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Local Santa Rosa Lima Cartel Cell Head Sentenced for Drug Crimes, Money Laundering

… who worked with the Santa Rosa Lima Drug Cartel and other Mexico-based drug trafficking organizations was sentenced … using fake names to wire money to recipients in Guanajuato, Mexico, in an effort to launder the proceeds of his illegal …
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Former Houston Police Officer Sentenced To Over 30 Years In Prison On Federal Drug And Firearm Charges

… supplied to the conspiracy by the Los Zetas drug cartel in Mexico.  Juarez played a pivotal role by providing law … some of which ended up among senior cartel leaders in Mexico. “The cartel’s efforts to infiltrate law enforcement are not limited to Mexico. They want to do it here as well, and we can't let …
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19 Arrested In Connection With Austin-Based Cocaine Distribution And Bulk Cash Smuggling Operation

… sources of cocaine smuggled into the United States from Mexico. Authorities allege that in addition to distributing … cocaine were transported back to Austin and ultimately to Mexico. During this investigation, authorities have seized … Pena.  “Today marks a milestone in disrupting a major Mexico-based cocaine trafficking organization that supplies …
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Three indicted for conspiring to traffic 20,000 fentanyl pills and 20 pounds of methamphetamine

… (571) 387-3956 FRESNO, Calif. — Tirso Garcia-Valdez, 27, of Mexico, Misael Garcia-Carranza, 23, of Mexico, and Brenda Carmona-Venegas, 37, of Los Angeles, were …
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Mexican National Unlawfully Present in the United States Sentenced to 20 Years for Discharging a Firearm at Spokane Police During a Drug Trafficking Crime

… custody. Garcia was released in 2021 and deported to Mexico. Garcia returned unlawfully to the United States in …
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Bristol, Tennessee Woman Sentenced to 13 Years For Role in Large-Scale Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

… part of a conspiracy that trafficked methamphetamine from Mexico into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced last week to … shipments of methamphetamine from sources of supply in Mexico to accomplices in Atlanta, Georgia, and Houston, …
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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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Grand Jury Indicts St. Louis Man and Others in International Drug Ring

… owed a substantial drug debt to the source of supply in Mexico for controlled substances which had been fronted to … Sept. 12, 2019. The money was then transferred to banks in Mexico.  The indictment further alleges that Rockette …
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Mexican Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 40 Years In Federal Prison

… sentenced Jesus Tijerina (54, Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon, Mexico) to 40 years in federal prison for conspiracy to … loads of cocaine were shipped via tractor trailer from Mexico and South Texas, to Reddick. From there, Garza … sent portions of that (normally about $2.7 million) back to Mexico. The cocaine supplied by Garza was distributed …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels—the two drug cartels based in Mexico that are responsible for the vast majority of the … members and associates of the Sinaloa Cartel operating in Mexico, China, and Central America, including the leaders of …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels—the two drug cartels based in Mexico that are responsible for the vast majority of the … members and associates of the Sinaloa Cartel operating in Mexico, China, and Central America, including the leaders of …
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Three individuals indicted for conspiring to traffic over 10,000 fentanyl pills, 10 lbs methamphetamine and possessing firearms in furtherance of their drug trafficking crimes

… 387-3956 FRESNO, Calif. — Jorge Luis Velasquez, 33, of Mexico, Omar Velazquez Landeros, 27, of Bakersfield, and Victor Romero Galvan, 29, of Mexico, were indicted today for conspiring and possessing …
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DEA announces arrest of former Honduran congressman and brother of current President of Honduras for drug trafficking and weapons charges

… deadly and dangerous transnational criminal networks in Mexico and Colombia to flood American streets with deadly … traffickers in, among other places, Colombia, Honduras, and Mexico, to import cocaine into the United States. From at …
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Brooks County Marijuana Traffickers Convicted

… with drug suppliers in Rio Grande City, Texas, and Mexico and was the person who transported money to the Rio Grande Valley and Mexico. Guerra also traveled into Mexico and spoke with the suppliers of the drugs. Longoria …
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Missouri Meth Distributor and Money Launderer Sentenced to 21 Years

… after it had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico, to the Springfield area. Conn then distributed the … of the drug trafficking organization in California and Mexico. This was done to conceal and disguise the nature, …
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Mexican National Indicted for Trafficking Cocaine and Heroin into the U.S.

… Laredo- A 36-year-old resident of Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, has been charged with trafficking more than 12 …
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Mexican Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Trafficking Black Tar Heroin

… Carlos Ramon Castro-Rocha, a/k/a “Cuate,” 41, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was handed down a 135-month sentence, followed by a … all aspects of his drug operation, from production in Mexico, to smuggling the narcotics across the border, to … unsealed after Mexican authorities arrested Castro-Rocha in Mexico, on May 30, 2010, pursuant to extradition proceedings …
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High-Ranking Member Of Mexican “Los Zetas” Cartel Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charges

… shipments of cocaine and marijuana by motor vehicles from Mexico to cities in Texas for distribution to other cities … its gratitude and appreciation to the government of Mexico for its assistance in this matter.    At sentencing, …
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Johnston County Trafficker Sentenced For Cocaine Conspiracy

… were destined for a cocaine trafficking organization in Mexico. On April 16, 2013, Arrollo-Silva met with a DEA … but throughout North Carolina, the United States and Mexico. These organizations are responsible for the … the related remittance of illegal drug proceeds back into Mexico. The investigation of this case was conducted by the …
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Member of Bristol, Virginia Methamphetamine Drug Ring Sentenced

… and Marissa Wise, to traffic methamphetamine sourced in Mexico from known Mexican cartel members and shipped through … directed the wiring of funds to various recipients in Mexico and has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. United …
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South Carolina Man Sentenced to 40 Years on Distribution of Methamphetamine, International Money Laundering, Gun Charges

… those cities who acted as conduit from various sources in Mexico. Desorcy coordinated these pickups by directing the wiring of funds to various recipients in Mexico as identified by indicted co-conspirator, Amy Deanna …
Ignacio Gonzalez-Penuelas
FUGITIVE

Ignacio Gonzalez-Penuelas

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Dangerous Drugs, Conspiracy
Jose Carlos Barraza Aceves
FUGITIVE

Jose Carlos Barraza Aceves

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Heroin possession with intent to distribute, Conspiracy
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Ceramic Art Concealed 3.4 Kilograms of Methamphetamine

… 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) …
Alfonso Arzate-Garcia
FUGITIVE

Alfonso Arzate-Garcia

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine
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Southern Indiana Indictments Charge Alleged Marijuana Traffickers

… quantities of the drug from sources in Texas, Arizona and Mexico, for subsequent distribution in Southern Indiana. The … was seized as it was smuggled across the United States/Mexico border in Laredo, Texas, on December 10, 2010. On … of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana over several years, from Mexico to Southern Indiana and Kentucky. If convicted, they …
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Drug Trafficking Ring Taken Down

… trafficking organization operating along the United States-Mexico border. The organization is allegedly responsible for … methamphetamine and cocaine into the United States from Mexico, according to a case unsealed on Thursday. On … organization whose tentacles stretched across northern Mexico to the neighboring cities of Arizona,” said DEA …
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High Level Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Leadership Role in Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… of narcotics who was in direct contact with suppliers in Mexico. Vazquez-Limon made multiple pound drug deals and … heroin, and cocaine, smuggling the drugs into the U.S. from Mexico and then transporting them up the west coast for …
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Law Enforcement Joins Forces In Coordinated Effort Against Drug Trafficking Cartel Members And AssociatesFederal, State, And Local Law Enforcement Officials United To Seize Loaded Guns And Drugs On The Upper West Side Of Manhattan

… to be used for violence are what fuel the same violence in Mexico responsible for the senseless and cruel death of a … associates, in coordination and unity with partners in Mexico who are also waging an aggressive fight about these … and Newark, while working with our foreign counterparts in Mexico and Central and South America. On …