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International Narcotics Distributor Pleads Guilty To Multiple Narcotics And Money Laundering Conspiracies

… and more than a thousand kilograms of marijuana, from Mexico into the United States and distributed those … of proceeds from the sale of those narcotics back to Mexico, in a way that concealed the true source of the … SALVADOR JIMENEZ URIBE Age: 50 Residence: Guadalajara, Mexico EDNY Docket No. 12-CR-(RJD) On …
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Kansas Man Sentenced in International Drug Smuggling Ring

… to traffic illegal narcotics sourced from his family in Mexico in the Kansas City metro area. His primary role in … transport bulk United States currency from Kansas City to Mexico. “As long as drug smugglers infiltrate our borders …
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Five Related Indictments Target South Bay Drug Distribution Schemes

… Transported Drug Supply From Southern California And Mexico To The San Jose Area SAN FRANCISCO – In five related … simultaneous investigations into the movement of drugs from Mexico to the streets of the San Jose area.   “These cases … how Miranda allegedly used his ties to suppliers in Mexico to sustain the flow of drugs into the Bay Area.  …
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DEA showcases the dangers of drug addiction through travelling museum exhibit

… in Albuquerque with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, where it will … to the exhibit is included in the admission to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. For more …
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El Paso Man Sentenced for Role in Two Deaths From a Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Overdose

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

… 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 …
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Former Mexican Official, Wife Charged In Money Laundering Scheme Criminal Forfeiture Of An Estimated $50 Million In Assets Pending

… CHRISTI, Texas - An indictment charging the former Tabasco, Mexico, Secretary of Finance has been unsealed following the … Also charged is Saiz-Pineda’s business associate in Mexico and the United States, Martin Alberto Medina-Sonda, … of illegal enrichment. Medina-Sonda is also in custody in Mexico.     The indictment includes a notice of criminal …
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Georgia Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Possession of Meth with Intent to Distribute After Ordering Fabric Soaked in Meth

… in packages at the Atlanta airport addressed to him from Mexico. Chad Williamson, 44, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, was … 2021. The packages were shipped from Naucalpan de Juarez, Mexico, and marked as religious image and/or Bible gift; one …
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Sentenced To Federal Prison For Murder

… 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) … both the Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in …
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Twenty-Four Arrested In Permian Basin Hydroponic Marijuana Distribution Operations

… 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) … marijuana supplier, 37-year-old David Pace of Ruidoso, New Mexico, and 19 other individuals in a conspiracy to …
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Colombian Paramilitary Leader Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Narco-Terrorism

… of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia to Central America, Mexico and the United States using seaports and clandestine … - from Colombia, through Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico. Mr. Jimenez-Naranjo’s sentence is a step forward in … and exported that cocaine from Colombia to Central America, Mexico and elsewhere, some of which was ultimately imported …
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Midland Man Sentenced for Illegal Fentanyl and Firearm 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 Administrator invites two El Paso and Albuquerque families to first-ever Family Summit on the Overdose Epidemic

… 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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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Pleads Guilty To Federal Murder Charge In El Paso

… 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) … both the Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in …
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Illegal alien sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin

… BOISE, Idaho - Ubaldo Soto-Diaz, an illegal alien from Mexico, but residing in Portersville, California, was … distributing high potency methamphetamine, manufactured in Mexico and then transported from California to Idaho. During … controlled substances for sale in 2009. He was deported to Mexico on May 17, 2010. He was found to be illegally present …
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Nash County Armed Meth Trafficker Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Trafficking Kilograms of the Drug

… methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy with direct ties to Mexico.  On December 7, 2022, Sean Jermaine Mills pled … who had ordered the substance directly from a supplier in Mexico.  On May 17, 2022, investigators with DEA and the …
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Three Defendants Sentenced for $2.1 Million Meth Conspiracy

… De La Cruz Nava, 26, of Kansas City, Kan., both citizens of Mexico, and John Paul Gnat, 32, of St. Joseph, were … Co-defendant Luis Carlos Ramos Caraveo, 27, a citizen of Mexico residing in Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced on July …
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34 Suspects Indicted In Drug And Firearms Trafficking Organization

… illegally trafficking firearms from the United States to Mexico. Beginning earlier this morning, a multi-agency law … of firearms, including AK-47s, to be illegally exported to Mexico. Defendants, none of whom are licensed firearms … is committed to stopping the illegal flow of guns into Mexico,” said Dennis K. Burke, U.S. Attorney for the …
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Mexican National Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years for Trafficking Dozens of Kilograms of Methamphetamine and Possessing a Shotgun and Three Handguns

… has sentenced Evaristo Marin-Dominguez (34, Michoacan, Mexico) to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for … law enforcement source in November 2020, after a broker in Mexico provided the source with Marin-Dominguez’s phone …
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Seventeen Charged in Alleged Fentanyl, Cocaine Distribution Ring in Athens

… individuals:  Alicio Yanez-Pineda, aka “Cochito,” 48, of Mexico, is charged with one count of conspiracy to …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… 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) … a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso and then transported the drug to …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling Operation

… 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) … purchase firearms in the U.S. then smuggle them into Mexico for the purposes of arming members of the Sinaloa …
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Guilty Verdict In Major Drug Trafficking Case

… - (914) 682-6256 Heroin and fentanyl transported from Mexico to Albany, NY for street distribution ALBANY, N.Y. - … This organization’s circuitous drug smuggling route from Mexico to Florida to New York was used to evade police.  … trafficking operation spanning from the supplier in Mexico, to West Palm Beach, Florida, up through New York …
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Keeping Area Families Safe This Summer

July 16, 2021
… deadly presence around 2014, while assigned to DEA in Mexico. Now, the U.S. is in the midst of a fentanyl-fueled … in the U.S., and the ingredients used to make it, come from Mexico. Cartels are ordering tonnage amounts of raw …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness 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) …
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Six Arrested for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Heroin in Bakersfield

… 45; and Johnathan Benjamin Torres, 30; all citizens of Mexico residing in Bakersfield; Jose Angel Beltran-Chaidez, … amounts of methamphetamine and heroin that he imported from Mexico. Between March 2021 and February 2022, law …
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Members of Mexican Cartel Pipeline Indicted on Charges of Distributing Large Quantities of Fentanyl in Adams County

… distribution network of co-conspirators that connected Mexico to Colorado, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona.  "The DEA is … suppliers of precursor chemicals to the manufacturers in Mexico mixing and pressing fentanyl to the couriers and …
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Italian national implicated in international money laundering and narcotics conspiracy extradited to the United States

… a variety of methods. The Organization has ties to Panama, Mexico, Italy, Spain, and the United States, among other … of $250 million in proceeds on behalf of drug cartels in Mexico and Central America.  This case is also related to … with directions to wire it to shell accounts in Mexico, Hong Kong, and Italy, among other places. In this …
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Fort Stockton Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Drug Charges

… 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) …