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Ventura County Men Charged With Trafficking Meth In Kern County

… a drug courier who was bringing methamphetamine out of Mexico and into California and other states. On July 19, …
GENERAL INFORMATION

Atlanta News 2010

July 15, 2021
… in the Airport November 8, 2010 Manager of Local Cell for Mexico-Based Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty in …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Five Defendants Charged in San Jose Drug Distribution Schemes

… federal investigations into the movement of drugs from Mexico to the streets of the San Jose area.   “We describe …
LANDING PAGE

DEA’s Family Summits

February 11, 2025
… Billings, Montana El Paso June 25-26, 2024 Shiprock, New Mexico Houston June 20-21, 2024 Laredo, Texas Los Angeles …
February 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

… and control elements operating on both sides of the Arizona/Mexico Border.  Arizona and DEA’s investigations within the …
FUGITIVE

Edulfo Leyva Perez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substance
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Leader of Baily Boys Gang in Buffalo, N.Y. sentenced to 40 years

… Texas as he attempted to return to the United States from Mexico. Contreras supplied the Schuele Boys with upwards of …
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Cocaine supplier sentenced to more than 10 years in Buffalo, N.Y.

… Texas, as he attempted to return to the United States from Mexico. Contreras supplied the Schuele Boys with upwards of …
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DEA Announces Expansion of Operation Crystal Shield

… all methamphetamine in the United States is produced in Mexico in industrial-scale labs, smuggled through major …
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Guatemalan Attorney General Visits Eastern District of Texas

… violations.  The mayor of Ayutla, a town on the border with Mexico, Suniga Rodriguez surrendered to U.S. Drug …
PRESS RELEASE

15 People Convicted in $11M Cartel Drug Conspiracy

… TX – Several individuals residing in South Texas and Mexico have pleaded guilty for their roles in a conspiracy …
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Lead Defendant Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Major Augusta-Area Drug Trafficking Operation

… early 2018 and identified a pipeline of illegal drugs from Mexico routed through Atlanta and into the Augusta area. The …
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Bakersfield Resident Sentenced To Four-Year Prison Term For Coastal Marijuana Cultivation Operation

… Uriostegui , 40, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico, today to four years in federal prison for conspiring …
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Bay Area Brothers Sentenced For Ecstasy Trafficking

… organizations operating in Southern California and Mexico. The methamphetamine and cocaine were then …
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Alpaugh Marijuana Cultivator Sentenced

… Eliazar, aka Eleazar, Castellanos Gutierrez, 27, of Colima, Mexico, for conspiring to cultivate, distribute, and possess …
Geovanny Rivera Velazquez
FUGITIVE

Geovanny Rivera Velazquez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Possession with intent to distribute fentanyl
PRESS RELEASE

DEA 2020 Year in Review: Combatting Serious Drug-Related Threats During the Pandemic

… to every man, woman, and child in the United States and Mexico. In total, Operation Crystal Shield generated more …
FUGITIVE

Abel Bustamante-Duran

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to commit money laundering
PRESS RELEASE

Drug dealer who sold out of his home sentenced to 72 months

… that utilized contacts and sources of supply from Mexico, California, and elsewhere. The organization …
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Two men arrested on methamphetamine charges

… 47, and Giovani Ramirez-Soto, 26, both citizens of Mexico, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with …
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Car stop led to arrest of two men on drug charges

… 47, and Giovani Ramirez-Soto, 26, both citizens of Mexico, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with …
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DEA Washington Division Saw a Surge of Over 250% in Fentanyl Pill Seizures in 2023

… connections with the Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels in Mexico. The drugs are transported into our area by parcel …
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DEA dismantles Southern Arizona drug trafficking ring

… were allegedly involved in bulk marijuana smuggling from Mexico, and into the U.S for further distribution.  Agents …
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Tulare County Agricultural Marijuana Cultivators Plead Guilty

… announced. Ezidoro Hurtado-Cerillos, 37, a citizen of Mexico, and his wife, Ernestina Villareal-Guerrero, 34, of …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 136 Months for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities

… methamphetamine. De La Mora Cardenas, who is from Colima, Mexico, also will serve 5 years of federal supervision after …
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Renton, Washington, Mid-Level Leader of Local Drug Trafficking Group Connected to CJNG Cartel, Sentenced to Prison

… that could be taken through California and smuggled into Mexico. Based on the seizures before and on the date of the …
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Idaho Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Heroin

… methamphetamine and heroin from a source of supply based in Mexico. Evidence further established that Vallely had a …
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Lockport man convicted by a federal jury of narcotics conspiracy tied to the Sinaloa Cartel going to prison for 25 years

… contacts and a source of supply whose territory included Mexico, Arizona, California, and elsewhere. The source of …
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Two women arrested, charged with possession of suspected fentanyl

… and Claudia Anel Cuevas-Sandoval, 37, both of Guadalajara, Mexico, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with …
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Lockport Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl

… that utilized contacts and sources of supply from Mexico, California, and elsewhere. The organization …