PRESS RELEASE

Sinaloa Drug Trafficker Extradited From Mexico

January 27, 2011
… Sinaloa Drug Trafficker Extradited From Mexico January 27, 2011 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us … Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 27, 2011, that Carlos Mario Gomez-Muro was extradited by Mexico to the United States to stand trial on cocaine …
January 27, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Mexico’s United Cartels Extradited to U.S.

June 13, 2022
… Leader of Mexico’s United Cartels Extradited to U.S. June 13, 2022 … a/k/a “Fruto,” the former mayor of Aguililla, Mexico and, according to the allegations, a leader of the United Cartels in Michoacán, Mexico, made his initial appearance in federal court in …
June 13, 2022
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Community Event
March 05, 2019 - March 06, 2019
March 05, 2019 - March 06, 2019

New Mexico Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness

11:30 PM - 2:30 AM (EST)
Rio Rancho, NM
More than 3,000 Students to Participate in the New Mexico Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation in partnership with the DEA 360 Campaign to hold educational event promoting healthy choices and a drug-free lifestyle for students What: Public health officials refer to the opioid drug epidemic...
PRESS RELEASE

Statement On DEA, Mexico Efforts To Fight Money Laundering

December 06, 2011
… Statement On DEA, Mexico Efforts To Fight Money Laundering December 06, 2011 … in their own country, which we respect. As our partners in Mexico have stated, the joint investigations to detect and … each country. The cooperation between the United States and Mexico is based on principles of shared responsibility, …
December 06, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Final Defendant Sentenced In Nayarit, Mexico Based Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

March 28, 2018
… Final Defendant Sentenced In Nayarit, Mexico Based Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy March 28, 2018 … Briones Pasos aka Mario Ozuna, 36, of Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for his … hundreds of pounds of black tar heroin from Nayarit, Mexico to the Portland metropolitan area. “Most of the …
March 28, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Feds Seize Longest Tunnel On California-Mexico Border

April 20, 2016
… Feds Seize Longest Tunnel On California-Mexico Border April 20, 2016 San Diego Contact Info Contact … seizure ever associated with a tunnel along the California-Mexico border. The tunnel is estimated to be more than 800 … It stretches from a house in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico to an outdoor fenced-in commercial lot in an Otay …
April 20, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Heroin Pipeline Stretching From Mexico To NYC And Long Island Dismantled

December 19, 2014
… Heroin Pipeline Stretching From Mexico To NYC And Long Island Dismantled December 19, 2014 … dollar illegal drug pipeline which ran directly from Mexico to New York City and Long Island as part of an … sold via Craigslist. In total, nine defendants from Mexico, California, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens have been …
December 19, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s Work in New Mexico HIDTA Initiative Earns National Award

June 10, 2022
… DEA’s Work in New Mexico HIDTA Initiative Earns National Award June 10, 2022 … Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov EL PASO – Last week, the New Mexico High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (NM …
June 10, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two Sentenced To Prison For Roles In 2010 Wedding Murders In Juarez, Mexico

March 21, 2013
… To Prison For Roles In 2010 Wedding Murders In Juarez, Mexico March 21, 2013 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) … Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 23-year old Gonzalo Delgado-Chavez of Namiquipa, Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for …
March 21, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Faces Federal Drug Trafficking Charges in New Mexico

August 23, 2022
… National Faces Federal Drug Trafficking Charges in New Mexico August 23, 2022 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) … Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Carlos Arturo “Ochenta” …
August 23, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Man from Zuni, New Mexico sentenced to federal prison

April 15, 2020
… Man from Zuni, New Mexico sentenced to federal prison April 15, 2020 El Paso … Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Cody Laweka, 29, of Zuni, New Mexico was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque today …
April 15, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and law enforcement members from the state of Alabama briefed in Mexico

September 18, 2019
… enforcement members from the state of Alabama briefed in Mexico September 18, 2019 New Orleans Contact Info Contact … Administration, recently returned from a covert trip to Mexico and to the state of Sinaloa, home of the Sinaloa …
September 18, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Officials Participate In New Mexico Pharmacists Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting

January 25, 2015
… Federal Officials Participate In New Mexico Pharmacists Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting January … Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … prescription drug trafficking and abuse contributes to New Mexico’s heroin and opioid epidemic and enlisting their …
January 25, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Three Wanted Defendants from Mexico Secured in Arizona

March 05, 2025
… Three Wanted Defendants from Mexico Secured in Arizona March 05, 2025 Phoenix Contact … 43; and Jose Guadalupe Tapia-Quintero, 53; all of Mexico, appeared last week for their initial appearances after they were secured from Mexico on February 27, 2025. The defendants taken into U.S. …
March 05, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Trafficker Extradited from Mexico

November 18, 2025
… Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Trafficker Extradited from Mexico November 18, 2025 San Diego Contact Info Contact Us … linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, was extradited from Mexico on October 24th to face drug and firearms charges. … (i.e., firearms and ammunition) from the United States to Mexico. According to court records, Lopez-Guerrero used …
November 18, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Three Business Owners Charged with Wiring Drug Trafficking Money to Mexico

September 22, 2022
… Owners Charged with Wiring Drug Trafficking Money to Mexico September 22, 2022 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us … wire transfers to send the drug-trafficking proceeds to Mexico. Ana Lilia Leal-Martinez, 46, a citizen of Mexico residing in Overland Park, Kansas, Ana Paola Banda, …
September 22, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Drug Trafficker Extradited From Mexico To Eastern District Of California

April 04, 2016
… Alleged Drug Trafficker Extradited From Mexico To Eastern District Of California April 04, 2016 San … 1, 2016, Alvaro Rios-Madrid, 57, of Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mexico, was formally extradited to the United States by Mexico to face federal narcotics charges, United States …
April 04, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Marijuana Smuggling Ring Busted Along U.S. - Mexico Border

February 25, 2011
… Marijuana Smuggling Ring Busted Along U.S. - Mexico Border February 25, 2011 Phoenix Contact Info Contact … up a marijuana smuggling operation along the United States-Mexico border allegedly responsible for trafficking tons of … smuggle thousands of pounds of marijuana across the Arizona/Mexico border. The message to these organizations should be …
February 25, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Seventeen Charged and Twelve Arrested in Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad, New Mexico

August 01, 2023
… Arrested in Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad, New Mexico August 01, 2023 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) … Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, Eric Castañeda, Acting Special Agent in Charge for …
August 01, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

“Drug Kingpin” Gets 28 Years for Trafficking Drugs from Mexico to Alaska

September 05, 2024
… “Drug Kingpin” Gets 28 Years for Trafficking Drugs from Mexico to Alaska September 05, 2024 Seattle Contact Info … a.k.a. “Javi,” 41, a U.S. citizen who was living in Mexico, was the leader of a transnational criminal drug … money laundering and weapons offenses. Guevara fled to Mexico where he headed an enterprise that trafficked large …
September 05, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Joint law enforcement operation results in major eradication in northwest New Mexico

November 16, 2020
… operation results in major eradication in northwest New Mexico November 16, 2020 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us … Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … agencies last week teamed together in the Shiprock, New Mexico, area to conduct a marijuana eradication operation …
November 16, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Leader Extradited from Mexico, Appears in Court

January 23, 2025
… Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Leader Extradited from Mexico, Appears in Court January 23, 2025 San Diego Contact … cocaine, heroin and marijuana into the United States from Mexico, appeared in federal court today following his extradition from Mexico yesterday. Leal-Hernandez was indicted by a federal …
January 23, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Former Governor Of State Of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted In The Southern District Of Texas

December 02, 2013
… Former Governor Of State Of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted In The Southern District Of Texas December … Ruvalcaba, the former governor of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been unsealed. The unsealing was announced by … along the southern border between the United States and Mexico directly across from Brownsville and Laredo. …
December 02, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Six defendants charged in conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine in Northern New Mexico

February 28, 2020
… in conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine in Northern New Mexico February 28, 2020 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us … Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Mendoza, 32, and Natalie Mendoza, 35, of Medanales, New Mexico, Ryan Rodriguez, 27, of Chamita, New Mexico, Andrea …
February 28, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Wiring Drug-Trafficking Profits to Mexico

July 01, 2024
… Owner Pleads Guilty to Wiring Drug-Trafficking Profits to Mexico July 01, 2024 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us (314) … the proceeds of heroin and methamphetamine trafficking to Mexico. A Kansas City, Mo., woman also pleaded guilty to her … conspiracy. Ana Lilia Leal-Martinez, 48, a citizen of Mexico residing in Overland Park, Kan., pleaded guilty …
July 01, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Man Sentenced in El Paso for Trafficking Meth into U.S. from Mexico

October 10, 2023
… Man Sentenced in El Paso for Trafficking Meth into U.S. from Mexico October 10, 2023 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us … Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … to court documents, Cesar Tarango Cobos, 42, of Chihuahua, Mexico attempted to enter the United States from Mexico …
October 10, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-agency Investigation Targets Methamphetamine And Firearm Trafficking In Southeastern New Mexico

October 05, 2017
… Methamphetamine And Firearm Trafficking In Southeastern New Mexico October 05, 2017 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us … Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … law enforcement community remains committed to keeping New Mexico’s smaller communities safe from drug trafficking …
October 05, 2017
DOCUMENT

Escalating Violence in Mexico and the Southwest Border as a Result of the Illicit Drug Trade

May 06, 2009
Speech
… Escalating Violence in Mexico and the Southwest Border as a Result of the Illicit … Drug Trade Speech May 06, 2009 Escalating Violence in Mexico and the Southwest Border as a Result of the Illicit …
May 06, 2009
PRESS RELEASE

Eduardo Arellano-Felix Extradited From Mexico To The United States To Face Charges

August 31, 2012
… Eduardo Arellano-Felix Extradited From Mexico To The United States To Face Charges August 31, 2012 … (AFO), was extradited today by the government of Mexico to the United States to face racketeering, money … in Charge Daphne Hearn commented, "The FBI is pleased with Mexico's efforts to bring to justice a leader from one of …
August 31, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficking Organization With Ties To Mexico Indicted On Meth Charges

July 28, 2011
… Drug Trafficking Organization With Ties To Mexico Indicted On Meth Charges July 28, 2011 Miami Contact … not U.S. citizens and have significant ties to Michoacan, Mexico. According to a third superseding indictment stemming … the Central Florida area. The methamphetamine originated in Mexico and was transported through Texas to Georgia. From …
July 28, 2011