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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 … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … 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 … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … 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 … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Tipped Off DEA Target

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … the execution of a state search warrant in Los Ranchos, New Mexico, in July 2021. After finding methamphetamine inside …
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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, …
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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 … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … during 2023 joint enforcement operation in Carlsbad, New Mexico which resulted in the arrest of 12 alleged drug and …
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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 … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico,  announced the results of a law enforcement …
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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 … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … a Mexican drug cartel operating out of Porvenir, Chihuahua, Mexico. Porvenir is across the Rio Grande River from the …
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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 …
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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 …
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Year-Long Wiretap Investigation Results in Four Arrests and Kilogram Seizures of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Heroin, and Cocaine

… - (509) 454-4407 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 …
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Head of Albuquerque Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Sentenced

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … for moving tens of thousands of fentanyl pills from Mexico into Albuquerque, along with alien smuggling and …