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Wide Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Dismantled

… 571-387-2800 Diversion Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Mexico based defendants trafficking large amounts of heroin … large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to Washington state was dismantled today with more … members of the criminal organization smuggling drugs from Mexico across the border into Texas and California, and then …
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Operación dirigida por la DEA que tiene como blanco al Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación genera más de 600 arrestos

… criminales transnacionales de más rápido crecimiento en México que se encuentra entre los fabricantes de … en buena parte por los elevados niveles de violencia en México. Con el abuso de la metanfetamina y el aumento en los … a cargo dentro de la organización, fue extraditado de México a Estados Unidos bajo cargos por tráfico de drogas y …
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Lone American Living in Tukwila Indicted in International Drug Trafficking Investigation Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

… Seized During Investigation that Stretched from Seattle to Mexico to Colombia Fentanyl seized in Kent. Download … arrested on June 5, 2024, have ties to suppliers in Mexico and Colombia. In sentencing McDaniel to five years in … 2024. Lead defendant Ramon Duarte Garcia, 37, a citizen of Mexico who lived in Kent, Washington, was identified as a …
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High-Ranking Member of Violent Mexican Drug Cartel Sentenced on Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charge

… also known as El Chelelo, 53, of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was a member of Los Zetas, a drug trafficking … as regional leader, known as a “plaza boss,” in Monterrey, Mexico, commanding dozens of members of The Company in drug … Affairs worked with law enforcement partners in Mexico to secure the arrest and July 2023 extradition of …
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Mexican National Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison For Conspiring to Traffic Cocaine and Money Laundering

… individuals to traffic cocaine and heroin from Mexico, through California, to Massachusetts and into New … was later determined 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.  United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Jarod A. …
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Seven Southwest Missouri Residents, Mexican Nationals Indicted for Meth Conspiracy

… methamphetamine. Wilbert Pacheco-Salazar, 36, a citizen of Mexico residing in Springfield, Mo., Frank Lee Chapman, 35, and Omar Rosales-Olmos, 51, a citizen of Mexico, both of Joplin, Mo., Jaime Francisco Figueroa, 42, … Mo., and Indelfonso Vazquez-Martinez, 52, a citizen of Mexico, were charged in a 16-count indictment returned under …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison on Drug Charges

… – Efren Alexander Aviles-Pacheco, 29, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, illegally living in Ontario, Oregon, was sentenced … Aviles-Pacheco that he will most certainly be deported to Mexico after serving his sentence. According to court … was sentenced to 46 months in prison and was deported to Mexico after serving his sentence. Shortly after being …
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41 Charged in Massive Poly-Drug Indictment Linked to Cartel

… and distributed drugs smuggled into the United States from Mexico. The leader of one of these groups – Roque Zamudio-Mendoza, 52, Mexico, was the main source of drugs smuggled into the … are now deceased. Zamudio-Mendoza, who is believed to be in Mexico, and 15 others are still at large and warrants remain …
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Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Distribute Meth and Receiving Bribes

… and controlled substances to enter the United States from Mexico. Hernandez also admitted to moving the drugs from the … Dr. Joseph V. Cuffari. Hernandez admitted to taking Mexico-based smugglers on a tour of the US/Mexico border, identifying the best locations to sneak …
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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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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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Malas Manas Transnational Criminal Organization Leadership Indicted on Charges of Human Smuggling and Drug Trafficking

… and Jesus Armando Gonzalez-Villela, citizens of Mexico, for Conspiracy to Transport Aliens; Conspiracy to … (TCO), operating in the Santa Cruz and Mascarenas areas of Mexico, with the permission of the Sinaloa Cartel.  The … instruments from the United States to the Republic of Mexico.  The indictment further alleges that from 2019 until …
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Monterey County drug dealer and Mexican pharmacist charged in fentanyl overdose death case

… in connection with a scheme to transport the drugs from Mexico to California, announced United States Attorney David … and November 2019, Schraidt Rodriguez, 61, a pharmacist in Mexico, smuggled bottles of alprazolam and counterfeit, fentanyl-laced pills across the border from Mexico to California.  Once he was in the United States, …
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Seven Arrested In El Paso On Federal Drug Trafficking/Firearms Charges

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … crimes, including the smuggling of weapons into Mexico that potentially could be used by drug cartels to …
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Federal Jury In Austin Convicts Four In Multi-Million Dollar Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Proceeds, Extortion, And Bribery

… revealed that Los Zetas are a powerful drug cartel based in Mexico and generate multi-million dollar revenues from drug … and transactions worth millions of dollars in New Mexico, Oklahoma, California and Texas to disguise the … County, Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office, and the Oklahoma and New Mexico Racing Commissions. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for …
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Alleged Leader Of Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Extradited To The U.S. To Face Drug And Money Laundering Charges

… of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from the Netherlands … and Canada, hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru, and large quantities … activities, including smuggling marijuana from Canada and Mexico concealed in tractor trailers, typically in hundred …
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Methamphetamine Seizures Continue to Climb in the Midwest

July 10, 2019
… with high quantity loads coming in daily across the U.S. – Mexico border. Gone are the days of domestic super-labs and … upon the manufacturing method. Today’s methamphetamine from Mexico comes from mega-labs capable of producing hundreds of …
July 10, 2019
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Bakersfield Methamphetamine Trafficking Defendant Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

… Calif. - Manuel Riviera-Felix, aka Felipe Garcia, 27, of Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge … Angel Lopez, 33, of Bakersfield, Edi Vega Bustamante 22, of Mexico, and others to distribute up to 45 kilograms of …
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Fresno Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 22 Years

… 571-387-5018 FEESNO, CA - Theresa Martinez-Martinez, 48, of Mexico, was sentenced on Monday by United States District … Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and deported to Mexico. In early 2012, the U.S. Marshals Fugitive …
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Justice for KiKi

March 05, 2025
… destruction, and death across the United States and Mexico, has spent four decades atop DEA’s most wanted … (Kiki) S. Camarena was born on July 26, 1947, in Mexicali, Mexico. He graduated from Calexico High School in Calexico, …
March 05, 2025
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Two Indicted as Law Enforcement Captures Largest Fentanyl Seizure in South Carolina History

… Investigators believe the seized narcotics were sourced in Mexico and transported across the southern border.  Law …
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Illegal Aliens Sentenced for Laundering Over a Million Dollars in Drug Proceeds

… and Sandra Bejarano-Garcia, illegal aliens from Mexico, have been sentenced to federal prison for laundering … Hernandez-Mora and Bejarano-Garcia are illegal aliens from Mexico. Earlier today, Sandra Bejarano-Garcia, 42, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victoria M. …
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Federal Court Sentenced Clayton Woman for Laundering Millions for Cartels and Moving Kilo Quantities of Narcotics

… of cocaine and methamphetamine that had been shipped from Mexico and laundered the proceeds from the sale of these drugs back to Mexico. In January 2023, agents learned that … drugs to customers in the Carolinas that originated in Mexico. Rodriguez-Flores was also responsible for laundering …
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Phoenix News 2008

July 15, 2021
… Phoenix News 2008 December 3, 2008 Six Drug Traffickers from Mexico Sentenced to Federal Prison December 3, 2008 Phoenix … Ring Arrested July 23, 2008 Five Drug Traffickers From Mexico Sentenced to Federal Prison July 22, 2008 …
July 15, 2021
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Three indicted for conspiring to traffic 20,000 fentanyl pills and 20 pounds of methamphetamine

… 571-387-5018 FRESNO, Calif. — Tirso Garcia-Valdez, 27, of Mexico, Misael Garcia-Carranza, 23, of Mexico, and Brenda Carmona-Venegas, 37, of Los Angeles, were …
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Two Mexican nationals indicted for transporting counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl

… a two-count indictment Thursday against Ivan Lopez, 34, of Mexico, and Erick Olivas Lopez, 39, of Mexico, charging them with conspiracy and possession with …
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Young Undocumented Alien Sentenced For Smuggling Drugs

… year old undocumented alien from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to prison following his conviction … 7.5 kilograms of methamphetamine. He was traveling from Mexico on a Turimex commercial passenger bus with the drugs …
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“Project Below The Beltway” Targets Sinaloa And Juarez Cartels And Affiliated Violent Street Gangs Nationwide

… and several foreign cities within Central America, Europe, Mexico, South America and elsewhere, this initiative has … cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana from Mexico into the United States.  These cartels are also …
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High-Ranking Member Of Mexican “Los Zetas” Cartel Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charges

… shipments of cocaine and marijuana by motor vehicles from Mexico to cities in Texas for distribution to other cities … its gratitude and appreciation to the government of Mexico for its assistance in this matter.    At sentencing, …