sunland Park, N.M., that allegedly obtained its heroin from Juan Francisco Rivera, 60, of El Paso, Texas.  The … routinely supplied Muñoz with heroin, in quantities ranging from two to nine ounces, which was smuggled by couriers into … to the criminal complaint, DEA seized 7.2 ounces of heroin from the vehicle in which Rivera and Tovar were traveling …
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MS-13 Gang Members Indicted For Six Murders On Long Island

… partners, will not rest until violent gangs are eradicated from the communities they have terrorized.” Mr. DuCharme … another step forward in eradicating the vicious MS-13 gangs from our communities which ultimately ensures the safety of … Ventura- Zelaya, and allegedly fired all nine rounds from the gun, striking and killing Ventura- Zelaya. Murder …
GENERAL INFORMATION

Operation Engage Anchorage

March 28, 2025
… Engage Anchorage has moved to Spokane Welcome Letter from Frank Tarentino, Special Agent in Charge of the Seattle … Alaska Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology , from 2019 to 2020, fentanyl overdose-deaths increased 193% … drug overdoses in Alaska in 2020.   According to DHSS data from 2018-2019, heroin-related deaths in Alaska increased …
March 28, 2025
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Europol/DEA Announce Joint Report on Mexican Cartels

December 31, 2024
… and their methods. Drug trafficking operations benefit from a number of different actors, such as brokers, cooks, … working together to traffic methamphetamine and cocaine from Latin America to the EU. DEA is committed to the …
December 31, 2024
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DEA and DHS Issue Joint Update on Sources of Illicit Xylazine

September 22, 2023
… human use entering the U.S. in several ways—in solid form from China and other countries, in liquid form either diverted from veterinary supply chains or packaged to resemble a …
September 22, 2023
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Cartels and Gangs in Chicago

June 01, 2017
… Chicago’s crime problem is a steady supply of drugs from Mexican drug cartels, most notably the Sinaloa Cartel. Illicit drugs flow from Mexico to Chicago via a loosely associated network of …
June 01, 2017
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2017 National Drug Threat Assessment

October 01, 2017
… public health data; open source reporting; and intelligence from other government agencies to determine which substances … homicide. In 2015, approximately 140 people died every day from drug poisoning (see Figure 1). DIR-040-17_2017-NDTA.pdf …
October 01, 2017
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Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

… came together once again to protect our communities from prescription misuse by safely disposing of 663,725 … more than 17 million pounds of unnecessary medications from communities across the country. For more than a decade, … their homes of unneeded medications to protect loved ones from deadly drugs and drug poisonings,” said DEA …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Last April, during its 11th …
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Arizona Man Pleads Guilty to His Role in Conspiracies to Distribute Fentanyl and Narcotics and to Launder the Proceeds

… organized multi-kilogram deliveries of fentanyl and cocaine from California to Massachusetts. The kilograms were driven by tractor trailer from the area of Ontario, Calif., to Massachusetts. In … witness to pick up drug proceeds in Massachusetts from two co-defendants, with approximately $600,000 in drug …
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DEA Announces New Los Angeles Field Division Special Agent in Charge

… of DEA remain committed to safeguarding our communities from global criminal networks, drug cartels, and narcotics … Special Agent in Charge of the DEA L.A. Field Division, from 2022 to 2025. In April 2024, he was selected as Acting …
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New Haven Man Sentenced to More Than 23 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Possession Offenses

… and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction. According to court … who died after ingesting the drug.  Franco was released from federal prison in December 2020. In 2021, the U.S. … $300,000 in cash. Subsequent analysis of cellphones seized from Franco revealed hundreds of videos depicting Franco’s …
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Member of Violent Bridgeport Gang Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison

… customers, and others, sold narcotics, and stole cars from inside and outside Connecticut, often using the cars to … a gunpoint robbery of the Citgo in Stratford, taking cash from the store and a cellphone from a store employee.  They stole three other cars that …
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Hobbs Woman Sentenced for High-Speed Chase that led to Fentanyl and Meth Bust

… attempted a second traffic stop, however the driver fled from officers over the Texas border. Deputies from the Yoakum County Sheriff's Office located the vehicle and began to pursue from Yoakum County into Gaines County where the Gaines …
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Chief Lieutenant Of Drug Trafficking Crew In Central Massachusetts Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

… large quantities of cocaine through packages mailed from Puerto Rico to addresses used by the DTO and mailed … for coordinating the receipt of packages of narcotics from Puerto Rico; negotiating with suppliers; transporting fentanyl as well as drug proceeds to and from customers and suppliers; and packaging fentanyl for …
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Two Money Couriers For Colombian-Based Drug Money Laundering Organization Sentenced

… laundered more than $6 million in drug trafficking proceeds from Colombian cartels through the United States, Caribbean … imposed sentences. The defendants were among 20 individuals from Colombia, Jamaica and Florida who were indicted by a … Over the course of the investigation, $1 million was seized from corporate bank accounts and other investigative …
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Nearly 40 Pounds of Heroin and Fentanyl Seized in the Bronx: Three Indicted

… seizure of nearly 40 pounds of alleged heroin and fentanyl from a large-scale narcotics packaging operation in the … recovered approximately 19 kilograms of heroin and fentanyl from the apartments and a vehicle. The DEA estimates the … that remove bulk shipments of deadly fentanyl-laced heroin from the drug market before they hit the streets have never …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… 36 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from Communities between May and September NEW ORLEANS – The … the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl … is equivalent to more than 36 million lethal doses removed from the illegal drug supply. Additionally, 338 weapons were …
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Two Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with the Poisoning of Four Children at a Bronx Daycare

… are unacceptable.  I commend the work of the investigators from the DEA and NYPD and our partners at the Southern … work tirelessly every single day to stop drug poisonings from taking too many lives too soon.”  NYPD Police …
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Operation Oxy-Concourse: NY Attorney General’s Office and DEA take down narcotics distribution ring in New York City

… is destroying our communities, we must tackle the issue from every angle and this investigation is our latest effort … purchased prescriptions for large amounts of oxycodone from over a dozen sources in and around Kings County, and … Esteban Almonte would then distribute the oxycodone, mainly from within the High Class Barberi in Bronx County, where …
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Operation Hotline Bling

… Morales (571) 387-6555 photo1-Operation-Hotline-Bling-meth-from-vehicle.jpg … Office and the Riverside Police Department, with assistance from the United States Postal Inspection Service, initiated … of the U.S. Marshall Service and is awaiting transport from the Eastern District of California to the Central …
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Former Union General Hospital CEO and two Blairsville doctors sentenced to federal prison for illegally prescribing and obtaining pain pills

… among law enforcement agencies keeps drug users and dealers from hiding across state lines to conduct their illegal … County, North Carolina. “An excellent job was done by all, from the local level, to the state level and at the federal …
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Former Head of Gulf Cartel Receives Life Sentence for Importing Kilos of Drugs

… Mexican national who was head of Cartel del Golfo (CDG) from 2003 to 2012 has been ordered to serve life in prison … his role in conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana from Mexico into the United States, announced Drug … trafficking leaders like Costilla-Sanchez are not immune from facing stiff punishments,” said Special Agent in Charge …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

… and internationally, to protect Florida’s communities from being harmed and destroyed.”    The Justice Department … “Menchito,” and second in command of CJNG, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on charges of alleged drug … Florida Medical Examiners.  Fentanyl, increasingly sourced from Mexico, caused more deaths than any other drug.  …
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Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Narcotics Trafficking Charges

… to distribute heroin in Bernalillo and Santa Fe Counties from Sept. 2012 through Dec. 2013.  It also charged Gene … and property and assets obtained directly or indirectly from the commission of the crimes alleged in the … 2012 and Dec. 12, 2013, he received heroin on consignment from a co-conspirator and redistributed the heroin in …
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Over 30 Arrested In Heroin And Gun Trafficking Sweep

… As a result, more than 38 “bricks” of heroin were purchased from Stevenson and his associates. A “brick” contains … revealed that Stevenson obtained most of the heroin he sold from Uwenzen Jenkins, 39, of West Orange. On July 1, 2011, … July 21, 2011, Stevenson sold two assault rifles, obtained from Leroy Taylor, to an undercover officer in the parking …
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Seventeen Defendants Facing Federal Narcotics Or Firearms Charges Alleging Nexus Of Guns And Drugs In Chicago

… and Mendez obtained kilogram quantities of narcotics from Arguijo on Sept. 3 and Nov. 26, 2012, and from Valencia-Pantoja on Nov. 30, including the cocaine that … of illegal weapons and narcotics in our communities from every angle,” said Garry F. McCarthy, Superintendent of …
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DEA News: Huge Synthetic Drug Takedown

… DEA has identified between 200 and 300 new designers drugs from eight different structural classes, the vast majority … (see B-roll video link below) Chemists and other scientists from DEA’s Office of Forensic Science, as well as CBP …   B-roll from Project Synergy Phase II is available at: …
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Nine Members Of Major Narcotics Ring Extending Throughout Manhattan, The Bronx, And New Jersey Indicted On Conspiracy And Drug-Related Charges

… four years, he evaded drug distribution charges stemming from alleged hand to hand sales to multiple kilogram sales, … filed in court and statements made on the record in court, from July 2012 to March 2015, the defendants engaged in a … significant quantities of cocaine and using proceeds from drug sales to further finance the acquisition of a …