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Suburban Chicago Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Laundering Drug Trafficking Proceeds

November 08, 2022
… illegal narcotics proceeds on behalf of drug traffickers in Mexico. In the Summer and Fall of 2017 and the Spring of … schemed with other individuals in the United States and Mexico to facilitate the receipt of approximately $1.5 … the laundered money to be sent back to drug traffickers in Mexico. In November 2017, Han attempted to receive …
November 08, 2022
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Woman facing federal drug trafficking charge arising

April 18, 2019
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … arrested Cota-Guitimea, 21, a U.S. citizen who resides in Mexico, after seizing approximately 8.10 gross kilograms …
April 18, 2019
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Carlsbad Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

May 24, 2022
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … N.M. – Jermaine Ryan Alvarez, 38, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court today to nine years …
May 24, 2022
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Suburban Chicago Man Convicted of Laundering Drug Proceeds for Mexican Traffickers

March 28, 2022
… illegal narcotics proceeds on behalf of drug traffickers in Mexico. In the summer and fall of 2017, Huazhi Han schemed with an individual in Mexico to facilitate the receipt of more than $1 million in … the laundered money to be sent back to the traffickers in Mexico. In November 2017, Han attempted to receive …
March 28, 2022
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Mexican National Living in Meriden Sentenced to Four Years for Heroin Trafficking

July 13, 2021
… Connecticut, announced that Jesus Gomez, 58, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Meriden, was sentenced by U.S. … in Connecticut and, in March 2014, was removed to Mexico.  Three months later, he illegally reentered the U.S. and was removed to Mexico a second time.  He again illegally returned to the …
July 13, 2021
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Mexican National Found Guilty of Marijuana Distribution

November 18, 2021
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … for sentencing in March 2022. Six co-defendants, all from Mexico, have pleaded guilty in this case. Jesus Olegario …
November 18, 2021
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Man from Albuquerque pleads guilty to federal armed robbery of medical products and drug charges

February 11, 2021
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Joseph Matney, 40, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court on Feb. 4 to armed …
February 11, 2021
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Carlsbad man sentenced to five years on gun and drug charges

October 15, 2020
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … N.M. – Kristopher Wade Parker, 36, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, was sentenced on Oct. 14 in federal court to …
October 15, 2020
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Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting over 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine

December 07, 2021
… on Dec. 5, 2020, Newell drove from Bakersfield to Mexico to obtain and smuggle narcotics from Mexico to Bakersfield, which he agreed to do for $7,000. On … Newell drove to the San Ysidro port of entry crossing from Mexico into the United States. Law enforcement officers …
December 07, 2021
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Albuquerque company agrees to $240,000 settlement relating to Controlled Substances Act claims

March 30, 2021
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … N.M. – Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico Fred J. Federici has announced that Albuquerque …
March 30, 2021
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Illegal alien sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin

January 31, 2020
… BOISE, Idaho - Ubaldo Soto-Diaz, an illegal alien from Mexico, but residing in Portersville, California, was … distributing high potency methamphetamine, manufactured in Mexico and then transported from California to Idaho. During … controlled substances for sale in 2009. He was deported to Mexico on May 17, 2010. He was found to be illegally present …
January 31, 2020
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Illegal alien charged in money laundering conspiracy and for firearms violation

May 23, 2019
… 1, 2017. He is further charged with being an alien from Mexico, illegally and unlawfully in the United States, who … in McAllen. From there, Barajas shipped the merchandise to Mexico for his customers, according to the allegations.   … with drug proceeds for shipment to drug traffickers in Mexico, according to the charges.   If convicted of the …
May 23, 2019
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Drug trafficker who possessed pills laced with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin sentened to 48 months in prison

May 13, 2019
… admitted that he had agreed with an individual based in Mexico to bring methamphetamine into the United … fentanyl in the truck.   Olivas Leyva, 63, a citizen of Mexico, along with Luna Rodriguez, 23, also a citizen of Mexico, were indicted by a federal grand jury on June 5, …
May 13, 2019
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Alleged Mexican drug dealer extradited to Southern District of Illinois

November 19, 2018
… Marshals Service extradited Armando Medina-Hernandez from Mexico on Nov. 7, 2018, to face federal drug trafficking … who tracked the source of supply of the drugs to Mexico. “We are seeing record heroin and fentanyl deaths … our investigation tracked the source of this poison to Mexico, so that is where we went to begin to infiltrate this …
November 19, 2018
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Suburban Man Indicted On Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly Importing A Fentanyl Analogue From China

May 23, 2018
… from Estrada’s residence in Elmwood Park. Estrada fled to Mexico in July 2016, and a warrant was issued for his … arrest.  He was taken into custody last month in Querètaro, Mexico. The five-count indictment was returned Tuesday.  It … shipments of fentanyl to Chicago after fleeing to Mexico.  The fentanyl was allegedly mixed with other …
May 23, 2018
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Suburban Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Leading Chicago-area Cell Of International Drug Trafficking Organization

May 18, 2018
… probe that spanned more than two years and disrupted a Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline.  Authorities seized four … overseen by his father, Lorenzo Salgado, who resides in Mexico but communicated with his son via phone, according to … sales and the subsequent transportation of the proceeds to Mexico.  Lorenzo Salgado is charged with drug conspiracy and …
May 18, 2018
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling Operation

September 25, 2013
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … purchase firearms in the U.S. then smuggle them into Mexico for the purposes of arming members of the Sinaloa …
September 25, 2013
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Pleads Guilty To Federal Murder Charge In El Paso

May 16, 2014
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … both the Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in …
May 16, 2014
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Sentenced To Federal Prison For Murder

September 03, 2014
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … both the Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in …
September 03, 2014
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Midland and Alpine, Texas regions and throughout all of New Mexico can be found by going to www.dea.gov . This site will …
July 29, 2015
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DEA Holds Its 10TH Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 23, 2015
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … sites throughout the El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico area to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired …
September 23, 2015
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Leader Of Large Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison

July 09, 2015
… that smuggled large quantities of Alprolazam (Xanax) from Mexico to Kentucky and Tennessee dating back to 1996 LONDON, … organization, which brought prescription drugs from Mexico to eastern Kentucky and northern Tennessee for nearly … who were receiving the drugs from a supplier in Mexico. The pills were then transported back to Kentucky and …
July 09, 2015
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West Michigan Man Receives 30 Years: Trafficked In Cocaine And Methamphetamine

January 09, 2018
… quantities of cocaine and crystal methamphetamine from Mexico and to distribute them in West Michigan. This … Johnson and some of his co-conspirators wired money to Mexico and Johnson traveled to Mexico on multiple occasions. On March 5, 2017, Johnson was …
January 09, 2018
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Brooks County Marijuana Traffickers Convicted

December 01, 2011
… with drug suppliers in Rio Grande City, Texas, and Mexico and was the person who transported money to the Rio Grande Valley and Mexico. Guerra also traveled into Mexico and spoke with the suppliers of the drugs. Longoria …
December 01, 2011
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19 Arrested In Connection With Austin-Based Cocaine Distribution And Bulk Cash Smuggling Operation

February 21, 2013
… sources of cocaine smuggled into the United States from Mexico. Authorities allege that in addition to distributing … cocaine were transported back to Austin and ultimately to Mexico. During this investigation, authorities have seized … Pena.  “Today marks a milestone in disrupting a major Mexico-based cocaine trafficking organization that supplies …
February 21, 2013
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Eight More Individuals Sentenced In Operation Sooner Or Later

April 29, 2014
… in an international cocaine conspiracy that spanned from Mexico, McAllen and Mission, Texas, and into Ocala and … trafficking groups were based in Guerrero and Tamaulipas, Mexico.  From early 2007 until late 2011, they were … cocaine source of supply known as “El Nino” in Tamaulipas, Mexico.  They shipped loads of cocaine via transport …
April 29, 2014
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Mexican Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 40 Years In Federal Prison

October 22, 2012
… sentenced Jesus Tijerina (54, Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon, Mexico) to 40 years in federal prison for conspiracy to … loads of cocaine were shipped via tractor trailer from Mexico and South Texas, to Reddick. From there, Garza … sent portions of that (normally about $2.7 million) back to Mexico. The cocaine supplied by Garza was distributed …
October 22, 2012
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Federal Jury In Austin Convicts Mexican Businessman In Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Los Zetas Drug Distribution Proceeds

December 10, 2015
… and transactions worth millions of dollars in New Mexico, Oklahoma, California and Texas to disguise the … the owner of ADT Petroservicios, an oil services company in Mexico doing business with the Mexican National Oil Company … of California, Southern District of Texas, District of New Mexico and the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of …
December 10, 2015
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Former Mexican Official, Wife Charged In Money Laundering Scheme Criminal Forfeiture Of An Estimated $50 Million In Assets Pending

May 26, 2017
… CHRISTI, Texas - An indictment charging the former Tabasco, Mexico, Secretary of Finance has been unsealed following the … Also charged is Saiz-Pineda’s business associate in Mexico and the United States, Martin Alberto Medina-Sonda, … of illegal enrichment. Medina-Sonda is also in custody in Mexico.     The indictment includes a notice of criminal …
May 26, 2017
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Alleged High Ranking Member Of Los Zetas Cartel Arrested

March 19, 2015
… they observed a boat traveling northward into the U.S. from Mexico at a high rate of speed. Suspecting the individuals … is the regional commander of the northern region of Mexico to include the states of Coahuilla, Taumalipas and Nuevo Leon, Mexico, as well as Zapata, Texas. As such, he is allegedly …
March 19, 2015