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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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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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Mexican National Admits Distributing Cocaine in New Haven

… announced that MARTIN ONOFRE-MENDEZ, 50, a citizen of Mexico last residing in New Haven, has pleaded guilty in New …
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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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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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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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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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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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Mexican National Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Marijuana Possession

… 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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DEA Chicago Division Welcomes New Special Agent in Charge

… before serving as a Special Agent with assignments in Mexico City, Mexico, Kabul, Afghanistan, Phoenix and Chicago. From …
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Idaho Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 10 Pounds of Fentanyl

… a large drug trafficking organization with direct ties to Mexico. Watson locally sold approximately $15,000 worth of … magnitude of dangerous, illicit drugs with direct ties to Mexico and the Mexican Drug Cartels that are in our …
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Two Men Sent to Prison in Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

… S. Hamdani. Dorian Hazel Ruiz-Chavez, 36, a citizen of Mexico unlawfully in the United States, pleaded guilty Oct. … to be involved with the importation of narcotics from Mexico utilizing commercial tractor trailers with hidden …
Julio Estrada Montano
FUGITIVE

Julio Estrada-Montano

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Dangerous Drugs, Money Laundering
Aldana-Ibarra, Miguel Daniel
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
Ibarra-Herrera, Manuel
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
Martinez, Mateo Perez
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
Orozco, Ubaldo Montoy
FUGITIVE

Ubaldo Montoy Orozco

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846
Fonseca-Carrillo, Ernesto Rafael
FUGITIVE

Ernesto Rafael Fonseca-Carrillo

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
Melendez-Elizondo, Anibal
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.
Macias-Sanchez, Andres Gilberto
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
Diaz-Herrera, Alfredo
FUGITIVE

Alfredo Diaz-Herrera

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841(a)(1) and 846Possession w/ intent to distributeConspiracy
Lopez, Vicente
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
Martinez, Daniel
FUGITIVE

Daniel Martinez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:21 USC 846841 (a) (1) and 841 (b) (1) (A) (vii) 21 USC 963952 (a) and 960 (a) (1) and 960 (b) (1) (G)21 USC 95921 USC 956
Rosales, Armando
FUGITIVE

Armando Rosales

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to Possess with intent to Distribute846/ Possession with intent to Distribute: 841(a) (1)
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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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DEA In Springfield, Missouri Achieve Significant Prison Sentences For Two Recent Investigations

… one case while Adriana Gutierrez-Ramirez, 43, a citizen of Mexico but residing in Phoenix, Arizona received a 10-year … Highway Patrol stopped Gutierrez-Ramirez, a citizen of Mexico residing in Phoenix, and her co-defendant Luis Duarte, 60, also a citizen of Mexico residing in Phoenix, as they traveled through the …
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Suburban Man Indicted On Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly Importing A Fentanyl Analogue From China

… from Estrada’s residence in Elmwood Park. Estrada fled to Mexico in July 2016, and a warrant was issued for his … arrest.  He was taken into custody last month in Querètaro, Mexico. The five-count indictment was returned Tuesday.  It … shipments of fentanyl to Chicago after fleeing to Mexico.  The fentanyl was allegedly mixed with other …
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Local Drug Arrests International Drug Nexus

… the largest and most-powerful trafficking organizations in Mexico. The scope of Zambada-Garcia's influence in Mexico is ledgendary and spans nearly thirty years. The … with almost every known drug trafficking organization in Mexico. Yesterday, as part of that investigation, several …
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Men Arrested In Bakersfield Indicted For Cocaine Smuggling

… of Shafter, Jose Luis Montoya-Salazar, (Montoya), 42, of Mexico City, and Luis Ricardo Eslava-(Eslava), 42, of Sinaloa, Mexico, charging them with conspiring to import, distribute, … convicted, Eslava and Montoya are subject to deportation to Mexico after serving any prison sentence imposed. On …
Isai David Navarro-Rivas
FUGITIVE

Isai David Navarro-Rivas

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A)