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

… 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 …

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.

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

FUGITIVE

Ricardo Valdez-Diaz

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841(a)(1) and 846Possession w/ intent to distributeConspiracy

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.

FUGITIVE

Adrian Avila-Ramirez

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; and 5)18 USC 2 & 924(o) Conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes and aid and abet.

FUGITIVE

Amado Nunez-Meza

FUGITIVE

Guadalupe Alonso Gonzalez-Aristiga

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Title 21 sections 841 and 846Trafficking in cocaineconspiracy

FUGITIVE

Elias Calderon De Los Reyes

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846 & 841 (a) (1) Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance-Cocaine Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute-Cocaine

PRESS RELEASE

DEA-led operation nets more than 500 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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Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce results of Operation Crystal Shield

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … by DEA before reaching the streets of West Texas and New Mexico WASHINGTON – Today, Attorney General William P. Barr … DEA El Paso Division alone, which covers West Texas and New Mexico, DEA conducted 101 investigations, made 176 arrests, …

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

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Las Vegas Real Estate Broker Arrested On Money Laundering Charges

… to narcotics traffickers and money launderers based in Mexico. Rodriguez was arrested this morning in Las Vegas, … $250 million in drug proceeds on behalf of drug cartels in Mexico and Central America through a variety of methods, … a variety of methods. The Organization has ties to Panama, Mexico, Italy, Spain, and the United States, among other …

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

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Federal Prison Sentences Handed Down In El Paso In Connection With Horizon City Kidnapping/Murder Investigation

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … in El Paso in September 2009 and his subsequent murder in Mexico by a drug cartel. Yesterday, Judge Briones sentenced … in Horizon City, Texas. Saucedo then was taken to Caseta, Mexico, where he was tortured, murdered and mutilated in …

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Federal Authorities Arrest Twelve Members Of El Paso-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Macias and Jimmie Williams have conspired to import from Mexico more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana for … U.S. Marshals Service and DEA and FBI agents in New Mexico and Ohio who also provided assistance in making the …

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Denver OCDETF Strike Force Takes Down Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Responsible For Distributing Large Quantities Of Cocaine And Methamphetamine

… brought cocaine and methamphetamine into the country from Mexico, transported it through California, into Colorado in … some drug proceeds were distributed from Colorado back to Mexico. Other methods of moving money included smuggling … “Don Chequetas”, age 58, a resident of Aurora but from Mexico, has been charged with operating a Continuing …

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6 “Cruces Boys” Gang Members Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … of (FBI), Las Cruces Police Department’s Gang Unit, New Mexico State Police, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Marshals … Customs and Border (CBP) Air and Marine Unit, and the New Mexico Army National Guard assisted in this investigation. …

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Leader Of Zapata Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization Convicted

… Lake to store the marijuana after it had been smuggled from Mexico into the United States. This marijuana would normally be ferried across the lake from Mexico at night in small boats, which would pull up to his … the proceeds of drug trafficking, from the Zapata area to Mexico, and hid did so with the intention of promoting the …

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Six Defendants Sentenced To A Total Of Over 79 Years For Drug-Trafficking In Northwest Arkansas

… to be 946.5 grams of methamphetamine. Ivan Jiminez, 27, of Mexico, was sentenced to 292 months in prison without the … of methamphetamine. Jacinto Frias-Gonzales, 32, of Mexico, was sentenced to 206 months in prison without the … distribute methamphetamine. Miguel Landeros-Estrada, 34, of Mexico, was sentenced to 78 months in prison without the …

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Two Mexican Citizens Face Mandatory Life In Federal Prison After Jury Convicts Them On Federal Charges Related To May 2013 Murder Of A Southlake, Texas, Man

… defendants traveled in interstate and foreign commerce from Mexico to Southlake, and elsewhere, with the intent to kill, … Cepeda-Cortes and others conspired to travel from Mexico and elsewhere to Southlake and elsewhere, with the … presented at trial, were acting on orders from a man in Mexico, Rodolfo Villarreal Hernandez, known as “El Gato,” or …

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Last Of The Arellano Felix Brothers Enters Guilty Plea In San Diego

… which moved hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and Colombia into the U.S. and made hundreds of … Arellano-Felix spent almost four years in custody in Mexico, from October 25, 2008 to August 31, 2012. … by Mexican authorities in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on October 25, 2008, following a gun battle with a …

GENERAL INFORMATION

The History of Red Ribbon Week

March 28, 2025

… (Kiki) S. Camarena was born on July 26, 1947, in Mexicali, Mexico. He graduated from Calexico High School in Calexico, … Four years later, Kiki received transfer orders to Mexico, where he would work out of the Guadalajara Resident Office. For more than four years in Mexico, Kiki remained on the trail of the country's biggest …

March 28, 2025

PRESS RELEASE

16 Defendants Charged in Superseding Indictment Alleging Bulk Shipments of Cocaine to Canada, Four Murders

… hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other … Ryan James Wedding, 43, a Canadian citizen residing in Mexico, and Andrew Clark, 34, a Canadian citizen also residing in Mexico, were previously charged in the original indictment …

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Oxnard Men Charged with Being Prolific Sinaloa-Linked Drug Traffickers in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties

… operating in Ventura County who are linked to the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel. Adriel Contreras, 33, a.k.a. … Maurisio Perez, and Salvador Perez, 30, resident of Mexico, are charged with one count of conspiracy to … this matter. Salvador Perez is a fugitive believed to be in Mexico. According to DEA Ventura Resident Office …

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DEA New York and Law Enforcement Partners Issue Statement on the Resolution of Charges Against Narcotics Trafficker and Longtime Fugitive for Drug-Related Kidnappings and Assaults

… in the Bronx, and was ultimately arrested in Guadalajara, Mexico. Three co-conspirators who were arrested in 2022 have … narcotic trafficking operation. Even after Huertas fled to Mexico, dedicated law enforcement teams never abandoned … Agents and officers tracked HUERTAS to Guadalajara, Mexico, where he was arrested on a federal warrant and …

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Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Sinaloa Cartel leader, sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years

… Loera was a principal leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a Mexico-based international drug trafficking organization … December 2014. From the mid-1980s until his arrest in Mexico in 1993, Guzman Loera was a mid-level operative of … “El Rapido” for how quickly he transported drugs from Mexico to the United States for the Colombian cartels. After …

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Senior Sinaloa Cartel leader extradited to the United States

… the commitment of the United States and our partners in Mexico to the pursuit of drug traffickers who seek to flood … Attorney Terwilliger. “With thanks to the authorities in Mexico for their efforts in facilitating this extradition so … The U.S. Department of Justice thanks the Government of Mexico for its assistance in this case. This case is also …

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Mexican Man Gets Significant Sentence For Cocaine Conspiracy

… of Texas announced Oscar Nava-Valencia, 42, of Guadalajara, Mexico, has received a 25-year sentence for his role in the … 3,100 kilograms which was to be shipped from Panama to Mexico and eventually destined for the United States. … approximately 1,250 kilograms of cocaine once it arrived in Mexico. In January of 2010, Nava-Valencia was apprehended by …

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Second Mexican National Pleads Guilty In Bakersfield Stash House Case

… - Gamaliel Salas-Mendoza, aka Rene Salas (Salas), 38, of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and … documents, Salas and Miguel Sanchez-(Sanchez), 46, also of Mexico, maintained a stash house in Bakersfield where law … Both Salas and Sanchez are subject to deportation to Mexico following the completion of any prison term imposed. …