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City of Chicago skyline lit red in support of Red Ribbon Week and DEA’s 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 24, 2020

… “Kiki” Camarena, who was murdered by drug traffickers in Mexico in 1985.  After his death, thousands wore red ribbons …
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Meth Dealer Gets 126 Months In Prison After Multi-year Investigation

… by persons in south Texas. As Cantu is a citizen of Mexico, he will likely be deported after serving his prison …
Cesar Fernando Olivas-Beltran
FUGITIVE

Cesar Fernando Olivas-Beltran

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

Francisco Javier Campos

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances
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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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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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Federal agencies arrest 10 in drug trafficking ring in St. Louis and Phoenix

… the United States after having been previously removed to Mexico. Gomez-Celaya is further charged with illegal reentry …
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Mexican National Who Supervised a Drug Trafficking Organization Operating in Orville, Washington, Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison

… Rice sentenced Erubey Arciga Medrano, age 35, of Michoacan, Mexico, to 180 months in federal prison on drug trafficking …
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Former Mexican Police Officer Charged with Trafficking Enough Fentanyl to Kill 10 Million

… years as a municipal police officer in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico.   An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal …
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Chula Vista man sentenced to 10 years for being source of fentanyl that resulted in non-fatal overdoses in Alpine

… records, Rodriguez admitted that he obtained fentanyl from Mexico and then delivered it to another person for …
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Trafficker admits smuggling large quantities of deadly fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine, including more than 450,000 fentanyl pills

… that she smuggled more than 450,000 fentanyl pills from Mexico into the United States during a nine-month conspiracy …
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Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce results of Operation Crystal Shield

… Texas in recent years was manufactured in super-labs in Mexico and smuggled across the Southwest Border. Often it …
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Attorney General Barr announces results of DEA Operation Crystal Shield

… traffickers transport their illegally-gained cash back to Mexico, and the seizure of those funds severely impacts the …
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Bronx Man Sentenced To Over 12 Years In Prison For Trafficking 40,000 Oxycodone Pills, Cocaine

… As part of this cocaine distribution, Herrera traveled to Mexico, Texas, and elsewhere.      In addition to the prison …
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Dozens Arrested in 105 Count Narcotics Indictment

… transferred or transported money from the United States to Mexico to promote the illicit drug smuggling activities. …
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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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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
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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 …
Rafael Everado Sanchez-Garcia
FUGITIVE

Rafael Everado Sanchez-Garcia

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Possession with intent to distribute controlled substances
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Six Involved In Large Scale Methamphetamine Trafficking Group Arrested

… Rodriguez, Tapia, Guizar-Hernandez are all citizens of Mexico and were in the United States illegally when the …
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Last Of Four Methamphetamine Traffickers Sentenced To Prison

… is often traced back to drug trafficking organizations in Mexico.” This case was the product of an investigation by …
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Two Individuals Distributing Methamphetamine In Marin County Pleaded Guilty To Drug Trafficking

… 21, 2013, Miranda helped Macias wire transfer money to Mexico. Miranda contacted the wire remitters by telephone to …
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Illegal Alien Convicted Of Methamphetamine Distribution In DEA Led Investigation

… today that Javier Martinez, 50, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, received a 72 month prison sentence after having …
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Murder-For-Hire Plot Foiled Againist a DEA Task Force Officer

… and Martinez remain fugitives and are believed to be in Mexico.  Drug trafficking is inherently violent and …
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DEA New Orleans Division Announces the Seizure of Over 20 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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Meth distributor heads to federal prison

… admitted he had transported narcotics on the bus from Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas on several …
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Amarillo Methamphetamine Traffickers Sentenced

… Co-defendant Edgar Isaac Castaneda Cota, 25, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison …
Carlos Humberto Chacon-Vega
FUGITIVE

Carlos Humberto Chacon-Vega

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substasnces
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Final Defendant Sentenced in Gang-Related South Georgia Meth-Trafficking Conspiracy

… Now, and targeted conspiracies to import illegal drugs from Mexico and route them through Atlanta and into the greater …
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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 …