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Georgia Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison

… began in July 2023, when law enforcement learned that a Mexico-based drug trafficker had arranged to send …
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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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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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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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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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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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“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 …
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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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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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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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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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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 Issues Nationwide Alert On Fentanyl As Threat To Health And Public Safety

… that the precursor chemicals came from companies in Mexico, Germany, Japan, and China. Historically, this is not … The source of that fentanyl was traced to a single lab in Mexico. When that lab was identified and dismantled, the …
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Canadian Man Accused Of Laundering Millions Of Dollars For The Sinaloa Cartel Arrives In Los Angeles To Face Charges

… involved operatives in Canada, India, the United States and Mexico who laundered drug trafficking proceeds generated … then coordinate money transfers to their counterparts in Mexico by instructing Isshpunani and other alleged … Rios, 33, of Coachella, who authorities believe fled to Mexico; Tina Pham, 25, of Montreal; and a Canadian man known …
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Seven Arrested In El Paso On Federal Drug Trafficking/Firearms 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) … crimes, including the smuggling of weapons into Mexico that potentially could be used by drug cartels to …
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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 Signature Report

October 15, 2018
… the geographic area where the samples were manufactured (Mexico, South America [SA], Southwest Asia [SWA], or …
October 15, 2018
Eduardo Corona-Herrejohn
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Eduardo Corona-Herrejon

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Title 21 USC 846
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Colorado Attorney General Joins Forces With DEA, U.S. Attorney, To Execute Largest Heroin Bust In History Of Rocky Mountain Region

… that brought heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine from Mexico to a vast network throughout the West.  The … from the opium poppy fields and heroin laboratories in Mexico to distribution cells based in Colorado.  Our … ‘Drug Kingpin’ charges against the organization’s bosses in Mexico, we have dealt a powerful blow to this …
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Guadalajara Man Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine

… Ramon Antonio Yanez-Gonzalez, aka “Junior,” of Guadalajara, Mexico to 235 months in federal prison today for … to smuggle methamphetamine into the Eagle Pass area from Mexico and distribute it to San Antonio, Austin and Dallas.  …
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Six Mexican Men Among Those To Plead Guilty To Large-Scale Marijuana Growing Conspiracy In Ohio

… pleading guilty were: Manuel Castrejon-Sanchez, 37, of Mexico Genaro Gallegos-Gamillo, 21, of Mexico Hugo Ayala, 41, of Columbus, Ohio Six other men … Vilchiz-Garcia, 27, and Lusiano Garcia-Sanchez, 25, both of Mexico. All 11 men were arrested on September 21, 2010, and …
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El Paso Doctor Indicted for Distributing Controlled Substances and Health Care Fraud Resulting in Five Deaths

… 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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“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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KCK Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,600 Kilos of Cocaine

… to co-defendants Miguel Armendariz-Rascon, 33, a citizen of Mexico residing in Olathe, Kan., and Jesus Salvador … the drug-trafficking organization back to Texas and/or to Mexico. Zaragoza-Navarrette hid the cocaine and/or the cash …
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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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Taft Drug Trafficker Receives 10-year Prison Sentence Distribution Of Heroin, Cocaine And Methamphetamine

… aka Cirilio Cardenas-Alvarez, 49, a citizen of Mexico and former resident of Taft, was sentenced on Monday … to the Pacific Northwest and Midwest that he obtained from Mexico and Guatemala. Alvarez-Muniz was arrested in …
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Sinaloa Cartel Leader Convicted

… cocaine, heroin, and marijuana for importation from Mexico into the United States. Zambada-Imperial also … today sends a message to other drug kingpins operating in Mexico. There is no place to hide because our law …
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Two Texas Prison Gang Members Sentenced to a Combined 50 Years are Back in Prison

… methamphetamine and heroin directly from suppliers in Mexico.  The investigation revealed that Flores was … for importing over 417 kilograms of methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States on behalf of the drug …
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Albuquerque man in court for drug and firearm charges under Operation LeGend

… 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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Three East Hartford Residents Involved In Drug Trafficking Ring Are Sentenced

… as “Guerro” and “Guate,” 29, of East Hartford, formerly of Mexico, also was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment, … - , also known as Ricardo Fernandez, 21, a citizen of Mexico last residing in East Hartford, was sentenced to … conspiracy to distribute cocaine.  He will be deported to Mexico. More than 20 individuals have been charged with …