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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

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

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

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

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

… some of which ended up among senior cartel leaders in Mexico. The conspiracy to distribute cocaine conviction …
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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

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

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

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

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

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

… and Ohio and various DEA offices throughout the U.S. and in Mexico. DEA’s Document and Media (DOMEX) Program provided …
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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

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

… cash drug proceeds in excess of a million dollars back into Mexico. Much of the heroin imported and distributed by …
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DEA Investigation Leads To Million-Dollar Fine

… drums were destined to an unverified customer located in Mexico.  “DEA’s enforcement of regulatory requirements is …
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DEA Takes Down Drug Den Day Care

… and bring them to justice.” DEA’s investigation into this Mexico-sourced organization began in the summer of 2015 with …
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Marijuana Kingpin Sentenced In DEA Investigation

… that had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. Hanson, who was sentenced today to one year and one …
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Major Black Tar Heroin Supplier Sentenced To Over 24 Years In Prison

… are sending a message loud and clear to drug dealers from Mexico and everywhere else that if you come to Huntington, …
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Oregon Man Sentenced In Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… operated throughout the United State, importing drugs from Mexico and Southern California. The drugs were transported …
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Eleven Indicted In Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… between indicted defendants and sources of supply in Mexico. Through the course of the investigation, law …
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Alleged Rizzuto Organized Crime Family Associate Sentenced To 10 Years Imprisonment

… purchase more cocaine from the powerful Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico for exportation to and distribution in Canada. Taloni …
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Leader Of Maritime International Drug Transportation Organization Arraigned In Brooklyn

… cocaine from Colombia to locations in Central America and Mexico for ultimate delivery to the United States. …
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Burien Woman Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Role In Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracies

… conspiracy that distributed a variety of illegal drugs from Mexico to Canada and east across the United States.  …
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Three Methamphetamine Dealers Sentenced In San Jose

… 1.2 kilograms of methamphetamine.  Sanchez Jimenez fled to Mexico in September 2013, according to the plea agreement.  …
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Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison: $6.5 Million “Crystal Meth” And Heroin Haul

… It was only after the shipment had crossed the border from Mexico into Texas that Mota learned it contained heroin and …
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Mexican Felon Returns to Prison for Meth Trafficking

… He served 48 months in prison before being removed to Mexico. Esquivel illegally returned to the U.S. in 2022, …
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DEA’s Louisville Field Division Targets Sinaloa Cartel Activities; 51 Arrested Across Three States

… counterparts, arrested 51 individuals with ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel.  All of those arrested are facing a …
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Terrance C. Cole Sworn in as Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

… Mr. Cole was serving as DEA’s Acting Regional Director of Mexico, Canada, and Central America. Before joining the DEA, …
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Texas Man Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Meth

… trafficking organization, transporting methamphetamine from Mexico into the U.S., and was paid $1,500 per trip. Corona …