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Mexican National Pleads Guilty To Involvement In Naco Drug Tunnel Case

… States through a tunnel that extended into Naco, Ariz, from Mexico. The investigation began after the seizure of 5.6 … of the trial and remained a fugitive until his arrest in Mexico in 2010. He was extradited to the United States in … had passed through the tunnel that extended 210 feet from Mexico to Naco, Arizona. Both defendants were sentenced to …
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Hundreds Of Counterfeit Oxycodone Tablets Seized At Port Of Entry Contained Ultra-Deadly Fentanyl

… the first time that federal officials along the California-Mexico border have intercepted counterfeit oxycodone tablets … containing fentanyl as they were being smuggled from Mexico into the United States. “DEA will continue to … defendant Sergio Linyuntang Mendoza Bohon of Tijuana, Mexico, was arraigned on a charge that he unlawfully …
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Violent Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted For Meth And Heroin Distribution

… 18, 2011, charging 18 subjects involved in a Sinaloa, Mexico drug trafficking organization with multiple … of the organization smuggled drugs across the border from Mexico, to a stash house in Arizona. The drugs were … discussed a contract killing of unknown persons in Mexico. On May 12, 2011, a federal grand jury returned an …
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Multi-County Marijuana Prosecutions

… of his prison term, Garcia is subject to deportation to Mexico. Garcia’s co-defendant, Jose Cisneros Garcia, 53, of … 1:12-cr-0282 AWI) - Rafael Garcia Deniz, 44, of Jalisco, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, … Co-defendant Gonzalo Gutierrez Lopez, 40, of Jalisco, Mexico is awaiting sentencing. Both Garcia and Gutierrez are …
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DEA Statement On Arrest Of Omar Trevino Morales

… today issued the following statement on the arrest in Mexico of Zetas leader Omar Trevino Morales: "The Drug … Administration proudly congratulates the Government of Mexico and their leadership in the arrest of Omar Trevino …
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Former Mexican governor sent to US prison for money laundering

… - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A former Coahuila, Mexico, governor has been ordered to federal prison for his … payments. Law enforcement took Torres-Lopez into custody in Mexico Feb. 5, 2019, where he remained until his extradition … future. Villarreal-Hernandez, 50, of Saltillo, Coahuilla, Mexico, has also been convicted in the Southern and Western …
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Las Cruces Man Charged with Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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) … device from Victor Andrew Pardo Jr., 26, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, for $300. The device was later analyzed by the …
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Illegal Aliens Charged With Meth Trafficking and Firearm Possession

… and Jorge Luis Ramirez Bibiano, both illegal aliens from Mexico, appeared in federal court earlier today on charges … both Solano Lorenzo and Ramirez Bibiano are citizens of Mexico and illegally present in the United States. Earlier today, Juan Carlos Solano Lorenzo, 30, of Guerrero, Mexico, appeared before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Russell …
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Approximately 70 pounds of heroin and fentanyl seized from wholesale distribution network in the Bronx and Yonkers

… distribution network in the Bronx and one who represented a Mexico-based narcotics supply organization. The alleged … again. The investigation revealed that Guzman represented a Mexico-based narcotics supply organization and had travelled … potentially lethal opioids. Through a direct connection to Mexico-based suppliers, the distribution network stockpiled …
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Seventeen Alleged Leaders And Associates Of CLAN USUGA Indicted In Brooklyn And Miami

… Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico, and elsewhere. According to a previously unsealed … cocaine, as well as the receipt of shipments of cocaine in Mexico and Central America, for ultimate importation into … involved in multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico, El Salvador, and Panama for ultimate importation …
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Twenty Charged In Chicago With Various Drug Trafficking Offenses, Including Five Allegedly Tied To The Mexican “Zetas” Cartel

… millions of dollars in drug proceeds between Chicago and Mexico, federal law enforcement officials announced today. A … Trevino, a fugitive believed to reside in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, directed a money transportation network for the … places such as Chicago to Laredo, and then from Laredo to Mexico. At the direction of the Zetas, defendant Salvador …
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Illegal Alien and Mexican National Convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Kilograms of Meth

… Georgia at trial for receiving a package from Jalisco, Mexico containing over two kilograms of 100% pure methamphetamine. Ismael Delgado-Celis, 37, of Mexico, was convicted of Possession and Attempt to Possess … the Defendant attempted to receive a package directly from Mexico containing what was described as a horse saddle. …
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Alleged Drug Cartel Leader Charged

… . Based in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Valenzuela Valenzuela is alleged to be a Sinaloa … including methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl, from Mexico into the United States. In addition to Valenzuela … Cabrera. Additionally, OFAC designated two companies in Mexico for being owned or controlled by Rochin Hurtado and …
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Alleged Drug Cartel Leader Charged

… raw opium gum and heroin sources of supply in northern Mexico, and increasingly a major distributor of fentanyl. … Penuelas DTO operates primarily in Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico, various ports of entry in the United States, as well … The Gonzalez Penuelas DTO cooperates with other DTOs within Mexico, to include acting as an enforcement arm for the …
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Eleven Indicted for Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering

… for allegedly transferring funds from Illinois to Mexico to promote the drug trafficking enterprise. In … $7,000 from Collinsville, Illinois, to various locations in Mexico from May through July 2023. Hinojosa is also accused … by sending more than $2,000 from Collinsville to Sinaloa, Mexico, in July 2023. Nine of the 11 indicted defendants …
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Agents Arrest 17 People in Large-Scale, Multi-State Drug Trafficking Ring

… arrested 17 people in Missouri, Arizona, California, and Mexico linked to an organized multi-state drug trafficking … Louis; Kenny Thomas, 38, of St. Louis but was arrested in Mexico;  Raymundo Deleon, 40, who is in custody in Los … with operations in various states in the United States and Mexico has no regard for the people around them and will …
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DEA and U.S. Attorney's Office Announce Guilty Plea in High-Speed Chase and Drug Trafficking Case

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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) … Department, Otero County Sheriff’s Office and the New Mexico State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Devon Aragon …
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Armed Drug Cartel Member Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Prison for Trafficking Hundreds of Kilos of Cocaine and Methamphetamine

… have devastated communities in the United States, Mexico, and elsewhere. Today’s sentence sends another clear … in the United States, as well as unprecedented violence in Mexico, our neighbor. The DEA is relentlessly committed to … of the most powerful, violent, and prolific drug cartels in Mexico. The CJNG kills, tortures, corrupts, and traffics …
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U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Guilty Pleas in Albuquerque Fentanyl Case

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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) … The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico is prosecuting the case. # # # Drug Trafficking Fake …
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Leader of International Drug Trafficking Organization Operating in Oregon Sentenced to Federal Prison

… March 2018 through August 2020, while operating out of Mexico, Diaz-Ramirez helped lead an international drug … quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine from Mexico into the United States. Diaz-Ramirez’s organization … in cash. In total, 35 people—including sources of supply in Mexico, couriers, local cell operators in Lane County, and …
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DEA and its Partners Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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) … 2,086 pounds in West Texas and 4,622 pounds in New Mexico. “Once again, the communities we serve answered the …
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DEA Albuquerque Accepting Applications for Citizen’s Academy

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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) … no prior felony convictions, live or work in northern New Mexico, pass a background check, and commit to all six …
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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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) … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Danyell Kerr, Jr. was sentenced to 11 …
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DEA El Paso Hiring Special Agents to Work in Local Offices

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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) … Alpine, Texas or Las Cruces, Roswell, or Albuquerque, New Mexico. Upon completion of a 16 to 20-week basic agent …
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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 … enforcers, and associates of the cartels in Mexico, to tracking down the criminal organizations and …
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DEA Administrator names Towanda R. Thorne-James as El Paso SAC

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano 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) … in Charge (SAC) of the El Paso Division, which serves New Mexico and West Texas. Thorne-James reported to El Paso in …
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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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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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Several Traffickers Sentenced for Smuggling Meth for Cartel

… Jose Alfredo Cruz-Salas, 37, of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Karina Garcia, 27, Laredo, pleaded guilty Oct. 4, … 75 kilograms of meth into the United States from Mexico. Today, U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo … Sept. 29, 2018. Martinez assisted drug traffickers in Mexico by finding and recruiting drivers willing to …
Pavon-Reyes, Jorge Armando
FUGITIVE

Jorge Armando Pavon-Reyes

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketerring18 USC 1952(b)Conspiracy to Kidnap a Federal Agent18 USC 1201(c)Kidnapping of a Federal Agent18 USC 1201(a)(5)Felony Murder of a Federal Agent18 USC 11111114Acessory After the Fact18 USC 3Aiding and Abetting18 USC 2