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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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Mexican Illegal Alien and Convicted Felon Both Face Federal Charges After Norcross Drug Busts

… felon, and Arturo Carreno-Rivera, an illegal alien from Mexico, face federal charges after law enforcement seized at … 27, of Chamblee, Georgia, and Arturo Carreno-Rivera, 45, of Mexico, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Elizabeth …
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California Man Who Trafficked Narcotics to Connecticut Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Federal Prison

… was receiving narcotics from sources in California via Mexico.  In February 2023, investigators seized two parcels … the shipment of kilogram-quantities of narcotics from Mexico to Connecticut.  Garcia sometimes traveled to …
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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 … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) …
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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 …
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Seattle News 2006

July 15, 2021
… Leads to Multiple Cells of Drug Organization Based in Mexico NOV 28, 2006 DEA's Seattle Division to Promote …
July 15, 2021
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Drug Enforcement Administration announces creation of U.S. Postal Service drug-free stamp

… in 1985 by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico. After his death, high school students signed …
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Combatting The Drug Networks Supplying Chicago

… consumed in the United States is produced by powerful Mexico-based transnational criminal (TCOs), such as the …
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison For The Possession Of Methamphetamine

… 459-9600 DALLAS - Alfonso Escobedo Garcia, 36, citizen of Mexico, was sentenced yesterday before U.S. District Judge …
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Nuevo Progreso Man Sentenced To Nearly 12 Years For Drug Trafficking

… an undocumented alien from Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison following his …
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Laredoan Convicted In Meth And Marijuana Conspiracy

… for 1200 to 1500 kilograms of marijuana to be flown from Mexico to the United States. On separate occasions, he …
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U.S. And Chinese Drug Enforcement Agencies Meet On Synthetic Opioid Efforts

… the Internet. They are also sent to the United States from Mexico by cartels that purchase the drugs in bulk and then …
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Brownsville Man Sent To Prison On Firearms Charge

… with the belief they were going to be transported to Mexico. Pedraza was previously convicted of burglary of a …
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Two Men Plead Guilty To Possession Of Marijuana

… of Laredo, and Juan Galvan-Hernandez, 40, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, admitted they knowingly possessed with the intent to …
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Mexican National Sentenced For Possession With Intent To Distribute Marijuana

… CHRISTI, Texas - A 30-year-old citizen and national of Mexico has been ordered to federal prison for Marijuana …
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--Media Advisory-- Breakup Of Major Drug-Smuggling Organization To Be Announced

… of a major drug trafficking organization based out of Mexico. Event Information: - For more information, contact …
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Washington Man Sentenced For Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine

… a Mexican national, is likely to be deported to Mexico at the end of his prison term. Maldonado-Farias …
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Coarsegold Cannabis Cultivator Convicted

… Medina-Mendoza, aka Eduardo Nunez Medina, 48, of Guerrero, Mexico, entered a guilty plea yesterday to conspiring to …
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… in the conspiracy.  Renteria, 32, a citizen of Mexico who was living in the San Jose area at the time of …