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Ignacio Villalobos-Salinas

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Violations of 21 USC 841846843and 18 USC 21956

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38 Years For Lymon On Firearms, Heroin 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) … Office and federal law enforcement agencies work with New Mexico’s District Attorneys and state, local and tribal law …

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Leader Of Major Heroin Trafficking Ring Operating Out Of Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

… 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) … too will face the same fate as Bustamante-Conchas.” “New Mexico’s opioid addiction and overdose death rates have been …

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Samuel Velasco Gurrola Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder-For-Hire Plot

… 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) … a plot, with his brother’s help, to kill Sagredo while in Mexico in order to prevent her from testifying in the state …

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DEA Recognizes Law Enforcement Appreciation Day

January 22, 2025

… strikes a blow to the crime element in Roswell, New Mexico Please don’t forget to show appreciation to your …

January 22, 2025

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DEA Omaha Division feels effects of Sinaloa Cartel

… North Dakota and South Dakota from routes that begin in Mexico. “We’ve been able to trace large amounts of … and more established drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. Though its birthplace and stronghold is the Mexican … the United States through crossing points located along Mexico’s border with California, Arizona, New Mexico and …

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Federal Law Enforcement in Chicago Seize Private Plane and 100 Kilograms of Cocaine

… Defendants Arrested as Part of Investigation of Suspected Mexico-to-Chicago Drug Pipeline CHICAGO — Robert J. Bell, … as part of an investigation that disrupted a suspected Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline and resulted in government … area earlier Wednesday via private plane from Toluca, Mexico, via Houston, Texas. The plane arrived at …

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Dozens Of Alleged Members Of Sinaloa Cartel Charged; List Includes Kingpin “El Mayo,” His Sons And Other Top Leaders

… SAN DIEGO - Sixty alleged members and associates of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel - including the highest ranking … the world’s most powerful drug lord until his arrest in Mexico in February 2014. This case began in late 2011 as an … Minnesota, Kentucky, Georgia; and the countries of Mexico, Canada, Colombia, Great Britain, the Philippines, …

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Project Below The Beltway Targets Sinaloa And Juarez Cartels And Affiliated Violent Street Gangs Nationwide

… 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, the Ector County District Attorney’s Office, New Mexico’s 13th Judicial District Attorney’s (Bernalillo …

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Las Cruces Man Pleads Guilty To Participating In Dona Ana County Cocaine Trafficking Ring

… 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) … operation targeted cocaine trafficking in Southern New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE - Juan Velazquez, 26, of Las Cruces, …

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El Paso Man to Spend 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Deadly Fentanyl

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U.S. Attorney's Office and DEA Announce Federal Charges Against Albuquerque Based Drug Trafficking Organization

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Chicago Twins’ Cooperation Against Sinaloa Cartel Yields 14- Year Prison Terms; New Charges Target Cartel’s Top Echelon

… from street level dealers to the highest echelons of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel and a rival cartel before they … left behind millions of dollars in additional assets in Mexico after they began cooperating. The judge also placed … $1.8 billion of drug proceeds from the United States to Mexico, primarily through bulk cash smuggling. At great …

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Assassin for Mexican Cartel Sentenced to Life in Prison

… 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) … proceeds that were destined to be returned to the Cartel in Mexico. Agents and officers also seized hundreds of weapons …

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Member of Meth Conspiracy Sentenced to 25 Years for Narcotics Trafficking & International Money Laundering

… Texas, and South Carolina to traffic methamphetamine from Mexico into Southwest Virginia and then launder the monetary … accomplices who acted as a conduit from multiple sources in Mexico. In order to launder the funds, the conspirators … money in increments of $2,000 to designated individuals in Mexico as a finders-fee paid to co-conspirator Amy Deanna …

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Chula Vista Airplane Broker Who Managed Money Laundering Crew Using Drug Proceeds Sentenced To 60 Months

… nationwide for purchase of over 35 airplanes for export to Mexico SAN DIEGO - Chula Vista airplane broker Vicente … of over 35 airplanes and airplane parts for exportation to Mexico. He did so by laundering and structuring bulk … for the purchase of over 35 airplanes for exportation to Mexico. He further admitted that he facilitated the purchase …

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

… 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) … a Mexican drug cartel operating out of Porvenir, Chihuahua, Mexico. Porvenir is across the Rio Grande River from the …

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Dark Web Narcotics Traffickers Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Illegal Drugs in Exchange for Cryptocurrency

… They were arrested on November 14, 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, Acting United States Attorney … to the defendants’ base of operations in Albuquerque, New Mexico. With overdoses on the rise, it is our goal to shut … (ALSO KNOWN AS “THEQUEENSHIVE”) Age: 27 Albuquerque, New Mexico BROOKE GRAY (also known as “THEQUEENSHIVE”) Age: 23 …

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La Familia Michoacan Drug Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Charges

… of the La Familia Michoacán.” “The cartel leadership in Mexico is not immune from our reach,” said U.S. Attorney … the United States. Rueda-Medina was arrested in Michoacán, Mexico on July 11, 2009, and was extradited to the United … through border checkpoints near Laredo, Texas and Tijuana, Mexico and delivered to stash locations in the Northern …

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Multi-agency Investigation Dismantles Las Cruces-based Drug Trafficking Organizations

… 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) … traffickers and money launderers operating in southern New Mexico, west Texas and as far east as Tennessee and South …

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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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DEA Statement On The Capture Of Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman-Loera

… by Guzman-Loera’s ruthless acts of violence. The DEA and Mexico have a strong partnership and we will continue to support Mexico in its efforts to improve security for its citizens … violencia despiadada cometidas por Guzmán-Loera. La DEA y México tienen una fuerte relación colaborativa y seguirá …

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22 Charged, 7 Arrested In Major Los Angeles Strike Force Investigation

… of pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin from Mexico into the United States. The narcotics were … the domestic narcotics sales were then funneled back to Mexico. During the two-year wiretap … that regularly transported narcotics across the U.S.-Mexico border and at times stored drugs in “stash houses” …

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El Paso Division Arrests For Project Delirium

… 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) … Paso Division, which covers Far West Texas and all of New Mexico, were part of the nationwide takedown in Project …

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Leader Of Major Drug Trafficking Ring And Seven Co-Conspirators Sentenced To Prison

… Carolina and funneling millions in drug proceeds back to Mexico STATESVILLE, N.C. - One of the leaders and seven … Carolina and funneling millions in drug proceeds back to Mexico were sentenced earlier this week, announced Jill … court in Statesville are: David Maldonado-Rendon, 33, of Mexico - Sentenced to 210 months and five years of …

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Sacramento Man Sentenced to over 4 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Pill Distribution

… source for $2,500 in Sacramento, on behalf of a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization. The pills were …

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San Antonio Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison After Mailing Fentanyl-Laced Pills, Causing Death of El Pasoan

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El Paso Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Poisoning Death of 19-Year-Old

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Mexican Cartel Leader Edgar Valdez-Villareal, A/k/a "La Barbie," Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… in the United States and rose to be a high-level leader of Mexico's Beltran-Leyva Cartel, pleaded guilty Wednesday to … for the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Government of Mexico and literally hundreds of DEA’s federal, state and …

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El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

… 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) … of methamphetamine after a co-conspirator in Guadalajara, Mexico, negotiated the deal with one of the undercover …