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DEA and U.S. Attorney's Office Announce Guilty Plea in High-Speed Chase and Drug Trafficking Case

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 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

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 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

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 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

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 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

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 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

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 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

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 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
Melendez-Elizondo, Anibal
FUGITIVE

Anibal Melendez-Elizondo

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:
ct. 2 -21 usc 963 & 841 (b) (1) (A) - Importation of over 5 kilograms of cocainect. 3 - 21 usc 846 & 841 (b) (1) (A) - conspiracy to distribute & to possess with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaineCt. 4 - 21 usc 841(a) (1) & (b) (1) (A) - Possession with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaineCt. 10 - 18 USC 1956(h) to 18 USC 1956 (a)(2)(A) & (a)(2)(B)(i) money laundering.
Lopez, Vicente
FUGITIVE

Vicente Lopez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21:846&841(a)(1)Conspiracy to Possess a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute-Cocaine21:846&841(a)(1)Conspiracy to Possess a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute-Marijuana21:963Conspiracy to Import a Controlled Substance-Cocaine21:841(a)(1)Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute-Marijuana21:841(a)(1)Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute-Cocaine18:1956(a)(2)(A)-Laundering of Monetary Instruments
Martinez, Daniel
FUGITIVE

Daniel Martinez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:21 USC 846841 (a) (1) and 841 (b) (1) (A) (vii) 21 USC 963952 (a) and 960 (a) (1) and 960 (b) (1) (G)21 USC 95921 USC 956
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Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to More Than 12 Years on Bribery, Firearms, and Narcotics Charges

… conspired to import narcotics into the United States from Mexico, from January 8, 2018, until his arrest on September … $1.2 million, which he transported to the United States-Mexico border and then handed off to other individuals so the cash could be smuggled into Mexico. In exchange for his role in the narcotics …
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DEA El Paso Division Safety Bulletin

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … DEA’s El Paso Division, which covers West Texas and New Mexico, is issuing this safety bulletin to remind the public …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … of the citizens of El Paso, Midland, Alpine and all of New Mexico, nearly 6,000 pounds of medications were safely …
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DEA In Springfield, Missouri Achieve Significant Prison Sentences For Two Recent Investigations

… one case while Adriana Gutierrez-Ramirez, 43, a citizen of Mexico but residing in Phoenix, Arizona received a 10-year … Highway Patrol stopped Gutierrez-Ramirez, a citizen of Mexico residing in Phoenix, and her co-defendant Luis Duarte, 60, also a citizen of Mexico residing in Phoenix, as they traveled through the …
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Hobbs Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … imported methamphetamine and cocaine into Lea County from Mexico through Arizona. The investigation, which was led by …
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Lonnie Dean Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine In Valencia County And Assaulting A Federal Officer

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … in the 13th Judicial District Court for the State of New Mexico.  Dean has entered a not guilty plea to the state …
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Santa Fe Man Sentenced To Seventy-Eight Months For Participating In Crack Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … III Drug Task Force is comprised of officers from the New Mexico State Police, Santa Fe Police Department and the …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso and then transported the drug to …
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16 People Sentenced To Lengthy Terms For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… drugs which had been brought into the United States from Mexico from Zapata to other parts of the United States. The … in small boats which crossed Falcon Lake at night from Mexico into Zapata. The boats then docked at a house … of these drugs back to the Zapata area and ultimately into Mexico in order to promote the continuation of the drug …
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“Operation Dirty Dozen” Sends Five More To Federal Prison For Several Years

… Felix Landa-Gomez, 40, both of Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The superseding indictment also charged two new … were being imported from Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Once the marijuana was in the United States, the … cell responsible for receiving the marijuana from Mexico, stashing it in Roma and transporting it to Hidalgo …
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Six Charged In Global Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Conspiracies

… under their control.   The Organization has ties to Panama, Mexico, Italy, Spain, and the United States, among other … Jesus Rodriguez-Jimenez, who was based in Monterrey, Mexico, Alejandro Javier Rodriguez-Jimenez directed their … with directions to wire it to shell accounts in Mexico, Hong Kong, Italy and other places.  The Organization …
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Former Houston Police Officer Sentenced To Over 30 Years In Prison On Federal Drug And Firearm Charges

… supplied to the conspiracy by the Los Zetas drug cartel in Mexico.  Juarez played a pivotal role by providing law … some of which ended up among senior cartel leaders in Mexico. “The cartel’s efforts to infiltrate law enforcement are not limited to Mexico. They want to do it here as well, and we can't let …
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Law Enforcement Joins Forces In Coordinated Effort Against Drug Trafficking Cartel Members And AssociatesFederal, State, And Local Law Enforcement Officials United To Seize Loaded Guns And Drugs On The Upper West Side Of Manhattan

… to be used for violence are what fuel the same violence in Mexico responsible for the senseless and cruel death of a … associates, in coordination and unity with partners in Mexico who are also waging an aggressive fight about these … and Newark, while working with our foreign counterparts in Mexico and Central and South America. On …