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Federal Jury Convicts Texas Couple Of Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracies

… The evidence at trial was that the drugs were imported from Mexico into Texas before being transported to Atlanta and …
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Marijuana Kingpin Sentenced In DEA Investigation

… that had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. Hanson, who was sentenced today to one year and one …
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Mexican National Sentenced To 64 Months In Prison For Possessing Heroin With Intent To Distribute

… heroin with intent to distribute. Uriel Coria-Coria, 22, of Mexico, was sentenced on one count of possession with intent …
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Ten Alleged Members Of A Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization Charged With Distributing Over 25,000 Kilograms Of Cocaine Designated Drug “Kingpin” Javier Antonio Calle Serna Charged With Murder

… of cocaine from Colombia to the United States, via Mexico, Venezuela, and other countries in South and Central …
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15 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking and Child Exploitation

… a drug trafficking organization operating directly out of Mexico.  Alanis was arrested in a DEA Tri-Cities operation …
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Three defendants sentenced for conspiring to send nearly 14 kilograms of 100 percent pure methamphetamine from California to Georgia

… 2019.           All three defendants will be deported to Mexico following their sentence of imprisonment.           …
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Former Medellin Cartel Associate Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… by Panamanian authorities while attempting to travel to Mexico, and then flown to Miami, Florida, where he was …
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Houston Mother And Son Sent To Prison For Smuggling Methamphetamine

… bottles was 4.339 kilograms and it had been imported from Mexico.  At the time of Velasquez’s plea, she admitted to …
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Trafficker Sentenced For Cocaine And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… for a drug trafficking organization operating out of Mexico and California. Inoue - made several trips during …
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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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Owner Of Fashion District Clothing Company Pleads Guilty To Customs, Immigration And Money Laundering Offenses

… a type of trade-based money laundering - are often used by Mexico-based drug trafficking organizations to collect …
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15 Indicted And Arrested In Cocaine Trafficking Ring

… agents in Philadelphia, Jackson, MS, and Hermosillo, Mexico. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. …
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Treasury Sanctions Gulf Cartel Drug Trafficker Action Targets Mexican Cocaine Trafficker, Abel Briones Ruiz, And His Support Network

… and those supporting his operations.” In Tamaulipas, Mexico, Briones Ruiz operates a network of cocaine and bulk …
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DEA Los Angeles Special Agent in Charge David J. Downing to retire on May 31

… the leader of the most ruthless drug cartel in Mexico, and the formation of the Fusion Opioid HIDTA Task …
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Federal Judge Sentences Methamphetamine Trafficker To Life In Prison

… enforcement discovered that Saldana was planning to go to Mexico. Acting U.S. Attorney Rose commended the DEA in …
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Mother And Son Meth Team Sentenced To Federal Time

… of Alabama.  Modesto Barajas De Chavez, 50, originally from Mexico but living in Deatsville, Ala., was sentenced to 14 …
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DEA Takes Down Arizona Spice Manufacturer

… Valley locations; however, DEA agents have identified New Mexico and California as additional destinations of the …
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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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Substantial prison terms imposed for fentanyl distributors

… of a drug trafficking organization tied directly to Sinaloa Mexico, operating in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Medina-Perez …
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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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Dozens arrested in major law enforcement operation

… were smuggled into the United States from Colombia and Mexico.   Heroin and cocaine were then distributed through …
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“Shrek” Receives Significant Sentence In Operation El Patron

… that shipped cocaine, marijuana and U.S. currency from Mexico through Laredo to Atlanta, Ga., and throughout the …
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International Narcotics Trafficker Extradited From Honduras To United States Sentenced

… then into Guatemala and other countries, including Mexico and the United States.  As the owner and operator of …
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2 get combined 197 years in federal prison

… these kind of violent actions were more often seen in Mexico, but have become more common on the border.  “These …
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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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Federal Judge Sends Three To Prison For More Than 30 Years In “Operation El Patron”

… to Georgia and returned drug proceeds to Laredo and into Mexico.  Today, U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo, …
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… While another investigation linked directly back to Mexico that specializes in the movement of heroin. …
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Four Laredoans Arrested In Money Laundering Conspiracy

… investment firms in the state of Texas and the Republic of Mexico. According to the charges, Juan Cerda and Alejandor …
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Sentencing of California-based drug lord

… was part of a drug distribution network spanning from Mexico to Michigan and beyond. The men and women of DEA, …
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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. …