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DEA Releases 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

… fentanyl and meth TACOMA, Wash.– A 36-year-old citizen of Mexico was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 136 Months for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities

… methamphetamine. De La Mora Cardenas, who is from Colima, Mexico, also will serve 5 years of federal supervision after …
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California Man Sentenced to 26 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Guns in Eastern Idaho

… two pounds of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on April 7, 2021. …
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California Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 35 years in Federal Prison for Transporting Heroin and Cocaine to Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

… was personally responsible for importing the drugs from Mexico into California via multiple cartel-level suppliers.  …
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Mexican National Sentenced to More than 12 Years for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities

… 5 Kilograms or More of Cocaine. Mendoza-Ruelas, who is from Mexico, also will serve 5 years of federal supervision after …
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Panamanian Attorney General Visits Coppell, Texas

… from Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico for further distribution to the United States.  The …
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Murder-For-Hire Plot Foiled Againist a DEA Task Force Officer

… and Martinez remain fugitives and are believed to be in Mexico.  Drug trafficking is inherently violent and …
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Honduran Man Arrested in Portland Trafficking Rainbow Fentanyl and Firearms Is Charged in Federal Court

… into the suspected trafficking of illegal narcotics from Mexico for distribution and sale in Oregon and Washington …
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Grand Junction Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… 2018, Holder imported tens of thousands of these pills from Mexico into Western Colorado where he and his …
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DEA Chicago Division Seizes Over 18.3 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl Throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin in 2022

… CJNG Cartels is being mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… CJNG Cartels is being mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, …
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Six Sent to Prison After Traffic Stops Yield Kilos of Meth

… of Corpus Christi, and Luis Reyes-Camacho, 36, a citizen of Mexico unlawfully in the United States, pleaded guilty July …
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DEA Supports Healthy, Drug-free Lives with 2022 Red Ribbon Campaign

… was tortured and brutally murdered by drug traffickers in Mexico in March 1985.   The campaign is dedicated to …
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Woman Arrested with Over 350,000 Fake M30 Fentanyl Pills

… PHOENIX  - Maria Fernanda Granillo-Velazquez, 21, of Mexico, was charged on August 19, 2022, by criminal …
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DEA Omaha Division Special Agent in Charge Speaks with School Administrators about the Drug Threat Facing Nebraska

… in the United States with criminal drug networks in Mexico mass producing fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills …
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High-ranking member of violent drug trafficking ring sentenced to nine years in prison

… brought the violence – the violence we see from cartels in Mexico was brought to the drug trade in our district.” …
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15 People Convicted in $11M Cartel Drug Conspiracy

… TX – Several individuals residing in South Texas and Mexico have pleaded guilty for their roles in a conspiracy …
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Dozens Arrested in 105 Count Narcotics Indictment

… transferred or transported money from the United States to Mexico to promote the illicit drug smuggling activities. …
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DEA Phoenix Task Force and the Goodyear Police Department Seize Over 270,000 Fentanyl Pills, Guns and Money

… fentanyl. DEA officials warn that criminal drug networks in Mexico are mass-producing deadly fentanyl and …
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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 …