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DEA and its Partners Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide

… 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) … 2,086 pounds in West Texas and 4,622 pounds in New Mexico. “Once again, the communities we serve answered the …
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The Illegal Drug Threat in Illinois

December 05, 2024
… (fentanyl and heroin), cocaine, methamphetamine, and Mexico grown marijuana in the state. DIR The Illegal Drug …
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The Illegal Drug Threat in Indiana

December 05, 2024
… (both fentanyl and heroin), cocaine, methamphetamine, and Mexico-grown marijuana in the state. The opioid threat …
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Arizona Man Sentenced for Role in International Drug Trafficking Ring Targeting Alaska

… - (509) 454-4407 Smuggled Meth, Heroin and Cocaine from Mexico ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Arizona man was sentenced to … over a dozen kilos of meth, heroin and cocaine from Mexico into Alaska for six years. As part of his role in the … wire transfers to Guevara’s coconspirators and suppliers in Mexico. Rascone had four felony convictions in the state of …
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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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Seven Southwest Missouri Residents, Mexican Nationals Indicted for Meth Conspiracy

… methamphetamine. Wilbert Pacheco-Salazar, 36, a citizen of Mexico residing in Springfield, Mo., Frank Lee Chapman, 35, and Omar Rosales-Olmos, 51, a citizen of Mexico, both of Joplin, Mo., Jaime Francisco Figueroa, 42, … Mo., and Indelfonso Vazquez-Martinez, 52, a citizen of Mexico, were charged in a 16-count indictment returned under …
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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Federal Firearm 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, and Eric Castañeda, Acting Special Agent in Charge …
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Former Mexican Federal Police Commander Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… in exchange for agreeing to assist El Seguimiento 39, a Mexico-based cartel, ship cocaine from Mexico to the United States. The El Seguimiento 39 cartel is … Sinaloa Cartel, the Beltran Leyva Organization and other Mexico-based cartels. Reyes Arzate pleaded guilty to the …
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DEA Releases New Tip Line to Encourage Information on Drug Kingpin Operating Throughout Colorado

… and trafficking organization is based in Northern Sinaloa, Mexico and has been a prominent source for heroin … Rocky Mountain Field Division is working closely with the Mexico City Country Office, as well as our Special … eyes. He is believed to be operating in Northern Sinaloa, Mexico. Additional information about Gonzalez can be found …
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Justice, Treasury, and State Departments announce coordinated enforcement efforts against Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion

… largest, most dangerous drug cartels currently operating in Mexico. These measures include the unsealing of 15 … tip-line.   CJNG is one of the most powerful cartels in Mexico and the Department of Justice considers it to be one … as well as for violence and significant loss of life in Mexico. Attorney General Jeff Sessions of the U.S. …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 18 Months for Transporting Heroin in 2019

… Judge Gregory A. Presnell sentenced Denisse Munoz-Mora (31, Mexico) to 18 months in federal prison for possession with … that she was paid $3,000 to enter the United States from Mexico, meet an individual in California, receive drugs from … issued, Munoz Mora was not found and apparently returned to Mexico. In 2020, on the eve of Cepeda-Chico’s trial, …
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Butte Drug Trafficking Organization with Ties to the Sinaloa Cartel Dismantled

… 2,043 pounds of meth and 722,000 fentanyl-laced pills from Mexico to Butte for redistribution, with $2.98 million … convictions of individuals from Montana, California and Mexico.  At least three of the defendants have direct ties … fake oxycontin pills laced with fentanyl, and heroin from Mexico and into Montana for distribution. This years-long …
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Federal Jury Convicts Albuquerque Man of Drug Trafficking 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 that a federal jury returned a guilty …
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Three Members of an International Money Laundering Organization Charged with Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds

… of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs into our country from Mexico,” said Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice … imported into the United States, typically through Mexico. Ullah, Ullah, Huang, and their co-conspirators …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for East Texas Drug Trafficking

… determined that the drugs were sourced by an individual in Mexico with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel and that the drugs were shipped from Mexico to California and eventually to the greater Dallas … with U.S. currency and a “cover load” for delivery to Mexico. The trailers would leave that location and arrive at …
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Chinese National Indicted for Importation of Enough Chemicals to Make Millions of Fatal Doses of Fentanyl

… of raw materials from China destined for various places in Mexico used in the manufacture of fentanyl. This historic … chemicals from China into the United States and on to Mexico in approximately 100 separate shipments between … Fang, through co-conspirators, shipped the chemicals into Mexico, according to the charges. If convicted, Fang faces …
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DEA Albuquerque Accepting Applications for Citizen’s Academy

… 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) … no prior felony convictions, live or work in northern New Mexico, pass a background check, and commit to all six …
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Albuquerque Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 17 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 John Seibel was sentenced on Aug. 2 …
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Large-Scale Drug Traffickers Convicted by Federal Jury

… 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) … a large-scale drug trafficking organization, spanning from Mexico to El Paso and on to Atlanta, from 2002 to 2019. In …
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Six Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization

… organization (DTO) was distributing drugs obtained from a Mexico-based supplier throughout metro-Atlanta. These drugs included methamphetamine which arrived from Mexico in liquid form and was converted to crystal …
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Two Mexican Cartel Members Found Guilty of Violating RICO Statute

… 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) … at trial, Arturo Shows Urquidi, aka “Chous,” 50, of Juarez, Mexico and Mario Iglesias-Villegas, aka “Dos,” “El 2,” …
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DEA-Led Investigation Of Mexican DTO Results In Charges Against 28

… 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) … Smuggled Large Quantities of Heroin, Meth, Cocaine from Mexico to US- Drugs: Also Firearms, Money Laundering …
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Multi-Agency Investigation Dismantles Lea County-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) … EL PASO, Texas - Seven residents of Lea County, New Mexico, including four Mexican nationals, and a resident of …
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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for 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) … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Danyell Kerr, Jr. was sentenced to 11 …
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DEA El Paso Hiring Special Agents to Work in Local Offices

… 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) … Alpine, Texas or Las Cruces, Roswell, or Albuquerque, New Mexico. Upon completion of a 16 to 20-week basic agent …
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Leader of Large Cartel-Connected Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

… at Washington State University SEATTLE – A citizen of Mexico, twice federally convicted of drug trafficking in … five years in prison and was deported. He was convicted in Mexico for another drug trafficking crime. While serving … drug deals with buyers in the U.S. He was released in Mexico in 2018 and illegally returned to Washington State in …
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Terrance C. Cole Sworn in as Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

… Mr. Cole was serving as DEA’s Acting Regional Director of Mexico, Canada, and Central America. Before joining the DEA, …
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Oakland Money Service Business Owner and Employees Charged with Laundering Drug Proceeds

… 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 …
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Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division Announces Spring 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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Sacramento Man Sentenced to over 4 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Pill Distribution

… source for $2,500 in Sacramento, on behalf of a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization. The pills were …