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Fourteen Members of Major Drug Organization that Trafficked Hundreds of Kilograms of Cocaine and Fentanyl Sentenced

… crime.” According to court documents and court proceedings, from 2017 to 2022, the defendants were members of a large … shows that the DTO had ties to, and was directly supplied from, the Sinaloa and CJNG cartels. According to court …
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Members of Mexican Cartel Pipeline Indicted on Charges of Distributing Large Quantities of Fentanyl in Adams County

… networks and their supply chain. This includes everyone from the suppliers of precursor chemicals to the … on this case, to prevent this number of narcotics from reaching the streets of Adams and Broomfield Counties. …
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Nine Lubbock Cocaine Dealers Charged

… federal operation organized by the DEA with assistance from local, state and federal law enforcement partners.  … the DEA and the Lubbock Police Department with assistance from the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office, the Bureau of …
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Ft. Worth Doctors Leave Patients Wasted and Dazed in a Pill Mill Operation; 49 Arrested

… allegedly used a network of recruiters to enlist “patients” from the community and local homeless shelters.  Recruiters … to $200 cash, to obtain controlled substance prescriptions from Dr. Capistrano and Dr. Noel.  The recruiters – who paid …
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21 Members of Multi-State Fentanyl, Meth and Cocaine Trafficking Ring Arrested

… large amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl from Kevin Backstrom, 56, of Los Angeles and another … with intent to distribute. Law enforcement officers from 22 different agencies served search and arrest warrants …
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Richland Physician Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Medically Unnecessary Fentanyl Patches, Opioid Pills and Other Controlled Substances

… substances. Text messages recovered by investigators from Arnold’s and Mata’s phones demonstrated that Dr. Arnold … informant, posing as a patient, sought treatment from Dr. Arnold for a headache. The confidential informant’s …
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20 gang members charged for drug trafficking and firearms violations in Puerto Rico

… the success of this operation.” The indictment alleges that from in or about the year 2015, to the date of the return of … detection. Some co-conspirators would collect the profits from the drug trafficking sales and travel within the …
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DEA Announces Arrests Of Two Former U.S. Soldiers And One Former German Soldier For Conspiracy To Murder A DEA Agent

… were hardened global criminals involved in everything from drug and arms trafficking to contract assassinations. … in today's Indictment read like they were ripped from the pages of a Tom Clancy novel. The charges tell a …
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Brooklyn Doctor Indicted In Illegal Sales Of Over 200 Painkiller Prescriptions: Pills Worth $700,000 On Black Market

… and New York City’s Human Resource (HRA), with assistance from the New York State Health Department’s Bureau of … for both distributing a very harmful drug and taking funds from a government program that provides medicines to those …
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Guilty Pleas For Two Mexican Nationals In Conspiracy To Acquire “Stinger” Missile And Other Military-Grade Weapons

… weapons payment. "The guilty pleas and conviction resulting from this investigation were the result of the highly … weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons, from falling into the hands of a Mexican drug cartel. I …
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DEA Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

… nationwide between Jan. 12 and Feb. 10. In 30 days, agents from the five state DEA Omaha Field Division, encompassing … communities safer.  “We may live several hundred miles from the Southern border, but the fentanyl found in our … continue to make memories and communities are protected from the scourge of synthetic opioids. Visit  …
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10 Drug Dealers Handed Lengthy Sentences for Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine throughout Indiana

… significant quantities of dangerous drugs and firearms from our streets.” “These sentences send a clear message: if you profit from pumping fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine into our … prison sentences remove both the dealers and their drugs from our streets — and that makes our communities safer. …
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Congressional Affairs

January 22, 2026
… Wanted for Serious Crimes Transferred to the United States from Mexico, Including Leaders of Foreign Terrorist … transfer cannot be overstated. 37 fugitives were brought from Mexico to the United States to face justice for alleged …
January 22, 2026
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Lone American Living in Tukwila Indicted in International Drug Trafficking Investigation Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

… Conspiracy Drugs Seized During Investigation that Stretched from Seattle to Mexico to Colombia Fentanyl seized in Kent. … in prison. Just over a year ago, law enforcement teams from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Seattle … Attaché in Bogotá provided critical assistance. The cases from this investigation are being prosecuted by Assistant …
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Authorities Arrest Seven This Morning In Connection With Liquid/Crystal Methamphetamine Distribution Operation In The Odessa Area

… deputies seized approximately 3.5 pounds of methamphetamine from Henry Andrade, Sr. and Monica Berumen Lopez following a … methamphetamine was in the process of being converted from liquid into crystal form; the other pound was in …
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Media Spotlight

January 14, 2026
… of Nicolás Maduro. Watch the full interview Joint Statement from the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of …
January 14, 2026
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WANTED: REWARD OF UP TO $5 MILLION

January 22, 2025
… customer ordered approximately 25 kilograms of 4-ANPP from Yip’s companies.  The parties agreed that the fentanyl …
January 22, 2025
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Who We Are

December 20, 2024
… and we work together as one team to keep Americans safe from dangerous drugs and those that traffic in them. On …
December 20, 2024
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Phoenix News 2007

July 15, 2021
… Gangs November 2, 2007 Two Mexican Nationals Extradited from Mexico Found Guilty in Naco, Ariz. Drug Tunnel Case …
July 15, 2021
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San Diego News 2008

July 15, 2021
… Money Launderer Extradited April 28, 2008 Three Extradited from Colombia to Face Drug Charges April 25, 2008 …
July 15, 2021
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Tallahassee Man Sentenced for Drug Distribution & Firearms Charges

… of drug distribution. The defendant is legally barred from possessing firearms as a multi-time convicted felon, … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Arrests/Convictions …
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Illegal Alien who Shot at DEA Agents Charged with Attempted Murder of a Federal Officer

… effort to choke off the flow of fentanyl at every level- from transnational criminal organizations to street-level … of fentanyl on Feb. 24, 2026. According to court documents, from Jan. 30, 2026, through Feb. 24, 2026, Valenzuela Lopez …
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Tallahassee Man Sentenced for Drug Distribution Conspiracy & Illegal Weapons Charges

… Take Back America that our communities would be liberated from the scourge of drugs and criminal violence that has … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Drug Trafficking …
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Tallahassee Man Receives 10 Years in Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

… On April 2, 2025, DEA observed the defendant traveling from Dothan, Alabama into Tallahassee, Florida. The Leon … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Arrests/Convictions …
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Pensacola Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Narcotics and Firearm Charges

… toward removing the peddlers of deadly drugs and violence from our communities. The citizens of the Northern District … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Drug Trafficking …
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Pensacola Fentanyl Trafficker Pleads Guilty in Federal Court

… we deploy every federal resource possible to eliminate it from our streets. Sheriff Chip Simmons and the Escambia … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime, human and drug …
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Large-scale Bessemer, AL Drug Trafficking Ring Indicted

… to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. The Alabama HSTF comprises agents and officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security …
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Four Charged in Connection with Drug Distribution Scheme Involving Cocaine and Firearms

… to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Seattle comprises agents and officers from Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of …
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Florida Man Sentenced to 13 Years for Leading a Fairbanks Drug Trafficking Organization

… 13 years paying his debt to society.” “Mr. Wilson moved from Florida to Alaska intending to operate a drug … District Office investigated the case, with assistance from the North Pole Police Department, Fairbanks Police …
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Northwest Indiana Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Meth, Cocaine Trafficking

… cocaine on several occasions in Dolton, Illinois, and Gary, from May 2023 and March 2024. Porras Jr. has a prior … High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, with assistance from the DEA’s North Central Laboratory.  The  case was …