PRESS RELEASE

Kern County Poly Drug Traffickers Found Guilty

June 15, 2017
… brought multi kilo quantities of meth, heroin, cocaine from Mexico FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an … methamphetamine.   Mario Alvarez-Muniz, 49, a citizen of Mexico, residing in Taft, and Darrell Leon Jennings, 49, of … driver, obtained heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine from Mexico for distribution here.  Jennings is a self-employed …
June 15, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Men Arrested In Bakersfield Indicted For Cocaine Smuggling

September 04, 2014
… of Shafter, Jose Luis Montoya-Salazar, (Montoya), 42, of Mexico City, and Luis Ricardo Eslava-(Eslava), 42, of Sinaloa, Mexico, charging them with conspiring to import, distribute, … convicted, Eslava and Montoya are subject to deportation to Mexico after serving any prison sentence imposed. On …
September 04, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Fourth Defendant Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation Operation In Sequoia National Forest

April 27, 2015
… FRESNO, Calif. - David Arreola, 29, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced today to seven and a half years in … 32; and Jose Luis García-Villa, 22, all of Michoacán, Mexico, conspired in the cultivation of approximately 8,876 … Arreola, like his co-defendants, faces potential removal to Mexico. This case is the product of an investigation by the …
April 27, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Sinaloa Cartel-Connected Drug Distribution Ring That Used Semi-Trucks to Transport Huge Loads Disrupted With Multiple Arrests

August 25, 2025
… Miller. The drug traffickers transported narcotics from Mexico, via California, sometimes using a semi-truck to … Western District of Washington, but also the brothers in Mexico who profited by spreading their poisons and addiction … Banuelos 24. The men are based in the Sinaloa area of Mexico. Throughout 2023 and 2024, law enforcement used …
August 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison for Laundering $5.4 million

June 27, 2025
… repatriation of the proceeds, or their equivalent value, to Mexico as part of a money laundering conspiracy. According … proceeds generated in the United States to the cartel in Mexico. Martinez personally arranged for the laundering of … of drugs across our borders and the flow of money back to Mexico by cartel operatives and bring these individuals to …
June 27, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion

March 11, 2020
… 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 …
March 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

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

March 11, 2020
… 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 …
March 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

March 02, 2021
… seized. Border restrictions between the United States and Mexico, brought on due to the pandemic, have increased the … of bulk currency from the United States across the SWB into Mexico. As a result, large amounts of U.S. currency are being held along the U.S. side, awaiting transport to Mexico. • California had the second greatest amount of …
March 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Son of Sinaloa Cartel Member Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

October 31, 2024
… manager for a drug trafficking organization out of Mexico that was responsible for distributing drugs in … of the Tri-Cities area, but now resides in Sinaloa, Mexico where he runs his drug trafficking organization.  … he is a U.S. Citizen and could travel freely to and from Mexico.  Judge Rice found that Zazueta is a leader and …
October 31, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Norcross Cousins Sentenced for Operating Meth Lab

March 15, 2021
… all of whom had illegally entered the United States from Mexico, utilized a family home in Norcross less than 200 … green cellophane.  Roberto Arroyo-Garcia, 39, of Guerrero, Mexico, who was previously deported on two separate … he pleaded guilty.  Zury Brito-Arroyo, 28, of Guerrero, Mexico, was sentenced on February 25, 2020, to 21 years in …
March 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced to 18 Months for Transporting Heroin in 2019

January 12, 2024
… 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, …
January 12, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel Money Laundering Organization Dismantled

April 18, 2023
… led by Enrique Daan Esparragoza Rosas of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. The indictment said Esparragoza’s organization used … then transferred the laundered funds to bank accounts in Mexico.  In total, dozens of bank accounts used by the … Las Vegas; and aircraft and aircraft engines for export to Mexico, among other things.  In the extortion plot, the …
April 18, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Federal jury finds Albuquerque career offender guilty of distributing heroin that caused teen's overdose death

May 13, 2019
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Paso Division and U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson.   "New Mexico has been hit hard by the heroin and opioid epidemic … Anderson said, “Hundreds of people die each year in New Mexico from heroin and opioid overdoses. The U.S. Attorney’s …
May 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Assassin for Mexican Cartel Sentenced to Life in Prison

March 24, 2022
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … proceeds that were destined to be returned to the Cartel in Mexico. Agents and officers also seized hundreds of weapons … of rounds of ammunition intended to be smuggled into Mexico to assist the Cartel’s battle to take control of …
March 24, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

High-Ranking Member of Los Zetas Cartel Sentenced in Eastern District of Texas to a Term of Life Imprisonment

September 13, 2021
… poison into the United States or fuel violence back in Mexico.” “This lengthy sentence is the culmination of years … quantities of cocaine between Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, and Eagle Pass, Texas on behalf of the Los Zetas … was smuggled from the United States back to Chavarria in Mexico by secreting the cash in washers, dryers, …
September 13, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian Paramilitary Leader Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Narco-Terrorism

November 09, 2011
… of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia to Central America, Mexico and the United States using seaports and clandestine … - from Colombia, through Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico. Mr. Jimenez-Naranjo’s sentence is a step forward in … and exported that cocaine from Colombia to Central America, Mexico and elsewhere, some of which was ultimately imported …
November 09, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Kruz Control Delivers Major Action Against Large Scale Marijuana Trafficking Organization

December 17, 2013
… from (primarily through the Agua Prieta corridor) into New Mexico and Arizona and the smuggling of bulk drug proceeds back into Mexico.  The Cruz DTO uses multiple load drivers and … into the United States and their illicit proceeds back to Mexico," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman. …
December 17, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Wife of Sinaloa Cartel Kingpin Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

December 08, 2025
… methamphetamine, and marijuana) from South America and Mexico, transported the drugs to multiple locations along the U.S.-Mexico border using commercial trucking companies, smuggled … drug trafficking activities back to the TCO’s leadership in Mexico. According to court records, throughout 2020, the …
December 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Defendant Who Trafficked Drugs While Absconding From Federal Drug Trafficking Sentence Gets Additional Five Years in Prison

July 30, 2025
… Diversion Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Citizen of Mexico Arrested With 13 Kilos of Cocaine While on the Run … Prison Sentence for Drug Dealing Seattle –A citizen of Mexico who resided in Renton, Washington before being sent … a lengthy investigation of drug traffickers with ties to Mexico and Colombia. In June 2024 law enforcement teams from …
July 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

37 Alleged Members And Associates Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate ArrestedDefendants Charged With Trafficking Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Prescription Drugs, And Laundering Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Narcotics Proceeds

July 13, 2011
… of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from the Netherlands … and Canada, hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Peru, and large quantities … that most of the marijuana smuggled from Canada and Mexico was concealed in tractor trailers, typically in …
July 13, 2011
GENERAL INFORMATION

Headquarters News 2010

July 15, 2021
… 2010 Alleged Mexican Drug Cartel Leader Extradicted From Mexico to United States to Face Federal Drug-Trafficking Charges January 13, 2010 DEA: Mexico Marks another Success against Drug Cartels …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Guatemalan National Indicted on International Cocaine Trafficking and Maritime Smuggling Charges

March 18, 2022
… of Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico and elsewhere.  “DEA and our law enforcement partners … Guard; HSI Attaché Guatemala City, Guatemala; HSI Attaché Mexico City Mexico; Department of Justice’s Office of International …
March 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Local trafficker distributing methamphetamine in North San Diego County sentenced to 10 years

December 23, 2019
… period, he obtained bulk methamphetamine from a broker in Mexico and subsequently sold smaller quantities of … each month from his methamphetamine supplier in Mexico. “San Diego communities are being flooded by high quantities of low-cost methamphetamine made in Mexico,” said DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Steve …
December 23, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficking Mom Imprisoned for Smuggling Meth Across Border

October 15, 2024
… hearing, the court heard that Rios imported narcotics from Mexico on behalf of Dallas drug traffickers. In handing down … a drug deal.  In October 2021, Rios attempted entry from Mexico into the United States via the Hidalgo Port of Entry. … with several friends from Dallas to a hotel in Reynosa, Mexico. Rios then knowingly provided her vehicle to Mexican …
October 15, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Three traffickers sentenced for smuggling meth, heroin and cocaine for cartel

October 13, 2022
… Gustavo Arocha, 47, Uriel Lopez, 45, both of Michoacan, Mexico, pleaded guilty Dec. 1, 2021, and Dec. 7, 2020, … to bring 100 kilograms of cocaine into the country from Mexico. In handing down the prison terms, Judge Saldana … the organization and was connected to a source of supply in Mexico with potential buyers in the United States. The Drug …
October 13, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 17, 2024
… 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 …
January 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Four Individuals Charged with Drug-Distribution Conspiracy

November 30, 2023
… 36, of Florence, Victor Manuel Alcocer-Gonzalez, 37, of Mexico, Edgar Camacho-Reyes, 36, of Mexico, and Jose Salomon Gorozquieta-Gusman, 31, of Mexico, with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with …
November 30, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Third “Project Python” Man Sent to Prison

August 30, 2023
… LAREDO, Texas – A 50-year-old resident of Guanajuato, Mexico, has been ordered to prison for his role in a … revealed the batteries originated from Michoacán, Mexico with an average load of 7.5 kilos of meth.  Martinez … 43, and Eduardo Coronel-Cardoza, 35, both of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, received 198 months and 78 months, respectively. The …
August 30, 2023
Rios-Gallardo, Ismael
FUGITIVE

Ismael Rios-Gallardo

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841 and 846Possession with the intent to distribute Methamphetamine
Orozco, Ubaldo Montoy
FUGITIVE

Ubaldo Montoy Orozco

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846