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Illegal Criminal Sentenced to 120 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Weapons Charges

… Yakima - (509) 454-4407 BOISE – Edwin Reyes-Parra, 22, of Mexico, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for … completion of his sentence, Reyes-Parra, an alien born in Mexico and without legal authority to be in the United States, is likely to be deported back to Mexico. The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated …

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Lone American Living in Tukwila Indicted in International Drug Trafficking Investigation Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

… Seized During Investigation that Stretched from Seattle to Mexico to Colombia Fentanyl seized in Kent. Download … arrested on June 5, 2024, have ties to suppliers in Mexico and Colombia. In sentencing McDaniel to five years in … 2024. Lead defendant Ramon Duarte Garcia, 37, a citizen of Mexico who lived in Kent, Washington, was identified as a …

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U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI, DEA, and EPA Announce Indictment in Massive Navajo Nation Marijuana Cultivation Scheme

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … marijuana farms operated by Dineh Benally in Estancia, New Mexico (as well as his residence), law enforcement …

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Trial Victory Secured in Largest Single Fentanyl Pill Bust in DEA History

… fentanyl dealer operating in Hobbs and southern New Mexico, Jose Marquez. In November 2024, agents executed a … the network that brought addiction and violence to New Mexico and neighboring states. We will not stop until every …

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Five Sentenced for Smuggling Cocaine into the Country

… (254) 297-0300 McAllen, Texas – Four more individuals from Mexico have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy … 28, and Claudia Contreras-Viveros, 41, all of Mexico, had all previously pleaded guilty. U.S. District … following their sentences. Victor Aguilar, also of Mexico, was previously sentenced to 127 months. The …

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Mexican National Sentenced to 5 ½ Years for Fentanyl Trafficking

… of Indiana announced that Javier Moreno-Garibaldi, 38, of Mexico, has been sentenced to five and a half years in … into a drug trafficking organization operating in Mexicali, Mexico, trafficking large quantities of fentanyl and … fentanyl pills from an unknown supplier based in Mexicali, Mexico. The source of supply sent a series of text messages …

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DEA Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

… communities is directly connected to cartels operating in Mexico,” DEA Omaha Field Division Special Agent in Charge …

FUGITIVE

Jesus Antonio Felix Cortez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL

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Trafficker Sentenced to 19.5 Years in Prison for Supplying Weapons and Ammunition to Sinaloa Cartel

… methamphetamine, and marijuana) from South America and Mexico, transported the drugs to multiple locations along the U.S.-Mexico border using commercial trucking companies, smuggled … drug trafficking activities back to the TCO’s leadership in Mexico. According to court records, throughout 2020, the …

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Federal Charges Filed Against Albuquerque Supplier in Major Drug Trafficking Investigation

FUGITIVE

Rafael Galindo-Gallegos Jr

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Heroin and Conspiracy to Launder Money

FUGITIVE

Rafael Galindo-Gallegos

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Wanted for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Heroin and Conspiracy to Launder Money

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El Pasoan Omar Arellano named SAC of DEA El Paso Division

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … El Paso Division, which serves the entire state of New Mexico and 17 counties of West Texas. Arellano, who reported …

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Notorious Mexican Cartel Leader Convicted for International Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico into the United States. Oseguera-Gonzalez was the … (CJNG), which is based in the State of Jalisco in Mexico. The CJNG is one of the most dangerous drug cartels in Mexico. Oseguera-Gonzalez personally used firearms, …

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Arizona Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … his arrest at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in New Mexico in 2023. There is no parole in the federal system. …

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Leaders of Dangerous Mexican Drug Cartel Responsible for Extreme Violence Charged with International Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… to maintain control of drug trafficking routes throughout Mexico. Since becoming leaders of Los Zetas in 2012, which … using extreme violence to control large swaths of Northern Mexico, including along the U.S. border. Based on … Miguel and Omar Trevino Morales were incarcerated in Mexico in 2013 and 2015, respectively, but continued to …

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Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Traffic Cocaine and Money Laundering

… individuals to traffic cocaine and heroin from Mexico, through California, to Massachusetts and into New … (which turned out to be pure fentanyl) from sources in Mexico. Palafox also admitted to conspiring to use a … money laundering by wiring drug proceeds to his mother in Mexico. The charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine …

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Meth Trafficker Sentenced to Nearly 16 Years in Federal Prison

… to be delivered through a network of couriers from Mexico to California and then to Salem, Oregon, where …

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Gulf Cartel Drug Trafficker Sent to Prison Following Major Cocaine and Cash Seizures

… through drug proceeds. “The Mexican Gulf Cartel is one of Mexico's oldest criminal syndicates, engaging in drug … challenges posed by the cartels along Texas’s border with Mexico,” said Hamdani. “Salvador Cortez-Nava, aka Chava, …

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Former Olympian Wanted for Running Transnational Drug Enterprise and Ordering Several Murders Added to FBI’s List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

… hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other … Bondi announced had arrived in the United States from Mexico last week. In September 2024, a federal grand jury …

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Former Mexican Police Officer and CJNG Cartel Member Sentenced in El Paso to 25 Years in Federal Prison

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … was involved in an organization that smuggled firearms into Mexico and methamphetamine into the United States. In …

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Illegal Alien and Mexican National Convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Kilograms of Meth

… Georgia at trial for receiving a package from Jalisco, Mexico containing over two kilograms of 100% pure methamphetamine. Ismael Delgado-Celis, 37, of Mexico, was convicted of Possession and Attempt to Possess … the Defendant attempted to receive a package directly from Mexico containing what was described as a horse saddle. …

LANDING PAGE

Justice for KiKi

March 05, 2025

… destruction, and death across the United States and Mexico, has spent four decades atop DEA’s most wanted … (Kiki) S. Camarena was born on July 26, 1947, in Mexicali, Mexico. He graduated from Calexico High School in Calexico, …

March 05, 2025

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Three Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Offenses

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … send multiple firearms and a black jeep to an individual in Mexico. Gonzalez arranged for Purdy and Maldonado to pick up …

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Drug Trafficker in Western Washington, Caught Twice with Kilos of Drugs and Firearms, Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

… in Drug Distribution Conspiracy Stretching from Colombia to Mexico and into Washington State SEATTLE – A 38-year-old … worked from the streets of Seattle to drug suppliers in Mexico and Colombia,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Miller. … sums of drug trafficking proceeds to sources of supply in Mexico and Colombia. Additional assistance was provided by …

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Former Mexican Mafia Member Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Cocaine

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Two Sacramento Men Sentenced for Fentanyl Pill Trafficking

… of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone “M-30” pills from Mexico and distributing them in northern California and … extradition of Luis Lopez Zamora to the United States from Mexico. Assistant U.S. Attorney David W. Spencer is …

STORY

Statement from Administrator Milgram on the Increased Reward for DEA Priority Target El Mencho

December 04, 2024

… three years disrupting the operations of the two cartels in Mexico – the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels – responsible for … and is responsible for unprecedented violence in Mexico. We urge anyone with information related to El …

December 04, 2024

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16 Defendants Charged in Superseding Indictment Alleging Bulk Shipments of Cocaine to Canada, Four Murders

… hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other … Ryan James Wedding, 43, a Canadian citizen residing in Mexico, and Andrew Clark, 34, a Canadian citizen also residing in Mexico, were previously charged in the original indictment …

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Recruiter for Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … “Samantha,” aka “Sophia,” 43, of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, worked for a drug trafficking organization (DTO) led …