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Former Santa Fe Pharmacist Pleads Guilty And Is Sentenced For Conviction On Misdemeanor Charge Of Dispensing Testosterone Without A Prescription

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … of any specific prescriptions for the medication. The New Mexico Board of Pharmacy suspended Nunez’s pharmacist …
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Head Of The Gulf Cartel Appears In Beaumont Federal Court On Drug Trafficking Charges

… Juan Francisco Saenz-Tamez, 23, of Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was arrested by federal agents on Oct. 9, 2014 while … into the large-scale trafficking of illegal drugs from Mexico into the Eastern District of Texas led to the … oversaw much of the violence and bloodshed that has plagued Mexico and DEA is pleased he will face justice in the United …
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Operation Fallen Hero – Operation Bombardier

… in crime who are operating on both sides of the Texas/Mexico border,” said Thomas Hinojosa, Acting Special Agent … of law enforcement to address the violent drug cartels in Mexico, their associates in the U.S., and other criminal … government. Our counterparts on the front line in Mexico have shared in these tragic sacrifices, losing many …
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Texas Businessman Found Guilty Of Laundering Millions Of Dollars For A Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organization

… multiple retail perfume stores located on the United States-Mexico border, was found guilty yesterday of money … the United States, the ("narco dollars") were smuggled to Mexico, where they were aggregated and stored. Mexican money … Texas, that would then ship the perfume to purchasers in Mexico. DEA undercover agents were first introduced to Datta …
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Los Zetas Cartel Member Sentenced To Over 33 Years In Prison On Federal Drug Charges

… Polite announced that Efrain Grimaldo, a resident of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Chief Judge … Sergio Grimaldo has recently been extradited from Mexico on these same charges and is scheduled for trial on … for death and suffering from the cities and towns of Mexico, across the U.S. border, and into our communities in …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Prison On Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges

… Western District and transferring the drug proceeds back to Mexico. The local group was part of international money … of drug proceeds in bulk cash and wire transfers to Mexico, court records show. To date, six other defendants … for trafficking more than 150 kilograms of cocaine from Mexico to the United States, with a total street value of …
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Career Trafficker Tied To 170 Pounds Of Cocaine And $1.5 Million In Illicit Proceeds Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

… which involved a partnership between operatives in Mexico, Canada and the United States.  Fourteen of the 22 …  They are: Jesus Esteban Felix Leon, 43, of Culiacan, Mexico; Jesus Felix Alvarez, 23, of Culiacan, Mexico; a man known only as “96”; Inocencio …
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Nine More Drug Traffickers Sentenced In Operation Sooner Or Later

… operation targeted international cocaine trafficking from Mexico to the Middle District of Florida. To date, Operation … 8 months in federal prison. Agustin Santos (37, Guerrero, Mexico) was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison. Ernesto Avila-(28, Jalisco, Mexico) was sentenced to 10 years and 7 months in federal …
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Three Members Of Mexican Cartel Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy Involving Liquid Methamphetamine

… disturbing trend in trafficking methamphetamine produced in Mexico and our efforts to disrupt this trend.” “The attack … the proceeds of that drug trafficking activity to Mexico.  In early spring 2013, agents learned that Jimenez … D. Evans: Gabriel Jimenez-Antunez, a.k.a. “Negrito,” 39, of Mexico, was sentenced to 25 years in prison, to be followed …
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DEA San Diego Nets 23 Arrests In Part Of National Project Delirium Take Down

… a violent Mexican Drug Cartel based in Michoacan, Mexico. “Being so close to the border, most of our cases … to the middle man to the leaders of the organization in Mexico.” Drugs seized during the operation include more than … to disrupt a major drug trafficking operation with ties to Mexico,” said DA Dumanis. “These latest arrests and our …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación

… guns that clearly were intended to be sent to the cartel in Mexico,” said United States Attorney Nick Hanna. “This level … 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 …
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Accused Drug Cartel Broker, 28 Others Indicted in St. Louis

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

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 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 Kassandra Lee Perales and Jared …
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Two Men Sentenced to Prison for Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises at Motel in Albuquerque

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 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 Pragneshkumar Patel and …
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Federal Investigation Dismantles Deming-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in Las Cruces. The indictment was announced by …
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Last Of Three Defendants Convicted For Role In Murder Of Southlake, Texas, Man Is Sentenced

… 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 …
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L.A. Garment District Money Laundering Cartel Scheme Exposed

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

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

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine in Hobbs, New Mexico. According to court documents, from October 2024, …
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DEA Seizes Record-Breaking 2.7 Million Fentanyl Pills

… 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, …
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Defendants Face Justice for Distributing 3,200 Kilos of Methamphetamine

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

… 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 …
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Cartels and Gangs in Chicago

June 01, 2017
… 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 …
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DEA El Paso to host Family Summit in Church Rock

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … to 5:15 p.m. MST. WHERE: Red Rock Park, Church Rock, New Mexico WHAT: Summit for New Mexico and West Texas families …
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Leader of Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel Money Laundering Organization Sentenced to 120 Months

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

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

… 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 …
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Five Sentenced for Smuggling Cocaine into the Country

… (254) 297-0300 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 …
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Sinaloa drug cartel distributor sentenced to 180 months in prison

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

… 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 …