PRESS RELEASE

Matriarch Sentenced for Role in Violent Multimillion-Dollar Honduran Cocaine Trafficking Organization

March 28, 2023
… inland through Honduras into Guatemala and, eventually, Mexico, where the cocaine would then be imported into, and …
March 28, 2023
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Matriarch of Violent Multimillion-Dollar Honduran Cocaine Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

December 22, 2022
… inland through Honduras into Guatemala and, eventually, Mexico, where the cocaine would then be imported into, and …
December 22, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Red Ribbon Week Education Reaches Thousands Across the Midwest

November 02, 2021
… in 1985 by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico. After Kiki’s death, people began wearing red ribbons …
November 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Investigation Leads To Racketeering Case And 36 Indictments

May 02, 2013
… organization that imported methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico into western Colorado, California, Kansas, and …
May 02, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Los Angeles Roundup Targets 38th Street Gang

February 01, 2011
… one stash house. The gang allegedly imported narcotics from Mexico and provided “street-level” distribution amounts to …
February 01, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Two Dozen Charged After DEA Task Force Takes Down Coast To Coast Narcotics Distribution Ring

October 31, 2013
… - , 27, of Lynwood, Calif. JOSE RIVERA-BARON - , a.k.a. "Mexico" and "Chyks, 30," of East Hartford JOSE DEJESUS …
October 31, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Record-Breaking Seizure: Over 70 Kilograms Of Heroin, $2 Million Cash And Firearm Recovered In The Fieldston Section Of The Bronx

May 19, 2015
… of heroin at least once a month from suppliers in Culican, Mexico, an area controlled by the Sinaloa Cartel. The …
May 19, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Chinese National Charged in International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

September 30, 2025
… Alaska, to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico into the U.S. and then to other countries, …
September 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Unlawfully Present in the United States Sentenced to 20 Years for Discharging a Firearm at Spokane Police During a Drug Trafficking Crime

September 19, 2025
… custody. Garcia was released in 2021 and deported to Mexico. Garcia returned unlawfully to the United States in …
September 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Chicago Field Division Welcomes New Deputy Special Agent in Charge

September 05, 2025
… In 2018, Smith was assigned to the Operations Division, Mexico, Central America and Canada Section at DEA …
September 05, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Operator of SeaTac Drug Ring ‘Stash House’ Sentenced to Three Years in Prison to be Followed by Three Years of Supervised Release

August 27, 2025
… and Fentanyl SEATTLE – A 22-year-old native of Sinaloa, Mexico was sentence in U.S. District Court in Seattle to …
August 27, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Wake County Illegal Alien Sentenced to More Than 10 Years for Drug and Gun Convictions

July 14, 2025
… Santos-Soto is an illegal alien who crossed the border from Mexico to the United States in 2017. He has been living in …
July 14, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Georgia Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison

June 04, 2025
… began in July 2023, when law enforcement learned that a Mexico-based drug trafficker had arranged to send …
June 04, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

Facts about Fentanyl

April 02, 2025
… labs and smuggled into the United States through Mexico, is being distributed across the country and sold on …
April 02, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Multi-Location Arrest Warrant Operation

November 17, 2021
… are responsible for remitting bulk U.S. currency to Mexico sources of supply and involved in black market peso …
November 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Over 150 Pounds of Crystal Meth is Seized in Manhattan

July 11, 2022
… country. Both shipments are believed to have originated in Mexico. Estrada is charged with Criminal Possession of a …
July 11, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

700,000 Blue M30 Pills Containing Fentanyl Seized Inside Roofing Shingles and Residence

March 13, 2025
… and Miguel Angel Sesma, 30, a legal permanent resident from Mexico living in Phoenix, were charged on Tuesday by federal …
March 13, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Charged after Federal Investigation Disrupts Massive Counterfeit Pill Manufacturing Operation

September 24, 2024
… chemicals, and pill manufacturing equipment, from China and Mexico to the United States.  These enhanced efforts are …
September 24, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Lead defendant gets 20 years in major Statesboro drug trafficking investigation

May 30, 2019
… pipeline of illegal narcotics from Atlanta, California and Mexico, this conspiracy polluted these small communities of …
May 30, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney Byung “BJay” Pak issues progress report

November 13, 2018
… here . Targeting online suppliers, mainly from China and Mexico, who traffic opioids that can be purchased …
November 13, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Washington Division Saw a Surge of Over 250% in Fentanyl Pill Seizures in 2023

January 26, 2024
… connections with the Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels in Mexico. The drugs are transported into our area by parcel …
January 26, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

13 Additional Defendants Charged in Fentanyl Distribution Network that Spanned from California to D.C.

November 20, 2023
… a vast network of traffickers who transported fentanyl from Mexico to L.A. to right here in D.C.,” said DEA …
November 20, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Savannah-Area Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison

August 03, 2023
… include: Ildelfonso Sanchez-Inzunza , 32, a citizen of Mexico illegally present in the United States, sentenced to …
August 03, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA 2020 Year in Review: Combatting Serious Drug-Related Threats During the Pandemic

January 14, 2021
… to every man, woman, and child in the United States and Mexico. In total, Operation Crystal Shield generated more …
January 14, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

12 Members of Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted

March 18, 2022
… oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and heroin from Mexico into California, and transporting it to Oregon and …
March 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA, FBI, and Seattle Police Seize 2 RVs Packed with Meth and Fentanyl

October 26, 2022
… large loads of meth, heroin, fentanyl and cocaine from Mexico across the border and up I-5 to the Pacific …
October 26, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

November 02, 2021
… Criminal drug networks are shipping chemicals from China to Mexico where they are converted to dangerous substances like …
November 02, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

ATLANTA NEWS 2008

July 15, 2021
… Craig Petties ( U.S. Marshals Top 15 List) Arrested in Mexico January 15, 2008 Guilty Verdicts in Mexican Cocaine …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

New York News 2010

July 15, 2021
… with Links to Mexican and Colombian Cartels Extradited from Mexico to the United States June 11, 2010 17 Charged …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

13 Linked To Mexican Mafia And La Familia Indicted After Investigation Reveals Plot To Join Forces To Expand Drug Cartel’s Presence In U.S.

August 06, 2013
… of controlled substances, including methamphetamine, from Mexico into the United States,” according to the indictment. …
August 06, 2013