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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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Documents

March 04, 2021
Documents Filter Documents Fulltext search Advanced Search Enter Keywords Below Filter Results Select To Narrow Search Results Document Type Publication (11) DEA Administrator Remarks (5) Speech (2) Testimony (2) Publication Type Intelligence (11) DEA …
March 04, 2021
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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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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 … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) …
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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 … 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) …
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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 …
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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 …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… Criminal drug networks are shipping chemicals from China to Mexico where they are converted to dangerous substances like …
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13 arrested in Colombia for distributing thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the U.S.

… import thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia and Mexico into the United States and Europe for …
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DEA Los Angeles Field Division Makes Historic Seizure of Approximately 1 Million Fentanyl Pills

… overdose or poisoning in the U.S. Criminal drug networks in Mexico are mass-producing illicit fentanyl and fake pills …
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High-Level CJNG Associate Financially Sanctioned

… Organization. The previously designated businesses in Mexico include shopping centers, real estate companies, …
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Seven People Charged in Augusta-Area Drug Trafficking Operation

… that identified a pipeline of illegal drugs from Mexico routed through Atlanta and into the Augusta area. …
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12 Kansas City-Area Men Indicted for Fentanyl Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

… Figueroa, 26, and Jonathan Gonzales, 25, both citizens of Mexico residing in Kansas City, Mo.; Luis Calvillo-Ortiz, …
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Lee’s Summit Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,000 Kilos of Cocaine

… the drug-trafficking organization back to Texas and/or to Mexico. Zaragoza-Navarrette hid the cocaine and/or the cash …
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DEA St. Louis Division’s Operation Crystal Shield backed by U.S. Attorneys

… in the production and distribution of methamphetamine from Mexico. Because St. Louis has become a transportation hub …
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Deadly Fentanyl Trafficked in Protein Powder Containers

… powder containers, as pictured below: Reyes-Sillero, 34, of Mexico, is charged with one count of possession with intent …
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Colombian Woman Sentenced to 10 Years and $5 Million Forfeiture for Narcotrafficking

… shipments of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico and Central America for ultimate distribution in the …
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Over 30 Individuals Sentenced to Federal Prison Following Angelina County Drug Trafficking Investigation

… of a drug trafficking organization that operated between Mexico, Houston, Angelina County, Tyler County, and other …
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State and Local Task Forces

January 22, 2025
… Nearly all of the fentanyl in the United States comes from Mexico, and most of it is trafficked by the Sinaloa and …
January 22, 2025