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Drug trafficker with ties to Sinaloa cartel sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison

… which he then sent to the DTO’s leadership in Sinaloa, Mexico.   The quantity of fentanyl-laced pills seized during …
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Mixtecas motorcycle club member sentenced to 28 years in federal prison

… and Texas with approximately 30 chapters located in Mexico. The Mixtecas are known for trafficking …
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DEA Omaha Division kicks off Red Ribbon Week on October 23

… in 1985, by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico, students and teachers across the nation began …
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Two more "rip crew" members sent to federal prison

… the charges are incidents that have come to be expected in Mexico and other Central American countries which do not …
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Federal investigation of Portland drug trafficking organization reveals black market peso exchange scheme

… Ore .—Esteban Guillen Ramirez, 53, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, was sentenced on April 7, 2019, to one year in …
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Two North Sound men indicted for trafficking fentanyl

… was arrested as he attempted to cross into the U.S. from Mexico on Sept. 1, 2018. He remains in custody in San Diego …
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Ten Members Of Methamphetamine Trafficking Operation Federally Indicted

… methamphetamine allegedly smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico. Over the course of the investigation, federal and …
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Ocala Man Convicted Of Conspiracy To Traffic Over Two Kilograms Of Methamphetamine And One Kilogram Of Fentanyl

… on each count. Hernandez-Astudillo, a citizen of Mexico in the United States illegally, also faces potential …
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Carlos Powell And Eric Powell Sentenced To Life In Prison For Heading One Of Largest Drug Trafficking Operations In Michigan History

… the sale of drugs to be transported to Phoenix, Arizona, Mexico and elsewhere for the purpose of purchasing more …
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24 Laredoans Indicted On Drug And Money Laundering Charges

… smuggle drug proceeds back to the sources of the drugs in Mexico, according to the indictment. The charges are the …
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Several Laredoans Head To Prison In Conspiracy To Transport Cocaine

… Salvador Ibarra De-Alba, 49, of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, each previously pleaded guilty at varying times in …
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16 Charged In Alleged Large Scale Marijuana Trafficking Organization

… Mena-Garcia, aka Yune, 60, and Daniel Garza, 33, both of Mexico; David Isaac Garcia, 43, of Pharr; Erbey Siller aka …
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Aspen And Los Angeles Residents Indicted For Cocaine Distribution

… ties to the violent cartels that have murdered thousands in Mexico,” said DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Kevin …
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Two Indicted By Federal Grand Jury Following Additional Marijuana Raids In Western Colorado

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

… today include:       Genaro Balboa-Falcon, age 47 of Mexico, and Joseph (a.k.a. “Cain”), age 30 of Crystal City, …