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Odessa pharmacy and owner to pay $320,000 in civil penalties

… 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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WANTED: REWARD OF UP TO $5 MILLION

January 22, 2025
… for the fentanyl precursor to then be smuggled into Mexico, where it would be combined with other chemicals to …
January 22, 2025
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Midland Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution

… 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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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… 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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DEA announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 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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Twenty Seven Arrested in the Rio Grande Valley on Drug Charges

… of La Villa, Texas; Eric Acosta-Valencia, age 32, of Mier, Mexico; Leonel Amadeo Ramos-Resendez, age 35, of Roma, … Texas; Roberto Amadeo-Ramos-Resendez, age 35, of Mier, Mexico; Juan Amado Garza, age 47, of Falcon Heights, Texas; …
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South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Methamphetamine, International Money Laundering, Gun Charges

… of methamphetamine shipments through a source of supply in Mexico. Desorcy directed his co-conspirators to make … by directing the wiring of funds to various recipients in Mexico as identified by indicted co-conspirator Amy Cobb. …
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Federal jury convicts Colorado man of transporting kilograms of methamphetamine through Albuquerque by bus

… 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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Two women plead guilty to heroin possession

… Maria Guadalupe Martinez-Plascencia, 48, of Guadalajara, Mexico, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to … Claudia Anel Cuevas-Sandoval, 38, also of Guadalajara, Mexico, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to …
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Mexican national sentenced to over 20 years in prison for setting fire to drug smuggling vessel during U.S. Coast Guard interdiction

… TAMPA, Fla. - Jesus Soto-Martinez (41, Michoacan, Mexico) was sentenced to 21 years and 3 months in federal … waters about 378 nautical miles south of Acapulco, Mexico. The defendants were carrying approximately 2,000 …
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Large methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution network dismantled in Evansville, IN

… include: Rudolfo Ibarra-Hernandez, Aka “Rudy,” 48, Mexico FUGITIVE Juan Guzman, Aka “Hollywood,” 33, Mexico FUGITIVE Juan Tellez, 44, Phoenix, AZ Alexus Ortiz, …
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Meth on the rise in New Jersey

… of methamphetamine distributed in New Jersey originates in Mexico and has a very high purity level. Methamphetamine is … high purity level is indicative of large-scale labs in Mexico, where the Sinaloa Cartel are attempting to expand …
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Trafficker smuggling large quantities of deadly fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine sentenced to 168 months

… conspiring to smuggle more than 450,000 fentanyl pills from Mexico into the United States during a nine-month period … who decide to smuggle fentanyl and other drugs from Mexico: If you aren’t caught at the border, DEA and our …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

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

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

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

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

… 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 …
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Mexican National Sentenced to Over 12 Years for Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering & Illegal Entry

… Heroin.jpeg CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jose Velasquez, 38, of Mexico, was sentenced yesterday to 151 months in prison and … Velasquez laundered drug proceeds to the DTO leaders in Mexico via money wires. Velasquez also used his boutique …
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Violent Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted For Meth And Heroin Distribution

… 18, 2011, charging 18 subjects involved in a Sinaloa, Mexico drug trafficking organization with multiple … of the organization smuggled drugs across the border from Mexico, to a stash house in Arizona. The drugs were … discussed a contract killing of unknown persons in Mexico. On May 12, 2011, a federal grand jury returned an …
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Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization Operating In New Jersey Extradited From The Dominican Republic

… (DTO) operating in New Jersey, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and elsewhere. The investigation revealed that De La … of the DTO. The narcotics were generally imported from Mexico and transported via truck to the New Jersey and New …
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Operation Reload: Jury Convicts Kingpin And Members Of His Family Of Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… having shipped millions of dollars in drug proceeds back to Mexico and the Cartel/Zetas. The government’s evidence also proved that large money transfers were being sent from Mexico to the various bank accounts used by Leandro Salas … Salas Galaviz discusses having sent millions of dollars to Mexico in tractors for loads of drugs delivered in the …
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Colombian Nationals Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Use “Narco-Submarines”

… Ocean, destined for Sinaloa Cartel members in Oaxaca, Mexico. The defendants served various roles and … that had departed from Colombia and were en route to Mexico. The first SPSS carried approximately 6,900 kilograms …
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Dispatcher In Dial For Dope Tacoma Heroin Case Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison

… utilized to ship hundreds of thousands of drug proceeds to Mexico. In the course of the thirteen month investigation, … there have been 22,700 narcotics related murders in Mexico since 2006, as Mexican cartels battle to decide who … and also assisted them with wiring illegal drug proceeds to Mexico using false names to conceal the money’s source and …
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Cocaine kingpin with Mexican cartel connections sentenced to 20 years

… coordinated routine bulk shipments of cocaine from Reynosa, Mexico, through the Rio Grande Valley, and then to the St. … currency were shipped back through the southern U.S. to Mexico as payment for the cocaine. During the course of the …
Luis Jose Avalos-Zarate
FUGITIVE

Luis Jose Avalos-Zarate

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy
Sergio Antonio Arce-Valenzuela
FUGITIVE

Sergio Antonio Arce-Valenzuela

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy
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USAO employee indicted for conspiring to obstruct justice

… from San Antonio. Gustamante allegedly imported drugs from Mexico, sold them in the San Antonio area and transported proceeds back to suppliers in Mexico. Kimberly Loya served as a courier for Gustamante’s …
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Man Illegally in United States Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Meth Trafficking

… Hernandez, who had illegally entered the United States from Mexico around 2020, made two trips from Tennessee to the …
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San Diego News 2004

July 15, 2021
…  JUN 7, 2004 Major Cartel Lieutenants Arrested in Mexico  APR 9, 2004 Operation Speed Bump Impacts San Diego …
July 15, 2021