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Illegal Alien Sentenced for Leadership Role in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Organization Linked to Mexican Cartels

… and North Carolina. The organization also moved firearms to Mexico to arm the cartels.  Navarro-Jaimes was responsible …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Role in Cocaine Conspiracy

… – Aaron Leopoldo Aguirre-Gutierrez, 50, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced on Jan. 20, 2026, by U.S. District …
Javier Francisco Benitez-Coronado
FUGITIVE

Javier Francisco Benitez-Coronado

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841, 21 USC 846, 18 USC 1956(h)
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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 …
Jose Juan Torres Mandujano
FUGITIVE

Jose Juan Torres Mandujano

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, COCAINE AND FENTANYL; POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL; AND DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE
David Cortez-Peregrino
FUGITIVE

David Cortez-Peregrino

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, COCAINE AND FENTANYL; POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL; AND DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE
Alvaro Felix-Zazueta
FUGITIVE

Alvaro Felix-Zazueta

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Over 6 years in Federal Prison for Cocaine Trafficking

… According to court documents, Hector Campoy, 41, of Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in federal …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Illegal Reentry

… TUCSON, Ariz. – Jesus Alejandro Bojorquez-Moreno, 37, of Mexico, was sentenced on May 6, 2025, by United States …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 60 Months for Drug Conspiracy

… TUCSON, Ariz. – Armando Puentes-Melendez, 38, of Mexico, was sentenced on April 24, 2025, by United States …
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Mexican National Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Role in Conspiracy to Distribute Kilograms of Fentanyl and Cocaine and Launder Proceeds

… began into a drug-trafficking organization based in Mexico that sent kilograms of fentanyl and other narcotics …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… Criminal drug networks are shipping chemicals from China to Mexico where they are converted to dangerous substances like …
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El Cajon “Pill Mill” Doctor Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Causing the Illegal Distribution of Opioids

… pills were sold in San Diego and delivered to a pharmacy in Mexico for cash.   As the plea documents show, the criminal …
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“Pill Mill” doctor pleads guilty to opioid distribution, admits signing prescriptions for dead and jailed patients

… in San Diego and that such pills were also smuggled into Mexico and sold to a pharmacy there. The guilty plea was …
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Teen who recruited juveniles to smuggle drugs sentenced to 46 months in custody

… money by exploiting children in the United States and Mexico,” said United States Drug Enforcement Administration …
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Seven Defendants Charged for Laundering Over $28 Million for DTO

… organizations throughout the United States and in Mexico to receive large quantities of cash to be laundered. …
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Man Arrested on Federal Charges of Selling Fake Pills that caused Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

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

… Jessica Johanna Oseguera Gonzalez, 34, of Guadalajara, Mexico, violated the criminal penalties of the Foreign …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… to procure high-grade military weapons for use in Mexico against rival cartels and the government. # # # Los …
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Drug Courier Sentenced to 37 Months in Federal Prison

… announced that ARMANDO VARELA-PLAZA, 41, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Queens, New York, has been sentenced …
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Two Convicted for Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization with Ties to Mexican Cartel

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

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

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

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

… kilogram quantities of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from Mexico, through Texas and Florida, to the St. Louis …
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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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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 …