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Phoenix News 2008

July 15, 2021

… Phoenix News 2008 December 3, 2008 Six Drug Traffickers from Mexico Sentenced to Federal Prison December 3, 2008 Phoenix … Ring Arrested July 23, 2008 Five Drug Traffickers From Mexico Sentenced to Federal Prison July 22, 2008 …

July 15, 2021

PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Money Launderer Sentenced In International Cocaine Conspiracy

… ALBANY, N.Y. - Eduardo Nunez Serna, 44, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for … this money to a cocaine supplier based in Acapulco, Mexico. On October 27, 2015, law enforcement searched Nunez … the Albany District Office and DEA offices in Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, …

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Second Mexican National Pleads Guilty In Bakersfield Stash House Case

… - Gamaliel Salas-Mendoza, aka Rene Salas (Salas), 38, of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and … documents, Salas and Miguel Sanchez-(Sanchez), 46, also of Mexico, maintained a stash house in Bakersfield where law … Both Salas and Sanchez are subject to deportation to Mexico following the completion of any prison term imposed. …

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California Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Transnational Drug Trafficking Scheme

… During the call, Ferrel claimed he had been traveling from Mexico to Yakima every week with between 180 and 220 pounds … also said he had direct access to a source of drugs in Mexico and people in Mexicali and Tijuana to help move it. …

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37 Alleged Members And Associates Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate ArrestedDefendants Charged With Trafficking Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Prescription Drugs, And Laundering Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Narcotics Proceeds

… of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from the Netherlands … and Canada, hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Peru, and large quantities … that most of the marijuana smuggled from Canada and Mexico was concealed in tractor trailers, typically in …

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Four Oklahoma Men Indicted After Officers Seize $1 Million Worth of Cocaine in I-70 Traffic Stop

… of Honduras, Luis Gerardo Nieto-Acosta, 35, a citizen of Mexico, and Miguel Angel Anguiano-Viera, 26, all of Oklahoma … City, and Jose Eduardo Acosta-Bermejo, 28, a citizen of Mexico, of Bethany, Okla., were charged in a three-count …

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Three More Defendants Indicted in Northwest MO Fentanyl Conspiracy

… of St. Joseph, Mo., Raymundo Felix-Perez, 31, a citizen of Mexico who resided in Bethany, Mo., and Joshua Stramel, 26, … drug-trafficking conspiracy and wired the money to Sinaloa, Mexico. Bernard is also charged with two counts of …

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Texas man pleads guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 720 kilos of cocaine

… the drug-trafficking organization back to Texas and/or to Mexico. Co-defendant Jose Luis Armendariz-Rascon, also known … to co-defendants Miguel Armendariz-Rascon, 31, a citizen of Mexico residing in Olathe, Kansas, and Jesus Salvador … would be given to Zaragoza-Navarrette to ship back to Mexico. On a few occasions, approximately $500,000 was …

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Longest cross-border tunnel discovered in San Diego

… border. The tunnel originates in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico in an industrial area approximately one-half-mile … and members of the SDTTF began mapping the tunnel from Mexico. Concealed by a small industrial building, the tunnel … tunnels are not a new occurrence along the California-Mexico border, the sophistication and length of this …

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Kern County Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Cocaine Smuggling

… with Jose Luis Montoya-Salazar, (Montoya), 42, of Mexico City, and Luis Ricardo Eslava-(Eslava), 42, of Sinaloa, Mexico, to import, distribute, and possess with intent to … containing cocaine smuggled into the United States from Mexico at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, to a location in …

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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Collect Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 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, bettered its total from Take Back 13 held in April …

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Leader Of Zapata Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization Convicted

… Lake to store the marijuana after it had been smuggled from Mexico into the United States. This marijuana would normally be ferried across the lake from Mexico at night in small boats, which would pull up to his … the proceeds of drug trafficking, from the Zapata area to Mexico, and hid did so with the intention of promoting the …

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Georgia Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison

… began in July 2023, when law enforcement learned that a Mexico-based drug trafficker had arranged to send …

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DEA Statement On Arrest Of Omar Trevino Morales

… today issued the following statement on the arrest in Mexico of Zetas leader Omar Trevino Morales: "The Drug … Administration proudly congratulates the Government of Mexico and their leadership in the arrest of Omar Trevino …

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Mexican Women Sent to Prison for Smuggling Heroin Balls in Potato Chip Bags

… 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas – Two women residing in Monterrey, Mexico, have been ordered to federal prison for their roles … with them. The co-conspirators planned on returning to Mexico with a large amount of cash. Both have been and will …

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Twelve Alleged Members Of Mexican-Based Cocaine Trafficking Ring Indicted

… has utilized a distribution network to smuggle cocaine from Mexico to northern Virginia. This indictment was the latest … multi-kilogram shipments of cocaine each month from Mexico through numerous couriers. Court documents allege … proceeds to the drug trafficking organization leaders in Mexico, distributing the cocaine, and collecting drug …

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DEA’s OD Justice Devotes Critical Resources to Fatal Drug Poisoning and Overdose Death Investigations Across the United States

… dealers. Many times, we have successfully identified the Mexico based cartel source of supply multiple levels removed …

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Fentanyl Distribution Nets West Texas Man 12 Years in Federal Prison

FUGITIVE

Adelmo Nunez-Molina

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Heroin Possession/Importation

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Chicago News 2010

July 15, 2021

… Organization with Ties Between Indianapolis, Chicago, and Mexico Dismantled December 15, 2010 Three Defendants Facing … Federal Drug Charges in Chicago Among 15 Extradited From Mexico in Past Week December 14, 2010 Nearly 22 Year …

July 15, 2021

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Multi-Agency Investigation Leads to Charges Against 13 Alleged Members of a Tucson-Area Drug Trafficking Organization

… 19, of Las Vegas, Nevada Rodrigo Lopez-Lozoya, 36, of Mexico Jesus Ramon Lozoya-Portillo, 41, of Mexico On December 8, 2022, United States Magistrate Judge …

FUGITIVE

Miguel Daniel Aldana-Ibarra

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Violent Crimes in Aid of RacketeeringConspiracy to Commit Violent Crimes in Aid of RacketeeringConspiracy To Kidnap a Federal AgentKidnapping of a Federal AgentFelony Murder of a Federal AgentAiding and AbettingAccessory After the Fact

FUGITIVE

Manuel Ibarra-Herrera

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: KIDNAPPING AND MURDER 0F A FEDERAL AGENTRacketeeringViolent crimes in aid of racketeeringConspiracy to commit violent crimes in aid of racketeeringConspiracy to kidnap a federal agentAiding and abettingAccessory after the fact

FUGITIVE

Antonio Vasquez-Ochoa

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: KIDNAPPING AND MURDER 0F A FEDERAL AGENTracketeeringviolent crimes in aid of racketeeringconspiracy to commit violent crimes in aid of racketeeringconspiracy to kidnap a federal agentaiding and abettingaccessory after the fact

FUGITIVE

Ubaldo Montoy Orozco

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846

FUGITIVE

Ernesto Rafael Fonseca-Carrillo

FUGITIVE

Anibal Melendez-Elizondo

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:
ct. 2 -21 usc 963 & 841 (b) (1) (A) - Importation of over 5 kilograms of cocainect. 3 - 21 usc 846 & 841 (b) (1) (A) - conspiracy to distribute & to possess with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaineCt. 4 - 21 usc 841(a) (1) & (b) (1) (A) - Possession with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaineCt. 10 - 18 USC 1956(h) to 18 USC 1956 (a)(2)(A) & (a)(2)(B)(i) money laundering.

FUGITIVE

Andres Gilberto Macias-Sanchez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Title 21 USC 841(a)(1) and 846: Possession with the Intent to DistributeConspiracy

FUGITIVE

Alfredo Diaz-Herrera

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841(a)(1) and 846Possession w/ intent to distributeConspiracy

FUGITIVE

Vicente Lopez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21:846&841(a)(1)Conspiracy to Possess a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute-Cocaine21:846&841(a)(1)Conspiracy to Possess a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute-Marijuana21:963Conspiracy to Import a Controlled Substance-Cocaine21:841(a)(1)Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute-Marijuana21:841(a)(1)Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute-Cocaine18:1956(a)(2)(A)-Laundering of Monetary Instruments