PRESS RELEASE

Accused Drug Cartel Broker, 28 Others Indicted in St. Louis

June 07, 2024
… of defendants in multiple states in just a few hours.” “Mexico-based drug cartels should never be underestimated for … alleges that since at least 2017, Rosas-Vargas was a Mexico-based broker who obtained fentanyl, meth and cocaine … and his co-conspirators wired some drug proceeds back to Mexico and used couriers to transport bulk shipments of …
June 07, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

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

February 28, 2024
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Kassandra Lee Perales and Jared … 501.4 net grams of pure meth that had been transported from Mexico into the United States the day before and left in the …
February 28, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

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

February 13, 2024
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Pragneshkumar Patel and … investigated this case with assistance from the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, the Albuquerque Police …
February 13, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Investigation Dismantles Deming-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization

October 18, 2012
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in Las Cruces. The indictment was announced by … large quantities of methamphetamine in southern New Mexico communities, including Deming, Las Cruces and Sunland …
October 18, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Last Of Three Defendants Convicted For Role In Murder Of Southlake, Texas, Man Is Sentenced

December 06, 2016
… their intended victim through several states, in and out of Mexico, and over several months for the sole purpose of … defendants traveled in interstate and foreign commerce from Mexico to Southlake, and elsewhere, with the intent to kill, … The defendants were acting on orders from a man in Mexico, Rodolfo Villarreal Hernandez, known as “El Gato,” or …
December 06, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

L.A. Garment District Money Laundering Cartel Scheme Exposed

September 10, 2014
… States that he needs to bring to a foreign country, such as Mexico, and convert into pesos. The peso broker finds … known as Trade-Based Money Laundering - is often used by Mexico-based drug trafficking organizations to collect money … citizen who they held hostage and tortured at a ranch in Mexico.  Utilizing a BMPE scheme, QT Fashion allegedly …
September 10, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Guilty Pleas For Two Mexican Nationals In Conspiracy To Acquire “Stinger” Missile And Other Military-Grade Weapons

May 02, 2011
… as Operation White Gun. David Diaz-Sosa, 26, of Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty on April 19, 2011, to one count of … on August 1, 2011 . Emilia Palomino-Robles, 42 of Sonora, Mexico, entered a guilty plea on April 13 to one count of … destined for export and transfer to the Republic of Mexico, and a Mexican drug trafficking organization. Her …
May 02, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Five Members of Hobbs Based Drug Trafficking Organization Arrested on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

December 04, 2025
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine in Hobbs, New Mexico. According to court documents, from October 2024, … Department of Public Safety, El Paso Police Department, New Mexico State Police, West Texas / New Mexico High Intensity …
December 04, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Seizes Record-Breaking 2.7 Million Fentanyl Pills

May 06, 2025
… Largest Fentanyl Pill Seizure to Date Drugs seized in New Mexico Guns seized in New Mexico Historic Fentanyl Pill Seizure in Albuquerque … District Office seized 2.7 million fentanyl pills in New Mexico's largest city. The seizure was part of an ongoing, …
May 06, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Defendants Face Justice for Distributing 3,200 Kilos of Methamphetamine

November 19, 2025
… involved in a major methamphetamine ring operating between Mexico and a conversion site in Monroe, Georgia, responsible … thousands of kilograms of methamphetamine shipped in from Mexico and hidden in boxes of jalapeños, are being held … in prison and a $10 million fine. Yirla Adame Gomez, 25, of Mexico, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess …
November 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Indictment Alleges Alliance Between Sinaloa Cartel and Money Launderers Linked to Chinese Underground Banking

June 18, 2024
… Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic China and Mexico Took Law Enforcement Actions Following Justice … indictment charging Los Angeles-based associates of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel with conspiring with …
June 18, 2024
DOCUMENT

Cartels and Gangs in Chicago

June 01, 2017
Publication
… most notably the Sinaloa Cartel. Illicit drugs flow from Mexico to Chicago via a loosely associated network of … levels of violent crime in both the United States and Mexico. Of particular concern is the trafficking and …
June 01, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA El Paso to host Family Summit in Church Rock

August 21, 2025
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … to 5:15 p.m. MST. WHERE: Red Rock Park, Church Rock, New Mexico WHAT: Summit for New Mexico and West Texas families who have suffered the …
August 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

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

May 20, 2024
… 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 …
May 20, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Sinaloa-based narcotics distributor designated under the Kingpin Act for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine in Oregon

May 12, 2021
… in trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine from Mexico to the Pacific Northwest. Efrain Mendivil Figueroa, 41, of Sinaloa, Mexico, has been charged with conspiracy to distribute … raw opium gum and heroin sources of supply in northern Mexico, and increasingly a major distributor of fentanyl. …
May 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

March 11, 2020
… the fastest growing transnational criminal organizations in Mexico, and among the most prolific methamphetamine … the United States, and elevated levels of violence in Mexico. With methamphetamine abuse and overdose deaths on … and second in command of CJNG, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on charges of alleged drug …
March 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Five Sentenced for Smuggling Cocaine into the Country

April 11, 2025
… McAllen, Texas – Four more individuals from Mexico have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy … 28, and Claudia Contreras-Viveros, 41, all of Mexico, had all previously pleaded guilty.  U.S. District … following their sentences.  Victor Aguilar, also of Mexico, was previously sentenced to 127 months.  The …
April 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Sinaloa drug cartel distributor sentenced to 180 months in prison

December 12, 2019
… Jesus Raul Salazar-Espinoza a.k.a. “Pedro,” 51, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Judge André … coordinated drug-distribution activities in Los Angeles, Mexico and throughout the United States.  The investigation … revealed that Salazar had previously been deported to Mexico multiple times over the years, but had illegally …
December 12, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Dark Web Narcotics Traffickers Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Illegal Drugs in Exchange for Cryptocurrency

September 09, 2021
… They were arrested on November 14, 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, Acting United States Attorney … to the defendants’ base of operations in Albuquerque, New Mexico. With overdoses on the rise, it is our goal to shut … (ALSO KNOWN AS “THEQUEENSHIVE”) Age: 27 Albuquerque, New Mexico BROOKE GRAY (also known as “THEQUEENSHIVE”) Age: 23 …
September 09, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court charging an associate of a Sinaloa Cartel leader with drug-trafficking conspiracy and firearms crimes

February 10, 2020
… 720-431-8836 Ismael Quintero Arellanes was captured in Mexico on January 29, 2020 NEW YORK – A superseding … 2018. Quintero Arellanes was captured in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, on Jan. 29, 2020. The United States intends to seek … Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, in February 1985. As an associate of the Caro …
February 10, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

El Pasoan Omar Arellano named SAC of DEA El Paso Division

March 14, 2025
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … El Paso Division, which serves the entire state of New Mexico and 17 counties of West Texas. Arellano, who reported … he’s served DEA in several roles, including agent at the Mexico City Country Office, Resident Agent in Charge of the …
March 14, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Arizona Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

March 10, 2025
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … his arrest at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in New Mexico in 2023. There is no parole in the federal system. … checkpoint on U.S. Highway 70, west of Alamogordo, New Mexico. A Border Patrol canine alerted to the presence of …
March 10, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Admits Laundering $1.5 million on behalf of Cartel

September 04, 2024
… States, Canada, Europe and Australia and move them back to Mexico.  From 2016 to 2019, Valadez recruited others in … in possession of drug proceeds that needed to be moved to Mexico. Valadez then coordinated the transfer of proceeds back to Mexico through financial institutions.  Valadez and …
September 04, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

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

June 28, 2024
… 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 …
June 28, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Cartel-Connected illegal alien drug trafficker and associate sentenced to federal prison

August 14, 2019
… “Armond,” a/k/a “Armani,” 32, of C’daltimairano, Guerroro, Mexico, was sentenced to 135 months in prison, and Ryon … of methamphetamine from the “La Familia” cartel in Mexico. In August 2018, Santana-Hernandez delivered two … 52, of Millwood, Ga.; Cristian Jesus Martinez, 19, of Mexico;Angela Hurst, 38, of Douglas, Ga.; Kristel Merritt, …
August 14, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Arizona Man Sentenced for Role in International Drug Trafficking Ring Targeting Alaska

February 12, 2024
… 1-888-219-4261 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 …
February 12, 2024
Garduno Escobedo, Sergio
FUGITIVE

Sergio Garduno Escobedo

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 1) 18 USC Sec 1962 (d) RICO Conspiracy; 2) 21 USC 846 and 841 (a)(1) Conspiracy to Possess Controlled Substanceover 5 kilograms of cocaine and over 1000 kilograms of marijuana; 3) 21 USC 963952(a) & 960(a)(b)(1)(B)&(G) Conspiracy to import a controlled substanceover 5 kilograms of cocaineand over 1000 kilograms of marijuana; 4)18 USC 1956 Conspiracy to launder money instruments; 5)18 USC 2 & 924(o) Conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes and aid and abet; and 12) 21 USC 848(b)(1) and (2)(A) Engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise in furtherance of drug trafficking.
Campa-Gutierrez, Juan Carlos
FUGITIVE

Juan Carlos Campa-Gutierrez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21USC 848 Continuing Criminal Enterprise21 USC 846 & 841 (a)(1) &841 (b)(1)(A)(vii) Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance18 USC 1956 (a)(2)(A)(B)(i)&(h) Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments5 counts of 21 USC 841 (a)(1)841 (b)(1)(A)(vii)7 18USC 2 Possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and aiding &abetting
Valdez-Diaz, Ricardo
FUGITIVE

Ricardo Valdez-Diaz

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841(a)(1) and 846Possession w/ intent to distributeConspiracy
Porras-Lara, Victor Hugo
FUGITIVE

Victor Hugo Porras-Lara

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846Conspiracy to Possess with Intent toDistribute and 21 USC 841 (a) (1) Possession with intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance (marijuana) and for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute a controlled substance; to-with a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine in excess of five (5) kilograms.