Johnny Hurtado-Olascoaga
FUGITIVE

Johnny Hurtado-Olascoaga

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy/Transporter-Smuggler
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Sinaloa Cartel-Connected Drug Distribution Ring That Used Semi-Trucks to Transport Huge Loads Disrupted With Multiple Arrests

… Miller. The drug traffickers transported narcotics from Mexico, via California, sometimes using a semi-truck to … Western District of Washington, but also the brothers in Mexico who profited by spreading their poisons and addiction … Banuelos 24. The men are based in the Sinaloa area of Mexico. Throughout 2023 and 2024, law enforcement used …
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Alleged Member of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Extradited to El Paso

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda 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) … to the Western District of Texas following his arrest in Mexico last week. According to court documents, from January …
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Reward Offer of Up to $5 Million for Information Leading to Arrest and/or Conviction of Leader of FTO ‘Los Choneros’

December 11, 2025
… of cocaine from South America, through Central American and Mexico, to the United States and elsewhere.   On September …
December 11, 2025
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Federal Court Sentenced Clayton Woman for Laundering Millions for Cartels and Moving Kilo Quantities of Narcotics

… of cocaine and methamphetamine that had been shipped from Mexico and laundered the proceeds from the sale of these drugs back to Mexico. In January 2023, agents learned that … drugs to customers in the Carolinas that originated in Mexico. Rodriguez-Flores was also responsible for laundering …
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Two Defendants Charged Following Shootout with DEA Agents and Seizure of Approximately 50,000 Suspected Fentanyl Pills

… Ariz. – Eduardo Valenzuela Lopez, 33, of Cajeme, Sonora, Mexico, and Jael Gonzalez Banuelos, 22, of Phoenix, Arizona, …
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Defendant Who Trafficked Drugs While Absconding From Federal Drug Trafficking Sentence Gets Additional Five Years in Prison

… - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Citizen of Mexico Arrested With 13 Kilos of Cocaine While on the Run … Prison Sentence for Drug Dealing Seattle –A citizen of Mexico who resided in Renton, Washington before being sent … a lengthy investigation of drug traffickers with ties to Mexico and Colombia. In June 2024 law enforcement teams from …
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High-Ranking Member of Violent Mexican Drug Cartel Sentenced on Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charge

… also known as El Chelelo, 53, of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was a member of Los Zetas, a drug trafficking … as regional leader, known as a “plaza boss,” in Monterrey, Mexico, commanding dozens of members of The Company in drug … Affairs worked with law enforcement partners in Mexico to secure the arrest and July 2023 extradition of …
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Arizona Drug Trafficker Who Fled State Charges Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison

… County District Court, but Lopez posted bond and fled to Mexico.  The United States indicted Lopez in February 2022. …
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Illegal Alien Transnational Drug Trafficking Leader Receives 12 years in Federal Prison

… for smuggling and distributing methamphetamine from Mexico into South Texas and on to Houston. Reyes-Morales was …
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Trial Victory Secured in Largest Single Fentanyl Pill Bust in DEA History

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda 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) … fentanyl dealer operating in Hobbs and southern New Mexico, Jose Marquez. In November 2024, agents executed a …
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Prolific Fentanyl Dealer with Alleged Cartel Ties Faces Federal Charges

… revealed that Martinez allegedly has ties to the Mexico-based La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel. Kevin …
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DEA Seizes Record-Breaking 2.7 Million Fentanyl Pills

… Largest Fentanyl Pill Seizure to Date Drugs seized in New Mexico Guns seized in New Mexico Historic Fentanyl Pill Seizure in Albuquerque … District Office seized 2.7 million fentanyl pills in New Mexico's largest city. The seizure was part of an ongoing, …
Rene Arzate-Garcia
FUGITIVE

Rene Arzate-Garcia

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: FOR NARCO-TERRORISM, CONDUCTING A CONTINUING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE, MATERIAL SUPPORT TO A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY, AND MONEY LAUNDERING
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Two Indicted as Law Enforcement Captures Largest Fentanyl Seizure in South Carolina History

… Investigators believe the seized narcotics were sourced in Mexico and transported across the southern border.  Law …
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Portland Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

… an interstate drug transporter and local distributor for a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization operating in …
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DEA Launches Bold Bilateral Initiative to Dismantle Cartel Gatekeepers and Combat Synthetic Drug Trafficking

… to strengthen collaboration between the United States and Mexico in the fight against cartels, whose trafficking … ensuring the movement of firearms and bulk cash back into Mexico. By specifically targeting them, DEA and its partners …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison for Laundering $5.4 million

… repatriation of the proceeds, or their equivalent value, to Mexico as part of a money laundering conspiracy. According … proceeds generated in the United States to the cartel in Mexico. Martinez personally arranged for the laundering of … of drugs across our borders and the flow of money back to Mexico by cartel operatives and bring these individuals to …
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Mexican National Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison For Conspiring to Traffic Cocaine and Money Laundering

… individuals to traffic cocaine and heroin from Mexico, through California, to Massachusetts and into New … was later determined to be pure fentanyl) from sources in Mexico. Palafox also admitted to conspiring to use a … money laundering by wiring drug proceeds to his mother in Mexico.  United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Jarod A. …
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U.S. Attorney's Office, DEA and HSI Announce Charges Against Fourteen Individuals in Major Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda 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 significant drug trafficking network in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The operation targeted 15 defendants charged with …
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Sacramento Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Meth Trafficking

… of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone “M-30” pills from Mexico and distributing them in northern California and … After supplying this methamphetamine, Zamora Rojo moved to Mexico. In December 2020, Zamora Rojo supplied thousands of … extradition of Luis Lopez Zamora to the United States from Mexico. Assistant U.S. Attorney David W. Spencer is …
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Illegal Alien Sentenced for Leadership Role in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Organization Linked to Mexican Cartels

… and North Carolina. The organization also moved firearms to Mexico to arm the cartels.  Navarro-Jaimes was responsible …
Javier Francisco Benitez-Coronado
FUGITIVE

Javier Francisco Benitez-Coronado

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841, 21 USC 846, 18 USC 1956(h)
Alex Alfaro-Yanez
FUGITIVE

Alex Alfaro-Yanez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841
Jose Miguel Quinonez-Figueroa
FUGITIVE

Jose Miguel Quinonez-Figueroa

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USCS 841
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High-Ranking Sinaloa Leader Extradited to El Paso, Faces up to Life in Federal Prison

… Social Accounts X Robert “Eric” Castañeda 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) … member of the Sinaloa Cartel was extradited from Mexico to El Paso, indicted for criminal charges related to …
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High-Ranking Members of Sinaloa Cartel Charged with Material Support of a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Narcoterrorism

… into southern Illinois and laundering the proceeds to Mexico. “The Sinaloa Cartel relies on drug trafficking to … into the United States and funneling the profits back into Mexico. Over approximately one week, the DEA, in conjunction … Cartel sourced drug distribution pipeline originating in Mexico that included the Southern District of Illinois, …
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DEA New York and Law Enforcement Partners Issue Statement on the Resolution of Charges Against Narcotics Trafficker and Longtime Fugitive for Drug-Related Kidnappings and Assaults

… in the Bronx, and was ultimately arrested in Guadalajara, Mexico. Three co-conspirators who were arrested in 2022 have … narcotic trafficking operation. Even after Huertas fled to Mexico, dedicated law enforcement teams never abandoned … Agents and officers tracked HUERTAS to Guadalajara, Mexico, where he was arrested on a federal warrant and …
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Mexican National Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking

… the transportation of drug shipments with traffickers in Mexico. In handing down the sentence, the court noted the …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Role in Cocaine Conspiracy

… – Aaron Leopoldo Aguirre-Gutierrez, 50, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced on Jan. 20, 2026, by U.S. District …