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Seven Arrested On Federal Drug Conspiracy Charges

… 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 …
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More Than Fifty Pounds Of Methamphetamine Seized During Four Drug Interdiction Investigations

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … Bus Station and Amtrak Train Station in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The fourth case arose out of a traffic stop on …
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Last Of Los Zetas Money Launderers Ordered To Prison

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

… 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 …
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Money Courier Sentenced For Money Laundering

… 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 …
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Multiple Arrests In Massive Two-City Enforcement Action

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

… 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 …
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Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison

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

… 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 …
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DEA: Plea Of Chino Antrax Cripples Violent Arm Of Sinaloa Cartel

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

… 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 …
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Hobbs-based Drug Trafficking Network Supplied by Mexican Illegal Alien Dismantled

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … of methamphetamine from California into Lea County, New Mexico, for redistribution in and around Hobbs. On or about …
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U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI, DEA, and EPA Announce Indictment in Massive Navajo Nation Marijuana Cultivation Scheme

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 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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El Paso News 2010

July 15, 2021
… 11, 2010 Three DEA El Paso Fugitives Extradited from Mexico November 19, 2010 DEA Operations Dismantle Two Major … Prompts Arrests of Drug Traffickers in Southern New Mexico and El Paso, Texas November 5, 2010 Andrews Man … August 17, 2010 Cuidad Juarez Trafficker Extradited from Mexico July 9, 2010 Federal Prison Sentences Handed Down to …
July 15, 2021
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Multi-Agency Investigation Results in Indictment and Arrest of “Drug Kingpin”

… Miguel Baez Guevara, 38, a United States citizen living in Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury on 17 counts … his leadership role in trafficking narcotics directly from Mexico to Alaska. Guevara was arrested by Mexican … from the Instituto Nacional de Migración in Sonora, Mexico, on Friday, September 10, and deported to the United …
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Former Mexican Governor Extradited To The Southern District Of Texas

… Ruvalcaba, the former governor of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, and a former PRI Party candidate for Mexican … along the southern border between the United States and Mexico directly across from Brownsville and Laredo. … also collected bribes from commercial operations in Mexico, according to the indictment. Cano operated …
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Fifteen Men Charged With Trafficking Drugs In Bernalillo And Santa Fe Counties

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … the result of an 18-month investigation by the DEA and New Mexico DEA Region I HIDTA Task Force into a drug trafficking …
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Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Non-U.S. Citizens Resulting in Migrant’s Death

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … and harbor undocumented immigrants into the U.S. from Mexico through Hudspeth County from on or about November …
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Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sentenced to Life in Prison

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … 47, ran a drug trafficking organization, spanning from Mexico to El Paso and on to Atlanta, from 2002 to 2019. In …
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Large-Scale Drug Traffickers Convicted by Federal Jury

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … a large-scale drug trafficking organization, spanning from Mexico to El Paso and on to Atlanta, from 2002 to 2019. In …
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Jury Convicts Five Traffickers for Attempting to Smuggle More Than $20 Million of Cocaine in International Waters

… that a federal jury has found Isaac Enriquez Oyando (34, Mexico), Romeo Santos Hernandez (36, Mexico), John Macias Agua (34, Ecuador), Jaime Velez … smuggling 760 kilograms of cocaine from South America to Mexico. On January 14, 2021, aerial surveillance spotted a …
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Cartel Traffickers Sentenced For Multi-kilogram Drug Conspiracy

… of imprisonment for Juan Jose Garcia Lerma, 45, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, while Jorge Luis Castellanos De La Mora, 37, Michoacan, Mexico, received 67 months. Not U.S. citizens, they are … Manuel Enrique Ayala Rodriguez, 45, both of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, were each sentenced to 192 months. Giovani Mendez …
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Fugitive Wanted For The Kidnapping And Murder Of A Federal Agent Is Added To The FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” List

… and work with our law enforcement partners here and in Mexico to develop the information that will lead to the … and was in charge of the cartel in Costa Rica and the U.S./Mexico border. In November of 1984, Mexican authorities … close to unlocking a million-dollar drug pipeline from Mexico to the U.S. in 1985. Before he was able to expose the …
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The Drug Enforcement Administration, Colorado Attorney General’s Office and the West Metro Drug Task Force dismantle international cocaine trafficking ring

… drug trafficking network that transported cocaine from Mexico into the United States to a distribution network in … 4, the DEA Charleston SC Resident Office, the DEA Juarez Mexico Resident Office, and the DEA Beijing, China Country … of cocaine from various sources from the Republic of Mexico into the U.S.  At times, the group utilized …
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Operation Boyztown Results in Rare Life Sentence for Methamphetamine Distributor

… distribution organization with direct links to Sinaloa, Mexico; Phoenix, Arizona; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Sioux … in Arizona, brokered methamphetamine transactions between Mexico-based cartel operatives and local drug traffickers in … the urgent need to control our international border with Mexico and the need to remove criminal aliens from the …
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La Familia Michoacan Drug Cartel Leader Sentenced To 43 Years In Federal Prison

… run concurrently. Rueda-Medina was arrested in Michoacàn, Mexico on July 11, 2009, and was extradited to the United … through border checkpoints near Laredo, Texas and Tijuana, Mexico. Rueda-Medina was arrested on July 11, 2009, by … LFM used a sophisticated network of individuals in Mexico and the United States to distribute the …
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Leader Of Guadalajara And Sinaloa Cartels Charged With Conspiring To Murder A DEA Agent As Part Of A Continuing Criminal Enterprise

… grateful appreciation to the DEA Offices in Long Island and Mexico City, the United States Department of State, the … Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico in February 1985. Caro Quintero is also charged with … from these drug sales were then transported back to Mexico. As the leader of the criminal enterprise, Caro …
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Alleged El Paso Cell Ringleader For Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Drug Trafficking Organization Detained Pending Trial

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … and the repatriation of drug proceeds to the Republic of Mexico announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and …
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18 Operation Trena Sin Trono Defendants Plead Guilty

… shipments for the Zetas Cartel in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Trejo-Nava drug trafficking organization … drug proceeds from the Dallas area to Laredo and then to Mexico. The marijuana loads were fronted to distributors in … trailer to Laredo and  then to into the Republic of  Mexico. Erika Alvarez was identified as a courier of drug …
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DEA And USPIS Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 28 Individuals For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Marijuana

… in the districts of Puerto Rico, California, Florida and Mexico, using the United States Postal (USPS). According to … suppliers would purchase marijuana, originally from Mexico in bulk so that it could be packaged and sent to … a drug trafficking organization from its root: starting in Mexico, where the marijuana was bought then transported …