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Five Defendants Charged in San Jose Drug Distribution Schemes

… federal investigations into the movement of drugs from Mexico to the streets of the San Jose area.   “We describe …
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DEA agents in Iowa take more than $2 million in drugs off streets

… of Foreign Assets Control process for sanctions on three Mexico-based, Sinaloa Cartel Kingpins in accordance with the …
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Laredo grand jury charges multiple people with drug, ammo and immigration crimes

… against Chavez-Gomez, of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, he attempted to drive his SUV through a Laredo …
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Three Of Detroit’s Largest Drug Traffickers Of Recent History Flee Before Jury Returns Guilty Verdicts

… the sale of drugs to be transported to Phoenix, Arizona, Mexico and elsewhere for the purpose of purchasing more …
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Five Defendants Pleaded Guilty In Unrelated Cases To Methamphetamine Trafficking Charges.

… Bustos Bustos, 38, and Irepan Juanchi Salgado, 24, each of Mexico, pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent …
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Twenty Alleged Members And Associates Of Colombia’s Largest Drug Cartel Charged

… Field Division, along with the DEA’s Bogotá, Guatemala, Mexico, Curaçao, and Rome, Italy offices, have investigated …
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One Of The Largest Marijuana Seizures In Indiana History Announced After Six-Month Investigation

… seized was believed to be destined for transportation to Mexico. Law enforcement collaborated with the United States …
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Twenty-Four Defendants Facing Federal Drug Charges For Transporting Heroin And Cocaine To Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

… of heroin and cocaine were obtained from traffickers in Mexico and southern California, and transported from Los …
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Panhandle Residents Arrested In Law Enforcement Operation

… 22, 2013.  Mejia remains a fugitive, believed to be in Mexico. “Our local, state and federal law enforcement …
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International Drug Dealer Sentenced To 15 Years

… defendant was involved in the trafficking of marijuana from Mexico throughout, New York, Florida, Virginia, Arizona, and …
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DEA Kicks Off Red Ribbon Campaign

… Red Ribbon Campaign began after drug traffickers in Mexico tortured and brutally murdered Special Agent Enrique …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Guilty Pleas Of Two Colombian Narcotics Traffickers Defendants Were High-Ranking Members Of Organization Headed By Colombian Drug Kingpin Francisco Gonzalez Uribe

… of kilograms of cocaine and heroin to various locations in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and other …
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DEA And Partners Arrest And Charge A Dozen Suspected Meth Traffickers

… The task force is a multi-agency effort to focus on Mexico-based drug trafficking organizations with ties to the …
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Southern District Of New York U.S. Attorney Announces Arrests Of Five Honduran National Police For Drug Trafficking And Related Firearms Offenses

… multi-ton load of cocaine that Lobo believed belonged to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and would be imported into the …
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Steroid-Trafficking Defendants Sentenced

… Gonzalez will be remanded to CBP for deportation to Mexico. Joshua Ryan Leno: -  Pleaded guilty to Money (18 USC …
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Nine Indicted In Alleged Heroin Distribution Organization Operating In Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania And New York

… Field Division, Santo Domingo country office and Mexico City country office; the Cecil County Drug Task …
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Alleged Bonanno Organized Crime Family Associate Sentenced To Eleven Years Imprisonment

… purchase more cocaine from the powerful Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico for exportation to and distribution in Canada. …
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DEA’s Louisville Field Division Kept Nearly 89 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl out of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia in 2025

… America.  The drug is mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced from China. In an effort to …
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Jury Convicts Illegal Alien who Distributed Cocaine and Machine Guns from Home

… Guadalupe Hernandez-Garza, a 26-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, as well as scales, cash in various denominations, …
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Mexican National Admits Distributing Cocaine in New Haven

… announced that MARTIN ONOFRE-MENDEZ, 50, a citizen of Mexico last residing in New Haven, has pleaded guilty in New …
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Federal Charges Filed Against Albuquerque Supplier in Major Drug Trafficking Investigation

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
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DEA Leads Franklin Drug Investigations with Assistance from Franklin Police — 27 Arrests Made

… operation from our community.” “The Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico has a strong hold on drug distribution in New England …
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Domestic Trafficker Imprisoned For Possessing Over 2,000 Counterfeit Pills

… revealed the source of supply was from Sinaloa, Mexico. The investigation revealed Somers had traveled from …
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Pensacola Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine, and Heroin

… and fentanyl.  Wire receipts detailing money transfers to Mexico were also recovered.  Lewis is a previously convicted …
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Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Decade in Prison for Fentanyl Conspiracy

… area, who sourced narcotics directly from Colombia, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. On two dates in 2021, …
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Three Members of a Prolific Chinese Money Laundering Organization Plead Guilty to Laundering Tens of Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds

… of illegal drugs into the United States, primarily through Mexico. Xia was one of the most active members of the …
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FORT Investigates Fentanyl Death, Brings First-Ever Texas Murder Charges

… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional …
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Four Defendants Charged in Federal Court for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

… alleges that Fletcher used a source of supply located in Mexico to obtain fentanyl pills and methamphetamine. These …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… collaborate closely with its international partners, within Mexico and around the world, to aggressively investigate and …