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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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Over 150 Pounds of Crystal Meth is Seized in Manhattan

… country. Both shipments are believed to have originated in Mexico. Estrada is charged with Criminal Possession of a …
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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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Leader of Multistate Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison

… Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. From 2016 through …
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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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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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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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New Britain Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Fentanyl

… of narcotics, primarily fentanyl, from a source in Mexico, and then distributed the drug to street-level …
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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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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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Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Sentenced To 360 Months In Prison

… north from South America to points in Central America and Mexico - en route to its eventual destination of the United …
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Federal Charges Target Drug Trafficking Organization Bringing 20+ Kilo Loads of Meth to Washington

… Washington Esteban Martinez-Ortiz, 32, a citizen of Mexico, being sought by law enforcement. According to …
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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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Several Laredoans Head To Prison In Conspiracy To Transport Cocaine

… Salvador Ibarra De-Alba, 49, of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, each previously pleaded guilty at varying times in …
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Paxton, Ill. Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Operating Extensive Cocaine Trafficking Network In Central Illinois

… for the importation of more than 200 pounds of cocaine from Mexico destined for central Illinois, stretching from Paxton …
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Bolton, Mississippi Resident Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… transport thousands of pounds of marijuana from the Texas/Mexico border into Mississippi. He laundered part of his …
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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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Alleged Rizzuto Organized Crime Family Associate Sentenced To 10 Years Imprisonment

… purchase more cocaine from the powerful Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico for exportation to and distribution in Canada. Taloni …
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Ninety-Year Old Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Transporting 1,200 Pounds Of Cocaine Into Michigan

… nineteen individuals from across the country and into Mexico for their roles in this mass narcotics operation.  …
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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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DEA Agents In Fort Wayne, Indiana Seize Over One Ton Of Marijuana

… Road in Fort Wayne.  The marijuana, which originated in Mexico and was transported through Texas prior to its …
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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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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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Treasury Continues Targeting Sinaloa Cartel Leadership

… of Jose Guadalupe Tapia Quintero, a Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico based senior lieutenant of the Sinaloa Cartel.  Jose …
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East Texans Arrested On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

… based in the East Texas area with direct ties to Mexico.  The organization also distributes cocaine and …
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Two South Texas Men Convicted Of Trafficking Methamphetamine In Houston

… pure and had been imported into the United States from Mexico.   Judge Hughes has set sentencing for Feb. 25, 2013, …
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Man Sentenced To Over 10 Years For Drug-Trafficking With Unlawful Use Of A Firearm

… W. Shepherd announced that Ulices Quintero-Patino, 30, of Mexico, was sentenced on one count of possession of …
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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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Leader of Cartel Del Noreste and newphew of Los Zetas leaders receives two consecutive life sentences plus 20 years in federal prison

… partners, a very significant drug trafficker from Mexico has been brought to justice," said DEA Special Agent …