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Prison healthcare company agrees to $215,000 settlement relating to Controlled Substances Act claims

… 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) … N.M. – Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico Fred J. Federici has announced that Centurion …
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Operación dirigida por la DEA que tiene como blanco al Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación genera más de 600 arrestos

… 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) … drogas ilegales hacia y a través del oeste de Texas y Nuevo México serán responsables por el daño que causan a nuestras …
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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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Man Pleads Guilty In New York To Conspiring With Iranian Military Officials To Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador To The United States

… at the direction of these co-conspirators, he traveled to Mexico on several occasions during 2011 in order to arrange … do so.   Arbabsiar traveled to and from the United States, Mexico and Iran and was in telephone contact with his … to which Arbabsiar pleaded: Arbabsiar met with CS-1 in Mexico on multiple occasions between May 2011 and July …
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Investigation by Tucson Strike Force Leads to Indictment of 13 Involved in Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… Jasiel Soloman Corral-Cinco, 32, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico Eduardo Martinez-Torres, 38, of Tucson, Arizona … Carlos Edgardo Rincones Vega, 25, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico Hector Manuel Cruz, 37, of Tucson, Arizona Angel Ariel-Zubia, 31, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico Melecio Hernan Garcia, 32, of Rio Rico, Arizona …
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Deming man appears in federal court for child pornography 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. – Jeffery Dean Biddle, 41, of Deming, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in federal court on March …
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El Paso Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Fentanyl, Causing Death

… 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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Six Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization

… organization (DTO) was distributing drugs obtained from a Mexico-based supplier throughout metro-Atlanta. These drugs included methamphetamine which arrived from Mexico in liquid form and was converted to crystal …
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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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13 Drug Traffickers Sentenced to More than 235 Years Combined in Federal Prison

… and money laundering scheme that operated in North Texas, Mexico, and elsewhere from March of 2018 to August of 2018.  … drug trafficking organization with ties to a cartel in Mexico associated with the Zeta Cartel. “For years, Los … then sent back to cocaine and methamphetamine suppliers in Mexico. “We will not allow drug traffickers, members or …
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DEA’s Louisville Field Division Kept Nearly 89 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl out of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia in 2025

… America.  The drug is mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced from China. In an effort to …
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Malas Manas Transnational Criminal Organization Leadership Indicted on Charges of Human Smuggling and Drug Trafficking

… and Jesus Armando Gonzalez-Villela, citizens of Mexico, for Conspiracy to Transport Aliens; Conspiracy to … (TCO), operating in the Santa Cruz and Mascarenas areas of Mexico, with the permission of the Sinaloa Cartel.  The … instruments from the United States to the Republic of Mexico.  The indictment further alleges that from 2019 until …
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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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Jury Convicts Mexican National of $4.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy

… tied to the Cárteles Unidos cartel in Michoacán, Mexico, was convicted by a federal trial jury today of his … United States. Luis Eduardo Pineda-Zarao, 29, a citizen of Mexico residing in Lebanon, Tennessee, was found guilty of …
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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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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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Co-Founder of Sinaloa Cartel Charged in Superseding Indictment with Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl

… or hit men, to carry out kidnappings and murders in Mexico to retaliate against rivals who threatened the … generated from the drug sales were then transported back to Mexico. Guzman Loera’s name has been removed from the fifth … ISMAEL ZAMBADA GARCIA (also known as “El Mayo”) Age: 76 Mexico E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 9-CR-466 (BMC)   Drug Trafficking …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …