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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 …
GENERAL INFORMATION

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 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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Guilty Plea In Littlefield Methamphetamine Trafficking Investigation

… 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 … Investigations, Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office, and New Mexico State Police are conducting the investigation.  …
Ruiz, Kenge R.
FUGITIVE

Kenge R. Ruiz

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy - 21 USC 846
Salas-Aguayo, Jesus Venzor
FUGITIVE

Jesus Venzor Salas-Aguayo

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Violations of Title 21 USC 841;846;
Gandara, Bernabie
FUGITIVE

Bernabie Gandara

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to Possess with intent to Distribute846/ Possession with intent to Distribute: 841(a) (1)
Villegas-Martinez, Sergio
FUGITIVE

Sergio Villegas-Martinez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:conspiring to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine
Meraz-Cruz, Eliezer Octavio
FUGITIVE

Eliezer Octavio Meraz-Cruz

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:
21 USC 846 & 841 (a) (1)- Conspiracy to Possess a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distributeand 21 USC 841 (a) (1)- Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance under case number EP-09-CR-1268-FM.
Conspiracy to distribute marijuana 21USC846
Vazquez-Ramirez, Cesar
FUGITIVE

Cesar Vazquez-Ramirez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 84621 USC 841 (a) (1)
Nungaray-Padilla, Ivan Antonio
FUGITIVE

Ivan Antonio Nungaray-Padilla

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Title 21 841 and 846
Rios-Rodriguez, Luis Pablo
FUGITIVE

Luis Pablo Rios-Rodriguez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Title 21 841846 (Marijuana and Cocaine)
Castanon-Diaz, Miguel
FUGITIVE

Miguel Castanon-Diaz

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Title 21 USC 841(A)(1) and 846
Herrera-Moreno, Arturo
FUGITIVE

Arturo Herrera-Moreno

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:21 USC 846 Conspiring to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine
Perez De Aguilar, Lourdes
FUGITIVE

Lourdes Perez De Aguilar

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:Importation of over 5 kilograms of cocaine; Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine; conspiracy to commit money laundering
Herrera-Moreno, Ediberto
FUGITIVE

Ediberto Herrera-Moreno

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:21 USC 846 Conspiring to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine
Marquez-Ramos, Mario
FUGITIVE

Mario Marquez-Ramos

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute marijuanaconspiracy to import marijuanaviolation of 21 USC 956.
PRESS RELEASE

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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Suburban Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Leading Chicago-area Cell Of International Drug Trafficking Organization

… probe that spanned more than two years and disrupted a Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline.  Authorities seized four … overseen by his father, Lorenzo Salgado, who resides in Mexico but communicated with his son via phone, according to … sales and the subsequent transportation of the proceeds to Mexico.  Lorenzo Salgado is charged with drug conspiracy and …
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Former Mexican Mayor Gets 21 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

… (DEA) today announced that former Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico Mayor Arturo Reyes Trujillo was sentenced to over 21 … was elected municipal (mayor) in Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico in 2012, and was arrested in September of that year. … instrumental in the case. Additionally, the Government of Mexico cooperated with Trujillo’s  extradition to the United …
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DEA El Paso Division Safety Bulletin

… 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) … DEA’s El Paso Division, which covers West Texas and New Mexico, is issuing this safety bulletin to remind the public …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pill During 15th National 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, brought in 10,728.64 pounds during this event. For …
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Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán is found guilty on all counts

… both in the United States, and in his own country of Mexico. Guzman’s deadly drugs destroyed many American … of our law enforcement partners in the United States, in Mexico, and around the world, who worked tirelessly to bring … is not the end.  DEA will continue to collaborate with Mexico to bring down the cartels and individuals who bring …
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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 …