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Dallas Man Sentenced to Life Over Meth Concealed in Cauliflower

September 28, 2022
… revealed the methamphetamine was imported from Mexico. Further testimony revealed that the defendant had …
September 28, 2022
Jose Reyes
FUGITIVE

Jose Antonio Reyes

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to distribute and distribution of controlled substances
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Leader of International Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

August 30, 2022
… has linked the organization to the CJNG cartel in Mexico. In November 2019, the DTO received a shipment of …
August 30, 2022
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Two Tucson Based Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Sentences

June 23, 2022
… 1.56 kilograms of heroin into the United States from Mexico through the vehicle lane at the port of entry in …
June 23, 2022
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Multi-Kilogram Drug Trafficker Convicted at Trial, After Spending More than Four Years on the Lam

May 26, 2022
… and family. While on the run, Lewis at times resided in Mexico. On August 31, 2021, the U.S. Marshals Service …
May 26, 2022
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced to 5 Years for Cocaine Conspiracy

April 22, 2022
… announced that Karlett Salazar Zagal, 23, a citizen of Mexico living in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, pleaded …
April 22, 2022
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DEA Announces Expansion of Operation Crystal Shield

January 28, 2021
… all methamphetamine in the United States is produced in Mexico in industrial-scale labs, smuggled through major …
January 28, 2021
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Dominican National involved in drug importation schemes sentenced to 12 years in prison

November 19, 2019
… cocaine would be loaded onto trucks for transport through Mexico into the U.S.  De La Cruz worked at an airport in the …
November 19, 2019
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DEA encourages communities across New England to Go Red for Red Ribbon

October 23, 2019
… and murdered by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico. After Special Agent Camarena’s death, people started …
October 23, 2019
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Dominican national pleads guilty in conspiracy to transport 1600 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the United States

March 27, 2019
… cocaine would be loaded onto trucks for transport through Mexico into the United States.  De La Cruz had worked at an …
March 27, 2019
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Retired nurse sentenced to five years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering

October 01, 2018
… moving company for a planned move from Connecticut to New Mexico. Miles and Montoya were arrested on federal charges …
October 01, 2018
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Launch of outreach and education campaign to combat cartels using youth to smuggle drugs

July 16, 2018
… in San Diego and Imperial Counties as well as one in Mexico, are being unveiled featuring stark warnings to …
July 16, 2018
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Caldwell Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute

February 18, 2022
… his co-defendant in transporting methamphetamine from Mexico to Idaho prior to his arrest on February 19, 2021. …
February 18, 2022
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Idaho Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Drug Distribution Case

February 07, 2022
… release. Robles-Ramos is expected to be deported to Mexico upon the completion of his sentence. U.S. Attorney …
February 07, 2022
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Colombian Drug Kingpin Found Guilty By Miami Federal Jury

March 13, 2018
… chain spanning from Colombia to Central America, Mexico, and the United States. The evidence at trial showed …
March 13, 2018
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Leaders Of Multi-state Drug Distribution Ring Sentenced To Long Prison Terms

January 17, 2018
…  The organization had broad connections spanning from Mexico to Nevada, Arizona and California, and north to …
January 17, 2018
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DEA Investigations Result In The Prosecution Of Multiple Defendants

March 22, 2018
… Rodriguez admitted that he obtained fentanyl from Mexico and then delivered it to another person for …
March 22, 2018
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Idaho Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute

December 01, 2021
… 39, of Nampa, transported methamphetamine and cash between Mexico and Idaho for a period of approximately four months …
December 01, 2021
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Honduran National Charged with Transnational Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering Extradited to the United States

October 28, 2021
… cocaine in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Mexico, with the goal of getting the drug into the United …
October 28, 2021
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Red Ribbon Week Proclamation Promotes Drug Education in Iowa

October 12, 2021
… in 1985 by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico. After Camarena’s death, people began wearing red …
October 12, 2021
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Red Ribbon Week Proclamation Promotes Drug Education in Nebraska

October 06, 2021
… in 1985 by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico. After Camarena’s death, people began wearing red …
October 06, 2021
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Last of nine defendants in conspiracy trafficking fentanyl, heroin, cocaine sentenced to 16 years in prison

May 18, 2018
… and 4.662 kilograms of pure fentanyl delivered from Mexico.  “With this sentencing, DEA and its federal, state …
May 18, 2018
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Grand Jury Indictes 9 For Laundering Drug Money

December 12, 2005
… in drug money and funnel the proceeds to accounts in Mexico and throughout the United States. “The DEA’s Utah …
December 12, 2005
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DRUG INVESTIGATION PAYS OFF

October 14, 2005
… dollars in drug proceeds from the United States back to Mexico.  DEA Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey D. Sweetin …
October 14, 2005
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DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

February 20, 2020
… and control elements operating on both sides of the Arizona/Mexico Border.  Arizona and DEA’s investigations within the …
February 20, 2020
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22 individuals named in federal indictments charging money laundering and drug trafficking

August 17, 2018
… in this multi-jurisdictional case which targeted a Mexico-based methamphetamine distribution organization with …
August 17, 2018
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DEA releases 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment

November 02, 2018
… Heroin available in U.S. markets is primarily sourced from Mexico, where opium poppy cultivation and heroin production …
November 02, 2018
Audias Flores-Silva
FUGITIVE

Audias Flores-Silva

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and one kilogram or more of heroin for importation into the US
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

April 27, 2021
… “Most of this poison is being illicitly manufactured in Mexico, then smuggled across our southwest border by Mexican …
April 27, 2021
Hugo Alarcon
FUGITIVE

Hugo Alarcon

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances