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Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Southeast Alaska Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… proceeds from Alaska to co-conspirators in California and Mexico. Seal-Uttke is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 24, …
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Major Cross-Border Drug Tunnel Discovered South Of San Diego

… border to a warehouse more than 400 yards away in Tijuana, Mexico. Authorities confirmed the existence of the tunnel … Meanwhile, Task Force officers alerted authorities in Mexico, who made entry into the Tijuana warehouse, resulting …
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DEA Reports Significant Increase in Counterfeit Pills in Minnesota

… 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 …
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Pharmacist In Drug Distribution Scheme

… 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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Repeat Offender Drug Smuggler sent to Prison

… BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 47-year-old resident of Matamoros, Mexico, has been sentenced for possession with intent to …
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Eight-week federal trial results in conviction of Chapo associates in Buffalo, NY

… 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; …
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Over 130 Local Sites Join The Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs On April 30, 2011

… 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 And Partners Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

… 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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Mexican National Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Term For Trafficking Large Quantities Of Crystal Methamphetamine

… methamphetamine ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Santiago Sanchez, 39, of Mexico, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison followed … Judge Martin Reidinger ordered the defendant be deported to Mexico upon completion of his prison term. In making today’s …
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96 Charged And Dozens Arrested As The Result Of A Joint Investigation

… 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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Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced In Federal Court Defendant Receives 25 Years In Prison

… the movement and sale of methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico into the United States, and the distribution … at times used a minor female to transport drugs to and from Mexico to Louisiana. The defendant’s couriers were often …
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Feds Seize Another Tunnel; Multiple Arrests And A Ton Of Marijuana Seized

… 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 …
GENERAL INFORMATION

Phoenix News 2006

July 15, 2021
… JUN 1, 2006 Two Mexican Nationals Extradicted From Mexico To Face Charges In Naco, Arizona Drug Tunnel MAY 10, …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

Headquarters News 2007

July 15, 2021
… on Two Hundred and Seven Million in Drug Money Seized in Mexico City January 25, 2007 Attorney General Gonzales …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

Dallas News 2004

July 15, 2021
… Briones a/k/a Ricardo Garcia-Anguiano, age 32, a citizen of Mexico SEP 15, 2004 Lubbock Man Indicted On Cocaine …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

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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25 Charged In Drug Trafficking Organization

… large quantities of methamphetamine from sources in Mexico that were delivered to Indianapolis and then … maintain contact with suppliers of controlled substances in Mexico. They discussed the availability and prices of …
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Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing More than Eight Pounds of Methamphetamine in Yakima, Washington

… sentenced Santiago Rojas-Rangel (“Charapo”), age 51, of Mexico, to 151 months in prison on methamphetamine …
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DEA Kicks 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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51 Arrested In Major Heroin Takedown

… that the precursor chemicals came from companies in Mexico, Germany, Japan, and China. Historically, this is not … The source of that fentanyl was traced to a single lab in Mexico. When that lab was identified and dismantled, the …
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years for Fentanyl Distribution

… announced that Guadalupe Reyes, Jr., 50, a citizen of Mexico living in Elkhart, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. …
Ruben Avila-Ocampo
FUGITIVE

Ruben Avila-Ocampo

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methampheine; conspiracy to launder monetary instruments
Mayra Godinez
FUGITIVE

Mayra Alejandra Godinez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE
STORY

Spreading the Word:

June 07, 2022
… Organizations (DTO) are mass producing these pills in Mexico, using professional-level pill presses, just like …
June 07, 2022
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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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Federal Jury Convicts Mexican National On Heroin Trafficking Charges

… 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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Mexican National Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Role in Conspiracy to Distribute Kilograms of Fentanyl and Cocaine and Launder Proceeds

… began into a drug-trafficking organization based in Mexico that sent kilograms of fentanyl and other narcotics …
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22 Alleged Gang Members Indicted For Multiple Violent Crimes

… all originally from Houston but believed to have fled to Mexico; and Israel Juarez Sifuentes, 43, and Melissa … brothels in apartments throughout Houston as well as in Mexico. The primary location was the Carriage Way Apartment …
STORY

DEA Washington Warns of Deadly Counterfeit Drugs on Social Media

July 23, 2021
… to make it, are produced. These chemicals are shipped to Mexico, where the cartels produce the fentanyl powder in …
July 23, 2021
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South Dakota and Colorado Men Convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Meth Across South Dakota, Including the Crow Creek Reservation

… the Rocky Mountain Field Division, Omaha Field Division, Mexico City Country Office, Los Angeles Field Division, …