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Leader of Colombian Criminal Organization Pleads Guilty to Sending Over 19,000 Kilograms of Cocaine Via Semi-Submersible Vessels to Sinaloa Cartel

… Ocean destined for Sinaloa Cartel members in Oaxaca, Mexico. Members of his organization served various roles and … waters that had departed from Colombia while enroute to Mexico. The first SPSS carried approximately 6,900 kilograms …
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China-Based Chemical Company, Its Director and Senior Employees Indicted for Alleged Fentanyl Manufacturing and Distribution

… Aoks claimed that fentanyl precursors were most popular in Mexico and sold them in 25-kilogram fiber drums, each of … claimed that their profit on precursors sales to Mexico was worth the risk. From at least November 2016 to …
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Resident Alien Sent to Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth and Fleeing While Out on Bond

… CHRISTI, Texas – A 54-year-old legal permanent resident of Mexico residing in San Antonio has been sentenced for … individual who hired them to transport the narcotics from Mexico.  The court permitted Avendano to be released on bond …
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30 Years For Los Zetas Cartel Leader

… responsible for starting the violence that still plagues Mexico today, stating that even though it has morphed into … of cocaine and 1000 kilograms or more of marijuana from Mexico into the United States. Millions of dollars in drug … from the United States to Velasquez-Caballero and others in Mexico. To date, 15 others have been convicted by plea or …
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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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Texas Man Sentenced To 70 Months For Role In International Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… to launder drug money out of the United States and into Mexico.  Canales previously pleaded guilty to conspiring … out of the United States to co-conspirators operating in Mexico. Canales joined the conspiracy by at least October … were the proceeds of drug trafficking, over the border into Mexico. During the sentencing hearing, the court described …
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Jury Convicts Cartel Leader in Murder-for-Hire Conspiracy

… other CDN members traveled from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, into Laredo. There, Gonzalez-Martinez solicited the … 33, and Rodolfo Reyna-Zapata, 25, all from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, previously pleaded guilty to the kidnapping …
Jesus Gonzalez-Penuelas
FUGITIVE

Jesus Gonzalez- Penuelas

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, Conspiracy to import heroin and distribution or possession with the intent to distribute heroin
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6 “Cruces Boys” Gang Members Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking

… 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) … of (FBI), Las Cruces Police Department’s Gang Unit, New Mexico State Police, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Marshals …
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Alleged CJNG Cartel Enforcers Charged with Drug Trafficking

… maintained the ability to traffic drugs through Tijuana, Mexico, and into the United States through San Diego. In an … a catastrophic trail of human and physical destruction in Mexico. It is the most well-armed cartel in Mexico. Its members willingly confront rival cartels and …
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DEA Releases 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment

… Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, who was brutally murdered in Mexico in 1985. In February 2025, the United States secured …
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6 To Prison For Laundering Millions For Drug Cartel Also Ordered To Forfeit Nearly $3 Million- Javier Rena Remains Fugitive

… Elena Bonilla-Torres, 41, of Puente de Camciclan, Nayarit, Mexico; Guillermo Trevino, 44, of Weslaco; and Erwin Rolando Contreras-Mata, 27, of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, all pleaded guilty Aug. 31, 2016. U.S. District … drug proceeds were stored prior to being smuggled into to Mexico, while Haro admitted to handling the communications …
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Alfredo Beltran Leyva Sentenced To Life In Prison For Drug Trafficking

… into the United States.  The defendant was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Nov. 15, 2014, and pleaded … organization helped finance and which were transported to Mexico via air, land and sea.  Once the cocaine reached Mexico, the defendant’s organization transported it to key …
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Laredo Man Guilty of Drug Trafficking Violations in the Eastern District of Texas

… Jorge Elias Golarte, 54, of Laredo, Texas and Monterrey, Mexico, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the … is in the shipping business in Laredo, Texas and Monterrey, Mexico, admitted to his role in the conspiracy, distributing …
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Twenty-One Suspected El Paso Gang Affiliates Arrested for Alleged Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses

… 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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Alleged Drug Cartel Leader Charged

… raw opium gum and heroin sources of supply in northern Mexico, and increasingly a major distributor of fentanyl. … Penuelas DTO operates primarily in Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico, various ports of entry in the United States, as well … The Gonzalez Penuelas DTO cooperates with other DTOs within Mexico, to include acting as an enforcement arm for the …
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Mexican Toy Dealer Pleads Guilty In Drug Money Laundering Case

… of “narco dollars” for drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. Luis Ernesto Flores Rivera, 54, of Guadalajara, Mexico, faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty … generated by drug trafficking organizations based in Mexico and Colombia. A “structured” deposit is less than …
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More Operation Mercury Convictions

… today of Ramon Manjarrez Del Vaal, 37, of Sinaloa, Mexico, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent … Rufino Orozco Martinez, 32, an undocumented alien from Mexico, and Jorge Torres, 28, of Bakersfield, conspired to … to court records, Manjarrez came to California from Mexico to work for co-defendant, Jonathan Anthony Meza, 20, …
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Las Vegas Real Estate Broker Arrested On Money Laundering Charges

… to narcotics traffickers and money launderers based in Mexico. Rodriguez was arrested this morning in Las Vegas, … $250 million in drug proceeds on behalf of drug cartels in Mexico and Central America through a variety of methods, … a variety of methods. The Organization has ties to Panama, Mexico, Italy, Spain, and the United States, among other …
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DEA Albuquerque Accepting Applications for Citizen’s Academy

… 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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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 …
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Albuquerque Man Convicted of Federal Firearm Offenses

… 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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L.A. Garment District Money Laundering Cartel Scheme Exposed

… States that he needs to bring to a foreign country, such as Mexico, and convert into pesos. The peso broker finds … known as Trade-Based Money Laundering - is often used by Mexico-based drug trafficking organizations to collect money … citizen who they held hostage and tortured at a ranch in Mexico.  Utilizing a BMPE scheme, QT Fashion allegedly …
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Second Major Cross-Border Drug Tunnel Discovered South Of San Diego This Month

… most elaborate smuggling tunnel uncovered along the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years. Investigators say the … Otay Mesa industrial park with one in neighboring Tijuana, Mexico. The 612-yard long passageway is equipped with … Task Force, working together along with the Government of Mexico are putting a stranglehold on the cartel’s ability to …
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Sinaloa Cartel Associate Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Conspiring to Traffic Cocaine in Chicago Area

… Roberto Velazquez Martinez, 39, of Santiago Papasquiaro, Mexico, conspired with several individuals to import and … into the United States on behalf of drug traffickers in Mexico. Velazquez traveled to Chicago in the fall of 2018 to …
Oswaldo Espinosa
FUGITIVE

Oswaldo Espinosa

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE FIVE KILOGRAMS OR MORE OF COCAINE, POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FIVE KILOGRAMS OR MORE OF COCAINE AND MONEY LAUNDERING
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Drug Trafficker Involved in High-Speed Chase with Spokane Police Sentenced to Federal Prison

… a Drug Runner for a Drug Trafficking Organization Based in Mexico and Operating in Eastern Washington … a drug runner for a drug trafficking organization based in Mexico and operating in Eastern Washington. On August 13, …
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Jury Convicts Three Defendants Of Charges Related To Multi-Million Dollar Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

… of kilograms of cocaine worth millions of dollars from Mexico to distribute in the Kansas City metropolitan area. … separate but related case. Corredor called his supplier in Mexico to order cocaine to be delivered to the Kansas City … which was smuggled in vehicles driven to Kansas City from Mexico. After Corredor sold the cocaine and collected the …
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Guilty Pleas For Two Mexican Nationals In Conspiracy To Acquire “Stinger” Missile And Other Military-Grade Weapons

… as Operation White Gun. David Diaz-Sosa, 26, of Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty on April 19, 2011, to one count of … on August 1, 2011 . Emilia Palomino-Robles, 42 of Sonora, Mexico, entered a guilty plea on April 13 to one count of … destined for export and transfer to the Republic of Mexico, and a Mexican drug trafficking organization. Her …
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Mexican National Extradited from Brazil

… organization (DTO), which is based in Jalisco State in Mexico. Los Cuinis is closely aligned with the Cartel de … the largest, most dangerous, and prolific drug cartels in Mexico. They have been and continue to be responsible for …