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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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Former Federal Officer Receives More Charges for Alien Smuggling

… be several kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Mexico through the Laredo POE without inspection.  If … Southern and Western Districts of Texas, District of New Mexico, District of Arizona and Southern District of …
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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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Mexican National and California Man Charged Following Seizure of Over 45 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills and Powder

… and Ethyel Aldahyr Ontiveros-Flores, 25, of Mazatlan, Mexico, were arrested on the evening of June 2, 2025, and …
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Jarod A. Forget named Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Division

… he spent a number of years working at the Guadalajara, Mexico Office, directing many high-profile enforcement operations against Mexico’s most notorious and ruthless drug cartels, like the …
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San Jose man sentenced to 102 months for conspiracy to distribute drugs and other crimes

… the police. Torres further admitted that he is a citizen of Mexico, who was deported from the United States to Mexico in January 2011 and again in September 2016. Following his second removal to Mexico, Torres admitted that he re-entered the United States …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

… the fastest growing transnational criminal organizations in Mexico, and among the most prolific methamphetamine … the United States, and elevated levels of violence in Mexico. With methamphetamine abuse and overdose deaths on … and second in command of CJNG, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on charges of alleged drug …
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Wake County Illegal Alien Sentenced to More Than 10 Years for Drug and Gun Convictions

… Santos-Soto is an illegal alien who crossed the border from Mexico to the United States in 2017. He has been living in …
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DEA Albuquerque Office Partners with Bernalillo County to Host Free Training for Employers

… 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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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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Two Mexican Citizens Face Mandatory Life In Federal Prison After Jury Convicts Them On Federal Charges Related To May 2013 Murder Of A Southlake, Texas, Man

… defendants traveled in interstate and foreign commerce from Mexico to Southlake, and elsewhere, with the intent to kill, … Cepeda-Cortes and others conspired to travel from Mexico and elsewhere to Southlake and elsewhere, with the … presented at trial, were acting on orders from a man in Mexico, Rodolfo Villarreal Hernandez, known as “El Gato,” or …
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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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Florida Pilot Involved in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme is Sentenced

… cocaine would be loaded onto trucks for transport through Mexico into the U.S.  A fake flight plan filed with … the purpose of unlawful importation. Sanchez, a citizen of Mexico, was arrested in Asuncion, Paraguay, on March 25, …
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Local trafficker distributing methamphetamine in North San Diego County sentenced to 10 years

… period, he obtained bulk methamphetamine from a broker in Mexico and subsequently sold smaller quantities of … each month from his methamphetamine supplier in Mexico. “San Diego communities are being flooded by high quantities of low-cost methamphetamine made in Mexico,” said DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Steve …
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Regional Drug Distributor and His Assistant Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Drugs

… RODRIGUEZ.jpg TAMPA, Fla. - Adan Barajas Maldonado (35, Mexico) was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiring … Texas, after they had been smuggled into the country from Mexico. They then drove the drugs to Florida, delivered them … customers, collected payments, wired drug profits to Mexico, and recruited others to wire money as well to evade …
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New Boston Man Sentenced for East Texas Drug Trafficking Crimes

… trafficking ring; smuggling large quantities of drugs from Mexico to cities across the United States and returning with … house was drug proceeds from New York that was destined for Mexico. In addition to his brother, Armando Moya identified … their drug-trafficking conspiracy, including their boss in Mexico named Don Roberto. The defendant’s brother, Jose …
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Two Sentenced For Heroin Offenses

… the conspiracy formed a chain of supply from Michoacan, Mexico to the Modesto and the Bay Area. Court records reveal … from Bay Area heroin sales was smuggled back to Michoacan, Mexico in the same hidden compartments. The investigation … into the United States and $670,000 in cash destined for Mexico as proceeds of the heroin trafficking. DEA estimates …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 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 the citizens of El Paso, Midland, Alpine and all of New Mexico, nearly 6,000 pounds of medications were safely …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Illegal Reentry

… TUCSON, Ariz. – Jesus Alejandro Bojorquez-Moreno, 37, of Mexico, was sentenced on May 6, 2025, by United States …
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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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Mexican Cocaine Supplier and Florida Coconspirator Sentenced to Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

… Kimball Mizelle has sentenced Juan Antonio Ortiz-Valle (54, Mexico) to six (6) years and three (3) months in federal … the future. Ortiz-Valle said he worked with individuals in Mexico and Texas, and that he had sources that could supply …
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Mexican Citizen Living In San Antonio Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison For His Role In Kidnapping Scheme

… Luis Martin Cavazos Cantu was kidnapped from his Monterrey, Mexico residence by several men. While Cantu was in the custody of his abductors in Mexico, Deleon Garza placed several phone calls from Bexar … Drug Enforcement (DEA) in San Antonio and in (Monterrey and Mexico City) in cooperation with the State of Nuevo León …
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Career Trafficker Tied To 170 Pounds Of Cocaine And $1.5 Million In Illicit Proceeds Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

… which involved a partnership between operatives in Mexico, Canada and the United States.  Fourteen of the 22 …  They are: Jesus Esteban Felix Leon, 43, of Culiacan, Mexico; Jesus Felix Alvarez, 23, of Culiacan, Mexico; a man known only as “96”; Inocencio …
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Justice Department Announces Eight Indictments Against China Based Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Employees

October 03, 2023
… xylazine, and nitazenes into our country and into Mexico. These chemicals are used to make fentanyl and make …
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Federal Investigation Dismantles Deming-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization

… 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) … filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in Las Cruces. The indictment was announced by …
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Former Piedras Negras “Plaza” Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

… drug traffickers in the Piedras Negras “Plaza” in Coahuila, Mexico, and was responsible for the transportation of thousands of kilograms of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico into the United States. Law enforcement … a minimum of 500 kilograms of cocaine per month from Mexico into the United States, and at least 6,000 kilograms …
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Two Members of Austin Fentanyl Distribution Organization Sentenced to Federal Prison

… as the main source of the supply, purchasing the pills from Mexico and, with the help of co-conspirators, orchestrating … January.  Adi Martinez Marquez, 21, of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, was sentenced to 14 months in prison;  Ezequiel …
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Denver OCDETF Strike Force Takes Down Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Responsible For Distributing Large Quantities Of Cocaine And Methamphetamine

… brought cocaine and methamphetamine into the country from Mexico, transported it through California, into Colorado in … some drug proceeds were distributed from Colorado back to Mexico. Other methods of moving money included smuggling … “Don Chequetas”, age 58, a resident of Aurora but from Mexico, has been charged with operating a Continuing …
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DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

… 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 DEA’s El Paso Division, which covers West Texas and New Mexico, we are seeing a significant increase in the amount …