PRESS RELEASE

Two Mexican drug traffickers charged with the murder of a Mexican soldier and conspiring to import cocaine into the United States

January 29, 2020
… U.S. rule of law. I commend our law enforcement partners in Mexico on this significant seizure and their pursuit to … to land a plane full of cocaine on a remote highway in Mexico,” said U.S. Attorney Berman. “When Mexican … the Mexican State of Quintana Roo. Military Officers with Mexico’s Secretaría de la Defense Nacional (SEDENA) met the …
January 29, 2020
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Five Plead Guilty to Drug, Firearms, and Immigration Offenses

July 30, 2024
… JACKSON, MS– Five individuals with ties to Mexico have pled guilty over the past month to felony … firearms and machine gun conversion devices for delivery to Mexico. According to court documents, Rosendo Gonzalez Mora, … of life in prison. Rosendo Gonzalez Mora, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty on June 17, 2024, to possessing a …
July 30, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 19, 2024
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … DEA El Paso Field Division, which covers West Texas and New Mexico, seized 1.5 million fentanyl pills and nearly 165 … and prosecution. While the cartels’ operations are based in Mexico, DEA has identified more than 50 additional countries …
January 19, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Butte Drug Trafficking Organization with Ties to the Sinaloa Cartel Dismantled

December 16, 2022
… 2,043 pounds of meth and 722,000 fentanyl-laced pills from Mexico to Butte for redistribution, with $2.98 million … convictions of individuals from Montana, California and Mexico.  At least three of the defendants have direct ties … fake oxycontin pills laced with fentanyl, and heroin from Mexico and into Montana for distribution. This years-long …
December 16, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Albuquerque Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 17 years in Prison

August 05, 2022
… 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 that John Seibel was sentenced on Aug. 2 … unlawful drug trafficking. At a residence in Tijeras, New Mexico, agents recovered the pill press, a powder granulator …
August 05, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Indictments against 11 high level Mexican drug cartel members unsealed

October 16, 2018
… The CJNG has emerged as the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and is considered by the Department of Justice as one … Los Angeles area - as well as for significant violence in Mexico. The CJNG has grown in size and strength rapidly … Salazar is currently a fugitive and is believed to be in Mexico. The following individuals linked to the CJNG have …
October 16, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr. Admits to Leading Vast Drug-Smuggling, Money Laundering Empire

November 10, 2021
… SAN DIEGO - Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr. of Tamaulipas, Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court today to drug and … transported ton-quantities of cocaine from South America to Mexico and into the United States. According to court … cells in Central America to transport the cocaine into Mexico via boats, aircraft and commercial vehicles, where …
November 10, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

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

August 21, 2024
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … “Samantha,” aka “Sophia,” 43, of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, worked for a drug trafficking organization (DTO) led … organization imported liquid methamphetamine from Juarez, Mexico into El Paso, and then transported it to Atlanta …
August 21, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Citizen Extradited to United States on Narcotics Conspiracy Charge

January 03, 2024
… Mlicka-Anderko (571) 776-3409 NEWARK, N.J. – A citizen of Mexico who was extradited to the United States on narcotics … to distribute heroin. Flores-Fernandez was arrested in Mexico at the request of the United States on Sept. 24, … was detained. Flores-Fernandez was part of a Guadalajara, Mexico-based drug trafficking organization that distributed …
January 03, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Albuquerque Man Charged in a Second Superseding Indictment for Drug and Firearms Offenses

January 02, 2024
… 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 a federal grand jury returned a … charging Buddy Eugene Gallegos, 42, of Albuquerque, New Mexico with three counts of possession with intent to …
January 02, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Three Men Pled Guilty to Federal Charges Involving Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises

July 17, 2023
… 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, and Gregory M. Millard, Special Agent in Charge for … investigated this case with assistance from the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, the Albuquerque Police …
July 17, 2023
Leal-Burciaga, Moises Ivan
FUGITIVE

Moises Ivan Leal-Burciaga

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy & Possession w/ Intent to DistCocaine
Torres-Mota, Eliseo
FUGITIVE

Eliseo Torres-Mota

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Mexico
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Jury Convicts Albuquerque Man of Drug Trafficking Offenses

December 02, 2022
… 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 that a federal jury returned a guilty … Columbie was traveling east on Interstate 40 when a New Mexico State Police Officer stopped Columbie for speeding. …
December 02, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Large Metro Denver cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking organization members indicted and arrested

October 18, 2018
… those indicted, 18 have been arrested (8 of them in Mexico, one in New Mexico, 2 in El Paso) as of the time this press release was … DTOs obtained cocaine from multiple sources in Chihuahua, Mexico. The cocaine crossed the U.S./Mexico border between …
October 18, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Prison healthcare company agrees to $215,000 settlement relating to Controlled Substances Act claims

March 30, 2021
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … N.M. – Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico Fred J. Federici has announced that Centurion Correctional Healthcare New Mexico has agreed to a $215,000 settlement relating to civil …
March 30, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Former gulf cartel comandante receives significant prison sentence

October 16, 2019
… K. Patrick. Luis Ivan Nino-Duenez, El Control, Tamaulipas, Mexico, pleaded guilty June 3, 2014.   Today, Senior U.S. … criminal syndicates to maintain control of the plazas in Mexico. He further received enhancements for importation of … of cocaine, marijuana and other illicit narcotics within Mexico and into the United States. They are the lead …
October 16, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

El Paso Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Participating In Las Cruces-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring

August 12, 2014
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … quantities of methamphetamine from Texas and Arizona to New Mexico so that the drugs could be divided up, repackaged, … Department, the Motor Transportation Division of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, New Mexico State Police, …
August 12, 2014
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Man In Connection With Murder-For-Hire Plot

October 17, 2016
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Dalia Valencia, and others to kill Sagredo while in Mexico in order to prevent her from testifying in the State … father and sister killed in an attempt to lure Sagredo to Mexico. On October 3, 2008, Francisco Maria Sagredo …
October 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Arrested On Federal Drug Conspiracy Charges

May 25, 2017
… U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as well as the New Mexico State Police Tactical Team, Roosevelt County, New Mexico Sheriff’s Office, and the Region V Metro Drug Task Force, based in New Mexico. Most of the defendants were arrested in the Northern …
May 25, 2017
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More Than Fifty Pounds Of Methamphetamine Seized During Four Drug Interdiction Investigations

January 06, 2017
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Bus Station and Amtrak Train Station in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The fourth case arose out of a traffic stop on Interstate 40 in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Four men were arrested on Dec. 28, 2016, and charged …
January 06, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Last Of Los Zetas Money Launderers Ordered To Prison

March 27, 2013
… laundering organization based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico who laundered drug proceeds for the Zeta drug … the organization shipped multiple loads of cocaine from Mexico to major distribution centers in the United States … for transportation to Laredo and Eagle Pass and then into Mexico. During the course of the investigation, a total of …
March 27, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Eight Defendants Charged With Distributing Heroin In Chicago Area On Behalf Of Guerrero Unidos Mexican Drug Cartel

December 10, 2014
… defendants, including one who is believed to be in Mexico. Also yesterday, DEA agents and local police seized … yesterday, Vega worked with various narcotics sources in Mexico to import wholesale amounts of heroin and cocaine from Mexico to Illinois, often concealing the narcotics in …
December 10, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Money Courier Sentenced For Money Laundering

April 29, 2016
… Kenneth Magidson. Erika Alvarez, 39, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, previously pleaded guilty for her role in the money … trafficking organization that received marijuana loads from Mexico and arranged to transport the marijuana to the Dallas … to Trejo Nava who then had the proceeds transported to Mexico. Between Oct. 6-7, 2011, Trejo-Nava arranged for the …
April 29, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Multiple Arrests In Massive Two-City Enforcement Action

February 18, 2015
… 32, and Erika Alvarez, 38, all of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.  They are expected to make their initial appearance … 45, and Mario Alberto Rodriguez, 28, both of Mexico. They are also expected to be transported to Laredo … of drug distributions - to Laredo and then Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, according to the indictment. The defendants …
February 18, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

International Narcotics Trafficker And Money Launderer Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 20 Years In Prison

August 12, 2011
… narcotics trafficker and money launderer based in Mexico, was sentenced late yesterday in Manhattan federal … millions of dollars of narcotics proceeds back into Mexico where his company was based. Working from Mexico, Dominguez-Gabriel sent at least 300 kilograms of …
August 12, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison

August 14, 2013
… 2013, Artemio Pena-Torrecillas, 26, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. … Judge Frederick J. Martone:  Cruz Ortega-Ruano, 32, of Mexico, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was … narcotics proceeds for the DTO. Gerardo Diarte-Lara, 28, of Mexico, was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison.  He served as …
August 14, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

24 Arrests In Joint Imperial County Investigation Over 3 Tons Of Cocaine Seized

December 04, 2013
… Trafficking (DTO) based in Mexicali, Baja California (BCN), Mexico. Dubbed Operation Cerberus, this investigation … have been identified to be operating in Mexicali, BCN, Mexico. This DTO employs a large network of personnel that … base throughout the country. Under the direction of a Mexico-based source of supply, multi-kilograms of cocaine …
December 04, 2013
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DEA: Plea Of Chino Antrax Cripples Violent Arm Of Sinaloa Cartel

May 20, 2015
… Chino Antrax admitted that as a high-level member of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel he and his co-conspirators … and countries, importing large quantities of narcotics into Mexico from Asia and Central and South American countries … the Sinaloa Cartel has inflicted on innocent people both in Mexico and the United States,” says DEA San Diego Special …
May 20, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Key Leaders Of South American Drug Cartel & Transportation Broker Convicted In Seattle Trial

May 05, 2011
… planes to transport tons of cocaine from South America to Mexico, Africa and Europe. One of the drug trafficking … was transported, and then wired more than $491,000 from Mexico as a down payment for transporting 10 tons of cocaine from the coast of Ecuador to Mexico. During the negotiations, members of the organization …
May 05, 2011