PRESS RELEASE

DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 17, 2021
… overdose deaths and criminal drug networks in Mexico. These groups are harnessing social media platforms … DEA officials warn that criminal drug networks in Mexico are mass-producing deadly fentanyl and …
December 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Record Fentanyl Seizure by DEA Phoenix, Scottsdale Police & the Arizona Attorney General’s Office as DEA Announces Nationwide Public Safety Surge

December 17, 2021
… overdose deaths and criminal drug networks in Mexico. These groups are harnessing social media platforms … to date.  DEA officials warn that criminal drug networks in Mexico are mass-producing deadly fentanyl and …
December 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Arizona Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Interstate Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

January 13, 2021
… learned that Penunuri left the local area and traveled to Mexico on the morning of June 3, 2018. Penunuri, a U.S. Citizen, resided in Hermosillo, Mexico until U.S. Customs and Border Patrol arrested him on …
January 13, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Federal authorities arrest El Paso Police Officer for providing assistance to drug dealer

December 04, 2020
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
December 04, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Reports Significant Increase in Counterfeit Pills in Minnesota

August 12, 2020
… trafficking organizations (DTOs) in California, Arizona and Mexico. In Minnesota, agents have recovered approximately … Minnesota’s counterfeit pills are primarily sourced from Mexico, with traffickers bringing loads across the Southwest …
August 12, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

San Francisco man sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for crimes related to illegal fentanyl pill manufacturing operation

January 24, 2020
… Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Defendant fled to Mexico before being apprehended and returned to the United … Mexican Federal Police located Zolfaghari and Vazquez in Mexico and returned them to the United States. In addition …
January 24, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Omaha Division announces new office and partnership in Duluth, Minnesota

September 04, 2019
… to other major U.S. transportation-hub cities, the U.S.-Mexico border, and ultimately to drug cartels in Mexico and fentanyl suppliers in China.”   For more …
September 04, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Nine defendants charged in international drug trafficking conspiracy

August 07, 2019
… 571-387-5018 Complaint describes drug dealers with ties to Mexico and Honduras who transported drugs from Los Angeles … to obtain drugs. The defendants brought the drugs from Mexico through Los Angeles to the Bay Area. The defendants …
August 07, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Members Of Las Cruces-Based Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Facing Federal Charges

December 14, 2012
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
December 14, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Three Carlsbad Residents Indicted On Federal “Spice” Trafficking Charges

December 14, 2012
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
December 14, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Federal And State Authorities Make Arrests In El Paso Crack Cocaine Distribution Investigation

November 20, 2013
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
November 20, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Carlsbad Man Pleads Guilty To Federal “Spice” Trafficking Charge

August 05, 2014
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
August 05, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Federal And State Authorities In El Paso Arrest 14 Defendants On Federal Drug Trafficking/Money Laundering Charges

June 22, 2017
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
June 22, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

20 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Fentanyl

December 13, 2016
… with trafficking heroin, Fentanyl and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic to Massachusetts and Rhode … large quantities of heroin, Fentanyl, and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic into the United States for …
December 13, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Fourteen Arrested In DEA Operation Family Reunion

December 08, 2011
… activities by a Whittier-based organization and its Mexico-based suppliers of cocaine and methamphetamine on … superseding indictment unsealed today also charges several Mexico-based methamphetamine suppliers, including Jose …
December 08, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Indictment Targets 27 Including Members Of An International Drug Trafficking Organization And Los Angeles County Based Street Gangs

August 23, 2012
… Garcia Barron, spent time between Los Angeles County and Mexico and controlled the importation of methamphetamine from Mexico to the United States where it was sold on the streets …
August 23, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Probe Leads To Discovery Of Cross-Border Drug Tunnel In San Luis, AZ

July 12, 2012
… 240 yards underground to an ice plant across the border in Mexico. “The recent discovery of this sophisticated drug … into the tunnel. Law enforcement officials from Mexico are also aiding in the investigation. The San Luis …
July 12, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Feds Seize Another Tunnel; Multiple Arrests And A Ton Of Marijuana Seized

March 24, 2016
… in length, stretches from El Sarape Restaurant in Mexicali, Mexico to a three-bedroom, two-bath house, located at 902 E. … of super tunnels have been discovered along the California-Mexico border in recent years, to be a more attractive …
March 24, 2016
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Acting Administrator Tim Shea visits the agency’s San Diego Field Division

January 22, 2025
… Task Force.  The San Diego Division’s proximity to the U.S.-Mexico border makes the issue of cross-border drug tunnels a …
January 22, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

San Diego News 2010

July 15, 2021
… 26, 2010 Forty-Three Defendants with Ties to Drug Cartel in Mexico Charged with (Rico) Conspiracy July 15, 2010 Pacific …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Administrator's Remarks on China-Based Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Arrests

January 22, 2025
… supplied drug traffickers, in the United States and Mexico, with the ingredients and scientific know-how needed …
January 22, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Administrator's Remarks on China-Based Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Arrests

January 22, 2025
… supplied drug traffickers, in the United States and Mexico, with the ingredients and scientific know-how needed …
January 22, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

Denver News 2008

July 15, 2021
… Prison Almost $6 Million Dollars Laundered - Sent to Mexico May 5, 2008 McKesson Corp Agrees to Pay More Than $13 …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

Denver News 2007

July 15, 2021
… Seizure Made Near Grand Junction, Colorado January 23, 2007 Mexico Extradites Two Nationals to Face Drug Charges in …
July 15, 2021
Jesus Alexandro Sanchez-Felix
FUGITIVE

Jesus Alexandro Sanchez-Felix

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to import controlled substances; Conspiracy to distribute controlled substances; Conspiracy to engage in money laundering.
PRESS RELEASE

DEA El Paso Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 21, 2025
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … local and state partners, residents of West Texas and New Mexico will be able to dispose of their unwanted, unneeded, …
October 21, 2025
Jesus Antonio Felix Cortez
FUGITIVE

Jesus Antonio Felix Cortez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL
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Northwest Missouri Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced

July 02, 2024
… Missouri and to wire the proceeds of drug trafficking to Mexico. Lucas Ryan Coltrain, 24, was sentenced by U.S. … admitted that he wired approximately $10,000 to $15,000 to Mexico. Those wire transfers represented the proceeds from …
July 02, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Former East Hartford Resident Sentenced to More Than 13 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl, Violating Supervised Release

May 29, 2025
… Aguilar-Linares absconded from supervision and fled to Mexico. In July 2019, the DEA’s Hartford Task Force began … determined that Aguilar-Linares, while living in Mexico, was trafficking kilogram-quantities of narcotics, …
May 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… pills brought into the United States are produced in Mexico, and China is supplying chemicals for the manufacturing of fentanyl in Mexico. The drug overdose crisis in the United States is a …
September 27, 2021