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Four Men Indicted In 75-Liter Methamphetamine Seizure

… charges the defendants: Antunez, a.k.a. “Negrito,” 39, of Mexico; Aparicio, 38, of Mexico; Ascencio, 49, of Mableton, Georgia.; and Ruiz, 54, …

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Five More Sentenced To Federal Prison In Operation Sooner Or Later

… operation targeted international cocaine trafficking from Mexico to the Middle District of Florida and Oxycodone … 3 months in federal prison), Francisco Avila-(24, Sinaloa, Mexico and Ocala, Florida - 10 years in federal prison), and …

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International Narcotics Trafficker Extradited To Face Drug Trafficking And Narco-Terrorism Charges

… organization responsible for supplying members of the Mexico based Sinaloa Drug Cartel thousands of kilograms of … of cocaine were then transported to the United States, via Mexico for distribution. The proceeds from the drug …

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Head Of The Gulf Cartel Sentenced To Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking

… Juan Francisco Saenz-Tamez, 23, of Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, pleaded guilty on Jan. 13, 2015 to distribution and … into the large-scale trafficking of illegal drugs from Mexico into the Eastern District of Texas led to the …

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DEA Issues Nationwide Alert On Fentanyl As Threat To Health And Public Safety

… that the precursor chemicals came from companies in Mexico, Germany, Japan, and China. Historically, this is not … The source of that fentanyl was traced to a single lab in Mexico. When that lab was identified and dismantled, the …

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Second Trafficker Targeting Eastern North Carolina Sentenced For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… but throughout North Carolina, the United States and Mexico. These organizations are responsible for the … the related remittance of illegal drug proceeds back into Mexico. The investigation of this case was conducted by the …

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California-Based Heroin Distributor Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Prison On Drug Trafficking Charges

… responsible for smuggling bulk drug shipments from Mexico. Court records show that Gasca used an extensive … ongoing investigation into drug trafficking of heroin from Mexico. Over the course of the investigation, law …

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International Narcotics Distributor Sentenced To 20 Years’ Imprisonment For Trafficking Narcotics And Laundering Millions Of Dollars

… kilograms of cocaine and heroin from South America and Mexico for distribution in the United States, flooding our … using a Queens-based jewelry store, which sent the money to Mexico. The defendant also facilitated the transport of …

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Career Offender Admits To Possessing A Firearm While Trafficking In Heroin

… PORTLAND, Ore - Marcelino Lopez-Diaz, 25, of Nayarit, Mexico, appeared on September 4, 2014, in U.S. District … selling heroin in order to send money home to his mother in Mexico. The investigation was led by the Drug Enforcement …

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Third Convicted Cuban Cocaine Smuggler Sentenced To Prison For 151 Months

… Tucson DEA agents received information from sources in Mexico that an individual, later identified as Michel … a continuing supply of cocaine through Tucson, by way of Mexico. In addition to Cervantes-Conde’s 12-1/2 year prison …

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Scuba Diver Smuggles 55 Pounds Of Cocaine In Under Water/Cross Border Tunnel

… Patrol agents found an underground tunnel from Mexicali, Mexico, continuing under the border and ending at the south … Canal in Calexico through an underground tunnel from Mexico into the United States, wearing scuba gear and …

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DEA Assists With Another Super Tunnel; Yields 22 Arrests And 12 Tons Of Marijuana So Far

… that a load was about to be moved through the tunnel from Mexico to the U.S. Officials believe this was the first time … connected to an underground tunnel leading towards the U.S.-Mexico border. Agents saw plastic-wrapped marijuana bundles …

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Operation Special Delivery Dismantles International Interstate Drug Ring

… Arpaio. “This case focused on both the source of drugs from Mexico through dealers in Arizona, to the final destination … of foreign nationals from Jamaica, Nigeria, Ghana and Mexico, some of whom are in the United States illegally.” …

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Drug Cartel Leader Arrested

… of that designation, OFAC identified Quintero Navidad as a Mexico-based narcotics trafficker who coordinated the … of ton quantities of cocaine from South America through Mexico and onto the United States. A federal grand jury in …

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Leader Of International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To Thirteen Years In Federal Prison

… cocaine and pure methamphetamine north from California and Mexico. This represents a relatively new trend in which … and then smuggle it south to California and Mexico where it is manufactured into methamphetamine. The …

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Leader Of Tacoma Heroin Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Ten Years

… of dollars, proceeds of the drug trade, was shipped to Mexico in hidden compartments built into vehicles. In the … there have been 22,700 narcotics-related murders in Mexico since 2006, as Mexican cartels battle to decide who …

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Brothers Who Led Heroin And Meth Distribution Ring Sentenced To Long Prison Terms

… - Two brothers who, with other fugitive brothers, led a Mexico based drug smuggling and distribution ring were … drug trade. Members smuggled drugs across the border from Mexico, to a stash house in Arizona. Drugs and cash were …

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Operation Mercury Cases

… LJO) - Bonifacio Cano Gutierrez, 20, of Colima, Mexico, was sentenced today to two years and six months in … cultivation conspiracy. He is subject to deportation to Mexico upon completion of his prison sentence. Cano was the …

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Central Valley Drug Trafficking Group Indicted

… of Delano; Enrique Alonso Valdez Yanez, 38, fugitive, of Mexico; Jason Duane Rogers, 43, of Citrus Heights; Shannon … quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine from Mexico into the United States. Once here, the drugs were …

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Major International Cocaine Transporter Extradited From Colombia

… and Venezuela through Central American countries to Mexico, for the purpose of unlawfully importing the cocaine … Bermudez-Vanegas provided his transportation services to Mexico-based drug cartels. “The United States has been …

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El Paso Contacts

January 22, 2025

… Suite 2000, El Paso, TX 79912 Phone (915) 832-6000 New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) …

January 22, 2025

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Methamphetamine Fatalities on the Rise in King County, Washington

August 01, 2017

… responsible for the overdose deaths was produced in Mexico and smuggled across the Southwest Border (SWB) to the …

August 01, 2017

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Congressional Affairs

January 22, 2026

… for Serious Crimes Transferred to the United States from Mexico, Including Leaders of Foreign Terrorist Organizations … cannot be overstated. 37 fugitives were brought from Mexico to the United States to face justice for alleged …

January 22, 2026

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DEA Administrator Remarks

DEA Administrator's Remarks on China-Based Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Arrests

June 23, 2023

… supplied drug traffickers, in the United States and Mexico, with the ingredients and scientific know-how needed …

June 23, 2023

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Family Summit

November 09, 2023

El Paso Family Summit

4:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EST)

El Paso, TX

The Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division is hosting a free Family Summit for families from New Mexico and West Texas who have experienced the profound loss of a loved one due to an illicit substance. The DEA Family Summit will take place on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, from 9...

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