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Sunland Park Woman Sentenced to 12 Years 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) … quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico and distributed the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, …
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DEA El Paso to Host Family Summit

… 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) … 6115 Woodrow Bean, El Paso, TX 79924 WHAT: Summit for New Mexico and West Texas families who have suffered the …
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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

… 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, …
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Member of International Drug Trafficking Organization Operating in Lane County Sentenced to Federal Prison

… quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine from Mexico into the United States. While the organization leaders operated out of Mexico, Arroyo-Segoviano was responsible for the local … of drug proceeds, and payment to organization leadership in Mexico. Arroyo-Segoviano also supervised the local …
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Year-Long Wiretap Investigation Results in Four Arrests and Kilogram Seizures of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Heroin, and Cocaine

… - (509) 454-4407 Drug Trafficking Groups With Ties to Mexico and Colombia Fentanyl seized in Kent Download … M. Gorman. The drug conspirators have ties to suppliers in Mexico and Colombia, and law enforcement in those countries … arrested include: Ramon Duarte Garcia, 37, a citizen of Mexico residing in Kent, Washington. Humberto Lopez …
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Jury Convicts Illegal Alien who Distributed Cocaine and Machine Guns from Home

… Guadalupe Hernandez-Garza, a 26-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, as well as scales, cash in various denominations, …
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Three Men Pled Guilty to Federal Charges Involving Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises

… 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 Gregory M. Millard, Special Agent in Charge for …
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Former Mexican Governor and Presidential Candidate Sentenced for Money Laundering

… (254) 297-0300 HOUSTON – The former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for … Ruvalcaba, 66, was also a former candidate for president of Mexico. He pleaded guilty March 25, 2021. Today, U.S. … violated his oath of office, weakening the country of Mexico and promoting criminal activity.  As part of his …
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Phoenix Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 151 Months After Agents Seize Over 90 Pounds of Fentanyl and Over 40 Pounds of Cocaine from Stash House

… from a member of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) in Mexico. The individual in Mexico instructed the undercover agent to travel to a …
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Fugitive "Queen of the South" Returned to United States to Face Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges

… 33, of Tucson, was apprehended in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico and deported to the United States on May 30, 2024, to … three-and-a-half years at the time of her arrest in Mexico. Miller made her initial court appearance before … after being placed on pre-trial release and fled to Mexico. In late September 2021, an undercover officer, …
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Four of Chapo’s Sons Indicted for Large-Scale Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Violent Crimes as Alleged Leaders of Sinaloa Cartel

… Jan. 5, 2023, by Mexican authorities in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. He remains detained in Mexico pending extradition proceedings. The charges, … Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala, into Mexico, stored that cocaine throughout Mexico, and …
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Kilogram Drug Trafficker in Robeson County Sentenced to 25 Years

… 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 …
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Two High-Ranking Members of the Gulf Cartel Extradited to the United States for Drug Trafficking

… had previously arrested Cruz-Sanchez and Garcia-Vilano in Mexico. They were  extradited to the United States Feb. 27.  …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… and prosecution. While the cartels’ operations are based in Mexico, DEA has identified more than 50 additional countries … from companies in China, mass produce the fentanyl in Mexico, and then traffic and distribute finished fentanyl … leaders, enforcers, and associates of the cartels in Mexico, to tracking down the criminal organizations and …
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Former East Hartford Resident Sentenced to More Than 13 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl, Violating Supervised Release

… Aguilar-Linares absconded from supervision and fled to Mexico. In July 2019, the DEA’s Hartford Task Force began … determined that Aguilar-Linares, while living in Mexico, was trafficking kilogram-quantities of narcotics, …
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Ghostface Gangster Members, Associate Plead Guilty to Meth Trafficking Conspiracy from Georgia Prisons

… Wallace as a drug courier to move methamphetamine from a Mexico-based source located in metro Atlanta to Southwest … Courts instructed Wallace to obtain methamphetamine from a Mexico-based source of supply near Atlanta, Georgia, and … the drug conspiracy, including communications involving the Mexico-based source of supply and the trafficking of large …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison on Drug Charges

… – Efren Alexander Aviles-Pacheco, 29, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, illegally living in Ontario, Oregon, was sentenced … Aviles-Pacheco that he will most certainly be deported to Mexico after serving his sentence. According to court … was sentenced to 46 months in prison and was deported to Mexico after serving his sentence. Shortly after being …
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Money Launderer for Cartel Sent to Prison

… conspiracy, operating on behalf of the Gulf Cartel in Mexico, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) … involved in the importation of controlled substances from Mexico into the United States. “The Cartel del Golfo, aka … including his brother, Ramiro Alanis Espitia, 44 , Mexico, was also sentenced for his role in the conspiracies …
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DEA El Paso Division Announces the Seizure of Over 9 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… 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 covers West Texas and the whole state of New Mexico, seized 2,886,783 of those pills and 261.5 of those …
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Albuquerque Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20-years 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) …
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CBP Officer Arrested in El Paso, Charged with Alien Smuggling and Drug Trafficking

… 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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Mexican Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 14 years 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) … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Cruz Lopez-Acevedo was …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces Fall Take Back Day

… 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) … and Sheriff Departments in El Paso, West Texas, and New Mexico Where:           Over 10 locations in El Paso, West …
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Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Non-U.S. Citizens Resulting in Migrant’s Death

… 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) … and harbor undocumented immigrants into the U.S. from Mexico through Hudspeth County from on or about November …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Illegal Reentry After Deportation

… - (910) 815-4513 COLUMBIA, SC — Pedro Huerta Ramon, 39, of Mexico, was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal … United States and after his conviction, he was deported to Mexico in November 2019.  In 2023, DEA agents received … quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine imported from Mexico. The investigation revealed Ramon unlawfully returned …
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DEA-Led Investigation Dismantles Albuquerque-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,  announced the results of a law enforcement …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 23 years 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) … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Richard Orlinski “Sugar” Sanchez, 44, …
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Interagency operation nets indictments in drug conspiracy

… 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) … federal indictments of 18 individuals in the Roswell, New Mexico, area on charges ranging from distribution of …
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Phoenix Woman Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Possession of a Machinegun and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

… later removed her electronic monitoring device and fled to Mexico. Through the efforts of the United States Marshals’ Office, she was captured by law enforcement in Mexico and removed to the United States to face …
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Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Organization Leader 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) … 47, ran a drug trafficking organization, spanning from Mexico to El Paso and on to Atlanta, from 2002 to 2019. In …