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Mexican Cartel Leader Known As “Tony Montana” Sentenced for Armed Drug Trafficking as Part of Homeland Security Task Force Initiative

Washington, D.C. - Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, 67, of Michoacán, Mexico, a career drug trafficker for several Mexican cartels, was sentenced today to 270 months in prison for international drug trafficking and firearm offenses. “For more than two decades, Antonio Oseguera Cervantes helped fuel one of the world’s most dangerous drug...
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International Law Enforcement Operation Targeting Opioid and Fentanyl Traffickers on the Dark Web Results in over 350 Arrests Worldwide and the Seizure of Drugs, Weapons, and over $234 Million

Note: Relevant court documents can be found here. Today, the Department of Justice, through the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team, joined Europol to announce the results of Operation TorNado: a coordinated, multi‑agency and international law enforcement effort targeting criminal enterprises that use Dark Web markets to traffic...
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Colombia-Based Cocaine Importers Indicted in Drug Conspiracy and Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to the FARC

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – A third superseding indictment recently unsealed in the Eastern District of Louisiana charges six members and associates of a Colombian-Russian drug trafficking organization with federal drug trafficking offenses, including conspiring to import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney David I...
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First Defendant in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation of Gun and Drug Trafficking Organization in Western Washington Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

Seattle – A 36-year-old Mexican national, who was tending a drug stash house in Everett and making drug deliveries for a large drug trafficking organization, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to five years in prison. Sylvestre Ramos was arrested October 28, 2025, following a year-long investigation...
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West Point Man Sentenced for Distributing Meth and Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

ABERDEEN, MS – Kelvis Orr, 36, of West Point, Mississippi, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years supervised release. Senior District Judge Glen H. Davidson sentenced the defendant after Orr previously pleaded guilty to distribution in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine and being a...
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Two Men Indicted For Drug Conspiracy And Firearms Charges

BOSTON –Two men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring to distribute fentanyl in Worcester County. Richard Molina-Ovalle, 36, of Worcester and Jose Molina-Ovalle, 27, a Dominican national unlawfully residing in Worcester, were charged in an indictment with conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of...
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Maine Man Sentenced Eight Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

CONCORD, N.H. – Kittery, Maine resident Trenton Murphy, 28, was sentenced in federal court to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine with a Massachusetts-based drug trafficking organization (DTO), U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. According to court documents and...
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Manchester Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Buying Methamphetamine from the Dark Web

CONCORD, N.H. – Manchester resident Aaron Silva, 27, was sentenced in federal court to 72 months of imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. According to court documents and statements made in...
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Homeland Security Task Force: Mississippi Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy Involving Fentanyl Pills

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A Mississippi man has been sentenced for his involvement in a drug conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. U.S. District Judge Edmund G. LaCour sentenced Jabreon Deshon Mosley, Jr., 36, of Meridian, Mississippi, to 300 months in prison. Mosley was convicted by a federal jury...
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Omaha Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

OMAHA, Neb., -- Keith Pumala, 67, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture of methamphetamine. There is no parole in the federal system. After Pumala is released from prison...

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