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DEA El Paso and Partners Light Star on the Mountain Red

… 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 Flow to the United States

March 06, 2020
… to stem the flow of fentanyl into the United States. While Mexico and China are the primary source countries for …
March 06, 2020
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Odessa Area Methamphetamine Ring Members Sentenced to 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) …
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Heroin Trafficking Ring

… least 30 kilograms of heroin that had been transported from Mexico to Bridgeport hidden inside motorcycles equipped with … his court proceeding.  Brown was located and arrested in Mexico in September 2019, and has been detained since that …
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Heroin And Fentanyl Drug Ring Dismantled In The Bronx--Supplied The Northeast

… scheme brought heroin and fentanyl from Honduras through Mexico to Los Angeles, where long-haul truck drivers picked … arranging for the drugs to be brought from Honduras through Mexico and to the Los Angeles area. He arranged for truck … 35, Bronx Luz Varahona, 34, Bayonne, N.J. John Doe Sir, Mexico John Doe Pancho John Doe Pugloso Follow us on Twitter …
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Colombian Narcotrafficker Sentenced to 18 Years’ Imprisonment

… cocaine into the United States through Central America and Mexico,” stated Acting United States Attorney Kasulis. “This … Colombia to intermediary locations in Central America and Mexico by air and by sea, before the cocaine was transported …
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El Paso Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth and Assaulting Co-Defendant

… 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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Albuquerque Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 32 years in 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) …
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Drug Trafficker who used Teens as Couriers Sentenced to 85 Months

… heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine to San Diego from Mexico. Osvaldo Medivil-Tamayo, 22, pleaded guilty in August … a “cadre of couriers” to transport drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border in vehicles. Mendivil also paid others to …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced In Operation "No Quarter"

… but throughout North Carolina, the United States and Mexico. These DTO's are responsible for the importation of … the related remittance of illegal drug proceeds back into Mexico. The investigation spanned ten years and five North … and numerous other DEA offices in the United States and Mexico; the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal …
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Pamlico County Drug Trafficker Sentenced In Operation "No Quarter"

… but throughout North Carolina, the United States and Mexico. These DTO's are responsible for the importation of … the related remittance of illegal drug proceeds back into Mexico. The investigation spanned ten years and five North … and numerous other DEA offices in the United States and Mexico; the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal …
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Phoenix News 2003

July 15, 2021
…  OCT 22, 2003 Yuma-based Drug Smuggling Ring, Linked to Mexico's Notorious Arellano-Felix Drug Cartel, Dismantled …
July 15, 2021
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Man Charged in Sales of Nearly 50 Pounds of Crystal Meth in Manhattan and Queens

… Investigators believe the crystal meth originated in Mexico. The street value of the drugs is estimated at over … coming into our city is astonishing, most of it produced in Mexico. Once here, it is mixed with other dangerous drugs …
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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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Greenville Drug Trafficker Sentenced In Operation “No Quarter”

… but throughout North Carolina, the United States and Mexico. These DTO's are responsible for the importation of … the related remittance of illegal drug proceeds back into Mexico. The investigation spanned ten years and five North … and numerous other DEA offices in the United States and Mexico; the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal …
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Kinston Man Sentenced In Operation “No Quarter”

… but throughout North Carolina, the United States and Mexico. These DTOs are responsible for the importation of … the related remittance of illegal drug proceeds back into Mexico. The investigation spanned ten years and five North … and numerous other DEA offices in the United States and Mexico; the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal …
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Colombian Narcotrafficker Sentenced for Distributing Over 30,000 Kilos of Cocaine in the U.S.

… jungle to intermediary locations in Central America and Mexico by sea, before the cocaine was transported to the … intermediary locations, including Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, before being sent to the United States where it was …
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16 People Sentenced To Lengthy Terms For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… drugs which had been brought into the United States from Mexico from Zapata to other parts of the United States. The … in small boats which crossed Falcon Lake at night from Mexico into Zapata. The boats then docked at a house … of these drugs back to the Zapata area and ultimately into Mexico in order to promote the continuation of the drug …
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Los Gueros Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Targeted

… may have under U.S. jurisdiction.  Based in Guadalajara, Mexico, Los Gueros is responsible for transporting multi-ton … ROOL Europe; and two other related entities based in Mexico, Operadora y Administradora de Restaurantes y Bares …
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Three Charged in Conspiracy to Purchase $500,000 in Weapons for Cartel

… to be purchased in the United States and then smuggled into Mexico. There, those associated with CDN planned to use them … money laundering and conspiracy to export firearms to Mexico. Upon conviction, they face up to 20 years in prison …
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Five charged in El Paso for smuggling drugs and illegal aliens

… 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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The Drug Situation in the Chicago Division (DIR-004-20)

November 15, 2019
… continue to be smuggled across the United States–Mexico border. Availability and abuse of these drugs is …
November 15, 2019
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Canadian Drug Kingpin With Ties To The Rizutto And Bonanno Crime Families, The Hells Angels And The Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence Of 20 Years To Life And $1 Billion In Forfeiture

… the Hells Angels and the notorious Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, pled guilty earlier today before U.S. District Judge … to purchase cocaine from the powerful Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico for exportation to and distribution in Canada by … and firearms between the United States, Canada and Mexico. His territory - all of North America. His goal - to …
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Gulf Cartel Plaza Boss Heads To Prison For Life

… a threat to the citizens of both the United States and Mexico,” said Peña. “This case highlights the work of law … refuge in the United States.” Rincon, 42, from Matamoros, Mexico, was convicted of conspiracy to possess with the … was proven to be the Plaza Boss of Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. During his time in that leadership role, the money …
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Drug Kingpin Indicted In New York

… George P. Beach II, announced the indictment of a Mexico-based drug kingpin and five others in a wide-ranging … multi-kilogram quantities of fentanyl and heroin from Mexico for distribution in the New York City area. In an … Quiroz-Zamora arranged for narcotics to be smuggled from Mexico to Arizona and California via trucks, cars and drug …
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Alleged Leader Of Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Extradited To The U.S. To Face Drug And Money Laundering Charges

… of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from the Netherlands … and Canada, hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru, and large quantities … activities, including smuggling marijuana from Canada and Mexico concealed in tractor trailers, typically in hundred …
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“M30 King of Fresno” and 17 Members of His Drug Trafficking Ring Charged

… Jr., of Fresno; Justin Dwayne Riddle, of Las Cruces, New Mexico; Alma Garza, of Fresno; Juan Valencia Jr., of Fresno; … Urias Jr. was obtaining, directly from sources in Mexico, tens of thousands of counterfeit M30 fentanyl pills …
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Mexican national sentenced to 64 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl

… “cars,” meaning kilograms of narcotics to be shipped from Mexico into the United States through California. The drugs … 300 grams of fentanyl that had originated with Matos in Mexico made its way to users in Newark in May 2017. In …
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SoCal Toy Company Pleads Guilty In Money Laundering Conspiracy

… Exchange, which enables drug trafficking organizations in Mexico and Colombia to launder proceeds from their drug … generated by drug trafficking organizations based in Mexico and Colombia. Structured deposits involve amounts of … Toys to conceal the flow of money from the United States to Mexico and Colombia,” said United States Attorney André …
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“Operation Dirty Dozen” Sends Five More To Federal Prison For Several Years

… Felix Landa-Gomez, 40, both of Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The superseding indictment also charged two new … were being imported from Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Once the marijuana was in the United States, the … cell responsible for receiving the marijuana from Mexico, stashing it in Roma and transporting it to Hidalgo …