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Amarillo Man Sentenced To 189 Months In Federal Prison For Role In Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

… the money back to his brother, who lives in Juarez, Mexico. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Amarillo …
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Two Men Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Sentences For Their Roles In A Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

… the money back to his brother, who lives in Juarez, Mexico. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Amarillo …
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Two South Texas Men Convicted Of Trafficking Methamphetamine In Houston

… pure and had been imported into the United States from Mexico.   Judge Hughes has set sentencing for Feb. 25, 2013, …
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Four Laredoans Arrested In Money Laundering Conspiracy

… investment firms in the state of Texas and the Republic of Mexico. According to the charges, Juan Cerda and Alejandor …
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Federal Judge Sends Three To Prison For More Than 30 Years In “Operation El Patron”

… to Georgia and returned drug proceeds to Laredo and into Mexico.  Today, U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo, …
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“Shrek” Receives Significant Sentence In Operation El Patron

… that shipped cocaine, marijuana and U.S. currency from Mexico through Laredo to Atlanta, Ga., and throughout the …
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Austin Portion Of Project Delirium Nets 35 Arrests

… to the source of the narcotics in the Republic of Mexico. Finally, the indictment seeks a $15 million monetary …
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Four Charged In Methamphetamine Deal Near The Houstonian

… 26, and Loya-Plancarte, 22, both of Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico, were arrested Saturday after an incident near the …
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DEA Takes Down Cortez Area Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization

… Quezada-Perez, 46 years of age, arrested in Farmington, New Mexico Flodina Beletso Gallegos, 28 years of age, arrested …
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Leader Of Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 27 Years In Federal Prison

… that were used to smuggle the drugs from Colombia to Mexico, via the Pacific Ocean, in international waters, …
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Man Sentenced To Over 10 Years For Drug-Trafficking With Unlawful Use Of A Firearm

… W. Shepherd announced that Ulices Quintero-Patino, 30, of Mexico, was sentenced on one count of possession of …
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Bolton, Mississippi Resident Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… transport thousands of pounds of marijuana from the Texas/Mexico border into Mississippi. He laundered part of his …
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Mother And Son Meth Team Sentenced To Federal Time

… of Alabama.  Modesto Barajas De Chavez, 50, originally from Mexico but living in Deatsville, Ala., was sentenced to 14 …
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DEA’s Highest Ranking Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Extradited To Face Federal Drug Charges

… in Guatemala, which would then be transported through Mexico to the U.S., where the cocaine would be further …
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DEA Investigation Yields Large Operational Crystal Methamphetamine/Ice Coversion Lab

… Pedro Herrera-Garcia and Feiberta Aleman, both of Mexico, were arrested for the violation of the Georgia …
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Manchester Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charge Resulting From Substantial Methamphetamine Seizure

… in the court proceeding, Ramirez-Aldava, a citizen of Mexico, operated El Patron Sports Bar and Grill, LLC, …
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Federal Jury Finds New York Man Guilty Of Heroin Trafficking Offenses

… of 40 years.  They await sentencing. Andrade, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, has been detained since his …
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Three Waterbury Men Indicted For Trafficking “Black Tar” Heroin

… of approximately 1.5 kilograms of “black tar” heroin from Mexico and was searching for a buyer.  The DEA subsequently …
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Dominican Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… a heroin, cocaine and trafficking organization with ties to Mexico. Gilberto Alicea, 31, of Bani, Dominican Republic and …
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Defendants Sentenced To Lengthy Federal Prison Terms For Roles In Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

… accounts in the Dallas area.  Some of the money was sent to Mexico, via wire transfers and couriers, to ensure the …
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DEA Agents In Fort Wayne, Indiana Seize Over One Ton Of Marijuana

… Road in Fort Wayne.  The marijuana, which originated in Mexico and was transported through Texas prior to its …
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Paxton, Ill. Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Operating Extensive Cocaine Trafficking Network In Central Illinois

… for the importation of more than 200 pounds of cocaine from Mexico destined for central Illinois, stretching from Paxton …
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Two Men Sentenced To Prison For Cocaine Trafficking

… O. Cogburn, Jr., sentenced Ildefonso Madrid Flores, 28, of Mexico, to 151 months in prison, to be followed by four …
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Former Medellin Cartel Associate Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… by Panamanian authorities while attempting to travel to Mexico, and then flown to Miami, Florida, where he was …
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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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Colombian Narco-Trafficker Extradited To Face Federal Drug And Money Laundering Charges

… more than 50 metric tons of cocaine annually for export to Mexico, Europe and the United States. On January 14, 2010, …
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Accused Drug Trafficker Arrested In Panama Appears In Miami Federal Court

… Africa, and via maritime smuggling routes from Ecuador to Mexico,” said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “We …
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Texas Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison

… from Mission, (a border city between the United States and Mexico) to the Crescent City area in Florida. The cocaine …
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Colombian Narco-Trafficker Sentenced On Ten Year Cocaine Importation Conspiracy

… more than 50 metric tons of cocaine annually to export to Mexico, Europe and the United States.  On January 14, 2010, …
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Weslaco Man Heads To Prison For Trafficking Marijuana

… purchased and transported marijuana from the United States-Mexico border to regional distributors in Memphis, Tenn., …