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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces Fall 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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Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sentenced to Life 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) … 47, ran a drug trafficking organization, spanning from Mexico to El Paso and on to Atlanta, from 2002 to 2019. In …
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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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DEA-Led Investigation Dismantles Albuquerque-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) … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico,  announced the results of a law enforcement …
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DEA Chicago Field Division Welcomes New Special Agent in Charge

… SAC Smith was assigned to the Foreign Operations Division, Mexico, Central America and Canada Section at DEA …
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El Paso Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Fentanyl

… 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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India-Based Chemical Company and Top Employees Indicted for Unlawful Import of Fentanyl Precursor Chemicals

… Tons of a Precursor Chemical to the United States and Mexico for the Manufacture of Fentanyl An India-based … – two metric tons of N-BOC-4P to be shipped to Sinaloa, Mexico, and another two metric tons of N-BOC-4P to be …
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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 Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

… communities is directly connected to cartels operating in Mexico,” DEA Omaha Field Division Special Agent in Charge …
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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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Ghostface Gangster Members, Associate Plead Guilty to Meth Trafficking Conspiracy from Georgia Prisons

… Wallace as a drug courier to move methamphetamine from a Mexico-based source located in metro Atlanta to Southwest … Courts instructed Wallace to obtain methamphetamine from a Mexico-based source of supply near Atlanta, Georgia, and … the drug conspiracy, including communications involving the Mexico-based source of supply and the trafficking of large …
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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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Phoenix Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 151 Months After Agents Seize Over 90 Pounds of Fentanyl and Over 40 Pounds of Cocaine from Stash House

… from a member of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) in Mexico. The individual in Mexico instructed the undercover agent to travel to a …
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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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Mexican National Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Illegal Reentry After Deportation

… - (910) 815-4513 COLUMBIA, SC — Pedro Huerta Ramon, 39, of Mexico, was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal … United States and after his conviction, he was deported to Mexico in November 2019.  In 2023, DEA agents received … quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine imported from Mexico. The investigation revealed Ramon unlawfully returned …
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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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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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Mexican National Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison on Drug Charges

… – Efren Alexander Aviles-Pacheco, 29, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, illegally living in Ontario, Oregon, was sentenced … Aviles-Pacheco that he will most certainly be deported to Mexico after serving his sentence. According to court … was sentenced to 46 months in prison and was deported to Mexico after serving his sentence. Shortly after being …
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Two High-Ranking Members of the Gulf Cartel Extradited to the United States for Drug Trafficking

… had previously arrested Cruz-Sanchez and Garcia-Vilano in Mexico. They were  extradited to the United States Feb. 27.  …
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Meth Trafficker Sentenced to Nearly 16 Years in Federal Prison

… to be delivered through a network of couriers from Mexico to California and then to Salem, Oregon, where …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …