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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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Seattle News 2006

July 15, 2021
… Leads to Multiple Cells of Drug Organization Based in Mexico NOV 28, 2006 DEA's Seattle Division to Promote …
July 15, 2021
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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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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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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Office of Training Programs

January 22, 2025
… special vetted SIU Teams in Ghana, Afghanistan, Thailand, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Dominican Republic, …
January 22, 2025
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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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Greenville Man Sentenced To 84 Months In Federal Prison For Role In Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… 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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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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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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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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Los Angeles 2010

July 15, 2021
… HIDTA Investigation Results in the Arrest of Ten Linked to Mexico-Based Drug Trafficking Ring Accused of Smuggling …
July 15, 2021
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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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DEA to kick 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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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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Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl and Fentanyl-Related Substance

… After confirming the prices with his source of supply in Mexico, Perez advised that it would cost $3 per pill and …
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DEA Investigation Unravels Drug Trafficking And Corruption By Honduran Congressman

… drug traffickers in Honduras and high-ranking members of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. For example, Najera facilitated the …
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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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Former Honduran congressman Tony Hernández convicted of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and related firearms and false-statements offenses

… traffickers in, among other places, Colombia, Honduras and Mexico, to import cocaine into the United States. From at …
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Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Smuggle Over 6,000 Kilograms of Cocaine into the United States

… to the northern border of Guatemala, and smuggled it into Mexico for subsequent importation into the United States. In …
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Chicago Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Trafficking Heroin, Cocaine in Chicago Area

… Alfonso Hidalgo-Gomez obtained heroin and cocaine from Mexico and distributed the narcotics in the Chicago area. …
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Nearly 1,000 Pounds of Meth Seized in Tulare and Kings County

… 35, of Tulare; Rogelio Ceniceros Flores, 37, of Jalisco, Mexico; and Carlos Bobadilla, 39, of Tulare, were arrested …
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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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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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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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Federal Officer Charged with Bribery and Attempted Importation of Cocaine

… be several kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Mexico through the Laredo Port of Entry without …