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Federal Jury Convicts Mexican Citizen Living In San Antonio For His Role In Kidnapping Scheme

… Luis Martin Cavazos Cantu was kidnapped from his Monterrey, Mexico residence by several men. While Cantu was in the custody of his abductors in Mexico, Deleon Garza placed several phone calls from Bexar … Drug Enforcement (DEA) in San Antonio and in (Monterrey and Mexico City) in cooperation with the State of Nuevo León …

FUGITIVE

Jorge Armando Pavon-Reyes

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketerring18 USC 1952(b)Conspiracy to Kidnap a Federal Agent18 USC 1201(c)Kidnapping of a Federal Agent18 USC 1201(a)(5)Felony Murder of a Federal Agent18 USC 11111114Acessory After the Fact18 USC 3Aiding and Abetting18 USC 2

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Kansas City Man Sentenced for $1 Million Meth Conspiracy Near Elementary School

… 43, a lawful permanent resident of the United States from Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. … 18, 2018. Co-defendants Jose Vieyra-Lopez, 37, a citizen of Mexico; Megan Eubanks, 40, of Kansas City, Mo., and Victor …

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DEA and Texas DPS conduct joint 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) … Office and members of the 5th Judicial District of New Mexico. To report prescription drug fraud, please contact …

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Hundreds Of Counterfeit Oxycodone Tablets Seized At Port Of Entry Contained Ultra-Deadly Fentanyl

… the first time that federal officials along the California-Mexico border have intercepted counterfeit oxycodone tablets … containing fentanyl as they were being smuggled from Mexico into the United States. “DEA will continue to … defendant Sergio Linyuntang Mendoza Bohon of Tijuana, Mexico, was arraigned on a charge that he unlawfully …

EVENT

Training

November 04, 2021

Workplace Community Engagement Training

11:30 AM - 5:00 PM (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...

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Organized Drug Crime Ring Attempted to Flood Alaskan Villages with Fentanyl, 54 Indicted

… state prison and communicated with his suppliers in Mexico and their brokers, leaders in California and Oregon, … the investigation, including some made internationally to Mexico. Defendants in this case include: 1. Alison Giacullo, …

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Nineteen charged in heroin conspiracy

… kilograms of heroin and methamphetamine from sources in Mexico and elsewhere, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. … Gonzalez, De Leon, and Sanchez-Mijangos are citizens of Mexico. According to the indictment, from December 2015 to … and methamphetamine from sources in California, Nevada, Mexico, Texas, and elsewhere for re-distribution in the …

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Midland Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Gun Charges

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El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced 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) … at the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on Highway 54 in New Mexico when Border Patrol agents boarded the bus to conduct …

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Alamogordo Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Fraudulently Obtain Prescription Drugs

… 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 of the DEA with assistance from the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s …

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Federal Jury In Austin Convicts Mexican Businessman In Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Los Zetas Drug Distribution Proceeds

… and transactions worth millions of dollars in New Mexico, Oklahoma, California and Texas to disguise the … the owner of ADT Petroservicios, an oil services company in Mexico doing business with the Mexican National Oil Company … of California, Southern District of Texas, District of New Mexico and the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of …

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Eight More Individuals Sentenced In Operation Sooner Or Later

… in an international cocaine conspiracy that spanned from Mexico, McAllen and Mission, Texas, and into Ocala and … trafficking groups were based in Guerrero and Tamaulipas, Mexico. From early 2007 until late 2011, they were … cocaine source of supply known as “El Nino” in Tamaulipas, Mexico. They shipped loads of cocaine via transport …

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Seventeen Alleged Leaders And Associates Of CLAN USUGA Indicted In Brooklyn And Miami

… Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico, and elsewhere. According to a previously unsealed … cocaine, as well as the receipt of shipments of cocaine in Mexico and Central America, for ultimate importation into … involved in multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico, El Salvador, and Panama for ultimate importation …

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Zeta Leader "Talivan" Pleads Guilty

… Velasquez-Caballero, 44, of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been in custody in the United States since he … of cocaine and 1000 kilograms or more of marijuana from Mexico into the United States. Millions of dollars in drug … from the United States to Velasquez-Caballero and others in Mexico. U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez, accepted the …

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Former El Paso Police Officer Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy

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Leader Of Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Fifteen Years

… that Juan Carlos Delgado-Sagaste, 30, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge David … network whose tentacles stretched across northern Mexico to the neighboring cities of Arizona,” said DEA … organization which illegally exported firearms into Mexico. A joint investigation by several federal agencies …

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Mexican Man Gets Significant Sentence For Cocaine Conspiracy

… of Texas announced Oscar Nava-Valencia, 42, of Guadalajara, Mexico, has received a 25-year sentence for his role in the … 3,100 kilograms which was to be shipped from Panama to Mexico and eventually destined for the United States. … approximately 1,250 kilograms of cocaine once it arrived in Mexico. In January of 2010, Nava-Valencia was apprehended by …

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Large-Scale Redding-Area Marijuana Manufacturing Organization Dismantled

… Officers encountered Francisco Zepeda Pulido, 27, of Colima Mexico, at the grow site. Two other adult Hispanic males … plants were seized. Additionally, Bernardo Laredo, 33, of Mexico City, Mexico, was subsequently arrested after federal search …

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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Over 12 Years In Federal Prison

… AZ. - Luis Nevarez-Meneses, 27, of Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. Chief Judge Roslyn … proceeds from their U.S.-based customers to be returned to Mexico. Nevarez-Meneses lived in the drug trafficking … the U.S. and the flow of proceeds from these dealings into Mexico.” The investigation in this case was conducted by the …

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Albuquerque Smoke Shop Owner Appears in Court on Firearm and Drug Charges

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Leader Of Large Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison

… that smuggled large quantities of Alprolazam (Xanax) from Mexico to Kentucky and Tennessee dating back to 1996 LONDON, … organization, which brought prescription drugs from Mexico to eastern Kentucky and northern Tennessee for nearly … who were receiving the drugs from a supplier in Mexico. The pills were then transported back to Kentucky and …

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63 Federal Convictions Stemming From Multi-Agency Operation Trident

… plea was entered by Saul Pacheco Panuco, 31, a citizen of Mexico. In pleading guilty, Pacheco Panuco admitted that he … plea was entered by Julio Ramirez Perez, 33, a citizen of Mexico. In pleading guilty, Ramirez Perez admitted that he … W. Wanger sentenced Rafael Perez-Peña, 43, a citizen of Mexico, to five years in prison, to be followed by five …

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Former Tamaulipas Governor Indicted In Money Laundering Scheme With Brother-in-Law

… Hernandez Flores, the former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, with conspiring to launder monetary instruments and …

FUGITIVE

Alfonso Limon-Sanchez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance 21 USC 846

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Twenty Charged In Chicago With Various Drug Trafficking Offenses, Including Five Allegedly Tied To The Mexican “Zetas” Cartel

… millions of dollars in drug proceeds between Chicago and Mexico, federal law enforcement officials announced today. A … Trevino, a fugitive believed to reside in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, directed a money transportation network for the … places such as Chicago to Laredo, and then from Laredo to Mexico. At the direction of the Zetas, defendant Salvador …

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Mexican National Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine through East Texas

… Abe McGlothin, Jr. Audivier Martinez-Gomez, 24, of Oaxaca, Mexico, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to …

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Midland Man Indicted for Possession of Fentanyl and Meth

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Alleged High Ranking Member Of Los Zetas Cartel Arrested

… they observed a boat traveling northward into the U.S. from Mexico at a high rate of speed. Suspecting the individuals … is the regional commander of the northern region of Mexico to include the states of Coahuilla, Taumalipas and Nuevo Leon, Mexico, as well as Zapata, Texas. As such, he is allegedly …

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Meth Dealers Who Plotted to Kill DEA Agent Plead Guilty

… with Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation (CJNG), one of Mexico’s most violent and powerful drug cartels – admitted … Mr. Gomez then called his girlfriend and his sister in Mexico to arrange for delivery of the murder-for-hire fee. …