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Two New Mexico residents indicted for trafficking drugs in Kansas

… Two New Mexico residents indicted for trafficking drugs in Kansas …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Linked to Mexican Cartels Sentenced in Homeland Security Task Force Case

… organization responsible for moving cocaine from cartels in Mexico to Houston and Dallas. The cocaine was then … Carolina. The organization also transported firearms to Mexico to arm the cartels.  Vargas-Serrato was responsible …
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Inmate who ran Gun Trafficking Organization From State Prison Sentenced in Homeland Security Task Force investigation

… for placing firearms in the hands of cartel members in Mexico. The sentence imposed will run consecutively to the …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico November 04, 2019 Headquarters Contact Info Contact …
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Forty Individuals Facing Drug Trafficking And Firearms Charges As The Result Of A Multi-Agency Investigation In Southeastern New Mexico

… Result Of A Multi-Agency Investigation In Southeastern New Mexico January 24, 2014 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us … 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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Methamphetamine Trafficker Who Cut His Ankle Bracelet and Fled to Mexico during Trial Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

… Trafficker Who Cut His Ankle Bracelet and Fled to Mexico during Trial Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison June 20, … fled during his 2009 trial and was arrested years later in Mexico, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on June 13, 2018 for smuggling 66 pounds of pure methamphetamine from Mexico and distributing it throughout San Diego.  According …
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Ten people indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic fentanyl stamped into pills, heroin, cocaine and other drugs from Mexico to Cleveland

… stamped into pills, heroin, cocaine and other drugs from Mexico to Cleveland September 13, 2019 Detroit Contact Info … stamped into pills, heroin, cocaine and other drugs from Mexico to Cleveland while using a cellular phone smuggled … who was living in Painesville; Mario Hernandez-Leon, 31, of Mexico; Clemente Gutierrez-Meraz, 27, of Mexico; Lorne …
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Two Colorado Women Charged in Multi State Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering 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) … that allegedly funneled methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico through New Mexico into other locations in the United …
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Marijuana Trafficker Receives 7 Year Prison Sentence In Michigan After Fleeing To Mexico For 3 Years

… 7 Year Prison Sentence In Michigan After Fleeing To Mexico For 3 Years March 30, 2015 Detroit Contact Info … of marijuana after fleeing from justice and hiding in Mexico for about three years. U.S. District Judge Robert … on April 20, 2011, to enter his guilty plea. He fled to Mexico instead. He was arrested upon returning to the United …
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San Diego Tunnel Task Force uncovers sophisticated cross-border drug tunnel under the U.S./Mexico border

… sophisticated cross-border drug tunnel under the U.S./Mexico border March 31, 2020 San Diego Contact Info Contact … Thursday, March 19, which extends under the United States-Mexico border to a warehouse in a commercial complex in the … Defensa Nacional (SEDENA) to locate the tunnel entrance in Mexico.  Agents subsequently presented evidence to a U.S. …
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Several Charged With Trafficking Marijuana For Cartel Members In Mexico

… Charged With Trafficking Marijuana For Cartel Members In Mexico December 16, 2016 Houston Contact Info Contact Us …
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Federal law enforcement arrest three citizens of Mexico for methamphetamine/heroin distribution operation in San Antonio and South Texas

… Federal law enforcement arrest three citizens of Mexico for methamphetamine/heroin distribution operation in … - Federal and state authorities arrested three citizens of Mexico today for their roles in a methamphetamine and heroin … charges those arrested, along with three other citizens of Mexico who were already in custody prior to today, with …
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Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Member Extradited to the United States from Mexico for Funneling Massive Amounts of Marijuana and Cocaine into the United States

… Sinaloa Cartel Member Extradited to the United States from Mexico for Funneling Massive Amounts of Marijuana and … 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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Massachusetts Man Sentenced To 21 Years in Prison for Operating Fentanyl and Meth Pill Factory

… to enter the country after having arrived on a flight from Mexico with a fraudulent Mexican passport and a fraudulent …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts 13 for Drug and Firearm Offenses Following a Homeland Security Task Force Investigation Led by the DEA and LMPD

… Jorge Torres Valdez , 27,of New York, New York and Mexico, Ronnall Clark , 44,   of Louisville, Kentucky, …
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Alleged Drug Kingpins Charged With Multi-State Operation That Imported 1,000 Kilograms Of Heroin From Mexico Into The United States

… Operation That Imported 1,000 Kilograms Of Heroin From Mexico Into The United States June 04, 2015 Philadelphia … a multi-state heroin trafficking organization with ties to Mexico. The charges, which include conducting a continuing … has manufactured and imported heroin from its operation in Mexico and supplied other DTOs in Philadelphia, Pa., Camden, …
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Federal Court In New Mexico Dismisses Drug Addict’s Lawsuit Against United States And DEA Agents

… Federal Court In New Mexico Dismisses Drug Addict’s Lawsuit Against United States … 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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DEA’s Albuquerque Office Spearheads New Mexico’s Multi-Agency Participation In Nationwide Synthetic Drug Takedown

… DEA’s Albuquerque Office Spearheads New Mexico’s Multi-Agency Participation In Nationwide Synthetic … The Albuquerque District Office of the DEA coordinated New Mexico’s participation in the nationwide takedown which …
Julio Alberto Castillo Rodriguez
FUGITIVE

Julio Alberto Castillo Rodriguez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Narcotics Importation
Hugo Gonzalo Mendoza-Gaytan
FUGITIVE

Hugo Gonzalo Mendoza-Gaytan

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Narcotics importation
Ricardo Ruiz Velasco
FUGITIVE

Ricardo Ruiz-Velasco

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Narcotics importation
Julio Cesar Montero-Pinzon
FUGITIVE

Julio Cesar Montero-Pinzon

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Narcotics importation
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Eighty-Four Defendants Charged With Drug Trafficking Offenses As A Result Of DEA "MET" Operation In Roswell, New Mexico

… Offenses As A Result Of DEA "MET" Operation In Roswell, New Mexico September 23, 2011 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us … 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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Illegal Alien, Co-Leader of Nationwide Drug Trafficking Ring, Who Plotted to Kill Centralia, Washington Police Officer, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

… of Fentanyl Pills and Pounds of Meth from Her Family in Mexico Iris A-G drug seizure.png Seized fentanyl and … narcotics across the country while sourcing drugs from Mexico and seeking to retaliate against an officer who … elsewhere, were coming from Iris AMADOR-GARCIA’s family in Mexico.” “Ms. Amador-Garcia and her organization distributed …
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International Crackdown on India-Based Organized Crime Gangs Results in 24 Arrests in U.S., Canada, and Europe

… trafficking organizations (DTOs) in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. He negotiated transportation rates and logistics … and the FBI’s Legal Attaché offices in New Delhi, Mexico City, Madrid, and Ottawa. This case is part of the …
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Major financial sanctions announced against Mexico’s largest drug cartel investigated by DEA Los Angeles

… Major financial sanctions announced against Mexico’s largest drug cartel investigated by DEA Los Angeles … Division continues to lead the global investigation into Mexico’s most violent and largest drug cartel, the Cartel de …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown Leads to Forty-One Count Indictment of Pensacola Beach Man

… of New Hampshire, District of New Jersey, District of New Mexico, Eastern District of New York, Northern District of … Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, …
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Houston Man Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Controlled Substances as Part of National Health Care Fraud Takedown

… of New Hampshire, District of New Jersey, District of New Mexico, Eastern District of New York, Northern District of … Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico November 04, 2019 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us …

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