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Federal Indictment Alleges Alliance Between Sinaloa Cartel and Money Launderers Linked to Chinese Underground Banking

… Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic China and Mexico Took Law Enforcement Actions Following Justice … indictment charging Los Angeles-based associates of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel with conspiring with …
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Five Plead Guilty to Drug, Firearms, and Immigration Offenses

… - (662) 234-8542 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 …
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Arizona Drug Trafficker Who Fled State Charges Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison

… County District Court, but Lopez posted bond and fled to Mexico.  The United States indicted Lopez in February 2022. …
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Illegal Alien Transnational Drug Trafficking Leader Receives 12 years in Federal Prison

… for smuggling and distributing methamphetamine from Mexico into South Texas and on to Houston. Reyes-Morales was …
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Albuquerque Man Charged with Conspiracy Related to Recovery of Tiger Cub in Albuquerque

… 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) … conspired with others to import the tiger cub from Mexico into New Mexico and sell it for thousands of dollars. …
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Leader of Clan Del Golfo, The Colombian Drug Cartel and Terrorist Organization, Charged in Superseding Indictment With Expanded Criminal Conduct and Terrorism Offenses

… involved in multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico and Central America for ultimate importation into the …
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Two Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charges

… 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) … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Brian Kain Purdy and Sabino …
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Illegal Alien, Unlawfully Present in U.S., Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine in Homeless Encampments and Seattle’s Chinatown-International District

… serves his sentence and is returned to his home country of Mexico.” “This man tormented our Chinatown-International …
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Operation Cash Out Launched Across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana

… with their poison. Fentanyl pills are manufactured in Mexico for as little two cents per pill, yet can sell for … estimated to be a multi-billion-dollar enterprise for the Mexico-based cartels. The Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco Cartel … cash smuggling and money laundering networks. According to Mexico’s Central Bank, Banxico, more than $63 billion in …
Javier Francisco Benitez-Coronado
FUGITIVE

Javier Francisco Benitez-Coronado

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841, 21 USC 846, 18 USC 1956(h)
Alex Alfaro-Yanez
FUGITIVE

Alex Alfaro-Yanez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841
Jose Miguel Quinonez-Figueroa
FUGITIVE

Jose Miguel Quinonez-Figueroa

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USCS 841
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Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force Takedown Results in Arrests and Indictment of Two Men for Distributing Large Quantities of Drugs and Money Laundering

… and methamphetamine, and for laundering drug proceeds to Mexico, announced the United States Attorney's Office for …
Rene Arzate-Garcia
FUGITIVE

Rene Arzate-Garcia

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: FOR NARCO-TERRORISM, CONDUCTING A CONTINUING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE, MATERIAL SUPPORT TO A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY, AND MONEY LAUNDERING
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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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DEA and U.S. Attorney's Office Announce Guilty Plea in High-Speed Chase and Drug Trafficking Case

… 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) … Department, Otero County Sheriff’s Office and the New Mexico State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Devon Aragon …
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DEA-Led Operation Dismantles Clovis-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

… 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) … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Towanda Thorne-James, Special Agent in Charge of …
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Leaders of International Drug Trafficking and Firearms Smuggling Organization Sentenced to 21 and 20 Years in Prison

… organization smuggled substantial quantities of firearms to Mexico to trade them for hundreds of kilograms of … of kilograms of crystal and liquid methamphetamine from Mexico into Texas and further distributed it throughout the … , or “CDH,” because it was based in Houston and had ties to Mexico-based drug trafficking cartels.  CDH was also an …
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Midland DTO Leader Sentenced to Life 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) … Castillo-Lopez aka “Pepo,” 30, of Namiquipa, Chihuahua, Mexico, supplied a co-conspirator with a firearm, along with …
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Leader of International Drug Trafficking Group’s Chicago Operations Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison

… 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 …
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Prolific Fentanyl Dealer with Alleged Cartel Ties Faces Federal Charges

… revealed that Martinez allegedly has ties to the Mexico-based La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel. Kevin …
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Oakland Money Services Business Owner Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

… of funds from Oakland to other parts of the United States, Mexico, Honduras, and other foreign countries.   Garcia … the cash be wired to well-known drug trafficking areas of Mexico or to persons in Honduras, without recording the true … confidential source to wire $9,200 in cash to recipients in Mexico without providing an ID or using the sender’s real …
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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 …
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Former Mexican Mafia Member Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Cocaine

… 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) …
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Barrio Azteca Gunmen Who Committed Consulate Murders in Ciudad Juarez Sentenced to Life in 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) … directly responsible for the March 2010 murders in Juarez, Mexico of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband, and the …
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Final Defendant Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Pleads 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) … which he knew to contain drugs from a co-conspirator in Mexico. Cerezo-Espidio was supposed to transport the drugs …
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Illegal Alien Sentenced for Leadership Role in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Organization Linked to Mexican Cartels

… and North Carolina. The organization also moved firearms to Mexico to arm the cartels.  Navarro-Jaimes was responsible …
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Largest Fentanyl Bust in DEA History: Authorities Seize Over 400 Kilograms of Fentanyl in Record-Shattering Operation

… 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) … fentanyl pills from Lovato ’s stash house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Lovato  is charged with possession with intent to …
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Ex-Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna Convicted of Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Taking Millions in Cash Bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel

… The Once-Highest Ranking Law Enforcement Official in Mexico Is Now a Convicted Felon BROOKLYN, NY - Genaro Garcia Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, was convicted today by a federal … As proven at trial, from 2006 to 2012, Garcia Luna was Mexico’s top law enforcement official, serving as Secretary …
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Armed Drug Cartel Member Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Prison for Trafficking Hundreds of Kilos of Cocaine and Methamphetamine

… have devastated communities in the United States, Mexico, and elsewhere. Today’s sentence sends another clear … in the United States, as well as unprecedented violence in Mexico, our neighbor. The DEA is relentlessly committed to … of the most powerful, violent, and prolific drug cartels in Mexico. The CJNG kills, tortures, corrupts, and traffics …