PRESS RELEASE

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

August 20, 2015
… 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 …
August 20, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

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

October 23, 2015
… 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 …
October 23, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Special Delivery Dismantles International Interstate Drug Ring

June 15, 2011
… 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.” …
June 15, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Cartel Leader Arrested

October 27, 2017
… 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 …
October 27, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

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

May 09, 2011
… 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 …
May 09, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Tacoma Heroin Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Ten Years

June 27, 2011
… 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 …
June 27, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

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

September 12, 2012
… - 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 …
September 12, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Mercury Cases

January 07, 2014
… 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 …
January 07, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Central Valley Drug Trafficking Group Indicted

July 10, 2015
… 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 …
July 10, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Major International Cocaine Transporter Extradited From Colombia

May 26, 2017
… 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 …
May 26, 2017
GENERAL INFORMATION

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
DOCUMENT

Methamphetamine Fatalities on the Rise in King County, Washington

August 01, 2017
Publication
… responsible for the overdose deaths was produced in Mexico and smuggled across the Southwest Border (SWB) to the …
August 01, 2017
DOCUMENT

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

June 23, 2023
DEA Administrator Remarks
… supplied drug traffickers, in the United States and Mexico, with the ingredients and scientific know-how needed …
June 23, 2023
EVENT
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Family Summit
November 09, 2023
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...
DOCUMENT

The Drug Situation in the Chicago Division (DIR-004-20)

November 15, 2019
Publication
… continue to be smuggled across the United States–Mexico border. Availability and abuse of these drugs is …
November 15, 2019
DOCUMENT

Fentanyl Flow to the United States

March 06, 2020
Publication
… to stem the flow of fentanyl into the United States. While Mexico and China are the primary source countries for …
March 06, 2020
DOCUMENT

The Illegal Drug Threat in Illinois

December 05, 2024
Publication
… (fentanyl and heroin), cocaine, methamphetamine, and Mexico grown marijuana in the state. DIR The Illegal Drug …
December 05, 2024
DOCUMENT

The Illegal Drug Threat in Indiana

December 05, 2024
Publication
… (both fentanyl and heroin), cocaine, methamphetamine, and Mexico-grown marijuana in the state. The opioid threat …
December 05, 2024
DOCUMENT

DEA Administrator's Remarks on the Arraignment of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia

September 13, 2024
DEA Administrator Remarks
… Cartel, one of the most ruthless and dangerous cartels in Mexico and responsible for the unprecedented drug crisis …
September 13, 2024
EVENT
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Training
November 04, 2021
November 04, 2021

Workplace Community Engagement Training

5:30 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)
Albuquerque, NM
Join DEA El Paso and CADCA for our 2-Day Workplace Community Engagement Training. CADCA’s Workplace Engagement training is designed to help assist companies and other organizations to address problematic substance use and misuse in the workplace. Organizations, large and small, are looking at creating healthy, safe, and productive environments for...
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of meth trafficking ring operating in Houston sentenced to 30 years in prison

August 05, 2020
… ran a local drug trafficking organization with providers in Mexico and participated in running a stash house. In handing …
August 05, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficker who used Teens as Couriers Sentenced to 85 Months

August 30, 2021
… heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine to San Diego from Mexico. Osvaldo Medivil-Tamayo, 22, pleaded guilty in August … a “cadre of couriers” to transport drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border in vehicles. Mendivil also paid others to …
August 30, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Jury convicts three men of trafficking nearly $17 million of cocaine

August 14, 2019
… Ocean, approximately 364 nautical miles south of Chiapas, Mexico. The patrol aircraft notified the nearby the U.S. … agents working from South America, Central America and Mexico to protect the land, sea and air borders in San Diego …
August 14, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA, HIDTA, and 18th Judicial District Announce Takedown of Colorado Based Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Organization

December 01, 2021
… coordinated the transportation of the illegal drugs from Mexico and their subsequent distribution in Colorado. The … laced with fentanyl are suspected of being manufactured in Mexico and then smuggled into the United States across the …
December 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Department of Treasury Designates Sinaloa-based Mexican Narcotics Trafficker Under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act

May 12, 2021
… Penuelas DTO operates primarily in Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico, various ports of entry in the United States, as well … smuggles various drugs, including heroin and fentanyl, from Mexico for distribution in multiple U.S. cities. Treasury …
May 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Multiple People Indicted for Meth Trafficking, Money Laundering

August 08, 2023
… money wire transfers totaling $55,500 to a person in Mexico City, Mexico in order to promote unlawful activity. He is also …
August 08, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Second Mexican National Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

April 07, 2023
… 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 …
April 07, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Grand Jury Indicts St. Louis Man and Others in International Drug Ring

November 09, 2021
… owed a substantial drug debt to the source of supply in Mexico for controlled substances which had been fronted to … Sept. 12, 2019. The money was then transferred to banks in Mexico.  The indictment further alleges that Rockette …
November 09, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Cocaine kingpin with Mexican cartel connections sentenced to 20 years

July 31, 2020
… coordinated routine bulk shipments of cocaine from Reynosa, Mexico, through the Rio Grande Valley, and then to the St. … currency were shipped back through the southern U.S. to Mexico as payment for the cocaine. During the course of the …
July 31, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

California Man Arrested at US-Mexican Border for his Role in Rochester Drug Conspiracy

June 27, 2022
… had been in contact with numerous telephone numbers in Mexico. Velasquez was arrested as he attempted to enter the United States from Mexico. He made an initial appearance in the Southern …
June 27, 2022