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Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Sentenced To 360 Months In Prison

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that U.S. District Judge Patricia A. Seitz...
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Federal Jury Convicts Mexican National On Heroin Trafficking Charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal jury returned a verdict earlier today finding Miguel Bustamante-Conchas, 39, a Mexican national with legal permanent resident status in the United States, guilty on heroin trafficking charges after a six-day trial, announced U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy...
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Carlsbad Man Pleads Guilty To Federal “Spice” Trafficking Charge

ALBUQUERQUE - Phillip Larez, 33, of Carlsbad, N.M., entered a guilty plea this afternoon in Las Cruces federal court to a distribution of a controlled substance analogue charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Larez will be sentenced to a year of probation. Larez and his co-defendants, Garlan R...
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Seven South Florida Residents Charged In Conspiracy To Distribute Performance Enhancing Drugs To Underage High School And Professional Athletes

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce that seven individuals have been charged with conspiring to distribute anabolic steroid testosterone to underage high school and professional athletes. Charged...
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Santa Fe Man Sentenced To Seventy-Eight Months For Participating In Crack Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Jaramillo, 24, of Santa Fe, N.M., was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for his role in a cocaine base trafficking conspiracy. Jaramillo was one of five men who were indicted in April 2013, on federal narcotics and...
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Ocala Man Convicted For Attempting To Purchase More Than 5 Kilograms Of Cocaine

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that a federal jury has found Anthony Vikey Omar (29, Ocala) guilty of aiding and abetting an attempt to...
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Leader Of Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 18 Years In Federal Prison

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore sentenced Vinston Boxton-(49, San Andres Island, Colombia, South America) to 18 years in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, knowing and intending that the cocaine would be unlawfully imported into the United States...
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Hobbs Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charge

ALBUQUERQUE - On July 24, 2014, Carlos Luis Bujanda, 46, of Hobbs, N.M., entered a guilty plea in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Bujanda was arrested on Dec. 12, 2013, on a criminal complaint alleging that he possessed methamphetamine with intent to distribute in...
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Colombian Cocaine Smuggler Sentenced To More Than 15 Years In Federal Prison

TAMPA, Fla. - Last week Senior U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. sentenced Luis Alberto Urrego-Contreras to 15 years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, knowing and intending that such substance would be unlawfully imported into the United (US)...
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Operation Pill Nation II Doctor Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, for the Middle District of Florida, announce that U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Ronald John (58, Brandon) to 20 years in federal...

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