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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 …
October 03, 2023
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Prominent Oregon Drug Trafficker and Final Defendant in Large Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced

… an Oregon-based drug trafficking cell with ties to a large Mexico-based drug trafficking organization was sentenced to … investigating a drug trafficking organization with ties to Mexico operating in several states, including Oregon. In the …
ALERT

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 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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Pensacola Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine, and Heroin

… and fentanyl.  Wire receipts detailing money transfers to Mexico were also recovered.  Lewis is a previously convicted …
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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 …
Alvaro Felix-Zazueta
FUGITIVE

Alvaro Felix-Zazueta

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …
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Operation Kruz Control Delivers Major Action Against Large Scale Marijuana Trafficking Organization

… from (primarily through the Agua Prieta corridor) into New Mexico and Arizona and the smuggling of bulk drug proceeds back into Mexico.  The Cruz DTO uses multiple load drivers and … into the United States and their illicit proceeds back to Mexico," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman. …
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Fourth Defendant Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation Operation In Sequoia National Forest

… 387-3956 FRESNO, Calif. - David Arreola, 29, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced today to seven and a half years in … 32; and Jose Luis García-Villa, 22, all of Michoacán, Mexico, conspired in the cultivation of approximately 8,876 … Arreola, like his co-defendants, faces potential removal to Mexico. This case is the product of an investigation by the …
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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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West Texas Methamphetamine Distributors Given Lengthy Prison Sentences

… to plea documents filed in the case: on May 5, 2017 New Mexico State Police stopped a vehicle being driven by … pounds of suspected methamphetamine near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Agents with Homeland Security (HSI) were able to … Security (HSI), Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office, and New Mexico State Police conducted the investigation.  Assistant …
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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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First Lady Melania Trump kicks off National Red Ribbon Week with DEA

… special agent who was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in Mexico by drug traffickers. Red Ribbon Week furthers the … drug prevention effort – began after drug traffickers in Mexico tortured and brutally murdered Special Agent Camarena …
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Illegal alien charged in money laundering conspiracy and for firearms violation

… 1, 2017. He is further charged with being an alien from Mexico, illegally and unlawfully in the United States, who … in McAllen. From there, Barajas shipped the merchandise to Mexico for his customers, according to the allegations.   … with drug proceeds for shipment to drug traffickers in Mexico, according to the charges.   If convicted of the …
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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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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 …
PRESS RELEASE

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 …