PRESS RELEASE

Multi-agency Investigation Dismantles Las Cruces-based Drug Trafficking Organizations

May 02, 2018
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … traffickers and money launderers operating in southern New Mexico, west Texas and as far east as Tennessee and South … to safeguard families in Las Cruces and throughout New Mexico.” “Yesterday’s arrests show the value of information …
May 02, 2018
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DEA Statement On The Arrest Of Miguel Trevino Morales

July 16, 2013
… Enforcement Administration congratulates the Government of Mexico on the arrest of Miguel Trevino Morales.  Trevino …   Thanks to the brave men and women of the Government of Mexico, Trevino Morales will now be held accountable for his … years and DEA will continue to support the Government of Mexico as it forges ahead in disrupting and dismantling drug …
July 16, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Statement On The Arrest Of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera

February 24, 2014
… "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was a significant achievement for Mexico and a major step forward in our shared fight against … of the alleged head of the Sinaloa Cartel.  The DEA and Mexico have a strong partnership and we will continue to support Mexico in its efforts to improve security for its citizens …
February 24, 2014
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DEA Administrator Statement On Capture Of Hector Beltran-Leyva

October 02, 2014
… to crumble with the capture of Hector Beltran-Leyva in Mexico. Much of the violence and lawlessness that has plagued Mexico can be traced to this criminal regime.  … violence, and death.  DEA congratulates the Government of Mexico and the brave individuals who carried out this …
October 02, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Sinaloa Cartel Senior Lieutenant Pleads Guilty

November 19, 2025
… 54, of San Francisco de Tacuichamona, Sinaloa, Mexico pleaded guilty on November 17, 2025 for Conspiracy to … of a narcotics trafficking organization based in Sinaloa, Mexico commonly known to its members, associates, and the … substances, including methamphetamine, for importation from Mexico into the United States for the Sinaloa Cartel.  …
November 19, 2025
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Gulf Cartel Drug Trafficker Sent to Prison Following Major Cocaine and Cash Seizures

December 18, 2024
… 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, …
December 18, 2024
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Kilogram Drug Trafficker in Robeson County Sentenced to 25 Years

November 16, 2023
… kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin from Mexico to Robeson County.  Antonio Lavonne Locklear pled … trafficker bringing kilogram quantities of narcotics from Mexico into Robeson County,” said U.S. Attorney Michael …
November 16, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA El Paso to Host Family Summit

November 01, 2023
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 6115 Woodrow Bean, El Paso, TX 79924 WHAT: Summit for New Mexico and West Texas families who have suffered the … District of Texas, U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Mexico, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services …
November 01, 2023
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13 Drug Traffickers Sentenced to More than 235 Years Combined in Federal Prison

April 16, 2021
… and money laundering scheme that operated in North Texas, Mexico, and elsewhere from March of 2018 to August of 2018.  … drug trafficking organization with ties to a cartel in Mexico associated with the Zeta Cartel. “For years, Los … then sent back to cocaine and methamphetamine suppliers in Mexico. “We will not allow drug traffickers, members or …
April 16, 2021
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Oakland Money Service Business Owner and Employees Charged with Laundering Drug Proceeds

September 02, 2022
… sending drug proceeds to their sources of supply in Mexico. The owner of the money service business Rincon … with laundering drug proceeds from the United States to Mexico.  The complaints describe several methods allegedly … in cash to Rincon Musical to have wired to people in Mexico. Two of the defendants split the money into multiple …
September 02, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Drug Smuggling Operation

February 24, 2022
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Villegas-Villalva, Gera, 34, of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, was a member of the Gente Nueva de Durango Drug … 33, of Tornillo; Marcos Andrade-Luna, 54, of Sonora, Mexico; Rudy Cruz Fierro, 29, of Fabens; Santiago De …
February 24, 2022
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … El Paso, Midland, Alpine, Las Cruces, Albuquerque and New Mexico Tribal Lands. According to a report published by the … “We thank everyone in El Paso, West Texas, and New Mexico who brought us their medications for proper …
November 01, 2021
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

March 11, 2020
… Chicago Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell said.  “In Mexico, CJNG has used extreme violence, extortion and bribes … the fastest growing transnational criminal organizations in Mexico, and among the most prolific methamphetamine … the United States, and elevated levels of violence in Mexico. With methamphetamine abuse and overdose deaths on …
March 11, 2020
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Pawan Kumar Jain Arrested On Charges Of Unlawfully Dispensing Prescription Drugs And Health Care Fraud

April 17, 2014
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … June 2012 and subsequently revoked in Dec. 2012 by the New Mexico Medical Board. Each of the 61 dispensing charges … FBI’s Healthcare Fraud Unit with assistance from the New Mexico Medical Board and the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy.  …
April 17, 2014
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Eddy County Resident Sentenced To 168 Months For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

January 21, 2016
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 34, a legal permanent resident from Zamora, Michoacan, Mexico who resides in Artesia, N.M., was sentenced today in … Office and federal law enforcement agencies work with New Mexico’s District Attorneys and state, local and tribal law …
January 21, 2016
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Roswell Woman Pleads Guilty To Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charges

July 15, 2016
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Police Department, Chaves County Sheriff’s Office and New Mexico State Police.  Twenty-one of the defendants were … the Chaves County Metro Narcotics Task Force, the New Mexico State Police and the U.S. Marshals Service.  The …
July 15, 2016
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Mexican Toy Dealer Pleads Guilty In Drug Money Laundering Case

August 01, 2012
… of “narco dollars” for drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. Luis Ernesto Flores Rivera, 54, of Guadalajara, Mexico, faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty … generated by drug trafficking organizations based in Mexico and Colombia. A “structured” deposit is less than …
August 01, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Second Major Cross-Border Drug Tunnel Discovered South Of San Diego This Month

November 30, 2011
… most elaborate smuggling tunnel uncovered along the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years. Investigators say the … Otay Mesa industrial park with one in neighboring Tijuana, Mexico. The 612-yard long passageway is equipped with … Task Force, working together along with the Government of Mexico are putting a stranglehold on the cartel’s ability to …
November 30, 2011
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Jury Convicts Three Defendants Of Charges Related To Multi-Million Dollar Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

July 06, 2011
… of kilograms of cocaine worth millions of dollars from Mexico to distribute in the Kansas City metropolitan area. … separate but related case. Corredor called his supplier in Mexico to order cocaine to be delivered to the Kansas City … which was smuggled in vehicles driven to Kansas City from Mexico. After Corredor sold the cocaine and collected the …
July 06, 2011
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Leader And A Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 120 Months And 110 Months Respectively For Drug Trafficking

February 14, 2014
… imported thousands of pounds of marijuana from Canada and Mexico, distributed large quantities of oxycodone, and … more than a thousand pounds of marijuana from Canada and Mexico, and large quantities of diverted prescription pills, … of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from the Netherlands …
February 14, 2014
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Accused Major Trafficker Indicted in Kidnappings and Assaults Linked to an Alleged Drug-Related Dispute

December 14, 2023
… New York City After Year and a Half Spent as a Fugitive in Mexico NEW YORK CITY - An indictment filed in Manhattan … He was arrested on a federal warrant in Jalisco, Mexico in September of 2023, and deported after more than a … in February of 2022, Huertas fled New York to Mexico, where he was apprehended more than a year and a half …
December 14, 2023
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Fourth Defendant Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with Poisoning of Four Children at a Bronx Daycare

September 28, 2023
… to Outrun Federal Authorities but Was Apprehended in Mexico and Returned to the United States for Prosecution … the USMS for the Southern District of California; the USMS Mexico Field Office; the USMS Investigative Operations … Office in McAllen, Texas; the DEA Country Office in Mexico City, Mexico; the DEA Resident Office in Hermosillo, …
September 28, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Judge Sentences Three Methamphetamine Traffickers

February 09, 2015
… methamphetamine smuggled in to the United States from Mexico. Judge Voorhees also sentenced Troy William Yount, … of supervised release. 13. Jose Francisco Jimenez Pina - of Mexico, was sentenced in April 2014 to 180 months in prison … years of supervised release. 22. Luis Enrique Garcia - , of Mexico, was sentenced in December 2013 to 188 months in …
February 09, 2015
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Leader of International Drug Trafficking Group’s Chicago Operations Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison

September 30, 2024
… prison. Carrazco-Martinez ran the Chicago operations of a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization allegedly led by … of the organization to traffic cocaine and heroin from Mexico to the Chicago area. Carrazco-Martinez … customers, and sending illicit cash proceeds back to Mexico. A federal jury in Chicago last year convicted …
September 30, 2024
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International Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison

November 21, 2022
… front companies purported to sell and then transported from Mexico on semi-trailer trucks driven by unwitting drivers. A … in narcotics proceeds. Gonzalez Garcia, 55, of Monterey, Mexico, pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal drug … proceeds back down to himself and his cartel partners in Mexico, defendant not only undoubtedly enriched himself but …
November 21, 2022
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Carlsbad man sentenced to 20 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking

September 17, 2020
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jerry Twaddle, 40, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, was sentenced on Sept. 9 in federal court to 20 … methamphetamine in Eddy and Chaves Counties in New Mexico from May through Oct. of 2017. On Sept. 7, 2017, …
September 17, 2020
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Former Gulf Cartel Leader Extradited to East Texas for Drug Trafficking Violations

May 18, 2022
… today.  Mario Cardenas-Guillen, 57, of Matamoros, Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 20, … to maintain control of its territories in northeast Mexico and smuggle deadly drugs into communities across the … Affairs worked with law enforcement partners in Mexico to secure the arrest and extradition of …
May 18, 2022
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Deming man appears in federal court for child pornography charges

March 03, 2022
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jeffery Dean Biddle, 41, of Deming, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in federal court on March … Administration’s Las Cruces District Office, New Mexico State Police, the Deming Police Department, and the …
March 03, 2022
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Nogales, Sonora police officer sentenced to five years following DEA OCDETF Strike Force investigation

September 12, 2018
… of Omar Moreno-Miranda, 33, of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, to 60 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by five … earlier this year. The DEA investigation into a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization began in October … was employed as a police officer in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and was in contact with an undercover agent …
September 12, 2018
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Former Mexican governor sent to US prison for money laundering

June 23, 2021
… CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A former Coahuila, Mexico, governor has been ordered to federal prison for his … payments. Law enforcement took Torres-Lopez into custody in Mexico Feb. 5, 2019, where he remained until his extradition … future. Villarreal-Hernandez, 50, of Saltillo, Coahuilla, Mexico, has also been convicted in the Southern and Western …
June 23, 2021