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South Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in a Conspiracy to Distribute Protonitazene from China

… synthetic opioids, such as protonitazene, to the U.S. and Mexico, several U.S. based drug traffickers were identified. …
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Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison

… aka Rene Salas-(Salas), 38, an undocumented alien from Mexico, was sentenced today to 11 years and eight months in …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 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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Six Sent to Prison After Traffic Stops Yield Kilos of Meth

… of Corpus Christi, and Luis Reyes-Camacho, 36, a citizen of Mexico unlawfully in the United States, pleaded guilty July …
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Two Charged With Attempting To Sell 2 Kilograms Of Heroin In Bakersfield

… , 38, and Valeria Silvas Villarreal, 23, both of Mexico, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and …
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DEA Leadership

August 12, 2026
… 2020, he was serving as DEA's Acting Regional Director for Mexico, Canada, and Central America. Prior to joining DEA, …
August 12, 2026
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DEA agents arrest Tucson woman on federal charges for selling fentanyl resulting in three overdoses, one victim died

… counts related to the alleged importation of fentanyl from Mexico.    Lopez-Sanchez turned herself in to federal agents …
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Passaic County man convicted in heroin trafficking conspiracy

… organization operating in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and elsewhere. The organization’s narcotics were …
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 14 Years In Prison

… of last year. Raul Monjardin-Iribe, 36, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty on December 20, 2016, to one count of …
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Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison

… 387-3956 FRESNO, Calif. - Miguel Sanchez-(Sanchez), 46, of Mexico, was sentenced today to eight years in prison for …
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Chinese Citizen Charged with Massive Anabolic Steroid and Fentanyl Precursor Chemical Distribution Scheme

… precursor would then be smuggled from the United States to Mexico, where it would be combined with other chemicals to …
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San Jose Based Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced

… John J. Martin. Bueno-Meza, 48, a citizen of Mexico who was living in the San Jose area at the time of …
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DEA Phoenix Task Force and the Goodyear Police Department Seize Over 270,000 Fentanyl Pills, Guns and Money

… fentanyl. DEA officials warn that criminal drug networks in Mexico are mass-producing deadly fentanyl and …
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Boston Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking Following Two-Kilogram Cocaine Deal

… 500 grams or more of cocaine and has since been deported to Mexico. Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy; Brian …
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Clandestine Drug Labs in the United States

March 28, 2025
… Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma …
March 28, 2025
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$2.1 Million in Meth Proceeds Results in Guilty Verdicts

… Mo., Luis Carlos Ramos Caraveo, 26, a citizen of Mexico residing in Kansas City, Mo., Christopher Shawn …
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Leader of Violent, Cartel-Connected, Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison

… enforcement has linked the organization to a cartel in Mexico. Magana-Ramirez was responsible for bringing large …
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

… methamphetamine. Valencia-Alcazar, 35, a citizen of Mexico who was living in Sunnyvale at the time of the …
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DEA Kicks Off Red Ribbon Campaign

… Red Ribbon Campaign began after drug traffickers in Mexico tortured and brutally murdered Special Agent Enrique …
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Dark Web Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison

… DE ALBA (also known as “RaptureReloaded”) Age: 40 Tijuana, Mexico E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 19-CR-563 (DLI)   Fake Pills Dark …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… Criminal drug networks are shipping chemicals from China to Mexico where they are converted to dangerous substances like …
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Four Southern Missouri Men Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… acquired kilogram-level quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico. Dodson and Pyatt then distributed the …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… Criminal drug networks are shipping chemicals from China to Mexico where they are converted to dangerous substances like …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… Criminal drug networks are shipping chemicals from China to Mexico where they are converted to dangerous substances like …
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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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Honduran National Charged with Transnational Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering Extradited to the United States

… cocaine in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Mexico, with the goal of getting the drug into the United …
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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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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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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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Iconic Chicago Buildings to Light Up Red for DEA’s Red Ribbon Week

… “Kiki” Camarena, who was murdered by drug traffickers in Mexico in 1985. After his death, thousands wore red ribbons …