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Leader of Multi-Million Dollar International Money Laundering and Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

ATLANTA – Monica Dominguez Torres has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for leading a transnational criminal organization that operated methamphetamine conversion laboratories in the Atlanta area and laundered millions of dollars of drug proceeds to Mexico. “This case highlights the evolving nature of drug trafficking organizations which is...
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Three-Time Convicted Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Selling Deadly "Tranq Dope" That Killed One and Seriously Injured Another

ATLANTA - Masi Lenard Fears has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl, which resulted in the death of one customer and serious injury to another, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. “Selling lethal drugs disguised as something less dangerous is not just criminal...
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Sacramento Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Pill Trafficking that Resulted in an Overdose Death

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sandro Escobedo, 37, of Sacramento, was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Monday for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine, and distribution of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob Beris announced...
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Lancaster Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking, Firearm Possession

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Travis Rashad Laney, 38, of Lancaster, has been sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for distributing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Evidence presented in court revealed that agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration identified Laney as an individual involved in trafficking significant quantities of narcotics...
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Illegal Alien and His Associate Charged with Trafficking 85 Kilograms of Methamphetamine

ATLANTA - Alberto Ortiz-Osornio, an illegal alien from Mexico, and Marco Antonio Solano-Posadas face federal drug trafficking charges after law enforcement seized approximately 85 kilograms of methamphetamine in Norcross, Georgia. “The defendants allegedly sought to traffic nearly 200 pounds of deadly methamphetamine before a coordinated law enforcement effort caught them...
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Central Valley Men Indicted for Possession of Approximately One Million Pills Containing Suspected Methamphetamine

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment today against Jose Mendoza, 35, of Merced; Jessy Johnson, 34, of Turlock; and Alejandro Perez, 43, of Crows Landing, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration...
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Illegal Alien with Serious Criminal History Sentenced to over 19 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Traffic Fentanyl and Meth

FRESNO, Calif. — Gilberto Arteaga, 43, of Michoacan, Mexico, illegally residing in Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston to 19 years and five months in prison for his role in a fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration Special...
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Attorney General Alan Wilson Announces Indictments in State Grand Jury Operation ‘Ganjapreneur’ Involving Marijuana and Illegal THC Products Being Sold Openly in SC Businesses

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today in the drug trafficking investigation known as “Ganjapreneur” that the South Carolina State Grand Jury has issued the first indictments directly resulting from the searches and seizures of Midlands area distributorships and vape shops on December 9, 2025. In...
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Mexican Illegal Alien and Convicted Felon Both Face Federal Charges After Norcross Drug Busts

Atlanta – Benjamin Alberto Lozoya, a convicted felon, and Arturo Carreno-Rivera, an illegal alien from Mexico, face federal charges after law enforcement seized at least 30 pounds of fentanyl, 10 pounds of methamphetamine, and two loaded firearms in drug trafficking operations in Norcross, Georgia this week. “The defendants conducted their...
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Thirteen Members of a Prison-Based Meth Distribution Ring Sentenced

ROME, Ga. – Thirteen members of a prison-based methamphetamine distribution ring have been convicted and sentenced. Before they were identified by federal agents, state inmates Edward Kelvin Pope, David Wilson, and Kevin Josue Campos Rivera coordinated with Jose Santos Isaola Cisneros, a federal inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in...

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