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… 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) … no prior felony convictions, live or work in northern New Mexico, pass a background check, and commit to all six …

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Oakland Money Service Business Owner and Employees Charged with Laundering Drug Proceeds

… sending drug proceeds to their sources of supply in Mexico. The owner of the money service business Rincon … with laundering drug proceeds from the United States to Mexico. The complaints describe several methods allegedly … in cash to Rincon Musical to have wired to people in Mexico. Two of the defendants split the money into multiple …

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Phoenix Woman Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Possession of a Machinegun and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

… later removed her electronic monitoring device and fled to Mexico. Through the efforts of the United States Marshals’ Office, she was captured by law enforcement in Mexico and removed to the United States to face …

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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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Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division Announces Spring 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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Former East Hartford Resident Sentenced to More Than 13 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl, Violating Supervised Release

… Aguilar-Linares absconded from supervision and fled to Mexico. In July 2019, the DEA’s Hartford Task Force began … determined that Aguilar-Linares, while living in Mexico, was trafficking kilogram-quantities of narcotics, …

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Chinese National Indicted for Importation of Enough Chemicals to Make Millions of Fatal Doses of Fentanyl

… of raw materials from China destined for various places in Mexico used in the manufacture of fentanyl. This historic … chemicals from China into the United States and on to Mexico in approximately 100 separate shipments between … Fang, through co-conspirators, shipped the chemicals into Mexico, according to the charges. If convicted, Fang faces …

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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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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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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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Leader of Large Cartel-Connected Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

… at Washington State University SEATTLE – A citizen of Mexico, twice federally convicted of drug trafficking in … five years in prison and was deported. He was convicted in Mexico for another drug trafficking crime. While serving … drug deals with buyers in the U.S. He was released in Mexico in 2018 and illegally returned to Washington State in …

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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

… 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 Danyell Kerr, Jr. was sentenced to 11 …

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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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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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DEA El Paso Hiring Special Agents to Work in Local Offices

… 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) … Alpine, Texas or Las Cruces, Roswell, or Albuquerque, New Mexico. Upon completion of a 16 to 20-week basic agent …

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mexican Man Sentenced For Roles In Drug Trafficking/Money Laundering Conspiracies Dating Back To 2002

… and money laundering organization operating out of Mexico from 2002-2008 has been ordered to federal prison, … and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Garcia-Sanchez, of Mexico City, Mexico, pleaded guilty for his roles in these long-term drug …

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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 …