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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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Man Sentenced to More than Ten Years for Trafficking Cocaine and Obstructing Justice

… trial. JORGE DIAZ conspired in 2016 with two individuals in Mexico to traffic multiple kilograms of cocaine.  Diaz gave …
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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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Career Offender Admits To Possessing A Firearm While Trafficking In Heroin

… PORTLAND, Ore - Marcelino Lopez-Diaz, 25, of Nayarit, Mexico, appeared on September 4, 2014, in U.S. District … selling heroin in order to send money home to his mother in Mexico. The investigation was led by the Drug Enforcement …
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Springfield Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine While on Supervised Release

… was receiving narcotics from sources in California via Mexico, and using Suarez’s son, Giovanny Jorrin, to send …
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Grand Junction Cocaine Ring Indicted

… Vera-Figueroa, transported large quantities of cocaine from Mexico, across the Arizona border, to drug traffickers in … clearly illustrates a ‘cocaine highway’ running from Mexico, through Arizona, to the western slope of Colorado,” …
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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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$100K of Cocaine in Luggage Lands Bus Rider in Prison

… previously and was planning to smuggle illegal drugs from Mexico to the United States. When cocaine is broken down it …
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Three Indicted for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking in Sacramento and Stockton

… containing fentanyl on behalf of a source of supply in Mexico. On Sept. 29, 2022, Mendoza sold over 1,000 …
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20 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Fentanyl

… with trafficking heroin, Fentanyl and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic to Massachusetts and Rhode … large quantities of heroin, Fentanyl, and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic into the United States for …
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Meth in Cans Behind Sentences for Two Missouri Residents

… of violence. Co-defendant Christopher James Breaux, 39, of Mexico, Mo., was sentenced on Sept. 7, 2023, to 18 years in …
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Eleven Defendants Charged With Distributing Multi-Kilogram Amounts Of Heroin Or Cocaine Following DEA-Led Investigation

… and Mexican media sources, the Mexican SOS was killed in Mexico in approximately July of this year.   The charges … in March to pick up the 20 kilograms of heroin, sent from Mexico.   Other defendants charged separately as a result of …
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Leader Of Poly-Drug Trafficking & International Money Laundering Ring Sentenced To 210 Months In Prison

… laundering the proceeds by wire transfer to El Salvador, Mexico and Colombia. Eight defendants have now been indicted … The indictment alleged that he sent drug proceeds to Mexico, Colombia, and El Salvador on 21 occasions. At this …
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Brothers Who Led Heroin And Meth Distribution Ring Sentenced To Long Prison Terms

… - Two brothers who, with other fugitive brothers, led a Mexico based drug smuggling and distribution ring were … drug trade. Members smuggled drugs across the border from Mexico, to a stash house in Arizona. Drugs and cash were …
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Man Indicted Following Seizure of Almost 130 Pounds of Methamphetamine During Traffic Stop

… – Rudy Vasquez Cervantes, 20, of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in …
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Laredo-Based Kingpin With Ties To Los Zetas Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

… about shipping millions of dollars in drug proceeds back to Mexico for delivery to the Gulf Cartel/Zetas. During … eat. He also discusses having sent millions of dollars to Mexico in tractors for loads of drugs delivered in the …
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DEA Seizes Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… collaborate closely with its international partners, within Mexico and around the world, to aggressively investigate and …
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More Than Two Dozen Identified In Massive Fraudulent Document Operation In Los Angeles

… Illinois and Texas, with connections to other states and Mexico. The document fraud rings supported a variety of … licenses for approximately 40 of the 50 states and within Mexico. The investigation of Serrano identified additional …
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July 15, 2021
… Leads to Multiple Cells of Drug Organization Based in Mexico NOV 28, 2006 DEA's Seattle Division to Promote …
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Drug Kingpin Indicted Following Record-Breaking Meth And Heroin Seizure

… and New York State Police investigators. Originating in Mexico, the drug shipment was first transported to Texas, … in mid-June. The load had already crossed the border from Mexico into Texas at the time the investigation began. …
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Mexican City Council Woman Admits to Trafficking Nearly a million dollars in cocaine

… 10, Denisse Ahumada-Martinez drove a vehicle from Reynosa, Mexico, into the United States to the Falfurrias Border …
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Leader Of Tacoma Heroin Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Ten Years

… of dollars, proceeds of the drug trade, was shipped to Mexico in hidden compartments built into vehicles.  In the … there have been 22,700 narcotics-related murders in Mexico since 2006, as Mexican cartels battle to decide who …
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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 from …
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DEA Supports Healthy, Drug-free Lives with 2022 Red Ribbon Campaign

… was tortured and brutally murdered by drug traffickers in Mexico in March 1985.   The campaign is dedicated to …
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Miami DEA Stress Fentanyl Dangers During Community Stakeholder Meeting

… zero quality control pour into the United States by way of Mexico on a regular basis. “These pills look identical to …
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Administrator Leonhart Leads DEA Delegation At IDEC

… 28 th International Drug Enforcement Conference in Cancun, Mexico, April 4-7. IDEC, which was first held in 1983 with …
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Missouri Residents Indicted in Cocaine Conspiracy

… of Honduras, and Erika Martinez Hernandez, 40, a citizen of Mexico, both residing in Grand Prairie, Texas, were charged …
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DEA Washington Division Calls on the Community to Have Important Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Fake Pills in Back-To-School Routines

… connections with the Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels in Mexico. In 2023 DEA Washington Division saw a surge of over …
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