PRESS RELEASE

19 Arrested In Connection With Austin-Based Cocaine Distribution And Bulk Cash Smuggling Operation

… 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 …
PRESS RELEASE

Eight More Individuals Sentenced In Operation Sooner Or Later

… 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 …
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 40 Years In Federal Prison

… 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 …
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Jury In Austin Convicts Mexican Businessman In Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Los Zetas Drug Distribution Proceeds

… 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 …
PRESS RELEASE

Former Mexican Official, Wife Charged In Money Laundering Scheme Criminal Forfeiture Of An Estimated $50 Million In Assets Pending

… 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 …
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged High Ranking Member Of Los Zetas Cartel Arrested

… 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 …
PRESS RELEASE

Former Tamaulipas Governor Indicted In Money Laundering Scheme With Brother-in-Law

… Hernandez Flores, the former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, with conspiring to launder monetary instruments and …
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Fifteen Years

… that Juan Carlos Delgado-Sagaste, 30, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge David … network whose tentacles stretched across northern Mexico to the neighboring cities of Arizona,” said DEA … organization which illegally exported firearms into Mexico. A joint investigation by several federal agencies …
PRESS RELEASE

Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Over 12 Years In Federal Prison

… AZ. - Luis Nevarez-Meneses, 27, of Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. Chief Judge Roslyn … proceeds from their U.S.-based customers to be returned to Mexico. Nevarez-Meneses lived in the drug trafficking … the U.S. and the flow of proceeds from these dealings into Mexico.” The investigation in this case was conducted by the …
PRESS RELEASE

Dispatcher In Dial For Dope Tacoma Heroin Case Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison

… utilized to ship hundreds of thousands of drug proceeds to Mexico. In the course of the thirteen month investigation, … there have been 22,700 narcotics related murders in Mexico since 2006, as Mexican cartels battle to decide who … and also assisted them with wiring illegal drug proceeds to Mexico using false names to conceal the money’s source and …
PRESS RELEASE

Kern County Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Cocaine Smuggling

… with Jose Luis Montoya-Salazar, (Montoya), 42, of Mexico City, and Luis Ricardo Eslava-(Eslava), 42, of Sinaloa, Mexico, to import, distribute, and possess with intent to … containing cocaine smuggled into the United States from Mexico at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, to a location in …
PRESS RELEASE

63 Federal Convictions Stemming From Multi-Agency Operation Trident

… plea was entered by Saul Pacheco Panuco, 31, a citizen of Mexico. In pleading guilty, Pacheco Panuco admitted that he … plea was entered by Julio Ramirez Perez, 33, a citizen of Mexico. In pleading guilty, Ramirez Perez admitted that he … W. Wanger sentenced Rafael Perez-Peña, 43, a citizen of Mexico, to five years in prison, to be followed by five …
PRESS RELEASE

Large-Scale Redding-Area Marijuana Manufacturing Organization Dismantled

… Officers encountered Francisco Zepeda Pulido, 27, of Colima Mexico, at the grow site. Two other adult Hispanic males … plants were seized. Additionally, Bernardo Laredo, 33, of Mexico City, Mexico, was subsequently arrested after federal search …
PRESS RELEASE

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

… 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 …
PRESS RELEASE

China-Based Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Employees Indicted for Alleged Fentanyl Manufacturing and Distribution

… throughout the world, including to the United States and Mexico, where drug cartels and traffickers combine the … Organizations such as the Sinaloa Cartel based in Sinaloa, Mexico and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación based in Jalisco, Mexico, receive fentanyl precursors and synthetic opioids …
PRESS RELEASE

Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Tipped Off DEA Target

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … the execution of a state search warrant in Los Ranchos, New Mexico, in July 2021. After finding methamphetamine inside … Sean Long is prosecuting the case in the District of New Mexico. ### Drug Trafficking Guilty Plea Guns/Weapons …
PRESS RELEASE

Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Attempting to Distribute Methamphetamine and Receiving Bribes

… to smuggle methamphetamine and people across the U.S.-Mexico border while on duty, was sentenced in federal court … unauthorized immigrants to enter the United States from Mexico. Hernandez also agreed to move methamphetamine and … In his plea agreement, Hernandez acknowledged he took Mexico-based smugglers on a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border, …
PRESS RELEASE

Carlsbad Man Sentenced for Federal Drug and Firearms Offenses

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … during 2023 joint enforcement operation in Carlsbad, New Mexico which resulted in the arrest of 12 alleged drug and … The task force initiatives are also part of the New Mexico High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program (HIDTA), …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA-Led Investigation Dismantles Albuquerque-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico,  announced the results of a law enforcement … Office, the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office, the New Mexico State Police, Homeland Security Investigations, the …
PRESS RELEASE

Cuban National Sentenced to Over 38 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Other Crimes

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … a Mexican drug cartel operating out of Porvenir, Chihuahua, Mexico. Porvenir is across the Rio Grande River from the … human smuggling and trafficking groups operating in Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, El …
PRESS RELEASE

Operación dirigida por la DEA que tiene como blanco al Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación genera más de 600 arrestos

… criminales transnacionales de más rápido crecimiento en México que se encuentra entre los fabricantes de … en buena parte por los elevados niveles de violencia en México. Con el abuso de la metanfetamina y el aumento en los … a cargo dentro de la organización fue extraditado de México a Estados Unidos bajo cargos por tráfico de drogas y …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Colorado Attorney General Topple International Cocaine Trafficking Organization

… that imported multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from Mexico into Colorado. According to the indictment the … the other members of the ring, imported the cocaine from Mexico, through New Mexico, and distributed it to users in the Denver metro …
PRESS RELEASE

Year-Long Wiretap Investigation Results in Four Arrests and Kilogram Seizures of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Heroin, and Cocaine

… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Drug Trafficking Groups With Ties to Mexico and Colombia Fentanyl seized in Kent Download … M. Gorman. The drug conspirators have ties to suppliers in Mexico and Colombia, and law enforcement in those countries … arrested include: Ramon Duarte Garcia, 37, a citizen of Mexico residing in Kent, Washington. Humberto Lopez …
PRESS RELEASE

Head of Albuquerque Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Sentenced

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … for moving tens of thousands of fentanyl pills from Mexico into Albuquerque, along with alien smuggling and … for his sons and other individuals to be transported from Mexico into the United States. On one occasion, he directed …
PRESS RELEASE

Former Olympian Wanted for Running Transnational Drug Enterprise and Ordering Several Murders Added to FBI’s List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

… hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other … Bondi  announced had arrived in the United States from Mexico last week.    In September 2024, a federal grand jury …
PRESS RELEASE

Hobbs Woman Sentenced for High-Speed Chase that led to Fentanyl and Meth Bust

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … received information that a vehicle traveling in Hobbs, New Mexico, contained fentanyl pills and methamphetamine. Agents … a vehicle, Johnson’s was a passenger in, to Tatum, New Mexico and attempted a second traffic stop, however the …
PRESS RELEASE

39 Defendants Indicted in $4.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy

… Valencia-Mendoza, 40, addresses unknown and all citizens of Mexico; Flor Gonzalez-Celestine, 52, a citizen of Mexico residing in Kansas City, Mo.; and Jose Bernabe … Zamora-Cardenas, also known as “Mufa,” 52, a citizen of Mexico residing in Kansas City, Kan. The federal indictment …
PRESS RELEASE

Cartel Leader Heads to Prison for Over $2M Drug Seizures

… B. Lowery. Juan Manuel Salazar Alvarez, 29, Michoacan, Mexico, pleaded guilty Nov. 5, 2020. Today, U.S. District … cartel’s large-scale operations functioning in Tamaulipas, Mexico. It comprised of couriers, stash house operators and … Manuel Enrique Ayala Rodriguez, 45, both of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, were each sentenced to 192 months, while Giovani …
PRESS RELEASE

Twenty-Four Arrested In Permian Basin Hydroponic Marijuana Distribution Operations

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … marijuana supplier, 37-year-old David Pace of Ruidoso, New Mexico, and 19 other individuals in a conspiracy to … 24 - Andrews, Texas David Luis Pace - Age 37 - Ruidoso, New Mexico *Joshua James Montoya - Age 26 - Andrews, Texas *Cory …
PRESS RELEASE

34 Suspects Indicted In Drug And Firearms Trafficking Organization

… illegally trafficking firearms from the United States to Mexico. Beginning earlier this morning, a multi-agency law … of firearms, including AK-47s, to be illegally exported to Mexico. Defendants, none of whom are licensed firearms … is committed to stopping the illegal flow of guns into Mexico,” said Dennis K. Burke, U.S. Attorney for the …