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Colorado Attorney General Joins Forces With DEA, U.S. Attorney, To Execute Largest Heroin Bust In History Of Rocky Mountain Region

… that brought heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine from Mexico to a vast network throughout the West.  The … from the opium poppy fields and heroin laboratories in Mexico to distribution cells based in Colorado.  Our … ‘Drug Kingpin’ charges against the organization’s bosses in Mexico, we have dealt a powerful blow to this …
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Carlsbad Man Sentenced For Role In Scheme To Launder Money For Drug Rings, Including The Sinaloa Cartel

… involved operatives in Canada, India, the United States and Mexico who laundered drug trafficking proceeds generated … Rios, 33, of Coachella, who authorities believe fled to Mexico; Tina Pham, 25, of Montreal; and a Canadian man known … Port of Entry, but authorities believe he has now fled to Mexico.             This investigation was conducted by the …
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SoCal Toy Company Pleads Guilty In Money Laundering Conspiracy

… Exchange, which enables drug trafficking organizations in Mexico and Colombia to launder proceeds from their drug … generated by drug trafficking organizations based in Mexico and Colombia. Structured deposits involve amounts of … Toys to conceal the flow of money from the United States to Mexico and Colombia,” said United States Attorney André …
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Guilty Verdict In Major Drug Trafficking Case

… - (914) 682-6256 Heroin and fentanyl transported from Mexico to Albany, NY for street distribution ALBANY, N.Y. - … This organization’s circuitous drug smuggling route from Mexico to Florida to New York was used to evade police.  … trafficking operation spanning from the supplier in Mexico, to West Palm Beach, Florida, up through New York …
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Canadian Drug Kingpin With Ties To The Rizutto And Bonanno Crime Families, The Hells Angels And The Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence Of 20 Years To Life And $1 Billion In Forfeiture

… the Hells Angels and the notorious Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, pled guilty earlier today before U.S. District Judge … to purchase cocaine from the powerful Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico for exportation to and distribution in Canada by … and firearms between the United States, Canada and Mexico. His territory - all of North America. His goal - to …
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Canadian Drug Kingpin With Ties To The Rizutto And Bonanno Crime Families, The Hells Angels, And The Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced To 27 Years For Leading A Billion Dollar Narcotics Trafficking Enterprise

… the Hells Angels, and the notorious Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, was sentenced earlier today to 27 years in prison by … and firearms between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Today’s sentence sends a powerful message to those … to purchase cocaine from the powerful Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico for exportation to and distribution in Canada by …
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Wide Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Dismantled

… Kennewick - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 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 … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … 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

… 387-3956 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 …