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Six Arrested In El Paso/Alpine Portion Of 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) … In El Paso, 43-year-old Amado Erives-Montes, a resident of Mexico, and 42-year-old Jesus Lorenzo Sanchez of El Paso, …
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Thirteen Facing Federal Charges For Trafficking Heroin

… 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) … States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales for the District of New Mexico announced that thirteen defendants have been charged …
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Fifteen Men Charged With Trafficking Drugs In Bernalillo And Santa Fe Counties

… 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) … the result of an 18-month investigation by the DEA and New Mexico DEA Region I HIDTA Task Force into a drug trafficking …
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Roswell Woman Pleads Guilty To Federal Methamphetamine 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) … Police Department, Chaves County Sheriff’s Office and New Mexico State Police.  Twenty-one of the defendants were …
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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 …
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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 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 …
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DEA Hosts Local and State Agencies at the El Paso Intelligence Center 2024 Law Enforcement Partners Summit

… 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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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 …
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Money Courier Sentenced For Money Laundering

… Kenneth Magidson. Erika Alvarez, 39, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, previously pleaded guilty for her role in the money … trafficking organization that received marijuana loads from Mexico and arranged to transport the marijuana to the Dallas … to Trejo Nava who then had the proceeds transported to Mexico. Between Oct. 6-7, 2011, Trejo-Nava arranged for the …
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DEA: Plea Of Chino Antrax Cripples Violent Arm Of Sinaloa Cartel

… Chino Antrax admitted that as a high-level member of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel he and his co-conspirators … and countries, importing large quantities of narcotics into Mexico from Asia and Central and South American countries … the Sinaloa Cartel has inflicted on innocent people both in Mexico and the United States,” says DEA San Diego Special …
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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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Senior Sinaloa Cartel leader extradited to the United States

… the commitment of the United States and our partners in Mexico to the pursuit of drug traffickers who seek to flood … Attorney Terwilliger.  “With thanks to the authorities in Mexico for their efforts in facilitating this extradition so …  The U.S. Department of Justice thanks the Government of Mexico for its assistance in this case.  This case is also …
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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 …
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Nogales, Sonora police officer sentenced to five years following DEA OCDETF Strike Force investigation

… of Omar Moreno-Miranda, 33, of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, to 60 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by five … earlier this year. The DEA investigation into a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization began in October … was employed as a police officer in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and was in contact with an undercover agent …
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Former Corrections Officer Arraigned on Drug Trafficking and Contraband 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) … N.M. – Dennis Dean Garcia, Jr., 34, of Grants, New Mexico, was arraigned in federal court on Feb. 2 on one …
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Ready Pharmacy agrees to $400,000 settlement relating to Controlled Substances Act claims

… 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) … – Fred J. Federici, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico, has announced that Ready Pharmacy has agreed to a …
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Eddy County Resident Sentenced To 168 Months 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) … Office and federal law enforcement agencies work with New Mexico’s District Attorneys and state, local and tribal law …
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5 Charged For Possession Of Over 2 Tons Of Cocaine In Maritime Enforcement Operation

… like to thank our law enforcement partners in the U.S, Mexico, and Colombia for their diligent work and … and then trying to outrun authorities in the waters off of Mexico. I want to thank our law enforcement partners, who … Aircraft was on routine patrol off the western coast of Mexico and approximately 590 nautical miles south of Mexico. …
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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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DEA Statement On The Arrest Of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera

… "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was a significant achievement for Mexico and a major step forward in our shared fight against … of the alleged head of the Sinaloa Cartel.  The DEA and Mexico have a strong partnership and we will continue to support Mexico in its efforts to improve security for its citizens …
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Member Of A Major Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Is Sentenced To Serve 18 Years In Federal Prison On Conspiracy And Money Laundering Convictions

… month.  The methamphetamine was imported into the U.S. from Mexico, and it was delivered to the Dallas area for … his customers and returned money to his supply source in Mexico.  Cisneros admitted sending money to Mexico via couriers to conceal the nature, location, source, …
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Cartels and Gangs in Chicago

June 01, 2017
… most notably the Sinaloa Cartel. Illicit drugs flow from Mexico to Chicago via a loosely associated network of … levels of violent crime in both the United States and Mexico. Of particular concern is the trafficking and …
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Norcross Cousins Sentenced for Operating Meth Lab

… all of whom had illegally entered the United States from Mexico, utilized a family home in Norcross less than 200 … green cellophane.  Roberto Arroyo-Garcia, 39, of Guerrero, Mexico, who was previously deported on two separate … he pleaded guilty.  Zury Brito-Arroyo, 28, of Guerrero, Mexico, was sentenced on February 25, 2020, to 21 years in …
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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 …
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High Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Indicted On Various Drug And Money Laundering Charges

… Tapia-Quintero, aka “Lupe”, is a resident of Sinaloa, Mexico and owned various businesses including bus and tractor-trailer companies in Mexico.  As a transportation coordinator for the powerful … of methamphetamine at a time from the interior of Mexico to the U.S/Mexico border including Arizona.    …
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… seized. Border restrictions between the United States and Mexico, brought on due to the pandemic, have increased the … of bulk currency from the United States across the SWB into Mexico. As a result, large amounts of U.S. currency are being held along the U.S. side, awaiting transport to Mexico. • California had the second greatest amount of …
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DEA Administrator Statement On Capture Of Hector Beltran-Leyva

… to crumble with the capture of Hector Beltran-Leyva in Mexico. Much of the violence and lawlessness that has plagued Mexico can be traced to this criminal regime.  … violence, and death.  DEA congratulates the Government of Mexico and the brave individuals who carried out this …
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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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Suburban Chicago Man Convicted of Laundering Drug Proceeds for Mexican Traffickers

… illegal narcotics proceeds on behalf of drug traffickers in Mexico. In the summer and fall of 2017, Huazhi Han schemed with an individual in Mexico to facilitate the receipt of more than $1 million in … the laundered money to be sent back to the traffickers in Mexico. In November 2017, Han attempted to receive …