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DEA San Diego Nets 23 Arrests In Part Of National Project Delirium Take Down

… a violent Mexican Drug Cartel based in Michoacan, Mexico. “Being so close to the border, most of our cases … to the middle man to the leaders of the organization in Mexico.” Drugs seized during the operation include more than … to disrupt a major drug trafficking operation with ties to Mexico,” said DA Dumanis. “These latest arrests and our …
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Last Of The Arellano Felix Brothers Enters Guilty Plea In San Diego

… which moved hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and Colombia into the U.S. and made hundreds of … Arellano-Felix spent almost four years in custody in Mexico, from October 25, 2008 to August 31, 2012.  … by Mexican authorities in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on October 25, 2008, following a gun battle with a …
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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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Atlanta Man Sentenced to more than Six Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Using Laundry Detergent Boxes

… quantities of high-purity methamphetamine from Guadalajara, Mexico to Atlanta and Tampa. Galvan drove from the Atlanta … 1.89 kilograms of high-purity methamphetamine imported from Mexico. The courier transported the methamphetamine in a …
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Last Of Los Zetas Arms Traffickers Convicted

… of guilty for his role in a conspiracy to export weapons to Mexico destined for Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Organization, … from the Dallas area to Laredo and then to the Republic of Mexico for ultimate delivery to Los Zetas Drug Trafficking … weapons in Laredo and arranging for their transportation to Mexico. On Nov. 9, 2010, agents set up surveillance at the …
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Leader of Portland Area Drug Distribution Organization Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Federal Prison

… and interstate drug trafficking organization based in Mexico responsible for trafficking large quantities of … from various locations outside of Oregon, including Mexico, California, and Washington State, into the Portland …
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Laredo Los Zetas Arms Traffickers Plead Guilty

… for their roles in a conspiracy to export weapons to Mexico destined for Los Zetas drug trafficking organization, … in Laredo from the Dallas area for transportation to Mexico. Otilo Osorio and Ranferi Osorio were identified as … for the transportation of said weapons to the Republic of Mexico. On Nov. 9, 2010, agents set up surveillance at the …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Linked To Los Zetas Drug Cartel

… who was most recently aligned with Los Zetas, one of Mexico’s most violent and increasingly powerful drug … Guatemala and other countries in Central America into Mexico, and then transports cocaine to the United States. …
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Nine More Drug Traffickers Sentenced In Operation Sooner Or Later

… operation targeted international cocaine trafficking from Mexico to the Middle District of Florida. To date, Operation … 8 months in federal prison. Agustin Santos (37, Guerrero, Mexico) was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison. Ernesto Avila-(28, Jalisco, Mexico) was sentenced to 10 years and 7 months in federal …
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DEA Administrator's Remarks on China-Based Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Arrests

January 22, 2025
… supplied drug traffickers, in the United States and Mexico, with the ingredients and scientific know-how needed …
January 22, 2025
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels—the two drug cartels based in Mexico that are responsible for the vast majority of the … members and associates of the Sinaloa Cartel operating in Mexico, China, and Central America, including the leaders of …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels—the two drug cartels based in Mexico that are responsible for the vast majority of the … members and associates of the Sinaloa Cartel operating in Mexico, China, and Central America, including the leaders of …
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Idaho Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 10 Pounds of Fentanyl

… a large drug trafficking organization with direct ties to Mexico. Watson locally sold approximately $15,000 worth of … magnitude of dangerous, illicit drugs with direct ties to Mexico and the Mexican Drug Cartels that are in our …
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Peruvian citizen pleads guilty to role in transnational drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy

… At least $1 million was sent to Chicago, Los Angeles, Peru, Mexico and Colombia; money was also wired to China.  The … outside of Piura, and flew it to Guatemala, and then on to Mexico, where it was smuggled into the United States. … the Albany District Office and DEA offices in Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, …
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Mexican National Living in Meriden Sentenced to Four Years for Heroin Trafficking

… Connecticut, announced that Jesus Gomez, 58, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Meriden, was sentenced by U.S. … in Connecticut and, in March 2014, was removed to Mexico.  Three months later, he illegally reentered the U.S. and was removed to Mexico a second time.  He again illegally returned to the …
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Key Leader Of South American Drug Cartel Sentenced To Thirty-Four Years In Prison

… and planes to take tons of cocaine from South America to Mexico for further distribution into the United States; and … 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 …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Mexican National of Orchestrating Fentanyl and Meth Scheme that Sent Narcotics Across U.S.

… today. Edgar Valentin Felix Osuna, 25, of Sinaloa, Mexico, who was arrested on August 29 in Barstow while on … kilograms of methamphetamine. “From at least 2019, while in Mexico and while on federal probation [in a narcotics …
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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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Three Members Of Mexican Cartel Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy Involving Liquid Methamphetamine

… disturbing trend in trafficking methamphetamine produced in Mexico and our efforts to disrupt this trend.” “The attack … the proceeds of that drug trafficking activity to Mexico.  In early spring 2013, agents learned that Jimenez … D. Evans: Gabriel Jimenez-Antunez, a.k.a. “Negrito,” 39, of Mexico, was sentenced to 25 years in prison, to be followed …
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Federal Authorities Arrest Twelve Members Of El Paso-Based Drug 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) … Macias and Jimmie Williams have conspired to import from Mexico more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana for …
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Federal Prison Sentences Handed Down In El Paso In Connection With Horizon City Kidnapping/Murder 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) … in El Paso in September 2009 and his subsequent murder in Mexico by a drug cartel. Yesterday, Judge Briones sentenced …
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Los Zetas Cartel Member Sentenced To Over 33 Years In Prison On Federal Drug Charges

… Polite announced that Efrain Grimaldo, a resident of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Chief Judge … Sergio Grimaldo has recently been extradited from Mexico on these same charges and is scheduled for trial on … for death and suffering from the cities and towns of Mexico, across the U.S. border, and into our communities in …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… pills brought into the United States are produced in Mexico, and China is supplying chemicals for the manufacturing of fentanyl in Mexico. The drug overdose crisis in the United States is a …
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Second Mexican National Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… Saline County, Mo. Gustavo Renteria-Rojas, 39, a citizen of Mexico residing in Evanston, Ill., was sentenced by U.S. … co-defendant, Jose Alfredo Renteria-Rojas, 34, a citizen of Mexico residing in Des Plaines, Illinois, was sentenced on …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Prison On Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges

… Western District and transferring the drug proceeds back to Mexico. The local group was part of international money … of drug proceeds in bulk cash and wire transfers to Mexico, court records show. To date, six other defendants … for trafficking more than 150 kilograms of cocaine from Mexico to the United States, with a total street value of …
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Operation Fallen Hero – Operation Bombardier

… in crime who are operating on both sides of the Texas/Mexico border,” said Thomas Hinojosa, Acting Special Agent … of law enforcement to address the violent drug cartels in Mexico, their associates in the U.S., and other criminal … government. Our counterparts on the front line in Mexico have shared in these tragic sacrifices, losing many …
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Alleged Mexican drug dealer extradited to Southern District of Illinois

… Marshals Service extradited Armando Medina-Hernandez from Mexico on Nov. 7, 2018, to face federal drug trafficking … who tracked the source of supply of the drugs to Mexico. “We are seeing record heroin and fentanyl deaths … our investigation tracked the source of this poison to Mexico, so that is where we went to begin to infiltrate this …
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Six Defendants Sentenced To A Total Of Over 79 Years For Drug-Trafficking In Northwest Arkansas

… to be 946.5 grams of methamphetamine. Ivan Jiminez, 27, of Mexico, was sentenced to 292 months in prison without the … of methamphetamine. Jacinto Frias-Gonzales, 32, of Mexico, was sentenced to 206 months in prison without the … distribute methamphetamine. Miguel Landeros-Estrada, 34, of Mexico, was sentenced to 78 months in prison without the …
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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 … Division. “Predatory violent criminal drug networks in Mexico are mass-producing fake pills, which are flooding …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

… 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) … El Paso Division, which covers West Texas and all of New Mexico, brought in 10,728.64 pounds during the event held in …