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DEA/NTF Arrest 10 Suspects; Indictment Unsealed

… with illegally transporting and importing firearms from the state of Arizona into the state of California, … pistol. The weapons were then sold to undercover agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA) in San Diego. In Count 3 of … purchased a black 2009 Cadillac Escalade with funds derived from unlawful activity; specifically, that Morquecho …
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Feds Seize Longest Tunnel On California-Mexico Border

… probably longer due to its zig-zagging route. It stretches from a house in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico to an … systems, lights and a sophisticated large elevator leading from the tunnel into a closet inside the Tijuana residence. … Agent in Charge William R. Sherman. “Historically, seizures from drug tunnels have been marijuana and small amounts of …
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Key Leader Of South American Drug Cartel Sentenced To Thirty-Four Years In Prison

… Renteria, 41, is one of three men who were extradited from Colombia following an undercover investigation into a … with locating ships and planes to take tons of cocaine from South America to Mexico for further distribution into the United States; and from South America to Africa and Europe. One of the drug …
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Former President Of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Laundering Millions Of Dollars Through United States Banks

… States.  Portillo, who served as the President of Guatemala from January 14, 2000 to January 14, 2004, arrived in the … may have thought his position of power prevented him from having to answer for accepting multi-million dollar …
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Former President Of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court For Laundering Millions Of Dollars Through United States Banks

… States.  Portillo, who served as the President of Guatemala from January 14, 2000 to January 14, 2004, arrived in the … office as a siphon to extract millions of dollars in bribes from Taiwan.  Today he has been sentenced to a lengthy …
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Large-Scale Fentanyl Packaging Mill Dismantled in the Bronx: 11 Arrested and Indicted

… of potentially lethal doses of suspected fentanyl/heroin from hitting the streets. The NYDETF comprises agents and … said, “This investigation highlights potential dangers from a fentanyl/heroin packaging mill operating in a … arrested as they fled the scene of a crime.  They all ran from an active fentanyl mill filled with hundreds of …
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Multiple cases lead to arrests of five doctors, one pharmacist, one nurse practitioner and three others

… of 10 defendants with illegally distributing oxycodone. “From drug cartels to street distributors, law enforcement is … James J. Hunt. "As a result of separate investigations from three DEA offices, five doctors, a pharmacist, a nurse …
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Multi-agency Investigation Targets Methamphetamine And Firearm Trafficking In Southeastern New Mexico

… violate the federal narcotics trafficking and firearms laws from May 2017 through Oct. 2017 in Eddy and Chaves Counties … including the quantities of methamphetamine - ranging from multiple ounces to five pounds - allegedly distributed … committed to keeping New Mexico’s smaller communities safe from drug trafficking organizations that think they can go …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
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Colombian National Extradited to Houston to face Narco-Terrorism and International Cocaine Distribution Charges

… and distributing kilogram quantities of cocaine from Colombia, announced Drug Enforcement Administration … (Ejército de Liberación Nacional aka ELN), was extradited from Colombia and is now in Houston. He will make his … member believed to have facilitated cocaine distribution from Colombia, is now on American soil to face justice.” …
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State lawmaker indicted for stem cell fraud scheme, illegally distributing prescription drugs

… of our ability to ensure these individuals are prevented from risking lives within our communities.” Wire Fraud … total of nearly $200,000 in the fraud scheme, which lasted from December 2018 to May 2020. During this time, Derges … which she marketed under the name Regenerative Biologics, from the University of Utah. Derges advertised Ozark Valley …
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Founder of New York Narcotics Delivery Service Sentenced to 150 Months in Prison for Causing Three Overdose Deaths

… to combating organized crime and protecting our communities from the dangers of drug trafficking.” According to the … to deliver cocaine to the customer.  During its operation from March 2018 to September 2021, the Cab Louie Delivery … Abisada with a car to deliver cocaine.  Tejada profited from the business throughout its three-plus years of …
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Defendants Sentenced for Drug Trafficking that Resulted in Two Deaths

… between ALLEN and FRASIER, photographs and a note retrieved from ALLEN’s cellphone, and Cash App and Venmo records, … of Joshua Skip Zinner on or about March 9, 2023, resulted from the use of cocaine laced with fentanyl that he had purchased from the ALLEN and FRASIER drug conspiracy. At sentencing, …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 23 years in Prison

… in Roswell, New Mexico, and launder the proceeds from their drug trafficking activity. Sanchez admitted to … $10,000 to the dealership. On Aug. 10, 2020, Sanchez fled from law enforcement after hiding a dogfood bag filled with … legally possess firearms or ammunition. Upon his release from prison, Sanchez will be subject to five years of …
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2.5 Tons of Methamphetamine and 100,000 Fentanyl Pills Interdicted

… fentanyl pills into the United States.  The charge arises from a January 29, 2021 seizure by Mexico’s Secretaría de … a tidal wave of fentanyl and methamphetamine being pushed from Mexico into the United States,” said DEA Special Agent … timely and significant arrests, and stopping deadly drugs from flooding our streets.” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea …
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National healthcare fraud takedown results in charges against over 600 individuals, including several Chicago-area medical professionals

… is a betrayal of vulnerable patients, and often it is theft from the taxpayer,” said Attorney General Sessions. “In many … nurses, and pharmacists take advantage of people suffering from drug addiction in order to line their pockets. These … federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers from across America who made this possible. By every measure …
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National healthcare fraud takedown results in charges against over 600 individuals, including several Chicago-area medical professionals

… is a betrayal of vulnerable patients, and often it is theft from the taxpayer,” said Attorney General Sessions. “In many … nurses, and pharmacists take advantage of people suffering from drug addiction in order to line their pockets. These … federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers from across America who made this possible. By every measure …
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Member Of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

… imported large amounts of cocaine, marijuana and heroin from Mexico into the United States.  The indictment alleged … places in the United States, and smuggled drug proceeds from the United States to Mexico.  According to the …
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Investigation Of Alleged Chicago-Based Drug Trafficking Ring Results In 38 Defendants Federally Charged

… in Chicago, Cincinnati and New York who obtained narcotics from the Chicago-based group and others.  Twenty defendants … yesterday at the residences of six defendants stretching from the far south side to the north side of the city. DEA … the Blount-Bridges organization obtained heroin and cocaine from several different sources of supply, including a …
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22 Charged, 7 Arrested In Major Los Angeles Strike Force Investigation

… - A major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was … hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin from Mexico into the United States. The narcotics were … via a network of cartel associates, and the proceeds from the domestic narcotics sales were then funneled back to …
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Operators Of Bogus Medical Clinics Charged In Conspiracy To Divert Massive Amounts Of Prescription Narcotics To The Black Market

… grand jury allege that members of the conspiracy profited from illicit prescriptions that were issued without any … supplied corrupt doctors in exchange for kickbacks derived from proceeds generated when the other sham clinics created … deter the investigation. After a load of Vicodin was seized from one of the conspiracy’s major customers, Matosyan …
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Leader Of Azusa Street Gang Involved In Drug Trafficking And Hate Crimes Sentenced To Nearly 20 Years

… would use violence in order to prevent African-Americans from moving into the City,” according to the indictment. … to aggressively defend those rights, and those residents, from harm.” Rios confirmed in court that members of the … racist incidents alleged in the indictment spanned a period from 1992 until May 2010, when an African-American high …
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Life In Prison For Racketeering Kingpin

… nightclub in upper Manhattan. Rodriguez watched this murder from the safety of a nearby pool hall and later informed a … in the theft of a relatively small amount of marijuana from one of Rodriguez-Perez’s stash houses. In the shooting … return that firearm and, in spite, ensured that Perez died from a shot fired by the same weapon.   Marino Molina, on …
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Orlando Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring and Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Heroin

… at the same designated location and purchased narcotics from him. This occurred on six different dates and resulted … Santos-Garcia, at an address on Brosche Road in Orlando from which the co-defendants were distributing narcotics in … Administration Orlando District Office, with assistance from the Orlando Police Department. It is being prosecuted …
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High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Extradited to Atlanta to Face Cocaine Trafficking Charges

… - (910) 815-4513 ATLANTA – Following his extradition from Mexico to the United States, Roberto Najera Gutierrez, … responsible for distributing massive amounts of cocaine from South America and through Mexico that were intended to … working with the Sinaloa Cartel to transport cocaine from South America to Mexico for importation into the United …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76 percent of pills tested just two years prior in FY … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5 percent during the same time period. These …
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Lawrence man faces 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to operating major fentanyl trafficking organization

… employed numerous individuals to sell fentanyl to customers from various New England states, including New Hampshire. … “Brian” and that most of the organization’s customers came from New Hampshire.  Distributors knew to identify customers … to as “the base” and dispatchers staffed “the base” from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily. Dispatchers took orders …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown: Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible For $1.3 Billion In Fraud

… to come.” “Last year, an estimated 59,000 Americans died from a drug overdose, many linked to the misuse of … the fight against heath care fraud to stop those who steal from the government and deceive the American public.” … is a reprehensible crime.  It not only represents a theft from taxpayers who fund these vital programs, but impacts …
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DEA Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Data

January 22, 2025
… 2010 to 2022 (Inclusive) Data Unit: Each Record is Data from a Single Analyzed DEA Laboratory Exhibit Source of … State: State where obtained. The DEA aggregated data from the four states of ND, NE, SD and WY to safely address the risk of privacy disclosure resulting from a low volume of data.   Limitations Please be advised …
January 22, 2025