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Two Indicted By Federal Grand Jury Following Additional Marijuana Raids In Western Colorado

November 25, 2015
… charged a total of 12 individuals, many here illegally from Mexico, for tending to these marijuana grows.” “The teamwork …
November 25, 2015
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Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Sentenced To 360 Months In Prison

August 07, 2014
… north from South America to points in Central America and Mexico - en route to its eventual destination of the United …
August 07, 2014
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International Narcotics Trafficker Extradited From Honduras To United States Sentenced

December 10, 2014
… then into Guatemala and other countries, including Mexico and the United States.  As the owner and operator of …
December 10, 2014
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Alleged Colombian Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Drug Charges

August 29, 2013
… loads of cocaine from South America to Central America and Mexico with an eventual destination of the United States. In …
August 29, 2013
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Five Charged In Heroin Trafficking Ring In North Carolina

November 29, 2016
… shipped into the Western District of North Carolina from Mexico. In making today’s announcement, U.S. Attorney Rose …
November 29, 2016
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Investigation Leads To Sentencing Of Significant Connecticut Cocaine Trafficker

December 21, 2016
… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, and then transported the drug to …
December 21, 2016
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

January 11, 2017
… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, and then transported the drug to …
January 11, 2017
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Hartford Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison

January 31, 2017
… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, and then transported the drug to …
January 31, 2017
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

October 07, 2016
… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso and then transported the drug to …
October 07, 2016
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Wiretap Investigation Yields More Than 77lbs Of Fentanyl, Heroin And Cocaine In “Operation High Hopes”

February 08, 2018
… are believed to have come from the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico. “Those suffering from the disease of opioid …
February 08, 2018
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International Cocaine Trafficking Network Impacting The Low Country And Midlands Charged In Charleston, SC

May 13, 2014
… involving a cocaine trafficking network operating between Mexico and South Carolina. According to the federal …
May 13, 2014
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Owner Of Fashion District Clothing Company Pleads Guilty To Customs, Immigration And Money Laundering Offenses

June 01, 2015
… a type of trade-based money laundering - are often used by Mexico-based drug trafficking organizations to collect …
June 01, 2015
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Two Colombian Nationals Extradited To Los Angeles On Charges Of Leading Multi-Ton Cocaine Conspiracy Via Clandestine Air Shipments

October 05, 2016
… in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the United States and Mexico.   “The vast majority of cocaine imported to the U.S. …
October 05, 2016
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Mexican National Who Is Key Drug Trafficking Target Indicted On High Desert Meth Lab Related Charges

October 11, 2017
…   Adrian Ulises Garcia-Ruiz, 37, a native of Michoacán, Mexico was arrested at Dallas/Fort Worth International …
October 11, 2017
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Heroin Distributor Gets Nearly 33 Years In Federal Prison In Mexican Mafia Case

February 05, 2016
… of heroin. He would buy the drugs wholesale from Mexico and distribute it locally and to San Antonio. Today, …
February 05, 2016
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Warehouse Manager Ordered To Prison

March 30, 2016
… Laredo; Jaime Enrique Montalvo-Ruiz, 45, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico; and Leocadio Ruiz, 48, of Dallas, entered pleas of …
March 30, 2016
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Authorities Arrest 24 In Maverick And Zavala Counties On Federal Charges

August 18, 2016
… today include:       Genaro Balboa-Falcon, age 47 of Mexico, and Joseph (a.k.a. “Cain”), age 30 of Crystal City, …
August 18, 2016
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Member Of “Los Piojos” Cocaine Trafficking Family, Responsible For Importing Tons Of Cocaine Into US Convicted Millions Used To Buy Over 50 Racing Horses: Over 280 Kilos Of Cocaine, $15-20 Million In Assets Seized

June 15, 2017
… smuggling routes stretching from Guatemala to Diaz Ordaz, Mexico, across from McAllen, Texas. Cocaine was smuggled …
June 15, 2017
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Houston Mother And Son Sent To Prison For Smuggling Methamphetamine

June 30, 2015
… bottles was 4.339 kilograms and it had been imported from Mexico.  At the time of Velasquez’s plea, she admitted to …
June 30, 2015
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Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 11 Years In Federal Prison

April 05, 2013
… also known as “The Mexican,” 27, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Bloomfield, Conn., was sentenced …
April 05, 2013
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Colombian Crime Syndicate Leader Sentenced To Prison For Role In Mediating Drug Money Disputes

August 06, 2015
… debts on behalf of other drug-trafficking organizations in Mexico and Colombia.  These organizations contracted with …
August 06, 2015
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Federal Jury Convicts Former Houston Police Officer Of Conspiracy

January 15, 2016
… some of which ended up among senior cartel leaders in Mexico. The conspiracy to distribute cocaine conviction …
January 15, 2016
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Ten Alleged Members Of A Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization Charged With Distributing Over 25,000 Kilograms Of Cocaine Designated Drug “Kingpin” Javier Antonio Calle Serna Charged With Murder

June 06, 2011
… of cocaine from Colombia to the United States, via Mexico, Venezuela, and other countries in South and Central …
June 06, 2011
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Two Men Found Guilty Of Drug Trafficking Charges

April 09, 2013
… showed that the drug trafficking (DTO) received drugs from Mexico via “backpackers,” repackaged the marijuana into …
April 09, 2013
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18 Arrested On Cocaine Drug Trafficking Charges

June 05, 2013
… organization that would import kilos of cocaine from Mexico, transport them covertly to locations in Tucson and …
June 05, 2013
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Four Patagonia Drug Traffickers Sentenced To Serve A Combined Term Of 32 Years In Prison

July 02, 2013
… that the Monge DTO have been smuggling marijuana from Mexico into the United States and transporting the bulk …
July 02, 2013
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Treasury Continues Targeting Sinaloa Cartel Leadership

January 16, 2014
… of Jose Guadalupe Tapia Quintero, a Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico based senior lieutenant of the Sinaloa Cartel.  Jose …
January 16, 2014
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Final Defendant Sentenced In ‘Operation Frozen Freight’

June 13, 2014
… and Ohio and various DEA offices throughout the U.S. and in Mexico. DEA’s Document and Media (DOMEX) Program provided …
June 13, 2014
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"Operation Smack Talk" Results In The Seizure Of Nearly 90 Pounds Of White Heroin Seven Defendants Arrested In One Of The State’s Largest Heroin Busts

June 17, 2014
… bedroom closet.  The heroin was smuggled into Arizona from Mexico utilizing non-factory hidden compartments in several …
June 17, 2014
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DEA Target Sentenced To Over 19 Years For Heroin Trafficking

July 22, 2015
… cash drug proceeds in excess of a million dollars back into Mexico. Much of the heroin imported and distributed by …
July 22, 2015