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Two Illegal Aliens Indicted In Cocaine Conspiracy

… 17-- A federal grand jury indicted two illegal aliens from Mexico as part of a Mexican cocaine distribution conspiracy. … had been illegally imported into the United States from Mexico. The estimated street value of the cocaine is $1.4 …
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

… had also coordinated the attempted smuggling of firearms to Mexico on three separate occasions in late 2019, all of …
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International money laundering, drug trafficking and illegal wildlife trade operation dismantled

… the Southern District of Georgia, and in Hong Kong, Mexico, Canada, and elsewhere, were involved in the Wu … third-party business accounts located in the United States, Mexico, and Hong Kong, in an effort to hide the illegal …
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Fresno, Tulare And Kern Counties’ Marijuana Prosecution Update

… her prison term, Abarca will be subject to deportation to Mexico. Abarca pleaded guilty at the beginning of this year, … his prison sentence, Becerra is subject to deportation to Mexico. This case is the product of an investigation by the …
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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera Has Arrived In The United States

… Department extends its gratitude to the Government of Mexico for their extensive cooperation and assistance in …
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Federal Indictment Targets 27 Including Members Of An International Drug Trafficking Organization And Los Angeles County Based Street Gangs

… Garcia Barron, spent time between Los Angeles County and Mexico and controlled the importation of methamphetamine from Mexico to the United States where it was sold on the streets …
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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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Administrator Anne Milgram Remarks on the Overdose Epidemic

… by fentanyl and methamphetamine. Today drug cartels in Mexico are mass-producing fentanyl and methamphetamine …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 6 1/2 Years for Fentanyl-Related Charges

… the Amarillo Texas Resident Office and the Albuquerque New Mexico District Office) with the assistance of the Bureau of …
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DEA Announces Expansion of Operation Crystal Shield

… all methamphetamine in the United States is produced in Mexico in industrial-like labs, through major ports of entry …
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DEA and SAMHSA announce winners of Red Ribbon Week campus video Public Service Announcement contest

… Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena by drug traffickers in Mexico, has become an annual event demonstrating intolerance …
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Manchester Man Arrested For Conspiracy To Distribute And Unlawful Distribution Of Methamphetamine

… in the court proceeding, Ramirez Aldava, a citizen of Mexico, operated El Patron Sports Bar and Grill, LLC, … substances into New Hampshire from source countries such as Mexico, and to bringing traffickers to justice.”   On …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

… Criminal drug networks are shipping chemicals from China to Mexico where they are converted to dangerous substances like …
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Fourteen Arrested In DEA Operation Family Reunion

… activities by a Whittier-based organization and its Mexico-based suppliers of cocaine and methamphetamine on … superseding indictment unsealed today also charges several Mexico-based methamphetamine suppliers, including Jose …
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Two Armed Men Plead Guilty To Manufacturing Marijuana And Possession Of Firearms

… SEATTLE,WASH - Santos Nemecio-Pantaleon, age 30, of Mexico, and Rigoberto Nemecio-Flores, age 21, of Mexico, pled guilty today to manufacturing marijuana and …
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Minneapolis Area Man Sentenced To More Than Nine Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… of La Familia, a violent drug cartel based in southwestern Mexico, and domestic drug distributors who were supplied by … violence here in the United States as well as in Mexico. Those Minnesotans who choose to work with them will …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… Criminal drug networks are shipping chemicals from China to Mexico where they are converted to dangerous substances like …
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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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Leader Of International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To Thirteen Years In Federal Prison

… cocaine and pure methamphetamine north from California and Mexico. This represents a relatively new trend in which … and then smuggle it south to California and Mexico where it is manufactured into methamphetamine. The …
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Red Ribbon Week: A Time to Remember, A Time to Teach

… Camarena was investigating members of a drug cartel in Mexico when he was kidnapped, tortured and murdered. Shortly …
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Fifteen Indicted In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… 33, also known as Alberto Carlos-Macias, 32, of Mexico, was sentenced to 30 months. The two will be deported to Mexico after they are released from prison. According to …
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California Man Sentenced For Conspiring To Sell Methamphetamine In Southwest Idaho

… 33, also known as Alberto Carlos-Macias, 32, of Mexico, was sentenced to 30 months. The two will be deported to Mexico after they are released from prison. According to …
Tomas Vazquez-Mejias
FUGITIVE

Tomas Vazquez-Mejias

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: charged with possession with intent to distribute five (5) kilograms of cocaine, in violation of 21 USC 959(a), 960(a)(3), 960(b)(1)(B), and 963.
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Polk County Men Sentenced On Drug Trafficking Charges Meth Distribution Ring Had Operated In The “Seney Community” Of Polk County

… potent crystal methamphetamine via a virtual pipeline from Mexico. Then those local dealers find a steady stream of … to ten years in federal prison; Juan Maldonado, 34, of Mexico, but residing in Polk County, Georgia, was sentenced …
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Alleged Drug Trafficker Wilder Emilio Sanchez Farfan Extradited from Colombia

… the Sinaloa Cartel and the New Generation Jalisco Cartel in Mexico. Sanchez Farfan was apprehended by Colombian …
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Man Sentenced to 19 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking Crimes

… FLORENCE, S.C.  — Raul Perales Guzman, 38, of San Luis, Mexico,  was sentenced to more than 19 years in federal …
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Mexican National With Ties to the Jalisco Cartel Sentenced to 19 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking in Hundreds of Pounds of Fentanyl, Heroin, Meth, and Cocaine in Eastern Washington and Montana

… Esquivel-Bolanos (a/k/a “Colorado”), age 45, of Guerrero, Mexico was sentenced on multiple drug trafficking and …
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Final Defendant Sentenced In International Money Laundering Investigation

… his part in a conspiracy that laundered drug proceeds from Mexico, Australia, England, Spain, the Dominican Republic, … DEA agents and local agents picked up the drug money in Mexico, Australia, England, Spain, the Dominican Republic, …
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Multiple Defendants Indicted In Large Scale Drug Trafficking And International Money Laundering Conspiracies

… together to launder money from the United States into Mexico. The first indictment charges two men - Omar … drug proceeds from the United States to conspirators in Mexico. The indictment outlines several separate drug …
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Trailer Full of Meth Lands Trafficker in Prison

… concealing 200 kilograms of meth to be imported from Mexico. The trailer successfully entered the United States …