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Law Enforcement Joins Forces To Attack Mexican Drug Cartels And Associates

… targeting and murder of a U.S. Law Enforcement Agent in Mexico to remain unanswered. The violent and destructive … organizations upon the people of this nation, as well as Mexico, are being responded to today by a robust and unified … in Mexico is driven in large measure by the Government of Mexico’s proactive actions against the traffickers, along …
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Drug Dealer Involved in Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy and Violent Spokane-Area Shooting Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

… favor with the leader of the organization, who resides in Mexico.  For example, on February 6, 2022, a drug courier … couriers then called the leader of the drug organization in Mexico and informed him of the robbery. The leader then … iPad’s location, which was relayed to her by the leader in Mexico, Riggs was able to track Baughman’s location. She …
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Former Gulf Cartel Leader Extradited to East Texas for Drug Trafficking Violations

… today.  Mario Cardenas-Guillen, 57, of Matamoros, Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 20, … to maintain control of its territories in northeast Mexico and smuggle deadly drugs into communities across the … Affairs worked with law enforcement partners in Mexico to secure the arrest and extradition of …
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Multi-Agency Investigation Results in Indictment and Arrest of “Drug Kingpin”

… Miguel Baez Guevara, 38, a United States citizen living in Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury on 17 counts … his leadership role in trafficking narcotics directly from Mexico to Alaska. Guevara was arrested by Mexican … from the Instituto Nacional de Migración in Sonora, Mexico, on Friday, September 10, and deported to the United …
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DEA NEWS: Manssor Arbabsiar Gets 25 Years In Plot To Kill Saudi Ambassador

… case started when Arbabsiar approached a DEA informant in Mexico in an attempt to hatch this act of terror. To read … this conspiracy, ARBABSIAR met on a number of occasions in Mexico with a DEA confidential (“CS-1”) who posed as an … other terrorist organizations. ARBABSIAR met with CS-1 in Mexico on several occasions between May 2011 and July 2011. …
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El Paso Man to Spend 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Deadly 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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Repeat Federal Offender Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison after Passing Kilogram of Cocaine to Car with Three Children

… is a frequent-flyer federal felon with direct ties to Mexico based drug traffickers,” said U.S. Attorney Michael … direct communication with drug traffickers based in Mexico. Greene’s criminal history includes two prior federal …
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DEA Chicago Field Division Welcomes New Deputy Special Agent in Charge

… In 2018, Smith was assigned to the Operations Division, Mexico, Central America and Canada Section at DEA …
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Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

… 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) … “Once again the communities of West Texas and New Mexico answered our call,” said Greg Millard, Special Agent …
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Alleged Mexican drug kingpin charged with leading a continuing criminal enterprise and other drug-related charges

… in October 2014 and is presently incarcerated in Mexico. Ray Donovan, special agent in charge, Drug … drug traffickers to justice.  I applaud the Government of Mexico, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern … or hit men, to carry out kidnappings and murders in Mexico to retaliate against rivals who threatened the …
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Six Albuquerque Residents Indicted On Federal Robbery, Firearms And Prescription Drug Trafficking Crimes Arising Out Of Pharmacy Robberies

… 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) … recent rash of pharmacy robberies is an example of why New Mexico’s violent crime and opioid abuse and overdose death …
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Ten Alleged Members Of Sunland Park Heroin Trafficking Ring Facing Federal Narcotics Trafficking 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) … seeks to reduce the number of opioid-related deaths in New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE - Ten individuals are facing heroin …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… 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) … 30 locations. For additional locations in the rest of New Mexico, and Midland and Alpine, Texas, visit …
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Santa Fe Duo Appears in Court on Firearm and Drug Trafficking 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) … 25, and Mario Guizar-Anchondo, 19, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in federal court today, …
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Hospice Nurse Pleads Guilty To Prescription Opioid Conspiracy 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) … Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Desiree Ulibarri, 31, of …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Davon Lymon On Narcotics 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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Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Criminal Enterprise, Drug, And Money-Laundering Charges

… drug kingpin Luis Rodriguez-Olivera was extradited from Mexico to the United States yesterday and will be arraigned … to the United States. Rodriguez-Olivera was arrested in Mexico on a provisional warrant issued from the Eastern … by DEA offices in New York, Texas, and Guadalajara, Mexico, and ICE/HSI, in New York, with assistance provided …
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DEA’s Louisville Field Division Targets Sinaloa Cartel Activities; 51 Arrested Across Three States

… counterparts, arrested 51 individuals with ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel.  All of those arrested are facing a …
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Two Mexican drug traffickers charged with the murder of a Mexican soldier and conspiring to import cocaine into the United States

… U.S. rule of law. I commend our law enforcement partners in Mexico on this significant seizure and their pursuit to … to land a plane full of cocaine on a remote highway in Mexico,” said U.S. Attorney Berman. “When Mexican … the Mexican State of Quintana Roo. Military Officers with Mexico’s Secretaría de la Defense Nacional (SEDENA) met the …
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Mexican Cartel Member Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy Involving Over 400 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine

… our country and are responsible for much of the violence in Mexico today. This sentencing illustrates how DEA and its … a group affiliated with the Knights Templar drug cartel in Mexico.  His co-conspirators sent methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States in a variety of ways, …
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Los Angeles Strike Force targets drug trafficking organizations that allegedly smuggled Sinaloa Cartel narcotics into U.S.

… allege the smuggling of large quantities of narcotics from Mexico on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel.          Those … currently fugitives, with most of those believed to be in Mexico at this time. The investigation – dubbed Operation … bulk quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to the Los Angeles metropolitan area and other …
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San Antonio Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison After Mailing Fentanyl-Laced Pills, Causing Death of El Pasoan

… 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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El Paso Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Poisoning Death of 19-Year-Old

… 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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California Man Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking 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) …
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Attorney General William P. Barr and U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson announce launch of Operation Relentless Pursuit

… 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) … William P. Barr, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico John C. Anderson and DEA El Paso Division Special …
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Members Of Taos County-Based Heroin Trafficking And Money Laundering Ring Enter Guilty Pleas

… 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) … seeks to reduce the number of opioid-related deaths in New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE - Ivan Romero, 40, the leader of a heroin …
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Man from Albuquerque pleads guilty to federal drug and firearm possession 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) … ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. –Raymond Maestas, 43, of Albuquerque, New Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque on …
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Twenty-One Individuals Charged With Using Fraudulent Prescriptions To Obtain Oxycodone

… 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 Executive Director Larry Loring, R.Ph., of the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy. Twenty of the 21 defendants were …
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DEA News: HSBC Holdings Plc. And HSBC Bank USA N.A. Admit To Anti-Money Laundering And Sanctions Violations, Forfeit $1.256 Billion In Deferred Prosecution Agreement

… activities from HSBC Group Affilliates, particularly HSBC Mexico, one of HSBC Bank USA’s largest Mexican customers.  … money laundering risks associated with doing business in Mexico, from at least 2006 to 2009, HSBC Bank USA rated … U.S. dollars from HSBC Mexico during this period, when HSBC Mexico’s own lax AML controls caused it to be the preferred …
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Former Mexican governor extradited on money laundering charges

… - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A former Coahuila, Mexico, governor is set to appear in federal court to face … 65, on Feb. 8, 2017. He has been in custody in Mexico since Feb. 5, 2019. Today, he was returned to the … and allegedly transferred stolen Coahuila finances from Mexico into an account in Brownsville. They later …