PRESS RELEASE

Missouri Meth Distributor and Money Launderer Sentenced to 21 Years

October 20, 2022
… after it had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico, to the Springfield area. Conn then distributed the … of the drug trafficking organization in California and Mexico. This was done to conceal and disguise the nature, …
October 20, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Man Charged in Sales of Nearly 50 Pounds of Crystal Meth in Manhattan and Queens

May 13, 2022
… 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 …
May 13, 2022
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
PRESS RELEASE

Two members of trafficking organization convicted on money laundering and drug charges

March 26, 2019
… contacts and a source of supply whose territory included Mexico, Arizona, California and elsewhere. The source of … Jose Ruben Gil, aka Unc, aka Ruben Gil Campos, aka Mayor of Mexico, was convicted and is awaiting sentencing; Sonia …
March 26, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Prominent Oregon Drug Trafficker and Final Defendant in Large Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced

August 19, 2024
… an Oregon-based drug trafficking cell with ties to a large Mexico-based drug trafficking organization was sentenced to … investigating a drug trafficking organization with ties to Mexico operating in several states, including Oregon. In the …
August 19, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Members of Mexican Cartel Pipeline Indicted on Charges of Distributing Large Quantities of Fentanyl in Adams County

November 01, 2023
… distribution network of co-conspirators that connected Mexico to Colorado, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona.  "The DEA is … suppliers of precursor chemicals to the manufacturers in Mexico mixing and pressing fentanyl to the couriers and …
November 01, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 05, 2023
… 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 …
May 05, 2023
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. These counterfeit pills have been seized by DEA in …
September 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Washington Chief Issues Public Safety Alert: Dangerous Increase in Fake Rx Pills Containing Fentanyl

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. SAC Forget is focusing resources and working with …
September 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Heroin And Methamphetamine Traffickers Convicted

March 03, 2014
… instances of heroin and methamphetamine trafficking from Mexico to Laredo, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas as well as … records from the ports of entry along the entry U.S.-Mexico border.   Testimony of several witnesses, including …
March 03, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Eleven Defendants Charged With Distributing Multi-Kilogram Amounts Of Heroin Or Cocaine Following DEA-Led Investigation

September 20, 2012
… and Mexican media sources, the Mexican SOS was killed in Mexico in approximately July of this year.   The charges … in March to pick up the 20 kilograms of heroin, sent from Mexico.   Other defendants charged separately as a result of …
September 20, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

More Than Two Dozen Identified In Massive Fraudulent Document Operation In Los Angeles

November 03, 2011
… Illinois and Texas, with connections to other states and Mexico. The document fraud rings supported a variety of … licenses for approximately 40 of the 50 states and within Mexico. The investigation of Serrano identified additional …
November 03, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

High-Ranking Members of Sinaloa Cartel Charged with Material Support of a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Narcoterrorism

September 24, 2025
… into southern Illinois and laundering the proceeds to Mexico. “The Sinaloa Cartel relies on drug trafficking to … into the United States and funneling the profits back into Mexico. Over approximately one week, the DEA, in conjunction … Cartel sourced drug distribution pipeline originating in Mexico that included the Southern District of Illinois, …
September 24, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

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
GENERAL INFORMATION

Dallas News 2006

July 15, 2021
… OCT 4, 2006 Operation 700 Ranch Round-Up SEP 26, 2006 New Mexico Man Gets 3 Years in Prison for Drugs Stemming from …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

Phoenix News 2007

July 15, 2021
… November 2, 2007 Two Mexican Nationals Extradited from Mexico Found Guilty in Naco, Ariz. Drug Tunnel Case November …
July 15, 2021
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
PRESS RELEASE

Eight-week federal trial results in conviction of Chapo associates in Buffalo, NY

December 20, 2018
… contacts and a source of supply whose territory included Mexico, Arizona, California, and elsewhere. The source of … Gil, a/k/a Unc, a/k/a Ruben Gil Campos, a/k/a Mayor of Mexico, was convicted and is awaiting sentencing; …
December 20, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Albuquerque Man Convicted of Federal Firearm Offenses

June 06, 2024
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
June 06, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Organized Drug Crime Ring Attempted to Flood Alaskan Villages with Fentanyl, 54 Indicted

January 25, 2024
… state prison and communicated with his suppliers in Mexico and their brokers, leaders in California and Oregon, … the investigation, including some made internationally to Mexico. Defendants in this case include: 1. Alison Giacullo, …
January 25, 2024
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.  Drug trafficking is also inextricably linked to …
September 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Greenville Man Sentenced To 84 Months In Federal Prison For Role In Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

February 07, 2018
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
February 07, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Kingpin Indicted Following Record-Breaking Meth And Heroin Seizure

August 01, 2011
… and New York State Police investigators. Originating in Mexico, the drug shipment was first transported to Texas, … in mid-June. The load had already crossed the border from Mexico into Texas at the time the investigation began. …
August 01, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican Republic official extradited to the United States to face narcotics trafficking charges

October 09, 2020
… allegedly worked directly with Sinaloa cartel members in Mexico who supplied him and his organization with heroin and …
October 09, 2020
STORY

DEA Omaha Division encourages awareness of prescription medication abuse

March 01, 2019
… pharmaceutical pills, are manufactured by drug cartels in Mexico and independent traffickers in the United States.  …
March 01, 2019
STORY

DEA’s 2019 National Red Ribbon Rally

October 09, 2019
… special agent who was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in Mexico by drug traffickers.  The rally proved to be a …
October 09, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera Has Arrived In The United States

January 19, 2017
… Department extends its gratitude to the Government of Mexico for their extensive cooperation and assistance in …
January 19, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Three Members of an International Money Laundering Organization Charged with Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds

April 24, 2025
… of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs into our country from Mexico,” said Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice … imported into the United States, typically through Mexico. Ullah, Ullah, Huang, and their co-conspirators …
April 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Nine Charged Following Investigation into Manufacturing and Interstate Trafficking of Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl

March 29, 2023
… like the Cabrera brothers, as well as the Cartels in Mexico.  There is no difference between a pill mill in Mexico and a boiler room in the Bronx because they both …
March 29, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Hosts Local and State Agencies at the El Paso Intelligence Center 2024 Law Enforcement Partners Summit

November 20, 2024
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
November 20, 2024