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Dominican National Arrested for his Unlawful Reentry into the United States and for Distributing Fentanyl and One Pound of Meth

June 16, 2025
CONCORD, N.H. – A Dominican man was arrested in connection with immigration and drug offenses, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Robely Eladio De Jesus Guerrero, 37, a citizen of the Dominican Republic unlawfully residing in Massachusetts, was charged with unlawful reentry of a deported alien and distribution of controlled...
June 16, 2025
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Colombian Money Broker Sentenced to Nearly a Decade in Prison for Role in International Money Laundering Conspiracy

June 16, 2025
BOSTON – A Colombian man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his involvement in a sophisticated international money laundering organization that laundered more than $6 million in drug trafficking proceeds from Colombian cartels through the United States, Caribbean and European banking systems. Jaime Humberto Mejia-Bencardino, 62, was...
June 16, 2025
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Wasilla, Alaska Man Indicted for Distributing Carfentanil Resulting in Two Overdoses, One Fatal and One Non-Fatal

June 11, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska--A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment yesterday charging a Wasilla man with distributing Carfentanil to two individuals, resulting in the non-fatal overdose of an adult victim and the fatal overdose of a minor. Per court documents, the Alaska Bureau of Investigations (ABI) discovered that between Nov...
June 11, 2025
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Leader of Lane County Drug Trafficking Cell Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection with the Largest Seizure of Methamphetamine in Oregon State History

June 03, 2025
EUGENE, Ore.— The leader of a Lane County, Oregon, drug trafficking cell was sentenced to federal prison today for possessing 384 pounds of methamphetamine, the largest single seizure of methamphetamine in Oregon State history and valued at over a million dollars. Martin Manzo Negrete, 51, a Mexican national unlawfully residing...
June 03, 2025
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Two Interrelated Drug Rings in Seattle Area Taken Down in Series of Arrests Following Wiretap Investigation

June 02, 2025
Seattle – Fourteen people were indicted in late May and eleven were taken into custody in coordinated arrests last week as part of an ongoing investigation of drug traffickers with ties to drug trafficking in Seattle’s International District and homeless encampments, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. The defendants...
June 02, 2025
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Five Charged with Trafficking Narcotics in the Waterbury Area

June 01, 2025
WATERBURY, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Stephen P. Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Waterbury Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo have announced that ZACHARY FOSTER, also known as “Lee,” 58, of Waterbury; KEVIN...
June 01, 2025
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Member Of Violent Gang Sentenced To Nearly Five Years In Prison For Racketeering And Firearm And Drug Trafficking Offenses

June 01, 2025
BOSTON – A Boston-area man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in Cameron Street, a violent Boston gang. Jonathan Darosa, a/k/a “Jeezy,” 32, of Boston, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 57 months in prison, to be followed by...
June 01, 2025
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Revere Man Pleads Guilty To Role In International Money Laundering Organization

June 01, 2025
BOSTON – A Revere man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug proceeds for drug suppliers based in Central and/or South America and possessing over 17 kilograms of various controlled substances. Jason Hunter, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy...
June 01, 2025
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Dominican National Charged With Distributing Hundreds Of Fentanyl Pills

June 01, 2025
BOSTON – A Dominican national, living in Haverhill and Methuen, Mass., has been arrested and charged for allegedly conspiring to distribute approximately 600 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. Jose Radhame Sanchez, 41, was charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. According to the...
June 01, 2025
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New Britain Man Sentenced to 43 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotic Pills

June 01, 2025
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERIK PETERSEN, 44, of New Britain, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 43 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking...
June 01, 2025
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