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Leader of Transnational Money-Laundering Network Pleads Guilty

August 03, 2021
… Angeles, Houston, Omaha, Atlanta, Newark, Portland, Dallas, Mexico City, Merida (Mexico), Guatemala City, Belmopan (Belize), Beijing, Hong …
August 03, 2021
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

April 27, 2021
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
April 27, 2021
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Odessa pharmacy and owner to pay $320,000 in civil penalties

December 02, 2020
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
December 02, 2020
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
October 20, 2020
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DEA announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 19, 2020
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
October 19, 2020
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Over 130 Local Sites Join The Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs On April 30, 2011

April 28, 2011
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
April 28, 2011
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Pharmacist In Drug Distribution Scheme

October 19, 2011
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
October 19, 2011
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Former El Paso County Commissioner Willie Gandara, Jr. Sentenced To Federal Prison

November 14, 2012
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
November 14, 2012
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest El Paso Based Drug Trafficking Organization On Federal Charges

April 30, 2013
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
April 30, 2013
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Twelve Individuals Arrested Large Quantities Of Heroin, Methamphetamine, And Marijuana

August 02, 2013
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
August 02, 2013
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Thirty-Three Individuals Arrested On Prescription Fraud Charges

September 19, 2013
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
September 19, 2013
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Federal And State Authorities Indict 35 Individuals In Connection With Permian Basin Cocaine And Heroin Distribution Operations

January 10, 2014
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
January 10, 2014
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Permian Basin Law Enforcement And Medical Community Getting The Word Out On The Dangers Associated With Designer Drugs

June 04, 2014
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
June 04, 2014
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Authorities Make Arrests In Connection With Odessa-based Methamphetamine Distribution Operation

June 05, 2014
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
June 05, 2014
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Twenty-Three Individuals Arrested On Prescription Fraud Charges

September 04, 2014
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
September 04, 2014
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest 23 Individuals Today In Relation To Cocaine And Methamphetamine Distribution Operations In Permian Basin

January 29, 2015
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
January 29, 2015
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Federal Jury Finds Former Owner Of Albuquerque Smoke Shop Guilty On Synthetic Drug Trafficking Charges

August 27, 2015
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
August 27, 2015
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest Eight In El Paso Area Roundup

August 03, 2016
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
August 03, 2016
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96 Charged And Dozens Arrested As The Result Of A Joint Investigation

February 02, 2011
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
February 02, 2011
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DEA And Partners Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

March 28, 2011
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
March 28, 2011
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35 Years For Leader Of Major Marijuana Trafficking Operation

April 13, 2017
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
April 13, 2017
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Minneapolis Area Man Sentenced To More Than Nine Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

October 25, 2011
… of La Familia, a violent drug cartel based in southwestern Mexico, and domestic drug distributors who were supplied by … violence here in the United States as well as in Mexico. Those Minnesotans who choose to work with them will …
October 25, 2011
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25 Charged In Drug Trafficking Organization

November 17, 2015
… large quantities of methamphetamine from sources in Mexico that were delivered to Indianapolis and then … maintain contact with suppliers of controlled substances in Mexico. They discussed the availability and prices of …
November 17, 2015
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Final Defendant Sentenced In International Money Laundering Investigation

November 12, 2014
… his part in a conspiracy that laundered drug proceeds from Mexico, Australia, England, Spain, the Dominican Republic, … DEA agents and local agents picked up the drug money in Mexico, Australia, England, Spain, the Dominican Republic, …
November 12, 2014
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DEA And Partners Disrupt LA Area Drug Trafficking Organizations

December 07, 2016
… with close ties to Sinaloa, Guadalajara, and Michoacán, Mexico. In the early part of 2016, DEA and collaborating … - typically in the form of bulk U.S. currency - back to the Mexico based sources of supply and have also been involved …
December 07, 2016
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DEA Releases 2015 Drug Threat Assessment: Heroin And Painkiller Abuse Continue To Spike

November 05, 2015
… of the groups, like the Sinaloa Cartel, use the Arizona/Mexico border as the entry point for their illicit cargo to … pound quantities of methamphetamine have proliferated in Mexico, as the precursor controls in that country are not as …
November 05, 2015
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Alleged International Narcotics Trafficker Charged With Conspiring To Engage In Narco-Terrorism And To Support The FARC

April 26, 2013
… from Colombia, through Venezuela, Honduras, and into Mexico for distribution onto American streets. He also … flown to Honduras, and thereafter sent to the U.S. via Mexico. To facilitate the movement of its cocaine into and …
April 26, 2013
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Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 115 Months For Drug Trafficking And Attempting To Assassinate Criminal Associate Over Drug Debt

January 10, 2014
… 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 …
January 10, 2014
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Three Members Of International Organization Of Money Launderers For The Largest Drug Cartels Arrested

September 10, 2015
… world to launder over $5 billion for drug cartels based in Mexico and Colombia. “As alleged, the defendants and their … and China on behalf of drug trafficking organizations in Mexico and Colombia to fund purchases of counterfeit goods …
September 10, 2015
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Nine Million Dollars’ Worth Of Cocaine Seized In Buffalo, N.Y.

February 24, 2017
… distribution organization with direct connections to Mexico. Cocaine was smuggled into the United States from Mexico and eventually brought to Arizona and then …
February 24, 2017