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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 … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … 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 …
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Drug Trafficking Ring Taken Down

… trafficking organization operating along the United States-Mexico border. The organization is allegedly responsible for … methamphetamine and cocaine into the United States from Mexico, according to a case unsealed on Thursday. On … organization whose tentacles stretched across northern Mexico to the neighboring cities of Arizona,” said DEA …
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Anchorage Trafficker Sentenced To Life In Prison

… recipient of 23 pounds of methamphetamine smuggled from Mexico to Alaska. This methamphetamine was delivered to … Investigators then watched Hall as he made round trips into Mexico for three days in a row - December 10, 11, and 12. … indicted for his role in supplying the methamphetamine from Mexico and is currently a fugitive. The investigation …
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Worldwide Drug Trafficker Sentenced

… chemicals to customers in the United States, Europe, Mexico, and other countries and conspired to launder the … Malik sold large quantities of ephedrine to customers in Mexico, the country of origin for most of the … needed to make methamphetamine to clandestine producers in Mexico and Africa. Malik had never set foot in this country …
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DEA Administrator Terrance Cole on the Capture of Ryan Wedding

January 23, 2026
… Wedding oversaw operations spanning from Colombia through Mexico into the United States and Canada.  This case exposes … cross-border collaboration with the Government of Mexico and am deeply grateful to our hard-working law enforcement partners in Mexico, Colombia and Canada who played a significant role in …
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Sacramento Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Meth Trafficking

… of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone “M-30” pills from Mexico and distributing them in northern California and … After supplying this methamphetamine, Zamora Rojo moved to Mexico. In December 2020, Zamora Rojo supplied thousands of … extradition of Luis Lopez Zamora to the United States from Mexico. Assistant U.S. Attorney David W. Spencer is …
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Traffic Cocaine and Money Laundering

… individuals to traffic cocaine and heroin from Mexico, through California, to Massachusetts and into New … (which turned out to be pure fentanyl) from sources in Mexico. Palafox also admitted to conspiring to use a … money laundering by wiring drug proceeds to his mother in Mexico.  The charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine …
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Guatemalan National is Extradited on International Cocaine Trafficking and Maritime Smuggling Charges

… in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico and elsewhere, knowing and intending that the cocaine … Guard; HSI Attaché Guatemala City, Guatemala; HSI Attaché Mexico City Mexico; Department of Justice, Office of International …
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Meth Distributors Sentenced to Prison and Forfeiture of Earnings

… in a conspiracy to transfer funds from the United States to Mexico to promote the drug-trafficking conspiracy. Roman … conspiracy, then sent several wire transfers to Mexico. Roman, who was on probation at the time of this … marijuana after he smuggled 38 kilograms of marijuana from Mexico into the United States. Roman also has prior felony …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 12 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,600 Kilos of Cocaine

… that distributed substantial amounts of cocaine from Mexico in the Kansas City metropolitan area from October … and Miguel Armendariz-Rascon, 33, a citizen of Mexico residing in Olathe, Kan. Zaragoza-Navarrette and … the drug-trafficking organization back to Texas and/or to Mexico. Zaragoza-Navarrette hid the cocaine and/or the cash …
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Texas man pleads guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 720 kilos of cocaine

… the drug-trafficking organization back to Texas and/or to Mexico. Co-defendant Jose Luis Armendariz-Rascon, also known … to co-defendants Miguel Armendariz-Rascon, 31, a citizen of Mexico residing in Olathe, Kansas, and Jesus Salvador … would be given to Zaragoza-Navarrette to ship back to Mexico. On a few occasions, approximately $500,000 was …
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Midland DTO Leader Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … Castillo-Lopez aka “Pepo,” 30, of Namiquipa, Chihuahua, Mexico, supplied a co-conspirator with a firearm, along with …
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Fugitive "Queen of the South" Returned to United States to Face Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges

… 33, of Tucson, was apprehended in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico and deported to the United States on May 30, 2024, to … three-and-a-half years at the time of her arrest in Mexico. Miller made her initial court appearance before … after being placed on pre-trial release and fled to Mexico. In late September 2021, an undercover officer, …
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Drug Dealer Involved in Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy and Violent Spokane-Area Shooting Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

… favor with the leader of the organization, who resides in Mexico.  For example, on February 6, 2022, a drug courier … couriers then called the leader of the drug organization in Mexico and informed him of the robbery. The leader then … iPad’s location, which was relayed to her by the leader in Mexico, Riggs was able to track Baughman’s location. She …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Imprisoned for International Cocaine Distribution Scheme

… a fugitive for four years until his arrest in Monterrey, Mexico, in June 2019 as part of a joint Mexican and American … law enforcement operation. He was subsequently removed from Mexico and transported to Houston for prosecution. While he … a fugitive, Luna continued to run his drug operations from Mexico. To date, 15 have been convicted in relation to the …
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Logistics Coordinator Sent to Prison for Drug Trafficking

… She helped transport narcotics, primarily cocaine, from Mexico to Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley. The drugs were … of the organization reside in Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon, Mexico where Leal has lived the majority of her adult life. … in transporting bulk cash money, ammunition and weapons to Mexico. The court saw evidence of text and WhatsApp messages …
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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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DEA El Paso to Host Family Summit

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … agencies want to hear from families in West Texas and New Mexico as they share about their loved ones, but also assist …
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Mariah Ferry and Jose Torrez plead guilty to federal kidnapping charges for abducting and brutally beating two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … and another co-conspirator to a rural area in New Mexico where they buried J.S.’s body in a shallow …
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Eight Charged with Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… to a poly-drug trafficking organization operating in Mexico, were actively distributing fentanyl and cocaine and … Hyde Park, Mass.; 3.         Fermin Castillo, residing in Mexico; 4.         Saturnino Guerrero, a Dominican national … a Massachusetts-based drug cell, coordinated directly with Mexico-based drug suppliers to obtain and distribute drugs …
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Eleven Individuals Involved in Osceola County Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Federal Prison

… 7 years, 3 months Jorge Alberto Quijada-Moreno (31, Mexico) Conspiracy 9 years, 1 month Jose Robles-Roque (40, … about when shipments of heroin would be delivered from Mexico to Chicago and from Chicago to Osceola County by the … to Osceola County from either Chicago or directly from Mexico, by Antonio E. Moya, Luis Vazquez-Trujillo, Jose …
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

… overdose deaths and criminal drug networks in Mexico. These groups are harnessing social media platforms … DEA officials warn that criminal drug networks in Mexico are mass-producing deadly fentanyl and … Division. “Predatory violent criminal drug networks in Mexico are mass-producing fake pills, which are flooding …
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Italian national implicated in international money laundering and narcotics conspiracy extradited to the United States

… a variety of methods. The Organization has ties to Panama, Mexico, Italy, Spain, and the United States, among other … of $250 million in proceeds on behalf of drug cartels in Mexico and Central America.  This case is also related to … with directions to wire it to shell accounts in Mexico, Hong Kong, and Italy, among other places. In this …
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Six Arrested In El Paso On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … direction of Juan Gerardo Pinedo, 33, of Sunland Park, New Mexico, conspired to distribute controlled substances …
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Gulf Cartel Plaza Boss Heads To Prison For Life

… a threat to the citizens of both the United States and Mexico,” said Peña. “This case highlights the work of law … refuge in the United States.” Rincon, 42, from Matamoros, Mexico, was convicted of conspiracy to possess with the … was proven to be the Plaza Boss of Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. During his time in that leadership role, the money …