PRESS RELEASE

Former Pharmacy Technician From Carlsbad Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Crime For Unlawful Possession Of Oxycodone

December 20, 2016
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … which seeks to reduce opioid-related deaths in New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE - Amber Kay Otero, 31, of Carlsbad, N.M., … Branch Office is prosecuting the case as part of the New Mexico Heroin and Opioid Prevention and (HOPE) Initiative.  …
December 20, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Las Cruces Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

February 23, 2017
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … CRUCES, N.M - Jessie Jesus Marquez, 37, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, was sentenced last week in federal court to 121 … Narcotics Task Force and Chief Pete N. Kassetas of the New Mexico State Police. Marquez was one of 18 defendants …
February 23, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Head Of The Quintero Drug Trafficking Enterprise Convicted

June 28, 2011
… TX - Juan Jose Quintero-Payan, 69, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit (RICO), … spanned from Colombia and Peru in South America, to Mexico, the Cayman Islands and to the United States, between … Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice and Mexico’s Procuraduria General De La (Office of the General …
June 28, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Sinaloa Cartel Member Sentenced To 22 Years In Federal Prison; Plea Agreements Unsealed For Leaders Of Cartel’s Chicago Cell

November 24, 2014
… CHICAGO - ― A high-level member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico was sentenced today to 22 years in federal prison … to transport cocaine from Central and South America to Mexico, as well as from Mexico into and throughout the United States. Vasquez …
November 24, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Results Of Operation Knight Stalker

December 18, 2012
… (or Los Caballeros Templarios “LCT”) in California and Mexico.  Arrest warrants have been issued for 30 individuals … into the “La Familia Michoacán” (LFM) members working in Mexico and Southern California involved in the smuggling of … quantities of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico.  Early in the investigation, intelligence revealed …
December 18, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Former Governor Of Mexican State Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 131 Months In Prison For Money Laundering In Connection With Narcotics Bribes

June 28, 2013
… payments that he received from the Juarez Cartel - one of Mexico’s most notorious and violent cocaine cartels - … other countries. Villanueva Madrid, 65, was extradited from Mexico in May 2010. He pled guilty on August 2, 2012, before …
June 28, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Albuquerque Man Charged with Conspiracy Related to Recovery of Tiger Cub in Albuquerque

January 12, 2024
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … conspired with others to import the tiger cub from Mexico into New Mexico and sell it for thousands of dollars. Note: View the …
January 12, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Dozens Of Alleged Members Of Sinaloa Cartel Charged; List Includes Kingpin “El Mayo,” His Sons And Other Top Leaders

January 16, 2015
… SAN DIEGO - Sixty alleged members and associates of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel - including the highest ranking … the world’s most powerful drug lord until his arrest in Mexico in February 2014. This case began in late 2011 as an … Minnesota, Kentucky, Georgia; and the countries of Mexico, Canada, Colombia, Great Britain, the Philippines, …
January 16, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Grand Jury in Chicago Indicts Five Alleged Associates of Sinaloa Cartel on Drug Trafficking Charges

March 12, 2021
… Roberto Velazquez Martinez , 36, of Santiago Papasquiaro, Mexico; Camilo Alvarez, 44, of Durango, Mexico; Jose Hernandedez Ramirez, 36, of Tamaulipas, Mexico; Ines Chavez Rodriguez, 36, of Santiago Papasquiaro, …
March 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Omaha Division feels effects of Sinaloa Cartel

February 13, 2019
… North Dakota and South Dakota from routes that begin in Mexico. “We’ve been able to trace large amounts of … and more established drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. Though its birthplace and stronghold is the Mexican … the United States through crossing points located along Mexico’s border with California, Arizona, New Mexico and …
February 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Tarrant And Parker County Men Receive Lengthy Federal Prison Sentences For Roles In Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

November 19, 2014
… May 2013, Favela received cocaine from various Mexico-based cocaine suppliers - usually receiving several … of cocaine. Typically, once Favela received cocaine from Mexico, he personally distributed it, often on consignment, … Villarreal-Flores worked as a money-courier for Favela’s Mexico-based supplier, transporting drug proceeds from …
November 19, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA/FBI Set Up New Tip Lines

May 03, 2013
… California areas as well as Northern Baja California, Mexico. For the better part of the last twenty years the … well as in one of the largest cities within the Republic of Mexico, Tijuana, Baja California.   In 1995, the  DEA , FBI  … most notably;  Benjamin Arellano Felix, arrested in Puebla, Mexico in 2002, and extradited to the United States in 2012, …
May 03, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Drug Traffickers Indicted

September 03, 2013
… distributed more than 500 kilograms of heroin produced by a Mexico-based heroin distribution organization.  The drugs … and supervised the transportation and delivery from Mexico to Philadelphia where he oversaw distribution of … laundered transmitted, and transported to the leadership in Mexico using various money laundering techniques.  It is …
September 03, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

35 defendants to include the ring leader charged in major take down of international drug trafficking organization based in Lane County

October 29, 2020
… including one of its ringleaders and sources of supply from Mexico, have been charged with distributing methamphetamine, … charging Victor Diaz-Ramirez, 30, who was residing in Mexico, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. This … into the large-scale distribution of drugs into Oregon from Mexico by the drug trafficking organization led by …
October 29, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Major Heroin Trafficking Ring Operating Out Of Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

January 14, 2015
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Bustamante-Conchas is a legal permanent resident from Mexico who resides in Albuquerque, N.M.; he will be deported … too will face the same fate as Bustamante-Conchas.” “New Mexico’s opioid addiction and overdose death rates have been …
January 14, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Indictment Charges Eight With Participating In Taos County Heroin Trafficking And Money Laundering Ring

December 21, 2015
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … seeks to reduce the number of opioid-related deaths in New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Last week, a federal grand jury … of the DEA, the HIDTA Region III Drug Task Force, New Mexico State Police, Taos Police Department, Taos County …
December 21, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Hospice Nurse Pleads Guilty To Prescription Opioid Conspiracy Charges

June 15, 2017
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Desiree Ulibarri, 31, of … her in diverting and distributing oxycodone pills in New Mexico.  Debari entered a guilty plea to similar charges on …
June 15, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Former Mexican Federal Police Commander Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

February 09, 2022
… in exchange for agreeing to assist El Seguimiento 39, a Mexico-based cartel, ship cocaine from Mexico to the United States. The El Seguimiento 39 cartel is … Sinaloa Cartel, the Beltran Leyva Organization and other Mexico-based cartels. Reyes Arzate pleaded guilty to the …
February 09, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Organization with Ties to Mexican Cartel Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

December 01, 2023
… fentanyl distribution in Massachusetts on behalf of Mexico-based suppliers BOSTON – A coordinator for a … conspiracy, operating on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, has been sentenced in federal court in Boston. … on Dec. 11, 2023. “The flow of deadly fentanyl from Mexico to Massachusetts is directly tied to the devastation …
December 01, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Former Mexican Governor and Presidential Candidate Sentenced for Money Laundering

March 15, 2023
… HOUSTON – The former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for … Ruvalcaba, 66, was also a former candidate for president of Mexico. He pleaded guilty March 25, 2021. Today, U.S. … violated his oath of office, weakening the country of Mexico and promoting criminal activity.  As part of his …
March 15, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation

March 11, 2020
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … of illegal drugs into and through West Texas and New Mexico will be held responsible for the harm they cause to … the fastest growing transnational criminal organizations in Mexico, and among the most prolific methamphetamine …
March 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation

March 11, 2020
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … of illegal drugs into and through West Texas and New Mexico will be held responsible for the harm they cause to … the fastest growing transnational criminal organizations in Mexico, and among the most prolific methamphetamine …
March 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Los Angeles Strike Force targets drug trafficking organizations that allegedly smuggled Sinaloa Cartel narcotics into U.S.

August 08, 2018
… allege the smuggling of large quantities of narcotics from Mexico on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel.          Those … currently fugitives, with most of those believed to be in Mexico at this time. The investigation – dubbed Operation … bulk quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to the Los Angeles metropolitan area and other …
August 08, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Las Cruces Man Pleads Guilty To Participating In Dona Ana County Cocaine Trafficking Ring

December 22, 2016
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … operation targeted cocaine trafficking in Southern New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE - Juan Velazquez, 26, of Las Cruces, … 25, 2016, Velazquez paid $10,000 to a source of supply in Mexico for cocaine he previously obtained from the source; …
December 22, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

El Paso Man Sentenced To Life In Prison In Connection With Murder-For-Hire Plot

March 23, 2017
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … scheme whereby victims were kidnapped and held in Juarez, Mexico, while he and other criminal associates located in El … with Emmanuel Gurrola’s help, to kill Sagredo while in Mexico in order to prevent her from testifying in that case. …
March 23, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Last Of The Arellano-Felix Brothers Sentenced

August 19, 2013
… on this community and the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico. According to court documents, the Arellano-Felix … (AFO) moved hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and Colombia into the U.S. and made hundreds of … and arresting those people trafficking drugs across the US/Mexico border has not wavered but has only grown stronger. …
August 19, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Eighteen Individuals Charged With Participating In Tri-State Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

October 31, 2013
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … are considered fugitives.  The defendants arrested in New Mexico will make their initial appearances in Las Cruces … defendants arrested in Arizona will be transferred to New Mexico and the defendants in state custody will be …
October 31, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Z-43 Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Tons of Cocaine into United States

September 21, 2023
… were a Mexican-based drug cartel in control of much of the Mexico/U.S. border to include the Texas corridor.  The … Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia into the Republic of Mexico and then into the United States. The investigation … of cocaine from Colombia to Guatemala, Guatemala to Mexico and then from Mexico into the United States for …
September 21, 2023
Arballo-Talamantes, Enrique
FUGITIVE

Enrique Arballo-Talamantes

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy: 21 USC 846
Villalobos-Salinas, Ignacio
FUGITIVE

Ignacio Villalobos-Salinas

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Violations of 21 USC 841846843and 18 USC 21956