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Man from Albuquerque pleads guilty to federal drug and firearm possession charges

February 07, 2020
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. –Raymond Maestas, 43, of Albuquerque, New Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque on … Administration, Albuquerque Police Department, New Mexico State Police, and the New Mexico Attorney General’s …
February 07, 2020
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Mexican National Sentenced for Central Valley Drug Conspiracy

December 17, 2021
… (“Serrato”), aka “Alejandro,” aka “Meno,” 49, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced Tuesday to 148 months in prison for … Antonio Valencia-Hernandez (“Valencia”), 65, of Michoacán, Mexico, and Jose Reyes-Pineda (“Reyes”), 48, of Guerrero, Mexico. According to court documents, Serrato, who was …
December 17, 2021
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DEA’S 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Continues To Be Popular In Our Local Communities

October 02, 2015
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … EL PASO - Hundreds from West Texas and New Mexico discarded 9,857 pounds of unused, expired, or … collected a total of 3,572 pounds.  The State of New Mexico collected 6,285 pounds from cities such as Las …
October 02, 2015
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Mexican National And Leader Of Large Meth Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 17 A½ Years In Federal Prison

July 23, 2014
… Albarran Caro, aka “Colorin”, 36, born in Chihuahua, Mexico, but residing illegally in Texas and Colorado, was … Christi, Texas; Jose Ayvar-Ramos, 36, born in San Pedro, Mexico but residing illegally in Texas and Oklahoma; Alberto Sanchez, 37, born in Caahuila, Mexico but residing illegally in  Texas; and Ivan De Los …
July 23, 2014
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El Paso Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

January 21, 2011
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … a network of dozens of individual who imported cocaine from Mexico into El Paso then distributed the cocaine in Texas, New Mexico and New York. Aguirre also directed the repatriation …
January 21, 2011
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Six Men Charged With Cultivating Marijuana On U.S. Forest Land In Wisconsin

August 12, 2011
… were charged: Jose Esqueda-Garcia, 19, a citizen of Mexico Norberto Burciago, 40, St. Paul, MN Cesar Omar Tinoco, 21, a citizen of Mexico Moises Lopez-Ontiveros, 21, a citizen of Mexico Jorge Lopez-Ontiveros, 24, a citizen of Mexico …
August 12, 2011
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Member Of A Major Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Is Sentenced To Serve 18 Years In Federal Prison On Conspiracy And Money Laundering Convictions

October 08, 2014
… month.  The methamphetamine was imported into the U.S. from Mexico, and it was delivered to the Dallas area for … his customers and returned money to his supply source in Mexico.  Cisneros admitted sending money to Mexico via couriers to conceal the nature, location, source, …
October 08, 2014
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Former Piedras Negras “Plaza” Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Distribution Charge

April 09, 2015
… of kilograms of narcotics into the United States from Mexico announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph Arabit, … drug traffickers in the Piedras Negras “Plaza” in Coahuila, Mexico, and was responsible for the transportation of thousands of kilograms of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico into the United States. Law enforcement …
April 09, 2015
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High Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Indicted On Various Drug And Money Laundering Charges

March 28, 2013
… Tapia-Quintero, aka “Lupe”, is a resident of Sinaloa, Mexico and owned various businesses including bus and tractor-trailer companies in Mexico.  As a transportation coordinator for the powerful … of methamphetamine at a time from the interior of Mexico to the U.S/Mexico border including Arizona.    …
March 28, 2013
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Texas Man Sentenced To 70 Months For Role In International Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

August 27, 2015
… to launder drug money out of the United States and into Mexico.  Canales previously pleaded guilty to conspiring … out of the United States to co-conspirators operating in Mexico. Canales joined the conspiracy by at least October … were the proceeds of drug trafficking, over the border into Mexico. During the sentencing hearing, the court described …
August 27, 2015
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High-Ranking Sinaloa Leader Extradited to El Paso, Faces up to Life in Federal Prison

February 26, 2025
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … member of the Sinaloa Cartel was extradited from Mexico to El Paso, indicted for criminal charges related to … Franco Lopez aka “Micha” aka “Neon” aka “Fer,” 40, of Mexico, allegedly coordinated the shipments of hundreds of …
February 26, 2025
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Former Mexican Police Officer and CJNG Cartel Member Sentenced in El Paso to 25 Years in Federal Prison

September 05, 2024
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … was involved in an organization that smuggled firearms into Mexico and methamphetamine into the United States.  In … .50 caliber rifles which would have been smuggled to Mexico. Evidence produced at trial showed that this …
September 05, 2024
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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug Trafficking Offenses

August 15, 2023
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Rafael Columbie was sentenced … Columbie was traveling east on Interstate 40 when a New Mexico State Police Officer stopped Columbie for speeding. …
August 15, 2023
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DEA Dallas Seizes 1,447 Pounds of Drugs, 49 Firearms, and Over $6.6M in Drug-Related Assets

November 04, 2020
… international drug and firearm trafficking between Mexico and Texas.  Operations Trap Mansion and Two Birds and … quantities of firearms, which they would smuggle back to Mexico along with bulk U.S. currency that the Sinaloa Cartel … to conduct acts of violence, kidnappings and extortions in Mexico.  Trap Mansion and Two Birds One Stone specifically …
November 04, 2020
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DEA El Paso Division Announces the Seizure of Over 9 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

January 04, 2023
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … which covers West Texas and the whole state of New Mexico, seized 2,886,783 of those pills and 261.5 of those … Those deadly doses could kill the entire state of New Mexico plus the 17 counties of West Texas the El Paso …
January 04, 2023
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Attorney General William P. Barr and U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson announce launch of Operation Relentless Pursuit

December 18, 2019
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … William P. Barr, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico John C. Anderson and DEA El Paso Division Special … work jointly with our law enforcement partners here in New Mexico to bring new resources to our state and enhance our …
December 18, 2019
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Drug Traffickers Sentenced for Distributing 100 Kilograms of Methamphetamine Per Week in Atlanta Area

June 04, 2018
… per week while hiding on the other end of a cell phone in Mexico,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. “These … in court: Victor Aguirre-Rodriguez was a member of a Mexico-based drug-trafficking organization (DTO) with a … began negotiating on behalf of the DTO via telephone from Mexico with Colombian cocaine suppliers.  Unbeknownst to …
June 04, 2018
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Thirteen Facing Federal Charges For Trafficking Heroin

July 21, 2011
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales for the District of New Mexico announced that thirteen defendants have been charged … on an investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), the New Mexico State (NMSP), the Albuquerque Police (APD), and the …
July 21, 2011
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Treasury Designates Sinaloa Cartel Plaza Bosses

May 07, 2013
… of operation along the Sonora-Arizona corridor of the U.S.-Mexico International Boundary, which extends for nearly 375 … direct, and support the smuggling of illegal drugs from Mexico into the U.S. and the smuggling of illicit contraband from the U.S. into Mexico.  Plaza bosses rely on violence to maintain their …
May 07, 2013
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Cartel transportation head sentenced to federal prison

May 16, 2019
… feel safer.”    “Montemayor came to the United States from Mexico and used his skills, hard work, and the opportunities … in moving goods across the border from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and then into and across the United States.  In … a Mexican drug cartel, needed help moving his cocaine from Mexico to customers in the United States. Montemayor’s …
May 16, 2019
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Operación dirigida por la DEA que tiene como blanco al Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación genera más de 600 arrestos

March 11, 2020
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … drogas ilegales hacia y a través del oeste de Texas y Nuevo México serán responsables por el daño que causan a nuestras … criminales transnacionales de más rápido crecimiento en México que se encuentra entre los fabricantes de …
March 11, 2020
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Five Santa Fe Residents Arrested On Federal Oxycodone Trafficking Charges

September 26, 2013
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Raymond J. Rael of the Santa Fe Police Department, and New Mexico State Police Lieutenant W. Troy Weisler, Commander of … drug abuse, addiction and overdose deaths in New Mexico, particularly among teens and young adults.  …
September 26, 2013
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Alleged Members Of Grant County Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Arrested On Federal Charges

April 30, 2015
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … remains committed to safeguarding families throughout New Mexico.” “In Silver City, New Mexico, DEA and its law … this community safe.” “Grant County, like so many of New Mexico's historic, scenic areas, offers lots for residents …
April 30, 2015
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Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Narcotics Trafficking Charges

July 15, 2016
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … seeks to reduce the number of opioid-related deaths in New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel Jiron, 41, of Albuquerque, N.M., … Timothy S. Vasquez and Joel R. Meyers pursuant to the New Mexico Heroin and Opioid Prevention and (HOPE) Initiative.  …
July 15, 2016
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Agency Heads Announce Major Criminal Action Against Cartel

May 19, 2011
… 2008, Jesus Valencia Rodriguez has been identified as the Mexico-based gate keeper working for the Caborca-based … multi-ton quantities of marijuana and illegal aliens from Mexico into the United States through the San Miguel Gate … of bulk drug proceeds and assault weapons back into Mexico. The San Miguel Gate area is a remote U.S./Mexico …
May 19, 2011
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Thirty-Four Facing Federal And Tribal Charges Arising Out Of Methamphetamine Trafficking On Mescalero Apache Reservation

December 14, 2015
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in Nov. and Dec. 2015.  Sixteen other members of the … two other drug trafficking organizations in southern New Mexico that allegedly served as sources of supply for the …
December 14, 2015
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Forty-One Facing Drug Trafficking Charges As A Result Of Multi-Agency Investigation In Chaves County

September 23, 2015
… Division X Account @DEAElPasoDiv Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional … Police Department, Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, the New Mexico State Police.  Twenty-one of the defendants charged … in Charge Will R. Glaspy of DEA’s El Paso Division, New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kassetas, Chaves County …
September 23, 2015
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$5 Million Reward Offered for Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Drug Trafficker

September 16, 2025
… of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin from Mexico into the United States. It is also believed that the … the “Chapitos” has resulted in increased cartel violence in Mexico.    Ponce Felix’s organization directly manages the … cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin, from Mexico to the U.S., as well as the sending of proceeds from …
September 16, 2025
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Three Chinese Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Five Employees Charged with Conspiring to Manufacture Fentanyl

June 23, 2023
… building blocks of fentanyl to the United States and Mexico, even providing advice on how they should be used to … supplied drug traffickers, in the United States and Mexico, with the ingredients and scientific know-how needed … supplied precursor chemicals to the United States and Mexico, among other places, knowing they would be used to …
June 23, 2023
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Four of Chapo’s Sons Indicted for Large-Scale Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Violent Crimes as Alleged Leaders of Sinaloa Cartel

April 18, 2023
… Jan. 5, 2023, by Mexican authorities in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. He remains detained in Mexico pending extradition proceedings. The charges, … Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala, into Mexico, stored that cocaine throughout Mexico, and …
April 18, 2023