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Former Texan Gets Hammered With 30-Year Prison Sentence

… ordered to federal prison for trafficking narcotics from Mexico through Brownsville to Florida, announced DEA Special … The jury also heard that Sosa had familial connections in Mexico who assisted him in crossing the narcotics from Mexico to Brownsville.  He will remain in custody pending …
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Mexican National Sentenced for Distribution of Fentanyl

… 571-324-7324 TUCSON, Ariz. – Adrian Lopez-Aparicio, 40, of Mexico, was sentenced on April 24, 2025, by United States …
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Four Oklahoma Men Indicted After Officers Seize $1 Million Worth of Cocaine in I-70 Traffic Stop

… of Honduras, Luis Gerardo Nieto-Acosta, 35, a citizen of Mexico, and Miguel Angel Anguiano-Viera, 26, all of Oklahoma … City, and Jose Eduardo Acosta-Bermejo, 28, a citizen of Mexico, of Bethany, Okla., were charged in a three-count …
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Three More Defendants Indicted in Northwest MO Fentanyl Conspiracy

… of St. Joseph, Mo., Raymundo Felix-Perez, 31, a citizen of Mexico who resided in Bethany, Mo., and Joshua Stramel, 26, … drug-trafficking conspiracy and wired the money to Sinaloa, Mexico. Bernard is also charged with two counts of …
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U.S. citizen charged with violating the Kingpin Act

… Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, in February 1985. On August 9, 2013 a Mexican … was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in Guadalajara, Mexico,” said DEA Acting Administrator Shea.  “We will never …
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Hobbs Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

… 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) … imported methamphetamine and cocaine into Lea County from Mexico through Arizona. The investigation, which was led by …
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Florida Pilot Involved in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme is Sentenced

… cocaine would be loaded onto trucks for transport through Mexico into the U.S.  A fake flight plan filed with … the purpose of unlawful importation. Sanchez, a citizen of Mexico, was arrested in Asuncion, Paraguay, on March 25, …
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Drug Trafficker

… 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) … in Sierra Blanca, Texas, Abilene, Texas, Alamogordo, New Mexico and Pratt County, Kansas, totaling over 3,300 …
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DEA Holds Its 10TH Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… 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) … sites throughout the El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico area to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired …
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West Michigan Man Receives 30 Years: Trafficked In Cocaine And Methamphetamine

… quantities of cocaine and crystal methamphetamine from Mexico and to distribute them in West Michigan. This … Johnson and some of his co-conspirators wired money to Mexico and Johnson traveled to Mexico on multiple occasions. On March 5, 2017, Johnson was …
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Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Prison

… aka Jose Esquivel Torres, age 27, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced today to 12 years and three months in … methamphetamine. Lopez-Estrada also faces deportation to Mexico upon completion of his prison term. Lopez-Estrada … the drugs had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. The other defendants have already been sentenced: …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 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) … Midland and Alpine, Texas regions and throughout all of New Mexico can be found by going to www.dea.gov . This site will …
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Fowler Meth Dealer Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

… in Fowler. Penaloza also faces deportation to Mexico upon completion of his prison term. According to his … the drug had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. The remaining defendants, Javier Lopez-Estrada, 27, of Michoacán, Mexico; Mario Martinez-Botello, 31, formerly of Albuquerque, …
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Mexican Women Sent to Prison for Smuggling Heroin Balls in Potato Chip Bags

… 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas – Two women residing in Monterrey, Mexico, have been ordered to federal prison for their roles … with them. The co-conspirators planned on returning to Mexico with a large amount of cash. Both have been and will …
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Leader of Transnational Money-Laundering Network Pleads Guilty

… Angeles, Houston, Omaha, Atlanta, Newark, Portland, Dallas, Mexico City, Merida (Mexico), Guatemala City, Belmopan (Belize), Beijing, Hong …
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DEA El Paso 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) …
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Fentanyl Distribution Nets West Texas Man 12 Years in Federal Prison

… 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) …
Adelmo Nunez-Molina
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Adelmo Nunez-Molina

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Heroin Possession/Importation
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Detention Ordered For El Paso Defendant Charged In Cocaine/heroin Trafficking Indictment

… 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) … targeted a drug trafficking organization based in Juarez, Mexico. The organization smuggled large quantities of heroin …
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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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Multi-Agency Investigation Leads to Charges Against 13 Alleged Members of a Tucson-Area Drug Trafficking Organization

… 19, of Las Vegas, Nevada Rodrigo Lopez-Lozoya, 36, of Mexico Jesus Ramon Lozoya-Portillo, 41, of Mexico On December 8, 2022, United States Magistrate Judge …
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Over 6 years in Federal Prison for Cocaine Trafficking

… According to court documents, Hector Campoy, 41, of Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in federal …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 88 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Conspiracy

… Ariz. – German Montano-Peralta, 33, of Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced on May 12, 2025, by United States …
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Tulare County Man Sentenced to over 7 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Deliveries, Co Conspirator Pleads Guilty

… Pedro Delgado-Montenegro, 42, a native and citizen of Mexico formerly residing in Porterville, Aguilera delivered … area that had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. Aguilera and Maria Delgado are two of nine …
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Eight Charged with Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… to a poly-drug trafficking organization operating in Mexico, were actively distributing fentanyl and cocaine and … Hyde Park, Mass.; 3.         Fermin Castillo, residing in Mexico; 4.         Saturnino Guerrero, a Dominican national … a Massachusetts-based drug cell, coordinated directly with Mexico-based drug suppliers to obtain and distribute drugs …
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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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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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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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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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California Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Transnational Drug Trafficking Scheme

… During the call, Ferrel claimed he had been traveling from Mexico to Yakima every week with between 180 and 220 pounds … also said he had direct access to a source of drugs in Mexico and people in Mexicali and Tijuana to help move it. …