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DEA Releases 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment

… prevalent. Inbound seizures of methamphetamine from Mexico have increased every year since 2010, but domestic …
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DEA and USPS unveil Drug Free USA Forever stamp

… the murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in Mexico in 1985. Participants wear a red ribbon or red to …
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Mexican National Sentenced for 88 Pounds of Meth Found in Car

… co-defendant Gustavo Renteria-Rojas, 39, a citizen of Mexico residing in Evanston, Ill., on April 5, 2021. Their …
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Authorities Arrest Seven This Morning In Connection With Liquid/Crystal Methamphetamine Distribution Operation In The Odessa Area

… 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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Rocky Mountain Diversion Investigator Named “Outstanding Citizen of the Year”

… to dismantle an international poly-drug DTO based out of Mexico, which was operating in Montana.  The complex, …
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Dallas Man Sentenced to Life Over Meth Concealed in Cauliflower

… revealed the methamphetamine was imported from Mexico. Further testimony revealed that the defendant had …
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Porterville Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Distribution

… with Pedro Delgado-Montenegro, 42, a native and citizen of Mexico, and James Cox, 58, of Porterville, to distribute …
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Drug Dealer Sentenced to 27 Years for Meth Trafficking

… mainly out of Arizona, obtained methamphetamine from Mexico and trafficked both methamphetamine and heroin from …
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Arizona Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute 5 Kilograms of Fentanyl

… fentanyl. Jose Manuel Ramos Lemus, 51, a citizen of Mexico residing in Arizona, previously pleaded guilty before …
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Pharr Resident gets Significant Sentence for Attempting to Sell Narcotics

… kilograms of cocaine from a narcotics supplier located in Mexico. They set a time and location to meet with Rueben and …
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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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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Facing Up to Life in Prison Following Jury Verdict

… received large amounts of methamphetamine from sources in Mexico, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia. He then transported the …
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DEA Houston Field Division Announces the Seizure of Over 7 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… CJNG Cartels is being mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, …
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Two Tucson Based Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Sentences

… 1.56 kilograms of heroin into the United States from Mexico through the vehicle lane at the port of entry in …
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Ten indicted for fentanyl trafficking

… organization that was responsible for importing from Mexico and distributing in the United States tens of …
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty To Distributing Methamphetamine

… just as trial was set to begin, Martin Gasca-Rojas, 49, of Mexico, pleaded guilty to three counts of distributing …
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Lubbock Man Sentenced to 35 years in Federal Prison for East Texas Drug Trafficking

… for the drugs, including cocaine, which were imported from Mexico, and transported from the Rio Grande Valley through …
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Gainesville Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offense

… convicted Edwin Giovanny Mendoza-Verdugo, 20, of Sinaloa, Mexico, on one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled …
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Colombian National Sentenced to Over 17 Years for Recruiting Mariners to Traffic Cocaine to the Sinaloa Cartel

… Ocean, destined for Sinaloa Cartel members in Oaxaca, Mexico. Pineda-Torres recruited SPSS crew members for these …
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Receive 24 Kilos of Cocaine from a Mexican Drug Cartel Source

… cocaine from a drug-trafficking organization (DTO) based in Mexico. A member of the Mexican DTO subsequently instructed …
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Ringleader of Major Drug Trafficking and Money-Laundering Conspiracy in St. George Sentenced to Prison

… to import and distribute dangerous and deadly drugs from Mexico. Between October 2021 and February 2022, agents …
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Midland-Odessa Area Barrio Azteca Members And Associates Indicted On Federal Drug And Racketeering Charges

… 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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Third major takedown of drug trafficking ring nets 14 arrests

… organized transnational groups with tentacles reaching from Mexico to Puget Sound.  They profit by pushing extremely …
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced to 4 Years for Trafficking Meth through Wisconsin

… announced that Jose A. Mendoza-Cortez, 32, a citizen of Mexico found in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, was sentenced …
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Woman Arrested with Over 350,000 Fake M30 Fentanyl Pills

… PHOENIX  - Maria Fernanda Granillo-Velazquez, 21, of Mexico, was charged on August 19, 2022, by criminal …
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Honduran National Extradited and Sentenced for Importing Cocaine

… from Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico for further distribution to the United States.  …
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DEA One Pill Can Kill Social Media Campaign

October 22, 2026
… at www.dea.gov/onepill   The Sinaloa and CJNG cartels in Mexico are producing fentanyl and fentanyl-laced counterfeit …
October 22, 2026
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Attorney licensed in New Jersey and New York charged with marijuana offenses

… associates at an executive airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico and seized $80,000 in cash. When investigators …
Ismael Zambada-Sicairos
FUGITIVE

Ismael Zambada-Sicairos

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance 21 USC 846
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DEA Releases 2016 Drug Threat Assessment: Fentanyl-related Overdose Deaths Rising At An Alarming Rate

… for much of the extreme violence seen in recent years in Mexico, as they have continually battled for control of …