PRESS RELEASE

Seven Defendants Charged for Laundering Over $28 Million for DTO

July 21, 2021
… organizations throughout the United States and in Mexico to receive large quantities of cash to be laundered. …
July 21, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Man Arrested on Federal Charges of Selling Fake Pills that caused Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

August 01, 2022
… deaths. According to the DEA, criminal drug networks in Mexico are mass-producing illicit fentanyl and fake pills …
August 01, 2022
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Daughter of Prolific Mexican Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty to Criminal Violation of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

March 12, 2021
… Jessica Johanna Oseguera Gonzalez, 34, of Guadalajara, Mexico, violated the criminal penalties of the Foreign …
March 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… to procure high-grade military weapons for use in Mexico against rival cartels and the government. # # # Los …
October 20, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Courier Sentenced to 37 Months in Federal Prison

July 25, 2023
… announced that ARMANDO VARELA-PLAZA, 41, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Queens, New York, has been sentenced …
July 25, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Two Convicted for Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization with Ties to Mexican Cartel

May 24, 2023
… who coordinated fentanyl shipments from Sinaloa, Mexico to Massachusetts and the laundering of hundreds of …
May 24, 2023
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Indictment Charges 5 Men with Fentanyl Trafficking Offenses

December 20, 2022
… Republic HUGO IVAN RAMIREZ-BELLOZO , 32, a citizen of Mexico JUAN GONZALEZ-REYES , aka “Chinbala,” 32, of Hartford …
December 20, 2022
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New Britain Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Fentanyl

June 27, 2022
… of narcotics, primarily fentanyl, from a source in Mexico, and then distributed the drug to street-level …
June 27, 2022
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$2.1 Million in Meth Proceeds Results in Guilty Verdicts

November 10, 2021
… Mo., Luis Carlos Ramos Caraveo, 26, a citizen of Mexico residing in Kansas City, Mo., Christopher Shawn …
November 10, 2021
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St. Louis Man Sentenced to 10+ Years for Trafficking Cocaine

June 07, 2021
… kilogram quantities of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from Mexico, through Texas and Florida, to the St. Louis …
June 07, 2021
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Federal agencies arrest 10 in drug trafficking ring in St. Louis and Phoenix

September 30, 2020
… the United States after having been previously removed to Mexico. Gomez-Celaya is further charged with illegal reentry …
September 30, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Attorney General Barr announces results of DEA Operation Crystal Shield

September 10, 2020
… traffickers transport their illegally-gained cash back to Mexico, and the seizure of those funds severely impacts the …
September 10, 2020
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Sampson County Illegal Alien Caught with 30 Kilograms and 9 Firearms Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison

March 19, 2025
… presented in court, Mondragon, age 45, was born in Mexico and illegally entered the United States. Mondragon …
March 19, 2025
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Three Men Indicted, Nearly 1,400 Pounds of Methamphetamine Seized, and Two Methamphetamine Labs Dismantled

March 17, 2025
… Alvarez Sanchez, 37, and Raul Munoz Navarro, 54, both of Mexico, were arrested on December 11, 2024, during a …
March 17, 2025
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Three Plead Guilty for Roles in Conspiracy to Distribute Nine Kilograms of Cocaine

March 11, 2025
… of $230,000 in drug proceeds that he sought to send to Mexico. On April 20, 2022, Lara was stopped on Interstate-84 …
March 11, 2025
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Leader Of Brockton-Area Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Conspiracy

February 05, 2025
… Brockton area, who sourced drugs directly from Colombia, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. On two dates in 2021, …
February 05, 2025
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Leaders of Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Smuggle over 43,000 Kilos of Cocaine into the United States

January 17, 2025
… it by boat to either Nicaragua or Honduras, then to Mexico and the United States. From 2016 until 2023, …
January 17, 2025
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Springfield Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine While on Supervised Release

December 08, 2024
… was receiving narcotics from sources in California via Mexico, and using Suarez’s son, Giovanny Jorrin, to send …
December 08, 2024
NEMESIO OSEGUERA-CERVANTES
FUGITIVE

Nemesio Oseguera-Cervantes

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846; 21 USC 963; 21 USC 959; 21 USC 841; 21 USC 924
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment

May 09, 2024
… sold in the United States today is manufactured in Mexico, and it is purer and more potent than in years past. …
May 09, 2024
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Meth “Cooks” Sent to Prison in Custom Importation Scheme

April 18, 2024
… Duarte and co-conspirators imported liquid meth from Mexico. They would then “cook” it into crystals to whatever …
April 18, 2024
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Final Defendant in Large Western Washington Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison

April 16, 2024
… and cocaine, smuggling the drugs into the U.S. from Mexico and then transporting them up the west coast for …
April 16, 2024
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Drug Trafficker Who Created Fortified Compound at Bellingham Homeless Encampment Pleads Guilty

March 14, 2024
… and More Drugs SEATTLE, Wash. – A 32-year-old citizen of Mexico pleaded guilty today to drug trafficking and firearms …
March 14, 2024
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Five Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Meth Trafficking and Money Laundering

February 15, 2024
… He obtained large quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico and paid couriers, including Darius Robinson, to …
February 15, 2024
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Charlottesville Methamphetamine Traffickers Plead Guilty

May 26, 2022
… 40, from El Salvador, Francisco Rocha Uribe, 31, from  Mexico, Rafael Vasquez Navarette, 26, from El Salvador, and …
May 26, 2022
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Federal Jury Convicts Mexican National for Trafficking Fentanyl and Heroin

June 01, 2022
… a/k/a Jose Manuel Flores, age 37, a citizen of Mexico most recently residing in Indianapolis, Indiana, for …
June 01, 2022
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Lead Defendant Sentenced in Burke County Drug Trafficking Investigation

August 15, 2022
… DEA developed information about cocaine trafficking from Mexico, through California to Atlanta, and then primarily to …
August 15, 2022
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Three Men Charged Following Seizure of Over 221 Kilograms of Methamphetamine

October 21, 2021
… the conspiracy in other locations including California and Mexico. Jaime Cruz Duarte, 34, Rito Armando Torres …
October 21, 2021
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Bulk trafficker of heroin and crystal methamphetamine sentenced to 20 years

January 31, 2020
… Task Force, targeting the importation of narcotics from Mexico into Western North Carolina.  OCDETF is a joint …
January 31, 2020
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Defendant Caught with 14 Kilos of Fentanyl and Seven Kilos of Methamphetamine Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

August 28, 2023
… fentanyl and meth TACOMA, Wash.– A 36-year-old citizen of Mexico was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma …
August 28, 2023