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Michoacan Trafficker Captured in Panama Sent to U.S. Prison

… of kilograms of crystal meth into the United States from Mexico. “Today we dealt a blow to the Mexican cartels. … several drug trafficking organizations importing “ice” from Mexico through the United States. Guerra-Moreno worked in … to transport meth into Laredo. Guerra-Moreno resided in Mexico and evaded capture for years. On May 26, 2022, law …
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30 People Linked To Two Southern California Drug Transportation Networks Indicted On Federal Narcotics Charges

… into the importation of cocaine and methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States. The indictment, which was … to distribute narcotics and to import drugs from Mexico. During the course of Operation Mountain Top, … Unknown).The defendants are: Nicolas Santana Zuniga, 43, of Mexico, who allegedly operated one of the drug …
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Albuquerque Woman Charged with Escape and Federal 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 today that a federal grand jury returned …
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Mexican Drug Trafficker Caught with Tens of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills, Cocaine, Heroin, and Stolen Guns Sentenced to Federal Prison in Washington State

… Wash . –  Jose Efrain Gonzalez-Rodriguez, age 24, of Mexico, who was unlawfully present in the United States, was … was working for a drug trafficking organization out of Mexico that was responsible for transporting drugs from …
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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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DEA Administrator names Towanda R. Thorne-James as El Paso SAC

… 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) … in Charge (SAC) of the El Paso Division, which serves New Mexico and West Texas. Thorne-James reported to El Paso in …
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Two Albuquerque Men Charged with Federal 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, and Towanda R. Thorne-James, Special Agent in Charge …
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Eleven Indicted for Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering

… for allegedly transferring funds from Illinois to Mexico to promote the drug trafficking enterprise. In … $7,000 from Collinsville, Illinois, to various locations in Mexico from May through July 2023. Hinojosa is also accused … by sending more than $2,000 from Collinsville to Sinaloa, Mexico, in July 2023. Nine of the 11 indicted defendants …
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Federal Jury Convicts Albuquerque Man of Drug Trafficking Offenses and Federal Firearm Violation

… 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 jury on March 30 …
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Mexican National Sentenced for Central Valley Drug Conspiracy

… (“Serrato”), aka “Alejandro,” aka “Meno,” 49, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced Tuesday to 148 months in prison for … Antonio Valencia-Hernandez (“Valencia”), 65, of Michoacán, Mexico, and Jose Reyes-Pineda (“Reyes”), 48, of Guerrero, Mexico. According to court documents, Serrato, who was …
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DEA Administrator's Remarks on the Arraignment of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia

September 13, 2024
… Cartel, one of the most ruthless and dangerous cartels in Mexico and responsible for the unprecedented drug crisis …
September 13, 2024
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Albuquerque Felon Facing Federal Drug Trafficking And Firearms 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) … Office and federal law enforcement agencies work with New Mexico’s District Attorneys and state, local and tribal law …
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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera Faces Charges In New York For Leading A Continuing Criminal Enterprise And Other Drug-Related Charges

… York, following his extradition to the United States from Mexico, alleging that he was operating a continuing criminal … relating to the bulk smuggling from the United States to Mexico of more than $14 billion in cash proceeds from … of him. We will honor their sacrifice and will honor Mexico’s commitment to combat narco-trafficking by pursuing …
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Jury Convicts Five Traffickers for Attempting to Smuggle More Than $20 Million of Cocaine in International Waters

… that a federal jury has found Isaac Enriquez Oyando (34, Mexico), Romeo Santos Hernandez (36, Mexico), John Macias Agua (34, Ecuador), Jaime Velez … smuggling 760 kilograms of cocaine from South America to Mexico. On January 14, 2021, aerial surveillance spotted a …
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Pharmacy Robber Sentenced To 141 Months For Conviction On Federal Hobbs Act, Drug Trafficking And Firearms 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) … P. Martinez noted that pharmacy robberies are where New Mexico’s high violent crime rates and prescription drug …
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DEA Investigations Lead To Largest Treasury Kingpin Designation Against Mexican Cartel

… OFAC Action Targets 22 Mexican Nationals and 43 Entities in Mexico, including Flores Organization WASHINGTON, D.C. - As … also designated 21 Mexican nationals and 42 entities in Mexico for providing support to the narcotics trafficking … from engaging in transactions with them. The Government of Mexico’s Procuraduría General de la Repú(PGR) seized diverse …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

… 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, Midland, Alpine, Las Cruces, Albuquerque, and New Mexico Tribal Lands. For more than a decade, DEA’s National …
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2.5 Tons of Methamphetamine and 100,000 Fentanyl Pills Interdicted

… The charge arises from a January 29, 2021 seizure by Mexico’s Secretaría de Marina (the “Mexican Navy”) of … investigative work of the OCDETF New York Strike Force and Mexico’s Secretaría de Marina. The case is being handled by …
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Career Offender From Clovis Sentenced To 77 Months For Selling 20 Grams Of Heroin To Undercover Agents

… 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) … Office and federal law enforcement agencies work with New Mexico’s District Attorneys and state, local and tribal law …
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Leader of International Drug Trafficking Organization Operating in Oregon Sentenced to Federal Prison

… March 2018 through August 2020, while operating out of Mexico, Diaz-Ramirez helped lead an international drug … quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine from Mexico into the United States. Diaz-Ramirez’s organization … in cash. In total, 35 people—including sources of supply in Mexico, couriers, local cell operators in Lane County, and …
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Barrio Azteca Gang Associate Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Participating In Racketeering 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) … criminal organization based in West Texas; Juarez, Mexico; and throughout state and federal prisons in the …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Imprisoned for International Cocaine Distribution Scheme

… a fugitive for four years until his arrest in Monterrey, Mexico, in June 2019 as part of a joint Mexican and American … law enforcement operation. He was subsequently removed from Mexico and transported to Houston for prosecution. While he … a fugitive, Luna continued to run his drug operations from Mexico. To date, 15 have been convicted in relation to the …
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Mexican National Guilty of Federal Drug Trafficking and 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) … Investigators also learned that Jimenez was born in Mexico and never sought or obtained legal status in the …
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El Paso Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Fentanyl, Causing 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) …
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Logistics Coordinator Sent to Prison for Drug Trafficking

… She helped transport narcotics, primarily cocaine, from Mexico to Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley. The drugs were … of the organization reside in Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon, Mexico where Leal has lived the majority of her adult life. … in transporting bulk cash money, ammunition and weapons to Mexico. The court saw evidence of text and WhatsApp messages …
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Barrio Azteca Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Racketeering 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) …  The BA is primarily based in West Texas; Juarez, Mexico; and throughout state and federal prisons in the …
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Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel Money Laundering Organization Dismantled

… led by Enrique Daan Esparragoza Rosas of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. The indictment said Esparragoza’s organization used … then transferred the laundered funds to bank accounts in Mexico.  In total, dozens of bank accounts used by the … Las Vegas; and aircraft and aircraft engines for export to Mexico, among other things.  In the extortion plot, the …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Drug Smuggling 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) … Villegas-Villalva, Gera, 34, of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, was a member of the Gente Nueva de Durango Drug …
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Four Individuals Charged with Drug-Distribution Conspiracy

… 36, of Florence, Victor Manuel Alcocer-Gonzalez, 37, of Mexico, Edgar Camacho-Reyes, 36, of Mexico, and Jose Salomon Gorozquieta-Gusman, 31, of Mexico, with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with …
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Jury Convicts Mexican National of $4.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy

… tied to the Cárteles Unidos cartel in Michoacán, Mexico, was convicted by a federal trial jury today of his … United States. Luis Eduardo Pineda-Zarao, 29, a citizen of Mexico residing in Lebanon, Tennessee, was found guilty of …