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Man from Albuquerque sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for methamphetamine 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) … to distribute methamphetamine in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The evidence showed investigators from the Bureau of …
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Zeta Commander “Taliban” Facing Trial In The U.S.

… 2013. Velasquez-Caballero, 43, of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been in custody in Mexico since Sept. 26, 2012, when he was arrested in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He was extradited under the treaty between the …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 60 Months for Drug Conspiracy

… TUCSON, Ariz. – Armando Puentes-Melendez, 38, of Mexico, was sentenced on April 24, 2025, by United States …
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Angleton Man Hammered With 35-Year Sentence For Trafficking Meth

… methamphetamine that had been imported into the U.S. from Mexico. As part of this conspiracy, Gallegos admitted he … the organization typically brought methamphetamine from Mexico into the country near McAllen, ultimately … often responsible for supplying the methamphetamine from Mexico. He coordinated the shipments from McAllen, typically …
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Head Of The Gulf Cartel Appears In Beaumont Federal Court On Drug Trafficking Charges

… Juan Francisco Saenz-Tamez, 23, of Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was arrested by federal agents on Oct. 9, 2014 while … into the large-scale trafficking of illegal drugs from Mexico into the Eastern District of Texas led to the … oversaw much of the violence and bloodshed that has plagued Mexico and DEA is pleased he will face justice in the United …
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Drug trafficker who possessed pills laced with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin sentened to 48 months in prison

… admitted that he had agreed with an individual based in Mexico to bring methamphetamine into the United … fentanyl in the truck.   Olivas Leyva, 63, a citizen of Mexico, along with Luna Rodriguez, 23, also a citizen of Mexico, were indicted by a federal grand jury on June 5, …
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DEA And USPIS Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 28 Individuals For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Marijuana

… in the districts of Puerto Rico, California, Florida and Mexico, using the United States Postal (USPS). According to … suppliers would purchase marijuana, originally from Mexico, in bulk so that it could be packaged and sent to … a drug trafficking organization from its root: starting in Mexico, where the marijuana was bought then transported …
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Woman facing federal drug trafficking charge arising

… 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) … arrested Cota-Guitimea, 21, a U.S. citizen who resides in Mexico, after seizing approximately 8.10 gross kilograms …
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DEA Reports Widespread Threat of Fentanyl Mixed with Xylazine

… like fentanyl. The Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco Cartel in Mexico, using chemicals largely sourced from China, are …
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Key Leaders Of South American Drug Cartel & Transportation Broker Convicted In Seattle Trial

… planes to transport tons of cocaine from South America to Mexico, Africa and Europe. One of the drug trafficking … was transported, and then wired more than $491,000 from Mexico as a down payment for transporting 10 tons of cocaine from the coast of Ecuador to Mexico. During the negotiations, members of the organization …
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Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty To Participating In Crack Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… 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) … Judicial District Attorney’s Office for the State of New Mexico, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney …
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Central Oregon Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Federal Prison

… bulk quantities of drugs from either Southern California or Mexico into Oregon. On December 10, 2022, investigators … with bringing him fentanyl from Southern California or Mexico. On March 15, 2023, investigators located and …
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California Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Federal Prison

… Trafficked Large Quantities of Meth and Heroin from Mexico to Portland PORTLAND, Ore.—A Fontana, California man … for trafficking large quantities of illegal narcotics from Mexico into the Portland metro area for redistribution and …
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Santa Fe Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Crack Cocaine And Firearms Charges

… 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) … Judicial District Attorney’s Office for the State of New Mexico, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney …
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Santa Fe Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Crack Cocaine And Firearms Charges

… 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) … Judicial District Attorney’s Office for the State of New Mexico, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney …
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Defendant Sentenced For Role In May 2013 Murder Of Southlake, Texas, Man

… defendants traveled in interstate and foreign commerce from Mexico to Southlake, and elsewhere, with the intent to kill, … The defendants were acting on orders from a man in Mexico, Rodolfo Villarreal Hernandez, known as “El Gato,” or … located Mr. Chapa, “El Gato” sent two assassins from Mexico to Southlake to kill him.  Ledezma-Campano met the …
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Atlanta drug dealer charged with possessing 170 kilograms of heroin and 36 guns in two metro residences

… In October 2019, federal agents uncovered ledgers from a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization showing that … to the organization that were eventually transported to Mexico. During the investigation, federal agents identified …
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Sacramento Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Heroin Trafficking

… was heard during a wiretap discussing sourcing heroin from Mexico and the difficulties of getting people and drugs …
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International Drug Trafficking Ring Used "Front" Companies To Transport Drugs Across America

… organization utilized contacts and sources of supply from Mexico, California, and elsewhere for drug trafficking in … James J. Hunt stated, “The Sinaloa Cartel’s reach from Mexico into U.S. cities is most evident in this … successfully dismantled the organization that spanned from Mexico to Buffalo at all levels of operation.” “As set forth …
Rios-Gallardo, Ismael
FUGITIVE

Ismael Rios-Gallardo

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841 and 846Possession with the intent to distribute Methamphetamine
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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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Kern County Poly Drug Traffickers Found Guilty

… brought multi kilo quantities of meth, heroin, cocaine from Mexico FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an … methamphetamine.   Mario Alvarez-Muniz, 49, a citizen of Mexico, residing in Taft, and Darrell Leon Jennings, 49, of … driver, obtained heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine from Mexico for distribution here.  Jennings is a self-employed …
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Great Falls Woman Sentenced to Five Years for Dealing Meth and Heroin

… and heroin for a drug trafficking organization based in Mexico was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison, to … Falls with direct connections to a drug trafficking ring in Mexico. The organization is known to recruit locals, like …
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Approximately 40 Individuals Arrested in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Takedown

… - (662) 234-8542 Defendants are from East Mississippi, Mexico, California, Texas, and Alabama Jackson, Miss. – … Scott, and Jasper counties in Mississippi, as well as Mexico, California, Texas, and Alabama. The charges stem …
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Approximately 70 pounds of heroin and fentanyl seized from wholesale distribution network in the Bronx and Yonkers

… distribution network in the Bronx and one who represented a Mexico-based narcotics supply organization. The alleged … again. The investigation revealed that Guzman represented a Mexico-based narcotics supply organization and had travelled … potentially lethal opioids. Through a direct connection to Mexico-based suppliers, the distribution network stockpiled …
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Texas Businessman Found Guilty Of Laundering Millions Of Dollars For A Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organization

… multiple retail perfume stores located on the United States-Mexico border, was found guilty yesterday of money … the United States, the ("narco dollars") were smuggled to Mexico, where they were aggregated and stored. Mexican money … Texas, that would then ship the perfume to purchasers in Mexico. DEA undercover agents were first introduced to Datta …
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Midland Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Meth Distribution and Firearm Charge

… 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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Mariah Ferry and Jose Torrez plead guilty to federal kidnapping charges for abducting and brutally beating two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

… 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) … and another co-conspirator to a rural area in New Mexico where they buried J.S.’s body in a shallow …
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Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sentenced To Twenty Years

… - PHOENIX, AZ. - Arnoldo Zazueta-Miranda, 36, of Mexico, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge … while also coordinating the return of narcotics proceeds to Mexico. Two weapons, along with ammunition, drug ledgers, … cocaine to customers. Jose Roberto Simental-Moreno, 25, of Mexico, sentenced to 12 years in prison. He served as …
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Northeast Heights Heroin Trafficking Ring Dismantled By Multi-Agency Investigation

… 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) … be transferred from Washington State to the District of New Mexico to face the charges against him. During today’s …