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Former CBP Officer Sentenced For Allowing Drugs Through Port Of Entry

… loaded with marijuana to enter the United States from Mexico in exchange for money. On Nov. 19, 2014, Zavala was … The driver then abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot to Mexico. The van was carrying 1362 Kilograms of marijuana …
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Meth Smuggler Heads To Federal Prison

… LAREDO, Texas - A 23-year-old legal permanent resident from Mexico who resided in Laredo has been ordered to prison … Sanchez-Mende stated that he was working for persons in Mexico and moving narcotics to Dallas. He further claimed to …
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Three Sentenced For Bulk Cash Smuggling

… derived from narcotics trafficking and was destined for Mexico. On April 27, 2015, law enforcement seized $578,420 … that the pickup and money intended ultimate destination was Mexico. All three men were taken into custody at the time of …
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Eagle Pass Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

… and other co-conspirators transported from Piedras Negras, Mexico, into the United States over 25 kilograms of cocaine … and his co-conspirators transported the money back to Mexico. Evidence was also presented at trial that revealed …
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Wife Of Former Mexican Official Convicted In Bank Fraud Conspiracy

… CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The wife of the former Tabasco, Mexico, Secretary of Finance has been found guilty of … Medina-Sonda is currently serving a prison term in Mexico. The charges against them in the United States are …
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Numerous Alleged Members Of Narcotics Trafficking Organization Taken Into Custody

… while Juana Alcocer, 38, of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was taken into custody Saturday as she entered the United States at the Veterans Bridge Port of Entry from Mexico. Today, law enforcement arrested John Fontenot, 46, …
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Los Gueros Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Targeted

… may have under U.S. jurisdiction.  Based in Guadalajara, Mexico, Los Gueros is responsible for transporting multi-ton … ROOL Europe; and two other related entities based in Mexico, Operadora y Administradora de Restaurantes y Bares …
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Heroin And Methamphetamine Traffickers Ordered To Prison

… instances of heroin and methamphetamine trafficking from Mexico to Laredo, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas as well as … records from the ports of entry along the entire U.S.-Mexico border.   Testimony of several witnesses, including …
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… to shipping the hidden drugs “for dangerous people in Mexico.” In March 2016, Diaz-Fernandez pleaded guilty to one … Judge Whitney ordered Diaz-Fernandez be deported to Mexico. The  DEA and the CMPD handled the investigation. …
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Cocaine & Meth Dealer Sentenced To 12 Years

… in the Bureau of Prisons. Perez, 30, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty to the charge of Conspiracy to … has two prior felony convictions and has been deported to Mexico previously.  The investigation in this case was …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… PHOENIX - - On July 23, 2014, Ambrosio Nunez-Lopez, 65, of Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. … evidence showed that the DTO imported methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States and transported it to the East …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 17.5 Years In Prison

… 2014, Luis Enrique Villegas-Lugo, 40, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. … evidence showed that the DTO imported methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States and transported it to a stash …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

… that on Oct. 6, 2014, Everardo Duarte, 38, of Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow … The organization imported methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States, where it was ultimately …
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Major Mexican Drug Trafficking Ring Broken Up

… is alleged to have imported methamphetamine from Mexico and distributed it through a network of couriers to … of North Hollywood; and Jesus Alberto Sanchez-Lopez, of Mexico. Fletes-Lopez and nine of the co-defendants are in …
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Alleged Heroin Cell Leader Extradited

… organization, was extradited to the United States by Mexico yesterday and made his first appearance in federal … was flown by the United States Marshals Service from Mexico City to San Diego on September 12, 2017. He was …
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California Man Sentenced For Conspiring To Sell Methamphetamine In Southwest Idaho

… 33, also known as Alberto Carlos-Macias, 32, of Mexico, was sentenced to 30 months. The two will be deported to Mexico after they are released from prison. According to …
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Two Armed Men Plead Guilty To Manufacturing Marijuana And Possession Of Firearms

… SEATTLE,WASH - Santos Nemecio-Pantaleon, age 30, of Mexico, and Rigoberto Nemecio-Flores, age 21, of Mexico, pled guilty today to manufacturing marijuana and …
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Taft Drug Trafficker Receives 10-year Prison Sentence Distribution Of Heroin, Cocaine And Methamphetamine

… aka Cirilio Cardenas-Alvarez, 49, a citizen of Mexico and former resident of Taft, was sentenced on Monday … to the Pacific Northwest and Midwest that he obtained from Mexico and Guatemala. Alvarez-Muniz was arrested in …
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DEA Announces Guilty Plea Of Mexican National For Cocaine Trafficking

… Order of Removal, which will require him to be deported to Mexico following his release from prison. According to the … area of the vehicle. The cocaine was being transported from Mexico to Indiana for distribution there when the vehicle …
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Two Bakersfield Men Plead Guilty To Distributing Methamphetamine

… drug dealers and users in Kern County and Las Cruces, New Mexico. Blanco and Morales admit they distributed between … the narcotics on a commercial bus bound for Las Cruces, New Mexico. This case is the product of an investigation by the …
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Four Caught In Undercover Operation Targeting Drug Trafficking In Sacramento County

… Miguel Angel Flores-Mendez, aka, Migue, aka Miguel, 22, of Mexico; Luis Fernando Vasquez-Morales, aka, Luis Fernando Morales, 27, of Mexico; Joshua Avila, aka, Scarface, 36, of Sacramento; and …
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Tulare County Man Sentenced To 17.5 Years In Prison For Marijuana Cultivation Crimes

… month in prison. Bonifacio Cano Gutierrez, 20, of Colima, Mexico, was sentenced on January 6, 2014, to two years and six months in prison. He is subject to deportation to Mexico upon completion of his prison sentence. The remaining …
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Mexican National Sentenced To Fourteen Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Trafficking

… he had previously been deported from the United States to Mexico five times between 2003 and 2011, and that he had … trafficking offense in 2010. Corona-Mata, 32, of Michoacán, Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 28, …
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Second Devil’s Den Marijuana Cultivator Pleads Guilty

… FRESNO, Calif. - Ramon Manjarrez-Del Vaal, 36, of Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, … Manjarrez acknowledged that he came to California from Mexico to work for his co-defendant, Jonathan Anthony Meza, …
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Five Indicted For Kern County Marijuana Cultivation Operations

… Orozco-Martinez, 32, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico; Jorge A. Torres, 27, of Michoacán, Mexico; Salvador Gallegos Jr., 22, and Christopher Norberto …
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Conspiracy In Bakersfield

… aka Guerrero, 40, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, … prison sentence, Uriostegui is subject to deportation to Mexico. This case is the product of an Organized Crime Drug …
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Soccer Player Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… 34, a professional soccer player from Guadalajara, Mexico, and Ernesto Rocha, 21, of Bakersfield, were each … and co-defendant Jesus Rodriguez Salcido, 23, of Jalisco, Mexico, were in possession of firearms and all tried to …
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Madera Vineyard Marijuana Cultivator Sentenced For Firearm Possession

… Julio Ramirez Pérez, 33, an undocumented alien from Oaxaca, Mexico, to five years in prison to be followed by five years … Antonio Pérez, 40, an undocumented alien from Guanajuato, Mexico, who was also found on the property, was similarly …
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Illegal Criminal Sentenced to 120 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Weapons Charges

… Yakima - (509) 454-4407 BOISE – Edwin Reyes-Parra, 22, of Mexico, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for … completion of his sentence, Reyes-Parra, an alien born in Mexico and without legal authority to be in the United States, is likely to be deported back to Mexico. The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated …
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Co-Founder of Sinaloa Cartel Charged in Superseding Indictment with Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl

… or hit men, to carry out kidnappings and murders in Mexico to retaliate against rivals who threatened the … generated from the drug sales were then transported back to Mexico. Guzman Loera’s name has been removed from the fifth … ISMAEL ZAMBADA GARCIA (also known as “El Mayo”) Age: 76 Mexico E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 9-CR-466 (BMC)   Drug Trafficking …