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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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Portland Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

… an interstate drug transporter and local distributor for a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization operating in …
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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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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 …
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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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FORT Investigates Fentanyl Death, Brings First-Ever Texas Murder 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) …
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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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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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The Illegal Drug Threat in Wisconsin

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… (both fentanyl and heroin), cocaine, methamphetamine, and Mexico-grown marijuana in the state. The current threat …
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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mexican Nationals Sentenced for Drug Trafficking 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) …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise

… Garcia Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, with engaging in a continuing … permitted the Sinaloa Cartel to operate with impunity in Mexico. Garcia Luna was arrested on Dec. 9, 2019 by federal … trafficking activities. From 2001 to 2005, Garcia Luna led Mexico’s Federal Investigation Agency, and from 2006 to …
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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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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, …