PRESS RELEASE

Kermit Man Sentenced for Distribution of Meth

… 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) …
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Man In Connection With 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) … Dalia Valencia, and others to kill Sagredo while in Mexico in order to prevent her from testifying in the State …
GENERAL INFORMATION

The History of Red Ribbon Week

March 28, 2025
… (Kiki) S. Camarena was born on July 26, 1947, in Mexicali, Mexico. He graduated from Calexico High School in Calexico, … Four years later, Kiki received transfer orders to Mexico, where he would work out of the Guadalajara Resident Office. For more than four years in Mexico, Kiki remained on the trail of the country's biggest …
March 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Las Cruces psychiatrist pleads guilty to unlawfully prescribing opioids

… 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) … ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Mark Beale, 75, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on March 25 in federal court to …
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Administrator's Remarks on China-Based Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Arrests

January 22, 2025
… supplied drug traffickers, in the United States and Mexico, with the ingredients and scientific know-how needed …
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Arrested On Federal Drug Conspiracy Charges

… U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as well as the New Mexico State Police Tactical Team, Roosevelt County, New Mexico Sheriff’s Office, and the Region V Metro Drug Task Force, based in New Mexico. Most of the defendants were arrested in the Northern …
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

Treasury Designates Sinaloa Cartel Plaza Bosses

… of operation along the Sonora-Arizona corridor of the U.S.-Mexico International Boundary, which extends for nearly 375 … direct, and support the smuggling of illegal drugs from Mexico into the U.S. and the smuggling of illicit contraband from the U.S. into Mexico.  Plaza bosses rely on violence to maintain their …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’S 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Continues To Be Popular In Our Local Communities

… 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) … - (432) 686-4085 EL PASO - Hundreds from West Texas and New Mexico discarded 9,857 pounds of unused, expired, or …
PRESS RELEASE

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 …
PRESS RELEASE

Former Gulf Cartel Plaza Bosses Receive Long Prison Sentences

… criminal syndicates to maintain control of the plazas in Mexico. Both received enhancements for importation of … and dedicated effort by HSI Brownville and Attache Mexico special agents, RGV Sector Border Patrol agents, … impacting public safety on both sides of our border with Mexico." Zuniga-Hernandez served as plaza boss of the El …
PRESS RELEASE

Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting over 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine

… on Dec. 5, 2020, Newell drove from Bakersfield to Mexico to obtain and smuggle narcotics from Mexico to Bakersfield, which he agreed to do for $7,000. On … Newell drove to the San Ysidro port of entry crossing from Mexico into the United States. Law enforcement officers …
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-Year Investigation Leads to Indictment

… into a drug-trafficking conspiracy extending from Sinaloa, Mexico into the United States. Agents identified Mexico-based traffickers who coordinated shipments of … the people who smuggled the illicit proceeds back to Mexico; and other dealers. “Drug cartels, such as the …
EVENT
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Family Summit
November 09, 2023
November 09, 2023

El Paso Family Summit

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (EST)
El Paso, TX
The Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division is hosting a free Family Summit for families from New Mexico and West Texas who have experienced the profound loss of a loved one due to an illicit substance. The DEA Family Summit will take place on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, from 9...
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And USPIS Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 28 Individuals For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Marijuana

… in the districts of Puerto Rico, California, Florida and Mexico, using the United States Postal (USPS). According to … suppliers would purchase marijuana, originally from Mexico in bulk so that it could be packaged and sent to … a drug trafficking organization from its root: starting in Mexico, where the marijuana was bought then transported …
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

DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting

… 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

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 …
Alvaro Felix-Zazueta
FUGITIVE

Alvaro Felix-Zazueta

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
PRESS RELEASE

Former U.S. Marine Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr. Sentenced for Leading International Cocaine Distribution Organization

… transported ton-quantities of cocaine from South America to Mexico and into the United States. Dominguez had previously … at least $10 million dollars of drug proceeds back into Mexico monthly. “This case is a perfect example of how DEA … to work together with our law enforcement partners in Mexico to root out the leaders of these insidious …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Administrator names Greg Millard as SAC of the El Paso Division

… 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) … as the new SAC of the El Paso Division, which serves New Mexico and West Texas. Millard came to El Paso in October …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels—the two drug cartels based in Mexico that are responsible for the vast majority of the … members and associates of the Sinaloa Cartel operating in Mexico, China, and Central America, including the leaders of …
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court charging an associate of a Sinaloa Cartel leader with drug-trafficking conspiracy and firearms crimes

… - (914) 682-6256 Ismael Quintero Arellanes was captured in Mexico on January 29, 2020 NEW YORK – A superseding … 2018. Quintero Arellanes was captured in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, on Jan. 29, 2020. The United States intends to seek … Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, in February 1985. As an associate of the Caro …
PRESS RELEASE

More Than Fifty Pounds Of Methamphetamine Seized During Four Drug Interdiction Investigations

… 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) … Bus Station and Amtrak Train Station in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The fourth case arose out of a traffic stop on …
PRESS RELEASE

Fugitive Gets Forty-One Month Sentence For Transporting Drug Proceeds

… of heroin sales in the United States, across the border to Mexico. Rivera was given the money by co-defendant Luis … heroin dealer, to deliver to Garcia Hernandez's contacts in Mexico. Rivera was stopped at the U.S.-Mexican border at … intended to transport the money through the border and into Mexico, and he knew that the money represented the proceeds …
PRESS RELEASE

El Paso Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Causing Fentanyl Overdose Death

… 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) …
PRESS RELEASE

Perfume Store Owner Charged With Laundering Millions Of Dollars For Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organizations

… multiple retail perfume stores located on the United States-Mexico border, for his alleged participation in an … in the United States and ultimately returning them to Mexico. Datta was arrested on January 15, 2011, after … in Manhattan federal court today: Narcotics traffickers in Mexico and other countries in which narcotics are grown, …
PRESS RELEASE

Three Convicted in $500,000 Mexican Cartel Weapon Scheme

… laundering. Co-conspirators Manuel Perez-Ortiz, 40, from Mexico, and Arturo Mata Jr., 55, also of Rio Bravo, pleaded … to be purchased in the United States and then smuggled into Mexico. CDN planned to use them in fights against rival … authorities that the money came from the sale of a ranch in Mexico and they were planning to buy land in Laredo to build …
PRESS RELEASE

Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

… 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) … 47-year-old Rigoberto Melero Aguirre, a citizen of Mexico, to life in federal prison. In addition, Judge …
PRESS RELEASE

China-Based Chemical Company, Its Director and Senior Employees Indicted for Alleged Fentanyl Manufacturing and Distribution

… Aoks claimed that fentanyl precursors were most popular in Mexico and sold them in 25-kilogram fiber drums, each of … claimed that their profit on precursors sales to Mexico was worth the risk. From at least November 2016 to …