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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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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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Three Plead Guilty for Roles in Conspiracy to Distribute Nine Kilograms of Cocaine

… of $230,000 in drug proceeds that he sought to send to Mexico. On April 20, 2022, Lara was stopped on Interstate-84 …
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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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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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State Trooper Seized 88 Pounds of Meth from Vehicle in Saline County

… Gustavo Renteria-Rojas, 40, who are both citizens of Mexico residing in Chicago, have each been sentenced to 11 …
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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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12 Kansas City-Area Men Indicted for Fentanyl Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

… Figueroa, 26, and Jonathan Gonzales, 25, both citizens of Mexico residing in Kansas City, Mo.; Luis Calvillo-Ortiz, …
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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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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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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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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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High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Arrested After Being Charged in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… Emmanuel Martimiano Leon-Soto, age 42, of Naco, Mexico, is the last person arrested of 38 total individuals …
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Oklahoma Inmate Sentenced to 26 Years for Leading Meth Conspiracy from his Prison Cell

… and elsewhere. Ramirez used a source of supply in Juarez, Mexico. According to court documents, Ramirez is responsible …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Leader Of Brockton-Area Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Conspiracy

… Brockton area, who sourced drugs directly from Colombia, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. On two dates in 2021, …
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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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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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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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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. …