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Seven Arrested In Butte County Methamphetamine Trafficking Investigation: Operation Crystal Ball

… transported pound quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico to Butte County and at the direction of Aguilar, …
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Multi-County Marijuana Cultivation Case Update

… of his prison term, Torres is subject to deportation to Mexico. This case was the product of an investigation by the …
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Two Individuals Distributing Methamphetamine In Marin County Pleaded Guilty To Drug Trafficking

… 21, 2013, Miranda helped Macias wire transfer money to Mexico. Miranda contacted the wire remitters by telephone to …
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Last Of Four Methamphetamine Traffickers Sentenced To Prison

… is often traced back to drug trafficking organizations in Mexico.” This case was the product of an investigation by …
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Tulare County Marijuana Cultivator Convicted

… agreement, Eliazar Castellanos-Gutierrez, 26, of Colima, Mexico, conspired to manufacture, distribute, and possess …
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Alpaugh Marijuana Cultivator Sentenced

… Eliazar, aka Eleazar, Castellanos Gutierrez, 27, of Colima, Mexico, for conspiring to cultivate, distribute, and possess …
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Bakersfield Resident Sentenced To Four-Year Prison Term For Coastal Marijuana Cultivation Operation

… Uriostegui , 40, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico, today to four years in federal prison for conspiring …
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Six Indicted For Fresno And Madera County Methamphetamine Distribution Ring

… case asserts that Solorzano obtained methamphetamine from Mexico and arranged for Reyes, Martinez, and Rosa to deliver …
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Tulare County Agricultural Marijuana Cultivators Plead Guilty

… announced. Ezidoro Hurtado-Cerillos, 37, a citizen of Mexico, and his wife, Ernestina Villareal-Guerrero, 34, of …
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Agricultural Marijuana Cultivators Enter Guilty Pleas

… for co-defendant Ramon Manjarrez-Del Vaal, 36, of Sinaloa, Mexico. This case is a product of Operation Mercury, an …
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Ten Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing Meth in Idaho's Magic Valley

… three years of supervised release. He will be deported to Mexico upon his release from prison; Liliana Morales-Caliz, … to 63 months in federal prison and will be deported to Mexico upon her release; Artemio Morgan Hurtado, Jr., 35, of …
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Operation Engage Manchester

March 28, 2025
… illicit drug trafficking. Senator Hassan recently visited Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras as part of a bipartisan …
March 28, 2025
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Former Leader of the Violent “Clan Del Golfo” Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Other 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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DEA Highlights 2021

December 31, 2024
… area earlier in the day via private plane from Toluca, Mexico, via Houston, Texas. The plane arrived at … as part of an investigation that disrupted a suspected Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline and resulted in government …
December 31, 2024
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DEA announces release of Pennsylvania opioid threat report

… and fentanyl-related substances, originating primarily in Mexico and China and transported throughout Pennsylvania by …
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Cheryl Ortiz appointed Special Agent in Charge of New Jersey Division

… she supported and oversaw DEA operations throughout the Mexico, Central America and Canada section and the Latin …
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Passaic County man convicted in heroin trafficking conspiracy

… organization operating in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and elsewhere. The organization’s narcotics were …
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Chula Vista man sentenced to 10 years for being source of fentanyl that resulted in non-fatal overdoses in Alpine

… records, Rodriguez admitted that he obtained fentanyl from Mexico and then delivered it to another person for …
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Former Mexican Police Officer Charged with Trafficking Enough Fentanyl to Kill 10 Million

… years as a municipal police officer in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico.   An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal …
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Grand Junction Man Convicted of Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… 2018, Holder imported tens of thousands of these pills from Mexico into Western Colorado where he and his …
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Two Indicted For Narcotics Offenses Involving 20 Kilograms Of Cocaine

… Fort Worth, Texas; and Erasmo Lira-Mendez, 38, a citizen of Mexico, have been indicted on one count of conspiracy to …
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Kansas Grand Jury Indicts Two for Drug Trafficking

… case, Enrique Alonso Estrada-Barrios, 26, of Belen, New Mexico, is charged with one count of possession with intent …
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Two Mexican Citizens Indicted for Distribution of Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine

… Mario Ahumada-Adame, 32, both of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, were indicted on two counts of possession with the …
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Two Men Sentenced for Transporting Meth in Lawn Mowers' Tires

… set up a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from a Mexico-based supplier in May 2021. The individual met two …
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California Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Transporting Methamphetamine in Lawn Mower Tires

… set up a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from a Mexico-based supplier in May 2021. The individual met two …
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Undocumented Man Gets 46 Months in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… (417) 888-9800 EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A man originally from Mexico was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison in a …
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International Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 8 Years

… of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana from Mexico in the Kansas City area. According to court …
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Former Everton city clerk sentenced to 10 years for money-laundering conspiracy

… of the drug-trafficking organization in California and Mexico. The drug-trafficking organization was responsible …
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Former Bank of America employee pleads guilty for his role in drug conspiracy linked to a Mexican drug cartel

… in an illegal narcotics operation stretching from Sinaloa, Mexico, to Western New York. Law enforcement officers began …
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Leader of Baily Boys Gang in Buffalo, N.Y. sentenced to 40 years

… Texas as he attempted to return to the United States from Mexico. Contreras supplied the Schuele Boys with upwards of …