PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Organization with Ties to Mexican Cartel Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

… fentanyl distribution in Massachusetts on behalf of Mexico-based suppliers BOSTON – A coordinator for a … conspiracy, operating on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, has been sentenced in federal court in Boston. … on Dec. 11, 2023. “The flow of deadly fentanyl from Mexico to Massachusetts is directly tied to the devastation …
PRESS RELEASE

Former Mexican Governor and Presidential Candidate Sentenced for Money Laundering

… (254) 297-0300 HOUSTON – The former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for … Ruvalcaba, 66, was also a former candidate for president of Mexico. He pleaded guilty March 25, 2021. Today, U.S. … violated his oath of office, weakening the country of Mexico and promoting criminal activity.  As part of his …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … of illegal drugs into and through West Texas and New Mexico will be held responsible for the harm they cause to …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … of illegal drugs into and through West Texas and New Mexico will be held responsible for the harm they cause to …
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Los Angeles Strike Force targets drug trafficking organizations that allegedly smuggled Sinaloa Cartel narcotics into U.S.

… allege the smuggling of large quantities of narcotics from Mexico on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel.          Those … currently fugitives, with most of those believed to be in Mexico at this time. The investigation – dubbed Operation … bulk quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to the Los Angeles metropolitan area and other …
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Las Cruces Man Pleads Guilty To Participating In Dona Ana County Cocaine Trafficking Ring

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … operation targeted cocaine trafficking in Southern New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE - Juan Velazquez, 26, of Las Cruces, …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Life In Prison In Connection With Murder-For-Hire Plot

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … scheme whereby victims were kidnapped and held in Juarez, Mexico, while he and other criminal associates located in El …
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Last Of The Arellano-Felix Brothers Sentenced

… on this community and the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico. According to court documents, the Arellano-Felix … (AFO) moved hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and Colombia into the U.S. and made hundreds of … and arresting those people trafficking drugs across the US/Mexico border has not wavered but has only grown stronger. …
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High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Extradited to Atlanta to Face Cocaine Trafficking Charges

… - (910) 815-4513 ATLANTA – Following his extradition from Mexico to the United States, Roberto Najera Gutierrez, a/k/a … massive amounts of cocaine from South America and through Mexico that were intended to poison communities in the … Sinaloa Cartel to transport cocaine from South America to Mexico for importation into the United States, including …
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Eighteen Individuals Charged With Participating In Tri-State Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … are considered fugitives.  The defendants arrested in New Mexico will make their initial appearances in Las Cruces …
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Z-43 Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Tons of Cocaine into United States

… were a Mexican-based drug cartel in control of much of the Mexico/U.S. border to include the Texas corridor.  The … Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia into the Republic of Mexico and then into the United States. The investigation … of cocaine from Colombia to Guatemala, Guatemala to Mexico and then from Mexico into the United States for …
Arballo-Talamantes, Enrique
FUGITIVE

Enrique Arballo-Talamantes

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy: 21 USC 846
Villalobos-Salinas, Ignacio
FUGITIVE

Ignacio Villalobos-Salinas

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Violations of 21 USC 841846843and 18 USC 21956
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Mariah Ferry sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for kidnapping and brutal beating of two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Mariah Ferry, 22, of Albuquerque, New Mexico was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, New …
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … 47-year-old Rigoberto Melero Aguirre, a citizen of Mexico, to life in federal prison. In addition, Judge …
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La Familia Michoacan Drug Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Charges

… of the La Familia Michoacán.”  “The cartel leadership in Mexico is not immune from our reach,” said U.S. Attorney … the United States. Rueda-Medina was arrested in Michoacán, Mexico on July 11, 2009, and was extradited to the United … through border checkpoints near Laredo, Texas and Tijuana, Mexico and delivered to stash locations in the Northern …
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Multi-District OCDETF Investigation Linked To Zeta Organization Leads To Local Arrests

… who operated out of the Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico area responsible for coordinating the transportation … controlled substances including marijuana and cocaine from Mexico into the United States to major distribution centers … transportation from the United States to the Republic of Mexico, according to the indictment. The investigation …
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Perfume Store Owner Charged With Laundering Millions Of Dollars For Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organizations

… multiple retail perfume stores located on the United States-Mexico border, for his alleged participation in an … in the United States and ultimately returning them to Mexico. Datta was arrested on January 15, 2011, after … in Manhattan federal court today: Narcotics traffickers in Mexico and other countries in which narcotics are grown, …
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California Man Sentenced To 75 Months In Prison For Role In Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… name. Ayala had received the drugs from co-conspirators in Mexico and admitted intending to sell them to an … rings with ties to Alaska, California, Texas, Arizona, and Mexico. To date, the following individuals have been …      drug money out of the United States and into Mexico;  Genaro Gutierrez-Reyes, of California, previously …
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Chula Vista Airplane Broker Who Managed Money Laundering Crew Using Drug Proceeds Sentenced To 60 Months

… nationwide for purchase of over 35 airplanes for export to Mexico SAN DIEGO - Chula Vista airplane broker Vicente … of over 35 airplanes and airplane parts for exportation to Mexico. He did so by laundering and structuring bulk … for the purchase of over 35 airplanes for exportation to Mexico. He further admitted that he facilitated the purchase …
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Family Summit
August 26, 2025 - August 27, 2025
August 26, 2025 - August 27, 2025

DEA El Paso to host Family Summit in Church Rock

2:00 PM - 1:15 PM (EDT)
Church Rock, NM
WHEN: Tuesday Aug. 26 from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday Aug. 27 from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. MST. WHERE: Red Rock Park, Church Rock, New Mexico WHAT: Summit for New Mexico and West Texas families who have suffered the terrible loss of a loved one to fentanyl or other illicit...
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Operation Cash Out Launched Across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana

… with their poison. Fentanyl pills are manufactured in Mexico for as little two cents per pill, yet can sell for … estimated to be a multi-billion-dollar enterprise for the Mexico-based cartels. The Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco Cartel … cash smuggling and money laundering networks. According to Mexico’s Central Bank, Banxico, more than $63 billion in …
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Two Mexican Cartel Members Found Guilty of Violating RICO Statute

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … at trial, Arturo Shows Urquidi, aka “Chous,” 50, of Juarez, Mexico and Mario Iglesias-Villegas, aka “Dos,” “El 2,” …
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Indictment targeting massive international cocaine conspiracy unsealed with arrival in U.S. of extradited Colombian kingpin

… worth hundreds of millions of dollars from South America to Mexico for eventual sale in the United States. The … submarines and “go-fast” boats to move the narcotics to Mexico; and then used various means to smuggle the loads across the U.S.-Mexico border, with significant quantities of cocaine being …
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Samuel Velasco Gurrola Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder-For-Hire Plot

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … a plot, with his brother’s help, to kill Sagredo while in Mexico in order to prevent her from testifying in the state …
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38 Years For Lymon On Firearms, Heroin Trafficking Charges

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … 915-479-2540 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Division Contacts New Mexico Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) … Office and federal law enforcement agencies work with New Mexico’s District Attorneys and state, local and tribal law …
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Leaders of International Drug Trafficking and Firearms Smuggling Organization Sentenced to 21 and 20 Years in Prison

… organization smuggled substantial quantities of firearms to Mexico to trade them for hundreds of kilograms of … of kilograms of crystal and liquid methamphetamine from Mexico into Texas and further distributed it throughout the … , or “CDH,” because it was based in Houston and had ties to Mexico-based drug trafficking cartels.  CDH was also an …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of A Leader Of A Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization And Three Other International Narcotics Traffickers

… cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking extradited from Mexico; two defendants charged with cocaine trafficking … Quintero and Jesus Dominguez Gallardo, extradited from Mexico on charges of conspiring to traffic in … San Diego Field Division, Carlsbad Resident Office, Mexico Country Office, Tijuana Resident Office, Los Angeles …
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High Ranking Gulf Cartel Member Convicted In Washington For Drug Trafficking

… Cano Flores was extradited to the United States from Mexico in August 2011 and was ordered detained in federal … in approximately 2001 while serving as a police officer in Mexico.  While serving as a police officer, Cano Flores … Cartel to become a major transporter of narcotics within Mexico to the U.S. border and became the Cartel’s top …
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Fugitive Gets Forty-One Month Sentence For Transporting Drug Proceeds

… of heroin sales in the United States, across the border to Mexico. Rivera was given the money by co-defendant Luis … heroin dealer, to deliver to Garcia Hernandez's contacts in Mexico. Rivera was stopped at the U.S.-Mexican border at … intended to transport the money through the border and into Mexico, and he knew that the money represented the proceeds …