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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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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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 …
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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Former Mexican Lawyer Who Became Major Meth Supplier to Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Prison

… Stalled During the Pandemic Tacoma – A former attorney from Mexico was sentenced June 21, 2024, to 90 months in prison … a drug user. In fact, he previously worked as a lawyer in Mexico and came to the U.S. in 2020 when the pandemic …
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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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U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentencing of Albuquerque Man for Drug Trafficking and Firearms 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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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 …
Jose Juan Torres Mandujano
FUGITIVE

Jose Juan Torres Mandujano

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, COCAINE AND FENTANYL; POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL; AND DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE
David Cortez-Peregrino
FUGITIVE

David Cortez-Peregrino

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, COCAINE AND FENTANYL; POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL; AND DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE
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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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DEA El Paso SAC Thorne-James to address local media

… 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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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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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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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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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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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