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Mexican Drug Trafficker Caught with Tens of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills, Cocaine, Heroin, and Stolen Guns Sentenced to Federal Prison in Washington State

… Wash . –  Jose Efrain Gonzalez-Rodriguez, age 24, of Mexico, who was unlawfully present in the United States, was … was working for a drug trafficking organization out of Mexico that was responsible for transporting drugs from …
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Six Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization

… organization (DTO) was distributing drugs obtained from a Mexico-based supplier throughout metro-Atlanta. These drugs included methamphetamine which arrived from Mexico in liquid form and was converted to crystal …
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Former Leader of "Clan Del Golfo" Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Operating a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Related Charges

… exporting multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico and Central America for ultimate importation into the … shipments of cocaine from Colombia into Central America and Mexico for ultimate importation to the United States. To …
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Five Charged in Sophisticated Scheme to Mail Cocaine from Puerto Rico New York City inside Children’s Lunchboxes

… and weight. Later that month, Duarte travelled to the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas and New Mexico. On June 21, 2021, he allegedly sent a USPS box …
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U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentencing of Albuquerque Man for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
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Twenty-One Suspected El Paso Gang Affiliates Arrested for Alleged Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
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Headquarters News 2008

July 15, 2021
… 31, 2008 10 Major Drug Deffendants Extradicted from Mexico to the United States December 11, 2008 U.S. Cocaine …
July 15, 2021
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Lawrence man sentenced to 45 years in prison for operating major fentanyl trafficking organization

… himself as a fentanyl supplier located in Sinaloa, Mexico. Martinez told him, “what I look for is quality for …
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Vallejo Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Offense

… on Jan. 24, 2020, Tomson was stopped driving back from Mexico and found to be in possession of hundreds of pills …
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DEA encourages communities nationwide to Go Red for Red Ribbon

… and murdered by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico. After Special Agent Camarena’s death, people started …
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty To Distributing Methamphetamine

… just as trial was set to begin, Martin Gasca-Rojas, 49, of Mexico, pleaded guilty to three counts of distributing …
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Two Indicted For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Heroin And Methamphetamine

… indictment today charging Gerardo Norzagaray-Pereda, 31, of Mexico, and Armando Sanchez-Ornelas, 23, of Phoenix, with …
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Four Indicted In Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… Sanchez-Gaona, 24; and Edgardo Solorio-Camacho, 26; of Mexico, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and …
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One Of Two Men Indicted In 11 Kilogram Heroin Conspiracy Pleads Guilty

… B. Wagner announced that Gerardo Norzagaray-Pereda, 31, of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute …
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Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison

… FRESNO, Calif. - Miguel Sanchez-(Sanchez), 46, of Mexico, was sentenced today to eight years in prison for …
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Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison

… aka Rene Salas-(Salas), 38, an undocumented alien from Mexico, was sentenced today to 11 years and eight months in …
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Bay Area Brothers Sentenced For Ecstasy Trafficking

… organizations operating in Southern California and Mexico. The methamphetamine and cocaine were then …
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Madera Cornfield Pot Farmer Sentenced

… Wagner announced today that Carlos Martinez, 31, of Oaxaca, Mexico, was sentenced to four years and two months in prison …
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Madera County Marijuana Cultivator Sentenced

… to distribute marijuana. Pacheco is a native and citizen of Mexico and is subject to deportation upon completion of his …
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Methamphetamine Traffickers Indicted

… 19, of Alhambra, and Rafael Alfonso Torres, 22, of Mexico, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and …
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Coarsegold Cannabis Cultivator Sentenced

… Medina-Mendoza, aka Eduardo Nunez Medina, 49, of Guerrero, Mexico, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for …
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Madera Vineyard Pot Grow Yields Five-Year Prison Sentence

… that Antonio Pérez, 40, an illegal alien from Guanajuato, Mexico, was sentenced to five years in prison, to be …
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“Operation SLO Ride” Dismantles Major Drug Trafficking Organization in Tulare County

… individuals now charged: Alberto “Beto” Alvarado, 53, of Mexico, is alleged to be the Mexico-based source of supply who directed the importation …
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DEA El Paso SAC Thorne-James to address local media

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
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Father and Son Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison in Large-Scale Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

… Defendants conspired to traffic cocaine and heroin from Mexico to Springfield area OCDETF/Task Force Drug …
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Office of Training Programs

January 22, 2025
… special vetted SIU Teams in Ghana, Afghanistan, Thailand, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Dominican Republic, …
January 22, 2025
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DEA to kick off annual Red Ribbon Campaign

… Red Ribbon Campaign began after drug traffickers in Mexico tortured and brutally murdered Special Agent Enrique …
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Statement from DEA Administrator Anne Milgram

… the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). CJNG is one of Mexico’s most violent and prolific drug trafficking …
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Dual U.S.-Mexican citizen arrested for violations of the Kingpin Act

… known as “La Negra,” 33, who was residing in Guadalajara, Mexico, was arrested in Washington, D.C. Wednesday pursuant …
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Observant bystander travelling through Indiana led DEA Chicago Field Division to historic 225 pound methamphetamine seizure

… United States is manufactured in industrial-scale labs in Mexico and ultimately smuggled into the United States. The …