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Leader of Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel Money Laundering Organization Sentenced to 120 Months

… companies and transferred the monies to bank accounts in Mexico. To demonstrate the drug money connection, in … of Ramirez’s indicted co-defendants remain fugitives in Mexico, including the alleged former Mexico-based leader of the organization, Enrique Esparragoza …

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FORT Investigates Fentanyl Death, Brings First-Ever Texas Murder Charges

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Leader of Houston-Based DTO Pleads Guilty to Leading Large-Scale Meth Distribution and Importation Conspiracy

… large numbers of firearms from the United States into Mexico. The organization then traded the firearms for … 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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Son of Sinaloa Cartel Member Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

… manager for a drug trafficking organization out of Mexico that was responsible for distributing drugs in … of the Tri-Cities area, but now resides in Sinaloa, Mexico where he runs his drug trafficking organization. … he is a U.S. Citizen and could travel freely to and from Mexico. Judge Rice found that Zazueta is a leader and …

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Leader of Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Organization with Ties to Mexican Cartel Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

… fentanyl distribution in Massachusetts on behalf of Mexico-based suppliers BOSTON – A coordinator for a … conspiracy, operating on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, has been sentenced in federal court in Boston. … on Dec. 11, 2023. “The flow of deadly fentanyl from Mexico to Massachusetts is directly tied to the devastation …

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Mexican National Sentenced to Prison for Role as Drug Ring Courier

… and Store Drugs SEATTLE, Wash. – A 33-year-old citizen of Mexico, who was illegally residing in Kent, Washington, was … noted Peinado Torres had no previous criminal history in Mexico or the U.S. saying, “You were lured to the U.S. under …

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Mexican Citizen Extradited to United States on Narcotics Conspiracy Charge

… - (732) 431-7160 x2242 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 …

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Albuquerque Man Charged in a Second Superseding Indictment for Drug 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) … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that a federal grand jury returned a …

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The Illegal Drug Threat in Wisconsin

March 25, 2025

… (both fentanyl and heroin), cocaine, methamphetamine, and Mexico-grown marijuana in the state. The current threat …

March 25, 2025

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Mexican Cartel Presence and Impact in Australia and New Zealand

March 25, 2025

… and cocaine markets in the region. Large scale Mexico-origin methamphetamine shipments in sophisticated …

March 25, 2025

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DEA El Paso and Discovery Education Train Albuquerque Schools on DEA Award-Winning Curriculum

April 04, 2024

… April 04, 2024 Albuquerque Public Schools has become a New Mexico leader in substance misuse prevention education by … for APS high school and middle school students in New Mexico. The next goal is to implement Operation Prevention … Division. “I challenge all other school districts in New Mexico and West Texas, to follow APS’s example. In fact, all …

April 04, 2024

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

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Drug Trafficking Mom Imprisoned for Smuggling Meth Across Border

… hearing, the court heard that Rios imported narcotics from Mexico on behalf of Dallas drug traffickers. In handing down … a drug deal. In October 2021, Rios attempted entry from Mexico into the United States via the Hidalgo Port of Entry. … with several friends from Dallas to a hotel in Reynosa, Mexico. Rios then knowingly provided her vehicle to Mexican …

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Two Men Sentenced to Prison for Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises at Motel in Albuquerque

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DEA’s Louisville Field Division Kept Nearly 89 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl out of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia in 2025

… America. The drug is mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced from China. In an effort to …

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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug Trafficking Offenses

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Z-43 Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Tons of Cocaine into United States

… were a Mexican-based drug cartel in control of much of the Mexico/U.S. border to include the Texas corridor. The … Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia into the Republic of Mexico and then into the United States. The investigation … of cocaine from Colombia to Guatemala, Guatemala to Mexico and then from Mexico into the United States for …

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Final Men Sent to Prison for Their roles in International Cocaine and Drug Money Conspiracy

… fund the organization’s operations in the United States and Mexico. Additionally, truck drivers smuggled cocaine bundles from Mexico and delivered them to Acosta, Rojo or to couriers who … their arrest and occasionally delivered up to $500,000 to Mexico in single smuggling episodes. The investigation also …

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Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Attempting to Distribute Methamphetamine and Receiving Bribes

… to smuggle methamphetamine and people across the U.S.-Mexico border while on duty, was sentenced in federal court … unauthorized immigrants to enter the United States from Mexico. Hernandez also agreed to move methamphetamine and … In his plea agreement, Hernandez acknowledged he took Mexico-based smugglers on a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border, …

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Accused Major Trafficker Indicted in Kidnappings and Assaults Linked to an Alleged Drug-Related Dispute

… 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 …

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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… 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) … doses of fentanyl removed from communities across New Mexico and 17 counties of West Texas. A total of 71 cases …

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Albuquerque Man Sentenced for Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises at Motel

… 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) … investigated this case with assistance from the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, the Albuquerque Police …

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DEA Supports 2024 Red Ribbon Campaign to Promote Healthy, Drug-Free Lifestyles

… was tortured and brutally murdered by drug traffickers in Mexico in 1985. “DEA honors Red Ribbon throughout the month … students from Volcano Vista High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico; the presentation of colors by the Greater Cleveland …

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Juárez Cartel Leader Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking

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India-Based Chemical Company and Top Employees Indicted for Unlawful Import of Fentanyl Precursor Chemicals

… Tons of a Precursor Chemical to the United States and Mexico for the Manufacture of Fentanyl An India-based … – two metric tons of N-BOC-4P to be shipped to Sinaloa, Mexico, and another two metric tons of N-BOC-4P to be …

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Former Head of Gulf Cartel Receives Life Sentence for Importing Kilos of Drugs

… role in conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana from Mexico into the United States, announced Drug Enforcement … was a municipal police officer in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. During his association with the Gulf Cartel, … controlled numerous plazas along the United States and Mexico border including Matamoros, Rio Bravo, Reynosa, …

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Three Chinese Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Five Employees Charged with Conspiring to Manufacture Fentanyl

… building blocks of fentanyl to the United States and Mexico, even providing advice on how they should be used to … supplied drug traffickers, in the United States and Mexico, with the ingredients and scientific know-how needed … supplied precursor chemicals to the United States and Mexico, among other places, knowing they would be used to …

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El Paso Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Fentanyl

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Carlsbad Man Sentenced for Federal Drug 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) … during 2023 joint enforcement operation in Carlsbad, New Mexico which resulted in the arrest of 12 alleged drug and …

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In a Landmark Ruling, Mexican Court Upholds U.S. Forfeiture Order Authorizing Seizure of Drug Cartel Leader’s Real Estate

… of real property located in and around Guadalajara, Mexico pursuant to a request for mutual legal assistance … represents the United States’ groundbreaking use of Mexico’s new statute to divest drug cartel leader Rafael …