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Federal Inmate Sentenced To Eight Years For Conspiring To Import Marijuana While In Federal Prison

… time in federal prison, arranged shipment of marijuana from Mexico to northwest Wisconsin MADISON, Wis. - ― John W. … announced that Humberto Fierro-Rascon, 41, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. … arranged to smuggle a shipment of marijuana from Mexico to Christopher Johnson in northwest Wisconsin. …
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Operation Boyztown Results in Rare Life Sentence for Methamphetamine Distributor

… distribution organization with direct links to Sinaloa, Mexico; Phoenix, Arizona; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Sioux … in Arizona, brokered methamphetamine transactions between Mexico-based cartel operatives and local drug traffickers in … the urgent need to control our international border with Mexico and the need to remove criminal aliens from the …
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Key Player In Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

… Paul Gastellum-Chavez, aka Juan Chavez Rodriguez, 57, of Mexico, was sentenced to 13 years in prison by U. S. … for transporting multi-ton quantities of marijuana from Mexico into the United States. “This sentencing sends a … shipments of marijuana into the United States from Mexico via ports of entry located in Arizona using tractor …
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Former Mexican Governor Extradited To The Southern District Of Texas

… Ruvalcaba, the former governor of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, and a former PRI Party candidate for Mexican … along the southern border between the United States and Mexico directly across from Brownsville and Laredo. … also collected bribes from commercial operations in Mexico, according to the indictment. Cano operated …
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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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Starr County Justice of the Peace and Another Sent to Prison for Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization

… substantial quantities of drugs into the United States from Mexico which was then distributed throughout … the importation of approximately 43 kilograms of meth from Mexico into the United States in addition to large amounts …
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Kansas City Man Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearm

… Co-defendant Jose Jesus Sanchez-Mendez, 42, a citizen of Mexico who illegally entered the United States, pleaded … methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl sourced from Mexico. Sanchez-Mendez managed the importation, processing, …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación

… guns that clearly were intended to be sent to the cartel in Mexico,” said United States Attorney Nick Hanna. “This level … 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 …
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Alleged Members Of Grant County Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Arrested On Federal 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) … this community safe.” “Grant County, like so many of New Mexico's historic, scenic areas, offers lots for residents …
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Federal Indictment Charges 19 in Alleged Conspiracy to Traffic Methamphetamine

… large quantities of methamphetamine from their suppliers in Mexico into and throughout the Inland Empire. The 19-count … purchased methamphetamine from their suppliers in Mexico as well as Los Angeles and Riverside counties. Other … 46.6 pounds (21.2 kilograms) of methamphetamine from Mexico across the U.S port of entry at Calexico and into …
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Last Of The Arellano-Felix Brothers Sentenced

… on this community and the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico. According to court documents, the Arellano-Felix … (AFO) moved hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and Colombia into the U.S. and made hundreds of … and arresting those people trafficking drugs across the US/Mexico border has not wavered but has only grown stronger. …
Jose Juan Torres Mandujano
FUGITIVE

Jose Juan Torres Mandujano

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, COCAINE AND FENTANYL; POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL; AND DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE
David Cortez-Peregrino
FUGITIVE

David Cortez-Peregrino

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, COCAINE AND FENTANYL; POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL; AND DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE
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Drug Coordinator Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison

… – Enrique Heriberto Nunez-Tiznado, 45, of Sasabe, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced on February 22, 2024, by United States … on December 13, 2023. Nunez-Tiznado admitted he was a Mexico-based leader of an organization that supplied drugs …
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Leader Of Guadalajara And Sinaloa Cartels Charged With Conspiring To Murder A DEA Agent As Part Of A Continuing Criminal Enterprise

… grateful appreciation to the DEA Offices in Long Island and Mexico City, the United States Department of State, the … Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico in February 1985. Caro Quintero is also charged with … from these drug sales were then transported back to Mexico. As the leader of the criminal enterprise, Caro …
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La Familia Michoacan Drug Cartel Leader Sentenced To 43 Years In Federal Prison

… run concurrently. Rueda-Medina was arrested in Michoacàn, Mexico on July 11, 2009, and was extradited to the United … through border checkpoints near Laredo, Texas and Tijuana, Mexico. Rueda-Medina was arrested on July 11, 2009, by … LFM used a sophisticated network of individuals in Mexico and the United States to distribute the …
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Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce results of Operation Crystal Shield

… 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) … by DEA before reaching the streets of West Texas and New Mexico WASHINGTON – Today, Attorney General William P. Barr …
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Alleged Drug Traffickers Indicted

… distributed more than 500 kilograms of heroin produced by a Mexico-based heroin distribution organization.  The drugs … and supervised the transportation and delivery from Mexico to Philadelphia where he oversaw distribution of … laundered transmitted, and transported to the leadership in Mexico using various money laundering techniques.  It is …
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Approximately 300,000 Fentanyl Pills and Five Kilograms of Powdered Fentanyl Recovered from Vehicle’s Gas Tank

… cartels, like the Sinaloa cartel, smuggle fentanyl from Mexico to major cities like New York for street … from the Ford Expedition is believed to have originated in Mexico. The investigation revealed that the vehicle has crossed the U.S.-Mexico border multiple times. This case fits a trafficking …
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Mexican National Admits Distributing Cocaine in New Haven

… announced that MARTIN ONOFRE-MENDEZ, 50, a citizen of Mexico last residing in New Haven, has pleaded guilty in New …
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DEA/FBI Set Up New Tip Lines

… California areas as well as Northern Baja California, Mexico. For the better part of the last twenty years the … well as in one of the largest cities within the Republic of Mexico, Tijuana, Baja California.   In 1995, the  DEA , FBI  … most notably;  Benjamin Arellano Felix, arrested in Puebla, Mexico in 2002, and extradited to the United States in 2012, …
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Head Of The Quintero Drug Trafficking Enterprise Sentenced To Federal Prison

… TX - Juan Jose Quintero-Payan, 69, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has been sentenced to 222 months in prison and … multi-ton loads of marijuana to the United States from Mexico, using specially altered natural gas tanker trucks, … Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice and Mexico’s Procuraduria General De La (Office of the General …
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El Paso Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to More Than 10 Years 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) …
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Large Metro Denver cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking organization members indicted and arrested

… those indicted, 18 have been arrested (8 of them in Mexico, one in New Mexico, 2 in El Paso) as of the time this press release was … DTOs obtained cocaine from multiple sources in Chihuahua, Mexico. The cocaine crossed the U.S./Mexico border between …
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Five Santa Fe Residents Arrested On Federal Oxycodone 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) … Raymond J. Rael of the Santa Fe Police Department, and New Mexico State Police Lieutenant W. Troy Weisler, Commander of …
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Australian National Pleads Guilty to Participating in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… of cocaine and methamphetamine from South America and Mexico, to Australia and Europe. Further, Curry, his … for a load of cocaine to be sent from Colombia through Mexico to the U.S., specifically Los Angeles, and from there …
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Head Of The Quintero Drug Trafficking Enterprise Convicted

… TX - Juan Jose Quintero-Payan, 69, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit (RICO), … spanned from Colombia and Peru in South America, to Mexico, the Cayman Islands and to the United States, between … Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice and Mexico’s Procuraduria General De La (Office of the General …
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Sinaloa-based narcotics distributor designated under the Kingpin Act for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine in Oregon

… in trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine from Mexico to the Pacific Northwest. Efrain Mendivil Figueroa, 41, of Sinaloa, Mexico, has been charged with conspiracy to distribute … raw opium gum and heroin sources of supply in northern Mexico, and increasingly a major distributor of fentanyl. …
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Pensacola Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine, and Heroin

… and fentanyl.  Wire receipts detailing money transfers to Mexico were also recovered.  Lewis is a previously convicted …
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The Drug Enforcement Administration, Colorado Attorney General’s Office and the West Metro Drug Task Force dismantle international cocaine trafficking ring

… drug trafficking network that transported cocaine from Mexico into the United States to a distribution network in … 4, the DEA Charleston SC Resident Office, the DEA Juarez Mexico Resident Office, and the DEA Beijing, China Country … of cocaine from various sources from the Republic of Mexico into the U.S.  At times, the group utilized …