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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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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 …
July 16, 2021
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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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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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Mexican National Sentenced to 60 Months for Drug Conspiracy

… TUCSON, Ariz. – Armando Puentes-Melendez, 38, of Mexico, was sentenced on April 24, 2025, by United States …
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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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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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Pilot Involved in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison

… announced that RONIER SANCHEZ ALONSO, 47, of Naucalpan, Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. … cocaine would be loaded onto trucks for transport through Mexico into the U.S.  A fake flight plan filed with …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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DEA Leads Franklin Drug Investigations with Assistance from Franklin Police — 27 Arrests Made

… operation from our community.” “The Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico has a strong hold on drug distribution in New England …
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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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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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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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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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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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Operator of SeaTac Drug Ring ‘Stash House’ Sentenced to Three Years in Prison to be Followed by Three Years of Supervised Release

… and Fentanyl SEATTLE – A 22-year-old native of Sinaloa, Mexico was sentence in U.S. District Court in Seattle to …
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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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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) …
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Training
November 04, 2021
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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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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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 …
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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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“Operation SLO Ride” Dismantles Major Drug Trafficking Organization in Tulare County

… individuals now charged: Alberto “Beto” Alvarado, 53, of Mexico, is alleged to be the Mexico-based source of supply who directed the importation …