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

… 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 …
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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 …
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Four Individuals Charged with Drug-Distribution Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Third “Project Python” Man Sent to Prison

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

… 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 …
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Woman facing federal drug trafficking charge arising

… 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 …
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Carlsbad Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

… 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 …
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Suburban Chicago Man Convicted of Laundering Drug Proceeds for Mexican Traffickers

… 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 …
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Mexican National Living in Meriden Sentenced to Four Years for Heroin Trafficking

… 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 …
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Mexican National Found Guilty of Marijuana Distribution

… 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 …
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Man from Albuquerque pleads guilty to federal armed robbery of medical products and drug charges

… 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 …
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Carlsbad man sentenced to five years on gun and drug charges

… 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 …
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Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting over 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine

… 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 …
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Albuquerque company agrees to $240,000 settlement relating to Controlled Substances Act claims

… 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 …
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Illegal alien sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin

… 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 …
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Illegal alien charged in money laundering conspiracy and for firearms violation

… 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 …
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Drug trafficker who possessed pills laced with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin sentened to 48 months in prison

… 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, …
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Alleged Mexican drug dealer extradited to Southern District of Illinois

… 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 …
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Suburban Man Indicted On Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly Importing A Fentanyl Analogue From China

… 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 …
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Suburban Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Leading Chicago-area Cell Of International Drug Trafficking Organization

… 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 …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling Operation

… 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 …
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Pleads Guilty To Federal Murder Charge In El Paso

… 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 …
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Sentenced To Federal Prison For Murder

… 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 …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 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 …
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DEA Holds Its 10TH Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… 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 …
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Leader Of Large Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison

… 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 …
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West Michigan Man Receives 30 Years: Trafficked In Cocaine And Methamphetamine

… 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 …
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Brooks County Marijuana Traffickers Convicted

… 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 …