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United States seeks forfeiture of real estate in Mexico purchased by cartel leader Rafael Caro Quintero with proceeds of his drug trafficking organization

October 23, 2019
… properties Caro Quintero purchased with blood money reaped from the drug trafficking, addiction and violence he sowed … of methamphetamine and multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from Mexico to the United States. As part of its … law enforcement learned that Caro Quintero used proceeds from the sale of illegal narcotics to purchase real estate …
October 23, 2019
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‘Mayor of Mexico’ is sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in operating a multi-million dollar Continuing Criminal Enterprise

August 14, 2019
… of approximately $420,000 in U.S. currency. The cash seized from the tractor­-trailer was money collected from the sale of heroin and cocaine in the Buffalo area that … operation. After Gil's arrest, the money obtained from drugs sales in Buffalo and other East Coast cities was …
August 14, 2019
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Meriden Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Cocaine Trafficking Offenses

March 02, 2025
… possession charges.  On that date investigators seized from Acevedo approximately 390 grams of cocaine and $281,000 … investigators made two controlled purchases of cocaine from Acevedo. Acevedo was arrested on a federal criminal … with several visitors at his home and receiving a paper bag from one visitor who was a known drug associate.  Acevedo …
March 02, 2025
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Springfield Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine While on Supervised Release

December 08, 2024
… and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction. According to court … supervised release for trafficking heroin.  He was released from federal prison in April 2021. In July 2022, the Drug … the drug trafficking organization was receiving narcotics from sources in California via Mexico, and using Suarez’s …
December 08, 2024
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Meriden Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking Offenses

September 16, 2024
… possession charges.  On that date investigators seized from Acevedo approximately 390 grams of cocaine and $281,000 … investigators made two controlled purchases of cocaine from Acevedo. Acevedo was arrested on a federal criminal … with several visitors at his home and receiving a paper bag from one visitor who was a known drug associate.  Acevedo …
September 16, 2024
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California Man Sentenced to 24 Years for Trafficking 33+ Kilograms of Methamphetamine and 3+ Kilograms of Fentanyl

November 30, 2022
… for distributing multiple kilograms of methamphetamine from California into North Carolina. Court records show that … to purchase multiple kilograms of methamphetamine from Laveaga’s DTO. During the investigation, Laveaga’s … transported approximately 20 kilograms of methamphetamine from California to the Charlotte area. On other occasions, …
November 30, 2022
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Lead Defendant Sentenced in Burke County Drug Trafficking Investigation

August 15, 2022
… collaborative efforts will continue to identify and remove from our communities those who would drive violent crime … as the DEA developed information about cocaine trafficking from Mexico, through California to Atlanta, and then … primarily to distributors in Burke County. Investigators from the Burke County Sheriff’s Office then worked with the …
August 15, 2022
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Three Men Charged Following Seizure of Over 221 Kilograms of Methamphetamine

October 21, 2021
… these dangerous drugs and the crime associated with them from ruining lives.” “The dangerousness of this type of … to stopping that danger and keeping this community safe from the criminal organizations that are involved in … Officers arranged a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from a suspected drug broker. On September 30, 2021, the …
October 21, 2021
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Defendants in major Statesboro drug trafficking investigation enter guilty pleas

February 04, 2019
… 27 Alfred Anthony Woods, 28 Noah Quinn Pope, 25 Agreements from Oliver and Bishop also include admitting illegal … much safer because these drug traffickers have been removed from the streets.” “Securing admissions of guilt from all of the defendants in this operation represents an …
February 04, 2019
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 17, 2024
… a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from 6 out of 10 pills in 2022 and 4 out of 10 pills in … lives lost.  Nearly 70% of these drug poisonings are from fentanyl.     DEA has responded to this unprecedented … both. These Counter Threat Teams draw on the intelligence from our  334 offices around the world to map the cartels’ …
January 17, 2024
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 17, 2024
… a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from 4 out of 10 pills in 2021 and 6 out of 10 pills in … lives lost.  Nearly 70% of these drug poisonings are from fentanyl.    DEA has responded to this unprecedented … both. These Counter Threat Teams draw on the intelligence from our 334 offices around the world to map the cartels’ …
January 17, 2024
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Waterbury Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Federal Prison

January 04, 2024
… boxed Bluetooth speakers and shipped through the U.S. mail from Puerto Rico to multiple addresses in Waterbury.  … Santiago-Miranda was a frequent mailer of cocaine parcels from Puerto Rico to Waterbury and was also the recipient of … at the time of his arrest. In total, law enforcement seized from Rodriguez a total of $455,308.83 in cash and from a …
January 04, 2024
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Former Federal Officer Receives More Charges for Alien Smuggling

December 29, 2023
… to be several kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Mexico through the Laredo POE without inspection.  If … Responsibility conducted the investigation with assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Border Patrol, … the rise in prolific and dangerous smuggling emanating from Central America and impacting our border communities. …
December 29, 2023
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Pilot Involved in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison

December 21, 2023
… others to transport approximately 1700 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the U.S.  On August 6, 2016, Sanchez … Casas flew a private jet, which was registered in the U.S., from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine …
December 21, 2023
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San Jose Doctor Convicted of Twelve Counts of Illegally Prescribing Opioids

June 22, 2023
… substance medications in just the one-year period from May 2016 to May 2017.  An investigation ensued in 2017 … as patients.  The undercover agents received prescriptions from Siao despite complaining of only vaguely of pain or … had been lost or stolen, despite Siao receiving an alert from E.J.’s insurer regarding her opioid prescriptions and …
June 22, 2023
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Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Non-U.S. Citizens Resulting in Migrant’s Death

May 11, 2023
… transport, and harbor undocumented immigrants into the U.S. from Mexico through Hudspeth County from on or about November 2019 through on or about August … based on the rise in prolific and dangerous smuggling from and through Central America and impacting our border …
May 11, 2023
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30 Charged in Ft. Worth Meth Distribution Ring

October 15, 2020
… Wednesday in “Operation Ice Tank.” Five were bonded over from state custody and four remain fugitives. All 30 were … laboratories cannot be tolerated.  The DEA and our partners from Fort Worth, Haltom City, and North Richland Hills, remain committed to neighborhoods free from the scourge of illicit drugs.” During this week’s …
October 15, 2020
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Large-Scale Drug Traffickers Convicted by Federal Jury

November 10, 2022
… ran a large-scale drug trafficking organization, spanning from Mexico to El Paso and on to Atlanta, from 2002 to 2019. In the early 2000s, Sanchez-Morales … form. The liquid methamphetamine would cross the border from Juarez, Mexico into El Paso, and then was transported …
November 10, 2022
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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

May 10, 2019
… States. Biondo is an Italian national who was extradited from Spain and made an initial appearance in federal court … of 400 kilograms. In June 2014, the first sailboat departed from Grenada to the designated coordinates to receive the … intercepted communications regarding a shipment of cocaine from South America to Europe. Biondo identified customers in …
May 10, 2019
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Sunland Park Woman Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

November 30, 2021
… large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico and distributed the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, … large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico and distributing the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, … last defendant in custody to be sentenced. Upon her release from prison, De Santiago will be subject to five years of …
November 30, 2021
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Twenty Seven Arrested in the Rio Grande Valley on Drug Charges

October 28, 2021
… MCALLEN, TEXAS – Twenty seven defendants were arrested from the Rio Grande Valley region on state charges related … following defendants were arrested on state charges ranging from Possession with Intent to Distribute, Manufacturing, … Heights, Texas; The state criminal complaints allege that from January 2021 until October 2021, this drug trafficking …
October 28, 2021
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Career Criminal & Leader of Seattle Drug Distribution Network Sentenced

August 26, 2021
… firearms, following a 5-day jury trial.  The case stemmed from a 6-month investigation in 2017 by the Seattle Police … This federal sentence is necessary to protect the public from the defendant’s callous disregard for community … 42 grams of methamphetamine and 180 grams of fentanyl from McKnight’s vehicle in Seattle.  At the time of his …
August 26, 2021
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Sentencing of California-based drug lord

February 14, 2019
… "Heroin, fentanyl and cocaine—trafficked into our state from other regions—have been a scourge to our community. In Kent County alone, the number of overdose deaths from controlled substances increased by over 50 percent from 2016 to 2017, and we lost 156 of our neighbors to …
February 14, 2019
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Record settlement reached in University of Michigan hospital drug diversion civil penalty case

August 30, 2018
… 801-904. The settlement, which is civil in nature, resulted from a years-long Drug Enforcement … and Southeast Michigan, each of which received narcotics from the main hospital’s pharmacy and dispensed them to … rendered unlawful all of the narcotics distributions from the main hospital to the unregistered off-site …
August 30, 2018
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Former chief of Honduran National Police charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses

April 30, 2020
… in Honduras and elsewhere worked together, and with support from certain prominent public and private individuals, … to receive multi-ton loads of cocaine sent to Honduras from, among other places, Colombia and Venezuela via air and … and eventually to the United States .  For protection from law enforcement interference, and in order to …
April 30, 2020
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Members of African criminal enterprise charged with large-scale trafficking of rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory and heroin distribution

June 14, 2019
… networks involved in a wide array of unlawful acts – from drug trafficking to conspiring to commit acts of terror … international treaties implemented by certain U.S. laws.   From December 2012 through May 2019, Kromah, Cherif, Surur …
June 14, 2019
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Hobbs Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

February 20, 2018
… imported methamphetamine and cocaine into Lea County from Mexico through Arizona. The investigation, which was … In entering the guilty plea, Gough admitted that from Nov. 2016 through June 2017, he conspired with others … by having methamphetamine delivered to Gough’s residence from his source of supply, which Gough would then deliver to …
February 20, 2018
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 08, 2018
… - simply by disposing of unwanted prescription medications from their medicine cabinets,” said DEA Acting Administrator … communities by turning in over 43,000 pounds of medications from their homes. DEA thanks the public for their immense … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and …
May 08, 2018
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Dr. Rogelio Lucas And His Wife Convicted On 30 Counts

May 07, 2018
… at trial, approximately $680,000 in cash was recovered from the Scarsdale residence. Photographs in evidence showed boxes recovered from a bedroom containing cash and handwritten notations by … those who chose to pay in this manner would be restricted from receiving oxycodone. Multiple drug rings received …
May 07, 2018
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Twenty Charged In Drug Conspiracy Distributing Heroin & Meth Throughout King, Pierce, Snohomish And Thurston Counties

March 28, 2018
… the gun was being purchased for someone who is prohibited from possessing firearms.  After being alerted by law … the Puyallup Police Department, with significant assistance from Bonney Lake, Auburn and Kent Police Departments.   The investigation was supported by agents from Homeland Security Investigations, and the Bureau of …
March 28, 2018