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Norcross Cousins Sentenced for Operating Meth Lab

… 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 …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 18 Months for Transporting Heroin in 2019

… 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, …
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Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel Money Laundering Organization Dismantled

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

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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) … Paso Division and U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson.   "New Mexico has been hit hard by the heroin and opioid epidemic …
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Assassin for Mexican Cartel Sentenced to Life in Prison

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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) … proceeds that were destined to be returned to the Cartel in Mexico. Agents and officers also seized hundreds of weapons …
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High-Ranking Member of Los Zetas Cartel Sentenced in Eastern District of Texas to a Term of Life Imprisonment

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

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

… 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. …
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Former gulf cartel comandante receives significant prison sentence

… K. Patrick. Luis Ivan Nino-Duenez, El Control, Tamaulipas, Mexico, pleaded guilty June 3, 2014.   Today, Senior U.S. … criminal syndicates to maintain control of the plazas in Mexico. He further received enhancements for importation of … of cocaine, marijuana and other illicit narcotics within Mexico and into the United States. They are the lead …
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Wife of Sinaloa Cartel Kingpin Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

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

… - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 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 …
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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

… 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 …
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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
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Guatemalan National Indicted on International Cocaine Trafficking and Maritime Smuggling Charges

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

… 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 …
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Drug Trafficking Mom Imprisoned for Smuggling Meth Across Border

… 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 …
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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

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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) … 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

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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. – 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

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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) … 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

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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. – 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

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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. – Kristopher Wade Parker, 36, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, was sentenced on Oct. 14 in federal court to …