La cooperación con la agencia antidroga norteamericana (DEA) y la Policía Nacional de Panamá ha permitido que la droga no alcance el mercado.
La investigación comenzó con la detección de una organización criminal radicada en Panamá y Colombia. Esta banda intentaba hacer llegar cuatro contenedores hasta el puerto de Barcelona. Uno de ellos estaría destinado al transporte de la droga, pese a declarar llevar cartón prensado como mercancía legal.
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The Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor Marcelo Pecci was killed Tuesday by armed men who arrived aboard a jet ski at the place where he was honeymooning in the Colombian Caribbean. The crime is revealing the transformation of Paraguay to a cocaine producer and the links between the type of politics and drug trafficking.
RFI consulted with analyst Carlos Aníbal Peris, a political scientist who specializes in drug trafficking at the Catholic University of Asunción, about this crime, which is now under investigation to determine the motive and circumstances of the murder.
-The Pecci prosecutor’s investigation resulted in the mega operation “A Ultranza Py” last month, which led to the resignation of several politicians involved in a criminal structure of international cocaine trafficking. This case sheds light on what you call narcopolitics in Paraguay …
Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, along with his wife Claudia Aguilera
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Des directives auraient-elles été données sous forme de conseils ou plutôt de souhaits pour que ce procès ne bénéficie pas de toutes les capacités de ces grandes rédactions ?
Espérons que le Journal du Dimanche fasse exception demain !
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DNRED (80 ans): ils sont venus, ils étaient tous là (ou presque)…
Belle assemblée constituée de Guy Gouin, Gérard Estavoyer, Joseph Le Louarn et Jean Henri Hoguet qui sont venus au siège de la DNRED pour fêter avec Jean Paul Garcia, les 80 ans d’existence du service.
Mais un peu d’histoire !
C’est dans ‘Association pour l’Histoire de l’Administration des Douanes’ que nous trouvons les explications de l’évolution de la DNED en DNRED
Dans le cadre de notre rétrospective de l’histoire des services d’enquêtes, de recherche et de renseignement de l’institution douanière française, le passage de la « DNED » à la « DNRED » constitue un séquence déterminante. C’est en 1988 que voit le jour une véritable direction du renseignement au sein du service.
Pour relater cette séquence, est reproduit ici l’éclairage apporté par Jean-Henri Hoguet, promoteur de cette mesure novatrice et chef du service à cette époque.
La Direction du renseignement
L’année 1988 a d’abord été celle de l’adjonction d’un pôle Renseignement à la D.N.E.D., devenue de ce fait D.N.R.E.D., suite à la parution d’un arrêté ministériel du 1er mars 1988 et de 1’Instruction Cadre du 19 mai. Comme proposé par le G.P.A. (Groupe Prospective et Action), le Centre de Documentation et d’Évaluation (C.D.E.), créé quelques années auparavant et qui, faute d’une doctrine bien établie et appliquée avec des moyens correspondant aux objectifs à atteindre, devait disparaître. Les moyens de l’ex -C.D.E, étaient transférés, au moins en partie, à la Direction du Renseignement. La partie Évaluation du C.D.E. était reprise, au niveau des principes, par la Direction générale et l’application pratique des règles relatives à la Valeur en douane relevait des Directions régionales à travers les bureaux de douane et les C.E.R.D.O.C.
Le C.D.E. avait été dirigé jusqu’ici par un directeur, flanqué de deux adjoints cadres supérieurs qui régnaient sur un effectif d’environ 70 agents. Le personnel, livré à des tâches peu exaltantes et mal encadré, relevait plus de la réserve indienne que de la troupe d’élite. Je reçus carte blanche de la D.G. – ce qui est rare – pour ne conserver que les agents que j’estimerais convenir à l’accomplissement des nouvelles tâches de renseignement. Ce contrat prévoyait toutefois que je devais garder le directeur. Je n’ai conservé qu’environ la moitié de l’effectif du C.D.E..
Pour faire fonctionner la nouvelle Direction du Renseignement, il fallait certes des « petites mains » non expertes, mais surtout un encadrement de spécialistes de la lutte contre la fraude. Or, où les trouver sinon chez les enquêteurs de la D.N.E.D. ? Je fis le tour des cinq divisions parisiennes de la Direction des Enquêtes et Recherches en expliquant aux agents ce que je voulais faire avec cette nouvelle Direction du Renseignement et de la Documentation, et les moyens que j’entendais y consacrer, y compris à l’étranger. Je demandais que chaque Division – sur la base du volontariat – me « prête » pour un an ses deux meilleurs agents, libre à eux si l’aventure leur plaisait, de rester un temps plus long à la D.R.D. Si cette expérience ne les satisfaisait pas, ils étaient assurés de retourner, au bout d’un an, dans leurs unités d’origine. Le pari était risqué – un enquêteur de classe n’aime rien plus que de faire des enquêtes avec un résultat probant au bout. Un enquêteur c’est avant tout un chasseur. S’asseoir derrière un bureau ou un ordinateur, peloter des listings ou confronter des séries de données n’a rien de très passionnant, encore que tout enquêteur prépare souvent son enquête de la sorte. Devant la réticence des enquêteurs à venir à la D.R.D., je leur racontais que j’avais rencontré à Londres, au siège de 1’Investigation Division, un enquêteur réputé qui, antérieurement, avait battu moult fois la campagne dans le cadre de ses investigations et qui maintenant se contentait de recueillir des informations, de les analyser et de lancer ses jeunes collègues sur les routes. Cet agent me disait qu’assis derrière son ordinateur, il éprouvait « une véritable jouissance chaque fois qu’il avait réuni le faisceau d’informations qui ferait tomber son client ». L’homme derrière l’ordinateur ajoutait : « avant je me déplaçais, maintenant j’envoie les autres et ça marche ». C’est ainsi qu’avec un peu de persuasion j’ai pu débaucher une petite dizaine (9 au départ) d’enquêteurs qui ont fait démarrer la D.R.D. Quelques-uns y sont restés plus d’un an. Je n’ai pas été ensuite ingrat avec ces agents qui m’ont cru et ont eu le courage de tenter l’aventure.
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La mise en place de la nouvelle D.N.R.E.D.
Concernant le fonctionnement du service, on peut dire que 1988 a vu la mise en marche de la D.R.D. et le début de rapports nouveaux entre cette Direction et celle des Enquêtes Douanières. Nous revenions de loin car, au début, les enquêteurs de la D.E.D., soucieux de conserver leurs enquêtes d’initiative, niaient la nécessité, l’utilité et même la viabilité d’une Direction du Renseignement. Pour les enquêteurs, la Direction du Renseignement ne pouvait avoir qu’une tendance monopolistique et confiscatoire au regard de l’information opérationnelle.
A la D.E.D., on avait également innové. On avait monté des opérations faisant intervenir soit plusieurs échelons, soit une division parisienne et plusieurs échelons. Ces opérations concernaient des livraisons surveillées de stupéfiants naissant à la frontière espagnole et se terminant à Marseille, Lyon ou dans le nord, mais aussi d’autres opérations plus classiquement douanières relatives à un produit importé mais ayant des points de chute disséminés sur tout le territoire. L’importance de ces opérations amenait naturellement à évaluer leur coût en hommes, en matériel et en frais de déplacement et à tirer de cette évaluation des conséquences au regard de la rentabilité
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La D.N.R.E.D. en 1989
Les 14 et 15 mars, je me rendis, en passant par Lille où je pris Bardu avec moi, à Anvers. Le but du voyage était d’examiner avec nos collègues douaniers belges les possibilités d’échanges de renseignements en matière de conteneurs arrivant dans ce grand port et dont une bonne partie était ensuite acheminée sur la France. Je m’aperçus qu’en Belgique la Douane a d’abord pour directive du gouvernement de ne pas freiner le commerce afin que le bon renom du port d’Anvers ne soit pas altéré. La vitesse du dédouanement primait donc la recherche de la fraude.
Les échanges internationaux de renseignements sur la fraude ne s’en développèrent pas moins en 1989. Le nombre des dossiers traités augmenta de 14% par rapport à 1988 et de 67% par rapport à 1985. Compte tenu des facilités que j’avais obtenues pour envoyer des agents en mission à l’étranger, le nombre des missionnaires passa de 26 en 1987 à 51 en 1989. Certaines de ces missions donnèrent d’excellents résultats sur le plan contentieux. Pour la première fois, une permanence H 24 fut instituée dans le secteur de l’assistance mutuelle avec l’étranger, en raison du développement de celle-ci et de la nécessité, dans certains cas, de réagir très vite. En 1989 également un système international de surveillance des navires suspects a été mis sur pied – Mar-Info – et une partie de la gestion du système fut confiée à la D.R.D. par nos collègues étrangers, Pour la première fois, un pays gérait en temps réel un fichier douanier et le mettait à la disposition des autres.
La D.R.D. commençait à être victime de son succès, car si les besoins en informatique pouvaient à peu près être satisfaits, il n’en allait pas de même pour ce qui concerne le renfort en personnel. Cette mème pénurie nous empêchait de nous lancer dans l’élaboration d’une structure apte à traiter l’information en matière de blanchiment.
A partir de septembre, la D.R.D. eut un nouveau patron. En remplacement de Pla, j’avais pu, en insistant beaucoup, faire nommer sur ce poste de directeur le chef d’échelon de Lille, Jacques Bardu. Tout son passé, y compris lorsqu’il était chef de subdivision dans l’Est, montrait qu’il savait recueillir l’information, développer des réseaux d’informateurs et faire des affaires sur renseignements. Son efficacité était même dérangeante pour certains, d’autant qu’il agissait et rendait compte après, chaque fois qu’il pressentait que la diffusion préalable de I’information était susceptible de retarder ou d’arrêter l’action. De plus, sa notoriété auprès de ses collègues chefs d’échelon était de nature à donner une crédibilité accrue à la jeune D.R.D.. Dès son arrivée, il mit sur pied un nouveau système de diffusion mensuel de l’information sur la fraude qui incitait les services destinataires à faire du retour d’information et créait 1’émulation entre ces services en publiant leurs résultats. Ce bulletin était en outre présenté sous une forme attractive, relevant plus de la bande dessinée que de la note administrative. Yvon Pelafigue, directeur interrégional à Lille, nous donna un très sérieux coup de main en mettant pendant plusieurs mois à notre disposition le dessinateur-douanier qui illustrait si bien notre document mensuel.
La D.E.D. quant à elle, si elle avait achevé sa reconversion du Change vers la Douane, n’en avait pas moins deux problèmes à résoudre pour s’adapter aux évolutions en cours. Alors qu’elle fonctionnait auparavant en circuit fermé concernant le renseignement qu’elle recueillait et exploitait directement, il lui fallait maintenant, non seulement admettre l’existence de la D.R.D., mais aussi participer à son fonctionnement en la pourvoyant en informations. Des progrès restaient à faire, spécialement pour les recherches, car le changement des habitudes mentales ne se réalise pas immédiatement à la suite d’une injonction, même forte. Le deuxième problème pour la D.E.D. était que ses unités apprennent à travailler entre elles compte tenu des dimensions nationales et internationales prises par la fraude, qu’il s’agisse de stupéfiants ou de fraudes commerciales communautaires. Devant la complexité ou la difficulté des dossiers à traiter, les agents se rendaient compte que la matière était en train de changer de nature et de dimension et que, pour mener à bien les enquêtes, il fallait mettre en jeu des moyens juridiques, techniques et matériels dont certains faisaient encore défaut (écoutes légales, coopération judiciaire internationale, mesures conservatoires sur les biens situés à l’étranger, etc.).
Jean Henri Hoguet
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Un peu d’histoire aussi !
Pour rejeter ma demande d’indemnisation, c’est Erwan Guilmin qui a été chargé de pondre un document mensonger.
Marc Fievet avec Gérard Estavoyer à Nice
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Marc Fievet avec Jean Henri Hoguet à Saintes
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C’est dans ARABNEWS que nous trouvons les déclarations d’Erwan Guilmin devant les juges du Tribunal correctionnel de Paris
Comment Erwan Guilmin a-t-il pu modifier un document classé secret-défense, masquant ainsi que les douanes travaillaient avec un indic jugé dangereux, inscrit sur liste noire ?
Jugé à Paris mercredi, le haut fonctionnaire Erwan Guilmin a contesté tout caviardage
« Je n’ai à aucun moment fait ou produit un faux« , a juré devant le tribunal correctionnel, Erwan Guilmin, l’ancien patron de la puissante Direction des opérations douanières (DOD), bras armé de la Direction nationale du renseignement douanier (DNRED).
«Erreur scripturale»
En 2016, le juge d’instruction enquêtant sur cette affaire de stups adresse une réquisition concernant certains informateurs des douanes. Le secrétariat général de l’institution rédige alors une note mentionnant expressément que Petrovic figure sur « liste noire ».
Mais avant l’envoi du document, Erwan Guilmin, à la tête de la DOD depuis 2014, rédige un deuxième exemplaire quasiment identique, avec le même numéro secret défense, faisant disparaître cette mention.
Face au tribunal, le haut fonctionnaire a soutenu, comme son prédécesseur M. Sauvalère qui a dirigé la DOD entre 2008 et 2014, que « Z » n’avait en réalité jamais été « blacklisté ». Certes une demande a été faite par un service parisien en 2009, mais elle n’aurait jamais été suivie d’effet et l’informateur aurait poursuivi sa collaboration, malgré cette « erreur scripturale » jamais corrigée.
Le document transmis à la justice est « un envoi, dans l’état de mes connaissances », a-t-il argué.
Mais si un doute existait sur le statut de cet informateur, pourquoi ne pas avoir attendu pour être certain de transmettre des informations correctes ?
Au moment de l’envoi, « il est hors de question d’attendre le lendemain », a expliqué M. Guilmin, en racontant la pression de la direction générale pour avoir une réponse la plus rapide possible.
L’inscription sur liste noire de Petrovic devait d’ailleurs être abordée ultérieurement lors d’une réunion entre la DOD, la DNRED et la direction générale des douanes, a-t-il rappelé. Une rencontre qui n’a finalement jamais eu lieu.
« J’aurais dû ne pas répondre », a-t-il concédé, au terme d’un échange houleux avec la présidente.
« C’est incompréhensible qu’au poste qui est le vôtre, vous recopiiez une note secret-défense avec son numéro, en omettant la mention liste noire, alors qu’il y avait déjà eu une première alerte », lui a-t-elle fait remarquer. Quelques mois plus tôt, un mail avait été transmis à la DOD, signalant qu’elle s’apprêtait un payer un aviseur inscrit sur liste noire.
Pour Erwan Guilmin, ce paiement, validé par la direction générale, était au contraire la preuve que Petrovic n’était pas blacklisté.
« Je ne vois pas comment un informateur sur liste noire peut faire l’objet d’une proposition de rémunération, ou alors ça veut dire qu’il y a un groupe massif de fraudeurs », au-delà de la seule DNRED, a-t-il plaidé.
« C’est le serpent qui se mord la queue », s’est agacé la présidente.
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Pour mémoire, Erwan Guilmin, a produit de fausses informations sur Marc Fievet sans jamais avoir cherché à se renseigner auprès des douaniers qui travaillaient au quotidien avec NS 55.
Fausses informations pour empêcher l’ indemnisation des 3888 jours de détention, non-stop, subis par Marc Fievet en Espagne, Angleterre, Canada et France.
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Le procès de six anciens hauts responsables des douanes dont Vincent Sauvalère et Erwan Guilmin dit « le caviardeur » soupçonnés de largesses envers un de leurs informateurs pour gonfler les chiffres des saisies, s’est ouvert lundi 9 mai à Paris par une demande de huis clos de plusieurs avocats, rejetée par le tribunal.
Un huis clos n’est «pas juridiquement fondé», a rétorqué la procureure, en rappelant notamment que «tous les documents qui étaient classifiés dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés». Après en avoir délibéré, les juges ont refusé le huis clos. «Ce procès aura lieu en audience publique, comme c’est la règle et chacun aura à cœur d’être responsable de ses déclarations», a expliqué la présidente.
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Alors que la demande de huis clos avait été acceptée par le tribunal de Bobigny pour adapter la peine canadienne à perpétuité que Marc Fievet, l’agent infiltré NS 55, avait dû encaisser au Nouveau Brunswick. Il est vrai que le dossier de Fievet était classé ‘secret défense’
Malgré les demandes de la juge Sophie Clément, le dossier de Marc Fievet, classé secret défense, n’a pas été déclassifié…
Une morale pour les aigles, une autre pour les pigeons
J’ai toujours en mémoire la répartie de Sonya Djemni-Wagner lorsque ma condamnation canadienne a été adaptée au droit français en aggravant cette dernière.
La jeune substitut du procureur de Bobigny qu’elle était m’a envoyé à la tête cette phrase de véritable Ponce Pilate: « Je réclame 20 ans, vous n’aurez qu’à demander la ‘grâce présidentielle‘! »
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20 kg de esta droga se han incautado en Burgos y 240 kg en Amsterdam, en una operación que ha contado con la participación de la DEA.
Agentes de la Policía Nacional han intervenido en la ciudad de Burgos más de 20 kilogramos de una sustancia estupefaciente desconocida en España hasta ahora. Se ha identificado como 4-CMC, y por la que han sido detenidas tres personas. La operación ha contado también a la vez con la incautación de más de 240 kilogramos de 3MMC en Ámsterdam en una operación internacional.
La incautación de este alijo se ha llevado a cabo durante una operación policial que ha contado con la colaboración de la Administración de Control de Drogas de Estados Unidos (DEA) y la Policía Nacional de Países Bajos, informan desde la Dirección General de la Policía.
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La 4-MEC (4-methylethcathinone) est une drogue de synthèse de la famille des cathinones. C’est un stimulant dont les effets sont proches de ceux de la MDMA/ecstasy.
La 4-MEC est principalement vendue sur internet.
Elle se présente sous forme d’une poudre blanche cristalline. Elle peut être vendue seule, ou en association à d’autres cathinones dans des mélanges appelés NRG-1 et NRG-2.
Appellations : 4-MEC, ecstasy légale, 4-methylethcathinone, 4-methyl-N-ethylcathinone, p-methyl-N-ethcathinone, 2-(ethylamino)-1-(p-tolyl)propan-1-one, Energy-1, Energy-2, Energy-3, NRG-1, NRG-2, NRG-3, Nutrition Rapid Growth…
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C’est le Journal du Mali qui nous rapporte que l’Office des Nations Unies contre la drogue et le crime (ONUDC) dans un rapport d’évaluation de la réduction de la demande de drogues publié en 2017 précisait que :« Le phénomène a connu une expansion rapide au milieu des années 2000, comme conséquence directe des mesures répressives drastiques prises par les États-Unis. Désormais, les cartels des drogues latino-américains vont élire l’Europe comme marché de remplacement du marché américain et l’Afrique de l’Ouest comme plateforme d’acheminement vers ce marché » .
La nouveauté est que le pays de transition est devenu un consommateur considérable des stupéfiants.
Deux facteurs coexistants sont en cause, note l’ONUDC : l’immigration des Maliens en Europe et l’essor du tourisme européen au Mali. Un premier groupe de dealers d’héroïne est découvert dans les années 80 dans le quartier huppé de l’époque, l’Hippodrome. « Ces deux groupes ont importé les produits au pays et ont initié des personnes proches aux modalités de leur consommation. Quelques années auraient suffi pour faire émerger une génération d’usagers autochtones qui n’a jamais immigré en Europe ni été contact avec des touristes européens », indique-t-il.
Itinéraires divers
La drogue au Mali transite principalement, selon l’OSC, par l’axe Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) – Yorosso (Mali). Du cercle de Yorosso, une quantité est propagée à Ségou, qui ravitaille des villes du centre et du nord. Le reste s’achemine vers Koutiala, qui approvisionne Sikasso et Bamako par la route en contournant les points de contrôle des forces de sécurité. Souvent camouflés et dispersés dans des sacs de céréales ou de légumes, les stupéfiants traversent des localités de la région avant d’être stockés dans des fermes agricoles près de Bamako puis versés discrètement dans les marchés.
Au nord, « les psychotropes quittent le Niger, passent par Labbezanga et Ansongo et se retrouvent à Gao. Quant à la cocaïne, elle transite par la frontière algérienne », assure un notable de la localité. Selon ce dernier, de la ville, les drogues sont souvent acheminées par bateaux dans les localités, sur l’axe fluvial Gao – Tombouctou – Mopti.
« Quant au réseau de la cocaïne, il opère par voie aérienne et sur l’axe Guinée – Kourémalé – Bamako. La route transahélienne, communément appelée autoroute A-10, qui passe par le nord du Mali, est à présent peu pratiquée en raison de la forte présence militaire et de la montée en puissance des FAMa », explique M. Keïta. Mais en 2009 un avion cargo, renommé par la suite « Air Cocaïne » s’est posé en plein désert à Tarkint, à une centaine de kilomètres de Gao. L’avion, qui venait du Venezuela, a été déchargé de son contenu puis incendié. D’autres réseaux du cannabis – haschich pratiquent « l’axe Ghana – Burkina Faso – Mali, celui Maroc – Mauritanie – Mali et l’axe Côte d’Ivoire – Mali ».
Nombreux acteurs
Autant les routes sont diverses, autant le sont les acteurs et les ramifications vont souvent loin. L’affaire Air Cocaïne et les récentes saisies et arrestations de personnes transportant de la drogue à l’aéroport international Modibo Keita de Sénou le prouvent. Certaines de ces personnes « sont issues des importantes diasporas ouest-africaines d’Europe et d’Amérique du nord et latine. Elles servent à la fois à établir des liens avec les cartels, les producteurs, les revendeurs et les intermédiaires sur le terrain, qui peuvent les aider et les soutenir en cas de problème, mais aussi à rapatrier les bénéfices vers l’Afrique sous diverses formes », explique la Commission ouest-africaine sur les Drogues (WACD). Selon elle, un baron de la drogue ouest-africain peut aussi bien être avocat, cadre supérieur ou homme politique que jeune déscolarisé ou passeur de diamants.
Dans le Septentrion malien, traditionnellement, ce sont les tribus Arabes lamhar du Tilemsi (région de Gao) et Bérabiche (principalement à Tombouctou et à Taoudénit) qui détiennent le quasi-monopole le trafic de drogue, indique une enquête d’International Crisis Group de 2018. Depuis, la sociologie des acteurs s’est complexifiée, à cause « des revenus générés par la drogue ». Selon notre source à Gao, « les groupes terroristes, sous couvert du djihad, et certains groupes d’ex-rebelles » s’adonnent également à la pratique. Ce qui est attesté par plusieurs rapports, dont celui très détaillé d’International Crisis Group. Ces groupes profitent de la déstabilisation de l’État et de plusieurs « No go zone » pour leurs trafics. De fait, le petit vendeur de la Tour de l’Afrique n’est que la partie immergée de l’iceberg.
Narcotrafic : le Mali en a plein le nez
par Aly Asmane Ascofaré
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Un comando armado irrumpió en un palenque clandestino en Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, al sur de México, ahí mataron a Oliver Sánchez Coria, alias el Ruso. Líder regional del Cártel Jalisco …
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2 mayo 2022 0 Comentarios
El Cártel de Sinaloa (CDS) obligó a tres sicarios a caminar desnudos por las calles por traicionar a los hijos de Joaquín “el Chapo” Guzmán. “Eso me pasa por …
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2 mayo 2022 0 Comentarios
En México dos medios señalaron que fue secuestrada la cuñada de Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias el Mencho, líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Acusaron que presuntamente el Ejército mexicano estaría detrás del rapto, en venganza porque …
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2 mayo 2022 0 Comentarios
La Marina y la Fiscalía mexicanas detuvieron en Sinaloa, la tierra del Joaquín “el Chapo” Guzmán, a un líder de una célula del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Identificado …
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La Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) abrió una nueva investigación en contra de Héctor “el Güero” Palma Salazar, uno de los fundadores del Cártel de Sinaloa (CDS). Y …
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2 mayo 2022 0 Comentarios
Se registró una persecución y balacera entre policías y militares mexicanos contra un comando armado del Cártel del Golfo (CDG) en los límites de los estados de Nuevo León y Tamaulipas. En la frontera entre México y los Estados Unidos. Durante la balacera …
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2 mayo 2022 0 Comentarios
Un grupo de Sicarios privaron de la libertad a tres hombres, que se encontraban en un bar cerca del Centro de Mazamitla. Lo que desencadenó la balacera registrada en …
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2 mayo 2022 0 Comentarios
María de la Luz ‘N’, de 37 años de edad y Comandante de Tránsito del municipio de Abasolo fue asesinada a balazos dentro de su vivienda. Autoridades continúan investigando para esclarecer el móvil …
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1 mayo 2022 1 Comentarios
Tras 11 días hospitalizado, este 29 de abril, murió José Luis Gallardo Parra, responsable del secuestro y homicidio de Enrique Kiki Camarena. Agente de la Administración de Control de …
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1 mayo 2022 0 Comentarios
La Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) obtuvo vinculación a proceso en contra de Moisés González Anguiano, el Moy, del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Quien acompañaba a Saúl …
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1 mayo 2022 0 Comentarios
El epicentro de la violencia se ha mudado al puerto de Acapulco, donde los asesinatos y la inseguridad han opacado el atractivo que alguna vez gozó. En lo que …
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April 28, 2022
TYLER, TX – Three brothers and another man, all from Carthage, have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Lavara Geray Hinton…
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April 28, 2022
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – A 27-year-old Mission woman has pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute more than 31 kilograms of meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Cristina Inez Marquez pleaded guilty to knowingly transporting…
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April 28, 2022
SAN DIEGO– The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. “Disposing of unneeded medications can help…
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April 28, 2022
SPOKANE, Wash. – Senior U.S. District Judge Edward F. Shea has sentenced Dr. Janet Sue Arnold, age 63, of Benton City, Washington, to 48 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute opioid pain medications and other controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose…
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April 28, 2022
CHICAGO – Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration – Chicago Division, announced that on April 27, 2022, DEA Chicago Diversion Investigators delivered an Immediate Suspension Order to Evergreen Park Pharmacy, located at 2850 W. 95th Street, Suite 100, Evergreen Park, Illinois, suspending its DEA…
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April 28, 2022
PHILADELPHIA – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. “Disposing of unneeded medications can help…
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April 27, 2022
Corpus Christi, TX – A Corpus Christi man is facing up to 40 years in prison for his alleged role in several narcotics offenses, being a felon in possession firearms and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel…
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April 27, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross and Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that Charles Jones, 49, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The…
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April 27, 2022
BOISE, Idaho – A Boise woman was sentenced to 125 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it to others. According to court records, in April 2019, Angelina Ruth Bustamonte was stopped by police for a traffic violation. During the investigation, a drug detecting canine…
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April 27, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. “Disposing of unneeded medications can…
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April 27, 2022
FRESNO, Calif. — Six people were arrested in Kern County today following a year-long investigation of a Bakersfield-based drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine and heroin. The defendants are scheduled to make an initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on Wednesday, April 27, at 2:00 p.m. Those…
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April 27, 2022
PHOENIX – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Phoenix Field Division, which serves the State of Arizona, will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000…
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April 27, 2022
BOSTON – A Taunton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Gino Romano, 50, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to one year and one day in prison and three years of supervised release. On Jan…
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April 27, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross and Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that Hector Santos-Morales, 32, of Dunkirk, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more…
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April 27, 2022
LAREDO, TX – Several individuals residing in South Texas and Mexico have pleaded guilty for their roles in a conspiracy to transport large quantities of marijuana for Cartel del Noreste (CDN), announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B…
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April 27, 2022
BOSTON – A Boston-based fentanyl and cocaine supplier was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Jose Perez Felix, a/k/a “Eugenio Piedraita-Rivera,” “Roberto Patricio Ramirez,” “Grande,” 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 87 months in prison…
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April 26, 2022
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Leonard C. Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Joel Martinez, Jr., 23, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in Hartford, Connecticut, federal court to narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, on September…
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April 25, 2022
EL PASO, Texas – Dr. Herbert Nassour, a former physician in El Paso, has agreed to pay $350,000 under a civil settlement to resolve allegations he violated certain provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Dr. Nassour was a physician registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to prescribe and…
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April 25, 2022
DALLAS — The final defendant in the Han Gil drug trafficking case was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez. In June 2021, after seven days of trial, a jury convicted Bryan Reshad Hill, 39, of conspiracy to distribute heroin…
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April 25, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rafael Ruiz, 34, and Edgar Torres, 35, of Vallejo, California, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 13 and 10 years in prison respectively for their involvement in the armed robbery of a federal agent during an undercover drug deal. The sentencing was…
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April 25, 2022
BOISE – A Jerome man was sentenced to federal prison for distribution and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court records, Jose Luis Rodriguez-Landeros, 40, a Mexican national living in Jerome, was involved in the distribution of methamphetamine in the Magic Valley. Using a confidential informant, officers purchased…
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April 25, 2022
SPOKANE, Wash.– Dr. Jacqueline Thomas, N.D., an East Wenatchee-based naturopathic doctor, and Dr. Rebecka Hoppins, an Edmonds-based naturopathic doctor, have each agreed to pay $16,500 to resolve allegations under the Controlled Substances Act that they improperly prescribed controlled substances. The Controlled Substances Act regulates certain drugs deemed to pose a…
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April 25, 2022
DALLAS, TX – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. “Disposing of unneeded medications can…
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April 25, 2022
NEW YORK CITY – On April 25, 2022, Frank A. Tarentino III reported to the Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division as the Special Agent in Charge. As Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, he leads nearly 800 people throughout the State of New York and manages…
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April 25, 2022
PHOENIX – Luis Ronaldo Nieblas-Beltran has been indicted on one count Conspiracy, one count Illegally Conducting an enterprise, one count Sale Or Transportation For Sale Of A Narcotic Drug (Fentanyl to wit: powder) In An Amount Over The Statutory Threshold, one count of Possession Of A Narcotic Drug (Fentanyl to…
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April 22, 2022
PEORIA, Ill. – Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that Justin W. Collins, 42, of Galva, Illinois, was sentenced on April 18, 2022, to 15 years’ imprisonment for possession of…
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April 22, 2022
AUGUSTA, GA – Seven people have been indicted on charges related to a major methamphetamine-trafficking organization blamed for at least one overdose death. As described in the newly unsealed indictment in USA v. Wheatley et. al, the investigation in Operation Wheat Fields dates back to early 2018 and includes allegations…
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April 22, 2022
NEWARK, N.J. – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. “Disposing of unneeded medications can…
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April 22, 2022
MILWAUKEE – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on April 21, 2022, U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced two Milwaukee men, both of whom identified as Mexican Posse gang members…
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April 22, 2022
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Karlett Salazar Zagal, 23, a citizen of Mexico living in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S…
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April 22, 2022
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that James J. Goheen III, 39, of Fort Wayne, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady, on…
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April 22, 2022
COLUMBIA, SC– The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Atlanta Division, which includes the state of South Carolina, will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on NEXT Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than…
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April 22, 2022
RALEIGH, NC– The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Atlanta Division, which includes the state of North Carolina, will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on NEXT Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than…
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April 22, 2022
CHARLOTTE, NC– The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Atlanta Division, which includes the state of North Carolina, will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on NEXT Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than…
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April 22, 2022
ATLANTA, GA– The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Atlanta Division will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on NEXT Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. During DEA’s…
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April 21, 2022
OCALA, Fla. – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced David Chappell Fey (57, Belleview) and Shari Lynn Gunter (58, Ocklawaha) to life imprisonment for murdering a government witness. Fey and Gunter were found guilty by a federal jury following a joint trial in December 2021. The…
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April 21, 2022
ORLANDO, Fla. – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Patrick Silfrain (40, Winter Garden), aka “Prada,” “Haitian Pat,” Kevin Jean-Gilles (39, Orlando), aka “G,” “Cole,” “Darren Tai,” “Vincent DiPietro,” and Jean Kesnor Choisil (50, Ocoee) with conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or…
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April 21, 2022
DALLAS, TX – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Grapeland man and woman with federal solicitation of murder violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas Eduardo A. Chávez who oversees the Tyler Resident Office. Reynaldo Campos, Jr., 44…
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April 21, 2022
BEAUMONT, TX – A Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Fernando Perez-Gomez, 36, was convicted at trial on…
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April 21, 2022
TYLER, TX – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Grapeland man and woman with federal solicitation of murder violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Reynaldo…
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April 21, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO – David Ordonez and Juan Carlos Hernandez-Ordonez appeared in United States District Court today to face federal charges of conspiring to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and of distributing 40 grams or more of fentanyl in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M…
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April 21, 2022
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Woonsocket woman who acted as a runner for two men convicted of brokering drug deals and supplying fentanyl and crack cocaine has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Natalie Cassidy, 28, pleaded guilty on…
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April 21, 2022
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA — Keowsha Golden, 36, of Greenville, was sentenced to more than 1o years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. Evidence presented to the Court showed that Golden obtained prescription paper and then forged physician information to write prescriptions for 30 milligram oxycodone…
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April 21, 2022
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced James Julius Lumpkin, of Sevierville, Tennessee, to 156 months in prison and five years of supervised release for drug trafficking, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Attorney King is joined in…
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April 21, 2022
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Four defendants are awaiting sentencing after admitting they participated in an operation that used pill presses to package and distribute illegal drugs. Albert Bynoe, a/k/a “Chino,” a/k/a “Bossman Chino,” 35, of Decatur, Ga., awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute, and…
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April 21, 2022
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A Warren County man has been indicted on charges including illegally possessing a machine gun and trafficking methamphetamine. Kevin Shawn McGahee, 47, of Stapleton, Ga, is charged in a newly unsealed indictment with Possession with Intent to Distribute Five or More Grams of Methamphetamine; Possession of a…
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April 21, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Joe Biden sent his Administration’s inaugural National Drug Control Strategy to Congress at a time when drug overdoses have reached a record high. The Strategy delivers on the call to action in President Biden’s Unity Agenda through a whole-of-government approach to beat the overdose epidemic…
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April 21, 2022
FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA — A federal grand jury in Florence has returned an indictment in connection with drug-related charges against two former correctional officers with the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC). Specifically, Joseph Corey Bailey, Jr., 29, and Xavier Kaseem Capers, 28, both of Ridgeland, were charged with conspiring…
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April 21, 2022
CHICAGO — Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr., announced that a central Illinois man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for attempting to traffic cocaine in Chicago. A jury last year convicted Tekoa Q. Tinch…
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April 21, 2022
DALLAS, TX – A local Dallas cell head who worked with the Santa Rosa Lima Drug Cartel and other Mexico-based drug trafficking organizations was sentenced Wednesday to more than 16 years in federal prison, announced Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez Carlos Espinoza Juarez, a 33-year-old Mexican national, pleaded…
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April 21, 2022
DALLAS, TX – A local Dallas cell head who worked with the Santa Rosa Lima Drug Cartel and other Mexico-based drug trafficking organizations was sentenced Wednesday to more than 16 years in federal prison, announced Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez Carlos Espinoza Juarez, a 33-year-old Mexican national, pleaded…
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April 20, 2022
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea of the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David Shamont Lindsey, 38, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 12 years in…
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April 20, 2022
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea of the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jason Jordan, 36, Mesa, Arizona, was sentenced on April 19, 2022, by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to eight…
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April 20, 2022
SEATTLE– The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent…
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April 19, 2022
HARTFORD, Conn. – Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging TRAEVAUGHNN MORRISON, 26, of Hartford, with…
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April 19, 2022
BOSTON – A supervisor of a Boston-area drug trafficking organization (DTO) pleaded guilty today to his role in a cocaine and cocaine base (crack cocaine) trafficking conspiracy. Arthur Hodges, 36, formerly of Brighton, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base. U.S…
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April 19, 2022
MIAMI – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. “Disposing of unneeded medications can help…
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April 19, 2022
PHOENIX – Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced today that Camilo Urquiza Sanchez has been indicted on one count conspiracy, one count Illegally conducting an enterprise, and one count possession of a dangerous drug (methamphetamine) for sale. On March 10, 2022, law enforcement served a search warrant at Sanchez’ home…
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April 19, 2022
NEW ORLEANS – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. “Disposing of unneeded medications can…
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April 18, 2022
FRESNO, Calif. — Jesus Adrian Pena-Gamez, 33, a Mexican national unlawfully residing in Bakersfield, was sentenced today to five years and three months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon announced…
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April 18, 2022
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea of the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Lashawn M. Bennett, 50, St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years…
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April 15, 2022
LOS ANGELES – A Sylmar man pleaded guilty this afternoon to two federal drug trafficking offenses, one of which stemmed from a 2020 transaction in which he sold bogus oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that caused a U.S. Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton to suffer a fatal overdose. Gustavo Jaciel…
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April 15, 2022
EL PASO – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. “Disposing of unneeded medications can…
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April 15, 2022
CHICAGO – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. “Disposing of unneeded medications can help…
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April 14, 2022
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Columbia, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for methamphetamine trafficking after she received a large package of methamphetamine shipped from California to distribute locally. Cassiopeia Marie Blaise, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to eight years in federal prison…
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April 14, 2022
LOS ANGELES – Edward Buck, a businessman and long-time figure of West Hollywood politics, was sentenced today to 360 months in federal prison for providing fatal doses of methamphetamine to two men who died at his apartment after he injected them with the drug. Buck, 67, was sentenced by United…
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April 14, 2022
DALLAS, TX – A cocaine trafficker from Tulsa was convicted at trial of drug and gun charges, announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Dallas Field Division. After three days of trial and seven hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Dallas found Roberto Chairez, 33, guilty…
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April 14, 2022
WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. “Disposing of unneeded medications can help…
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April 14, 2022
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Daequon D. Perkins, 25, and Mark W. Baker, 44, both of Utica, New York, pled guilty today for their participation in a fentanyl conspiracy. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara, New York State Police Superintendent Kevin…
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April 14, 2022
ALBANY, N.Y. – Vivian Letizia, age 63, of Stone Ridge, New York, pled guilty today to acquiring and obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, or subterfuge. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Timothy Foley, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S…
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April 14, 2022
McAllen, TX – A 47 year-old non-U.S. citizen illegally residing in Donna has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute five kilograms of meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B…
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April 14, 2022
Washington, D.C., — Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Washington Division & the Metropolitan Police Department issued a Public Safety Alert warning residents in the D.C. metropolitan area of the alarming increase in fentanyl-related mass overdose events across the city. The Public Safety Alert seeks to raise public awareness of…
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April 14, 2022
BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Luis Mejia Guerrero, 61, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 37 months in prison and two years of supervised release. On Dec. 6…
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April 14, 2022
BOSTON – The main supplier and drug distributor of two Boston-area drug trafficking organizations (DTO) pleaded guilty yesterday to cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Kenji Drayton, 41, of Boston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute…
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April 14, 2022
Conn. – Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PEDRO RIVERA, 50, last residing in St. Cloud, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 100 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking…
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April 13, 2022
ALPINE – A Fort Stockton man pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing methamphetamine. According to court records, on December 5, 2021, Tristian William Zly, 27, was observed in a heated argument with a female inside his vehicle while parked outside a residence…
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April 13, 2022
PHOENIX, AZ – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Vidal Sillas-Burgos, aka Guero, was sentenced to prison on April 7 for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization. On June 21, 2021, police concluded an 18-month-long investigation involving Sillas-Burgos. Sillas-Burgos was responsible for directing individuals in the transportation and distribution of…
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April 13, 2022
WATERBURY, Conn. – Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEON COUNCIL, 44, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin. According to…
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April 12, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Octavio Cruz, 39, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, butyryl fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeremiah…
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April 12, 2022
CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced that an Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a drug distribution scheme. Ricardo Clavijo, 40..
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April 11, 2022
BENTON, Ill. – Martin Cooper, 31, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced to 210 months in prison on April 7, 2022, for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and money laundering. The offenses occurred in St. Clair County and throughout the Southern District of Illinois. Cooper pleaded…
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April 11, 2022
SPOKANE, Wash. – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington, recently launched Operation Engage Spokane, which is a comprehensive community-level approach for addressing the drug epidemic – focusing on fentanyl distribution – through prevention strategies, facilitating conversations, and collaboration…
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April 11, 2022
YAKIMA, Wash. – Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian has sentenced Jesus B. Zavala-Alvarez, 28, of Kennewick, Washington, to 135 months in federal prison for his role in guarding a stash house, where the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seized over 8 pounds of methamphetamine, 64 ounces of liquid methamphetamine and…
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April 11, 2022
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Fairbanks man was sentenced to 14 years in prison followed by eight years of supervised release for distributing counterfeit pills containing fentanyl resulting in the death of another individual. In issuing the sentence, U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline noted that the 21-year-old victim had his…
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April 11, 2022
CHICAGO — Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr., of the Northern District of Illinois, announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a suburban Chicago man for allegedly trafficking cocaine and illegally possessing a loaded handgun. An…
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April 11, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Antasia Babcock, 28, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more of acetyl fentanyl; 50 grams or more of…
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April 11, 2022
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Torrence Larry, 44, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced on April 8, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge…
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April 11, 2022
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Saul Leal, 25, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced, on April 8, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge…
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April 08, 2022
NEW YORK CITY – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction of Julio Marquez-Alejandro, a/k/a “Chino,” and Luis Blondet for racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, murder while engaged in a drug crime, and murder through the use of…
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April 08, 2022
LOS ANGELES – A San Bernardino County man was arrested today on a federal grand jury indictment that alleges he sold fentanyl to a woman last year who soon afterward suffered a fatal overdose from the powerful synthetic opioid. John Biagianti, 31, of Upland, was arrested this morning at his…
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April 08, 2022
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell handed down a 30-year sentence to the leader of a drug and money laundering organization operating across the Carolinas, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S…
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April 08, 2022
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – LAHEEM JONES, also known as “Heemie,” 27, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 190 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his participation in gang-related drug trafficking and violence, including a shooting in…
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April 08, 2022
BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for drug trafficking charges involving fentanyl. Fabio Yunior Moreta Borge, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 57 months in prison and two years of supervised release. On Oct. 7, 2021, Moreta…
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April 08, 2022
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A North Providence man who lives and works in Rhode Island today admitted that he filed COVID-relief unemployment applications in at least two other states, collecting more than $20,000 in benefits he was not entitled to receive, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha and Rhode Island…
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April 08, 2022
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who admitted to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and with participating in a conspiracy to transport stolen recreation vehicles into Rhode Island was sentenced on Wednesday to thirty-seven months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. On…
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April 08, 2022
PROVIDENCE, RI – A Dominican national living in Providence faces sentencing in U.S. District Court and deportation proceedings after pleading guilty today to drug trafficking, firearm, and illegal reentry charges, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Stevens Morales-Rivera, 46, who previously identified himself using several aliases, pleaded guilty to…
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April 07, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jason Yelder, 39, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 135 months in prison and eight years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J…
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April 07, 2022
PHOENIX – Jesus Osvaldo Aguilar Rosas, 20, of Phoenix, Arizona, was charged by criminal complaint with four counts of possession of controlled substances for distribution. Aguilar was arrested on April 5 and had his initial appearance in federal court today. The complaint alleges four violations of United States law related…
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April 07, 2022
MACON, Ga. – Two co-defendants with criminal histories who attempted to out-run deputies during an evening high-speed motorcycle chase with nearly three kilograms of methamphetamine in their possession—resulting in injuries to three law enforcement officers—have been sentenced to federal prison for distribution. John Terrell Johnson, 34, of Jackson, Georgia, was…
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April 07, 2022
TOPEKA, Kans. – The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division announced today an intelligence data-driven operation with local law enforcement partners in northeast Kansas to address the alarming increase in overdose events caused by counterfeit pills with fentanyl. Statistics collected about overdoses and overdose deaths in the region indicated shortcomings…
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April 07, 2022
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that REYS ALFREDO VASQUEZ, 30, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing firearms…
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April 06, 2022
PUTNAM, Conn. – Leonard C. Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Nicholas Schneider, 32, of Putnam, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam in New Haven, Connecticut, to six months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for a…
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April 06, 2022
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Xavier Robledo was sentenced in federal court today to 96 months in prison for distributing fentanyl that caused overdoses in two people and killed one, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon and United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds. The sentence…
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April 06, 2022
WASHINGTON – Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a letter to federal, state, and local law enforcement partners warning of a nationwide spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events. Administrator Anne Milgram outlined the current threat and offered DEA support to law enforcement officers responding to these tragic incidents. “Fentanyl is killing..
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April 05, 2022
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A third individual has admitted his guilt in a large-scale narcotics distribution operation involving multiple properties throughout Corpus Christi, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Javon Hicks aka “Drank Nitti Kasino,” 40…
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April 05, 2022
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — Prisma Health Midlands (“Prisma”) has agreed to pay a record $1 million to resolve allegations that it committed recordkeeping and dispensing violations of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). These requirements are designed to prevent the diversion of controlled substances. This civil settlement includes a memorandum of…
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April 04, 2022
LAREDO, TX – A total of 10 Mexican nationals and associates of Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy involving the importation of crystal meth, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux…
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April 04, 2022
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man previously convicted and incarcerated on drug trafficking charges today was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison on additional and unrelated drug trafficking and firearm charges brought as the result of a Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation, announced United States Attorney Zachary A…
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April 02, 2022
POCATELLO – A Murtaugh man and a Pocatello man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Between January 1 and March 24, 2021, Antonio Verduzco-Arreola, 40, of Murtaugh, and Joseph Alexander Huber, 35, of Pocatello, entered into an agreement to distribute controlled substances in the Pocatello area. On…
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April 01, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO – Jose Alvarado appeared in United States District Court today to face federal charges for the distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon. According to allegations…
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April 01, 2022
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Antonio Dillard, 63, Chicago, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to…
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April 01, 2022
GREENBELT, MD – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced El Salvadorian national Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, a/k/a “Reaper,” age 41, of Long Branch, New Jersey today to life in prison for conspiring to participate in La Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal enterprise also known as MS-13 and for conspiracy to…
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April 01, 2022
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on March 31, 2022, Luis A. Morales, 41, the former owner of Mr. Taco and Savor Food & Spirits, was…
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April 01, 2022
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A federal jury found a Hopkins, Minnesota man guilty of distributing controlled substances, including fentanyl, which resulted in the deaths of 11 people and caused serious bodily injury to four people, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. Following a 10-day jury trial, Aaron Rhy Broussard, 31…
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April 01, 2022
FRESNO, Calif. — U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Tatum King announced the results of an investigation into fentanyl-related overdoses in the Fresno area, which resulted in charges against of a total of 18 drug traffickers, charging them with trafficking fentanyl powder, fentanyl..
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March 31, 2022
BENTON, Ill. – Eugene Falls, 42, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced on March 31, 2022, to 405 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine; attempted possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine; distribution of heroin; and money laundering…
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March 31, 2022
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Tim Foley, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Kirk Imperati, the Acting Sheriff of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office, announced today the…
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March 31, 2022
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A drug investigation led by the Western District’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) has resulted in the indictment of six members of a poly-drug trafficking organization (DTO), announced United States Attorney Dena J. King. Brian Mein, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Bureau…
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March 30, 2022
DALLAS, TX – Twelve alleged drug traffickers were arrested Wednesday in Operation Tormenta De Arena (“Sandstorm”), announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Field Division During the bust in Lubbock, Brownfield, and Lamesa, DEA agents and their law enforcement partners also seized roughly 27 pounds…
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March 30, 2022
SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Dionel Hall, 42, of Liverpool, New York, pled guilty today to possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Timothy Foley, Acting Special Agent…
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March 30, 2022
BRUNSWICK, GA – An Appling County woman has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Linda Timblin, 48, of Baxley, Ga., was sentenced to 60 months in prison after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, said David H. Estes…
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March 30, 2022
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that Christopher P. Shultz, 50, of Monmouth, Illinois, was sentenced on March 29, 2022, to 112 months’ imprisonment, to be…
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March 29, 2022
SAN DIEGO –Jonathan Mefford was sentenced in federal court today to 190 months in prison for selling fentanyl-laced pills that caused the death of a 20-year-old Chula Vista man, identified in court records as J.P., in October of 2018, and for distributing multi-pound level quantities of methamphetamine in Kansas. Mefford…
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March 29, 2022
SPOKANE, Wash.–The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is launching Operation Engage in Spokane, Washington. Operation Engage Spokane is a comprehensive community-level approach to address the drug epidemic through prevention strategies, facilitating conversations and collaboration with local partners. The Seattle Field Division’s proposal was one of 11 approved for continued funding…
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March 29, 2022
BOSTON – A Peabody man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to participating in a conspiracy that distributed fentanyl and drugs laced with fentanyl. Francisco Tavarez, a/k/a “Jose,” 25, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl and one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to…
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March 28, 2022
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Charles “Man Man” Thompson to 45 years in prison today. The 35-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty in January 2020 to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine; three counts of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking…
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March 28, 2022
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Mark Beale, 75, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on March 25 in federal court to unlawful dispensing and distributing of a schedule II controlled substance. Beale will remain on conditions of release pending sentencing. A federal grand jury indicted Beale on June 23, 2021. According…
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March 28, 2022
BURLINGTON, Vt.- The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Ramzi Kori, 21, of Burlington, Vermont, was sentenced today to serve three years in prison after his convictions for possession with intent to distribute heroin and for being a felon in possession of a…
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March 28, 2022
CHICAGO — Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr., of the Northern District of Illinois, announced that a federal jury has convicted a suburban Chicago man of laundering illegal narcotics proceeds on behalf of drug traffickers in…
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March 28, 2022
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Joseph Blair, Jr., 30 years old, of South Bend, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading…
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March 25, 2022
BENTON, Ill. – Jose Angulo, 51, of Phoenix, was sentenced on March 24, 2022, to 30 years for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, money laundering, and distribution of methamphetamine. Evidence demonstrated that between 2018 through November of 2019, Angulo was responsible for shipping more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine to the…
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March 25, 2022
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A West Plains, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in Howell, Greene, and Texas counties. Luis Ortiz Rodriguez, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 20 years and 10…
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March 25, 2022
RUTLAND, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Daniel Ruiz, 34, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Joel Ivan Caquias Aviles, 21, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, were arrested Wednesday evening and charged yesterday by criminal complaint with Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances. Both..
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March 25, 2022
WINOOSKI, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Julie Overfield, 62, of Winooski, Vermont was arrested Wednesday during the execution of a search warrant at her residence. Overfield was charged by criminal complaint with Distribution of Methamphetamine. Overfield is scheduled…
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March 25, 2022
LAS VEGAS – On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, members of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Las Vegas District Office, DEA Fresno Resident Office and the Tulare County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program concluded a multiple month-long investigation of a major narcotic trafficking organization with the arrest of four…
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March 25, 2022
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that a federal jury returned a guilty verdict on March 23, 2022, against Muhammad Usama, 25, of Houston, for knowingly possessing…
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March 25, 2022
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea of the Western District of Wisconsin announced that Jose A. Mendoza-Cortez, 32, a citizen of Mexico found in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, was sentenced on March 24, 2022…
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March 25, 2022
PEORIA, Ill. – Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that Demarco E. Washington, 43, of Peoria, was sentenced on March 24, 2022, to 12 years in prison, to be…
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March 25, 2022
DALLAS, TX- An Arlington physician has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for fraud and drug crimes, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez. In July 2021, a federal jury convicted physician Clinton Battle, 69, of one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and one…
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March 24, 2022
EL PASO – A Mexican national was sentenced today to life in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for his role in the Sinaloa Cartel’s operations. According to court documents, Mario Iglesias-Villegas, aka “Dos,” “El 2,” “Delta,” “Parka,” “Grim Reaper,” 37, of Villa Ahumada, became a member of…
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March 24, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that following a four-week week trial, a federal jury has convicted Donte Walker, a/k/a Slim, 30, of Buffalo, NY, of multiple charges including murder while engaged in a continuing criminal enterprise and narcotics conspiracy, tampering with a witness, discharge of firearms…
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March 24, 2022
BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to trafficking cocaine as part of a larger drug trafficking conspiracy. Russell Hankerson, 40 of Boston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns…
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March 24, 2022
BOSTON – A Chicopee businessman and the former owner and operator of TWC Auto Body in Holyoke was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for his role in a cocaine and heroin conspiracy. Jamil Roman, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to seven months…
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March 24, 2022
BRIDGEPORT, Conn – DIOMIE BLACKWELL, also known as “Yamo,” 25, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in gang-related shootings, including a shooting in front of a state…
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March 24, 2022
BROWNSVILLE, TX – Jose Alfredo Cardenas-Martinez aka El Contador has been indicted in the Southern District of Texas on various charges related to his position as the head of the Cardenas family drug trafficking operation known as the Cartel del Golfo, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge…
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March 24, 2022
LAREDO, TX – Three Texas residents have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of conspiracy to transport 30.1 kilograms of pure meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Jose Ramon Garcia, 41, and Jorge Armando Lozano, 39, both…
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March 24, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On March 18, 2022, a federal jury convicted Chi Meng Yang, 36, of Montague, of bribery of a public official, conspiracy to commit bribery, and manufacturing more than 100 marijuana plants, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon…
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March 24, 2022
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea of the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Saige T. Marten, 29, Boyd, Wisconsin, was sentenced on March 23 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to eight…
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March 24, 2022
BRONX, N.Y. – Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, New York City Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell, Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Tim Foley, and Homeland Security Investigations New York Acting Special Agent in Charge Ricky J. Patel today announced that two Bronx men…
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March 24, 2022
PEORIA, Ill. – Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that Sean E. Ward, 49, of Pekin, Illinois, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison, to be followed by five years…
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March 24, 2022
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and Timothy M. O’Shea, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Andre L. McClinton, 50, of Madison, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 108 months in…
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March 24, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two Trenton, Missouri, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Grundy County, Mo., and elsewhere. Troy Lee Palmer, 24, and Dallas W. Hughs, 26, were charged in a six-count indictment returned under seal by…
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March 24, 2022
PHOENIX – Reyes Luis Holguin, 29, of Phoenix, Arizona, agreed this week to pay $6,103 in restitution to the family of a young mother whose life was taken by fentanyl she bought from Holguin in August 2019. In December 2021, U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich sentenced Holguin to 10…
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March 24, 2022
BOSTON – Six individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a fentanyl trafficking operation that spanned across northern New England. Randell Starlin Medina Rodriguez, 26, of Andover, Mass.; Williams Colon Sanchez, 26, or Lawrence, Mass.; Douglas Morris, 31, of Bangor, Maine; Robert Rodriguez Jr., 48…
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Le premier ministre Andrew Fahie, des Îles Vierges britanniques, a été arrêté jeudi en Floride et inculpé pour trafic de drogue et blanchiment d’argent, a annoncé le gouverneur de ce territoire d’Outre-mer du Royaume-Uni.
«Il est de mon devoir, en tant que gouverneur, de vous informer que ce matin le premier ministre Andrew Fahie a été arrêté à Miami en raison de poursuites liées à l’importation de stupéfiants et de blanchiment d’argent», a déclaré le gouverneur des îles Vierges, John Rankin dans un communiqué.
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Ce sont des « agents sous couverture » de la DEA, qui devaient lui donner , ainsi qu’à la directrice des services portuaires des Îles Vierges britanniques, Oleanvine Maynard, et au fils de cette dernière, 700.000 dollars en liquide pour les récompenser d’avoir fait passer de la cocaïne depuis la Colombie vers Miami et New York
Les Iles Vierges britanniques qui comptent environ 35’000 habitants sont situées à l’est de Porto Rico et sont connues pour être l’un des principaux paradis fiscaux de la planète.
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La “Negra” es requerida por el delito de narcotráfico. Su expediente reposa en la corte del Distrito Sur de la Florida.
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C’est AfricaNews qui nous apprend que la police capverdienne a saisi avec le concours d’agents américains du DEA plus de cinq tonnes de cocaïne en mer à bord d’un bateau de pêche en provenance du Brésil, ainsi que l’interpellation de cinq Brésiliens et deux Monténégrins.
L’opération a impliqué les services américains de lutte contre la drogue, la Marine américaine, la police fédérale brésilienne ainsi que la National Crime Agency du Royaume-Uni.
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C’est un service à compétence nationale rattaché à la Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects qui est chargée de mettre en œuvre, sur l’ensemble du territoire, la politique du renseignement, des contrôles et de la lutte contre la délinquance douanière organisée.
Service de constatation douanière de premier plan visant le haut spectre, la DNRED est également un service de renseignement du premier cercle.
Elle constitue à cet égard une direction originale, forte de sa double culture, dotée de pouvoirs et de moyens d’actions puissants et variés, intervenant dans plusieurs cadres légaux, en constante évolution. Elle doit faire preuve, à ce titre, d’une capacité d’adaptation permanente pour relever les nombreux défis juridiques soulevés à la fois par ses activités opérationnelles classiques de service douanier et son rôle de service du renseignement.
Le droit douanier a connu de fortes évolutions au cours des dernières années marquées par l’élargissement des pouvoirs d’enquête dévolus aux agents des douanes, notamment aux agents de la DNRED et le renforcement de l’encadrement de la mise en œuvre de ces pouvoirs, conditionnée par l’information préalable ou l’autorisation de l’autorité judiciaire.
Le code des douanes permet désormais aux agents de la DNRED, sous le contrôle de l’autorité judiciaire et sous couvert d’habilitations spéciales, de déployer des techniques spéciales d’enquêtes particulièrement utiles en matière de lutte contre la criminalité organisée : livraisons surveillées, infiltrations, surveillances transfrontalières, enquête sous pseudonyme sur le web et le darkweb, coup d’achat, géolocalisation des véhicules et des téléphones, « ouverture-frontière », substitution à l’opérateur de fret postal pour la livraison des colis contenant des marchandises de fraude. Tout au long de l’enquête douanière, les agents doivent anticiper la possible judiciarisation de leurs dossiers, en approchant au plus près d’une procédure purgée de tout risque de nullité et en déployant une stratégie compatible avec les poursuites décidées par l’autorité judiciaire.
Douanier avant tout, l’agent de la DNRED doit donc parfaitement maîtriser les outils juridiques à sa disposition et leur cadre d’utilisation, au code des douanes. Mais l’agent de la DNRED est également un agent appartenant à la communauté du renseignement du premier cercle, ce qui lui confère des obligations, des droits et des pouvoirs.
Issu de la loi du 24 juillet 2015, le droit du renseignement est l’aboutissement d’un long processus de légalisation de ces activités qui a eu la vertu de donner aux services, dont les actions étaient non pas illégales mais plutôt a-légales, une assise juridique et des garanties nécessaires. Ce droit leur permet de mettre en œuvre des techniques de renseignement particulièrement intrusives, sur autorisation du Premier ministre après avis de la commission nationale de contrôle des techniques de renseignement (CNCTR).
Depuis 2015, de nombreux textes sont venus compléter ou modifier ce nouveau cadre, dont la loi relative à la prévention d’actes de terrorisme et au renseignement du 30 juillet 2021. Prenant en compte les évolutions technologiques et les jurisprudences européennes et nationales (arrêt CJUE du 6 octobre 2020 dans l’affaire « Quadrature du Net », dans la continuité de l’arrêt CJUE du 21 décembre 2016 dit « Télé2 Sverige » ; Conseil d’État, Assemblée, 21 avril 2021), cette loi crée ou pérennise des techniques de renseignement (interception des communications satellitaires ; utilisation d’algorithme), renforce le contrôle de la CNCTR en donnant à son avis un caractère contraignant, encadre les échanges entre services de renseignement.
Au-delà de ces cadres juridiques propres au métier de la DNRED, les activités de la direction sont soumises à des réglementations de droit commun, telle que la protection des données personnelles ou la commande publique, dans le cadre desquelles les spécificités d’un service d’enquête et de renseignement doivent être prises en compte.
Jusqu’en fin d’année 2021, le conseil et l’expertise juridiques étaient assurés par une magistrate, de l’ordre judiciaire, et par l’agence de poursuites, chargée d’assurer le traitement contentieux et judiciaire des affaires réalisées par les directions d’investigations de la DNRED.
Afin de faire face aux enjeux actuels, mais également d’anticiper et de mesurer l’impact des évolutions normatives sur l’organisation et le fonctionnement de la DNRED, il a été décidé de renforcer la fonction juridique de la direction par le recrutement de deux nouvelles conseillères juridiques, l’une spécialisée sur toutes les questions relatives au renseignement et au droit public général, l’autre en charge de veiller à la sécurisation des investigations.
Conjugué à une protection maximale des agents dans l’exercice de leurs missions, le renforcement de la fonction juridique au sein de la DNRED permet ainsi d’articuler de la meilleure manière possible l’ensemble des capacités d’action des services de la direction, du recueil et de l’exploitation du renseignement jusqu’à la phase opérationnelle, de garantir l’efficacité de l’action de la DNRED dans la lutte contre la criminalité organisée et d’optimiser la réponse pénale de l’autorité judiciaire.
Depuis avril 2021, c’est Florian Colas qui est le directeur
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Le 23 mars 2022, France Culture, dans l’émission « LES PIEDS SUR TERRE » a laissé la parole à Marc Fievet, AKA « NS 55 DNRED » , qualifié de spectre du service de la DNRED, par Emmanuel Fansten dans un article de Libération
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C’est FRANCE 24 qui nous rapporte que selon les procureurs américains en charge du dossier à New York, l’ancien chef de l’État du Honduras a reçu des millions de dollars de diverses organisations de trafiquants de drogue du Honduras, du Mexique et d’autres pays.
En échange de ces pots-de-vin, Juan Orlando Hernandez a « protégé les narcotrafiquants des enquêtes, (évitant leur) arrestation et leur extradition », assurent les autorités américaines.
En 2013, »Hernández a accepté environ un million de dollars du narcotrafiquant Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias El Chapo », ajoutent-elles.
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« Le juge d’extradition de première instance décide (d’)accepter la demande d’extradition présentée par le tribunal du District Sud de New York concernant l’ex-président de la République Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado« , a annoncé la CSJ.
Cette décision est susceptible d’appel dans les trois prochains jours, a indiqué un porte-parole du pouvoir judiciaire, Melvin Duarte. Dans ce cas, ce serait la Cour Suprême siégeant en session plénière qui aurait le dernier mot.
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March 11, 2022
NEW YORK CITY – A Manhattan man was arrested for sales of two guns and thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl following a long-term undercover investigation. At the time of his arrest, Aaron Sanchez was allegedly carrying a dog toy stuffed with 1,000 counterfeit pills. Bridget G. Brennan, New…
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March 11, 2022
BOSTON – The member of a violent Brockton-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy. Lutherson Bonheur, a/k/a “Boogs,” 29, of Brockton, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 19 years in…
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March 11, 2022
WATERBURY, Conn – Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL JIMENEZ DE LA CRUZ, 36, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment for…
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March 10, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Maria Cervantes-Echevarria, 35, a Mexican national living in Los Molinos, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley, to eight years and nine months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge…
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March 10, 2022
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Todd Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that Michael James Grommet, 37, of Marshalltown, Iowa, was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment on March 9, 2022, to…
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March 10, 2022
BOISE, Idaho – A Boise woman was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court records, Miranda Lee Stogsdill, 41, sold 108 grams of methamphetamine on April 1, 2021, and later sold 111 grams of methamphetamine on April 15, 2021. Both sales were for…
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March 10, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An investigation into an armed and violent drug-trafficking organization led to the arrests of 25 Kansas City, Missouri, area residents this week in an operation that involved more than 200 law enforcement officers from multiple local and federal agencies. “This operation removed a large number of…
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March 10, 2022
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A federal jury in Tallahassee convicted Lamar Anthony Dukes, 36, of Tallahassee, Florida of distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine. The guilty verdict, returned on March 8, 2022, at the conclusion of a two-day trial, was announced by Jason R…
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March 10, 2022
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea of the Western District of Wisconsin announced that three Marathon County residents have been charged with methamphetamine trafficking. Victor Pennington, 26, and Lucas Ellwart, 28, both of Wausau…
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March 10, 2022
SAVANNAH, GA – Six defendants face federal charges including drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms after separate indictments by a grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia, while recent actions in U.S. District Court include guilty pleas and criminal sentences related to illegal gun possession. The indicted cases…
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March 09, 2022
Baltimore, Md., – U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Panagoltis Skordalos, age 43, of Baltimore, Maryland to four years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, after Skordalos pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The guilty…
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March 09, 2022
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Two Corpus Christi residents have been ordered to prison for their involvement in a drug conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Jesus Sustaita III, 26, pleaded guilty Nov. 23, 2021, while his sister – Anna…
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March 09, 2022
EL PASO – A Cuban national living in Fort Hancock was sentenced today to 460 months in prison for drugs, firearms and immigration crimes. On July 23, 2021, Gilberto Morales, 57, was found guilty by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy to possess 1,000 kilograms or more of…
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March 09, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO – A jury found Lemack Bellot guilty of two counts of attempting to aid and abet possession with intent to distribute cocaine in a scheme to smuggle drugs through San Francisco International Airport (SFO), announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Drug Enforcement Special Agent in Charge…
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March 09, 2022
Bridgeport, CT – Tyiese Warren, also known as “Loose Screw,” 21, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 480 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for murder and other violent crimes he committed as a member of a…
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March 09, 2022
BOSTON – Two drug traffickers pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to their roles in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. William Velez, 40, of Boston, and Mark Daileanes, 53, of Litchfield, N.H., pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute…
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March 08, 2022
Houston-A federal jury in the Southern District of Texas convicted a Texas pharmacy owner yesterday for unlawfully distributing controlled substances and laundering money from his now-shuttered pharmacies. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Clint Carr, 32, of Cypress, co-owned and operated CC Pharmacy in Houston, and CC…
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March 08, 2022
Barre, VT – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that David Tom, 37, and Tiffany Fisk, 32, who are married and both of Barre, Vermont, were arrested yesterday. A federal grand jury had previously charged Tom with unlawfully possessing a firearm as…
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March 08, 2022
NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced a United States citizen who had been residing in the Dominican Republic was sentenced today to 178 months in…
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March 08, 2022
AUGUSTA, GA: Three Augusta men face felony gun charges while three others also faces drug trafficking charges as Richmond County law enforcement officials pursue individuals associated with an increase in gang-related violent crime. Federal indictments returned in the March term of the Southern District of Georgia U.S. District Court Grand…
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March 08, 2022
DUBLIN, GA: The lead defendant in a now-disrupted Laurens County methamphetamine-trafficking ring has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to his leadership role in the conspiracy. David Alex Monroe, 32, of Dexter, Ga., was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with…
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March 08, 2022
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. today sentenced a methamphetamine dealer to 120 months in prison, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Christian Allen Garcia, 30, of West Covina, California, was also ordered to serve five years of supervised…
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March 07, 2022
Baltimore, Md., – Devin Cunningham, age 26, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. The guilty plea was announced by Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division…
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March 07, 2022
SAN DIEGO – Perry Edward Davis of San Diego was sentenced in federal court today to 20 years in prison for distributing the fentanyl that resulted in the death of Joshua Chambers, a 25-year-old husband and father of two young children from El Cajon. Davis was convicted by a federal…
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March 07, 2022
Seattle – 28-year-0ld Nicholas Partlow of Issaquah, Washington, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Partlow admits selling drugs on the darknet more than 400 times as part of a conspiracy with the operators of darknet marketplaces and…
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March 07, 2022
TAMPA, Fla. –Victor Manuel Hernandez (22, Wimauma) was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for a narcotics conspiracy involving methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine, as well as for being a felon in possession of multiple firearms. Hernandez had pleaded guilty on July 27, 2021. According to court documents, between on…
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March 07, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Desert Hot Springs, California, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to smuggling more than four kilograms of methamphetamine from Los Angeles, Calif., to Indianapolis, Indiana aboard a bus traveling through Kansas City, Missouri. Gary A. Aquerrebere, 63, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg…
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March 07, 2022
DETROIT – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is launching its second year of Operation Engage, a comprehensive community-level approach to address the drug epidemic through prevention strategies, facilitating conversations and collaboration with local partners. The Detroit Field Division’s proposal was one of 11 approved for continued funding for 2022…
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March 07, 2022
FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA — Scorpio Teriell Tisdale, 28, of Gallivants Ferry, and Michael Keith McKenith, 32, of Aynor, were sentenced to 10 years and seven years respectively after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl. Evidence presented to the Court showed that both men…
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March 07, 2022
NEW HAVEN, CT. – Marquis Isreal, also known as “Garf” or “Gbaby,” 25, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 210 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for racketeering offenses related to his participation in a gang-related shooting in…
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March 05, 2022
EUGENE, Ore.—A Eugene man was sentenced to federal prison today for supplying a University of Oregon student with fentanyl-laced counterfeit Oxycodone pills that caused the student’s overdose death. Micaiah Wendell Ray Hill, 21, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and 3 years’ supervised release. According to court documents…
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March 04, 2022
DANVILLE, Va. – A former registered nurse working at Sovah Health-Danville was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for tampering with consumer products (fentanyl and hydromorphone) and making false statements. Emilee Kathryn Poteat, 31, pleaded guilty in May 2021 to one count of tampering with consumer products (fentanyl…
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March 04, 2022
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Alexandria man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for conspiracy, possession, and distribution of fentanyl and Eutylone, and being a felon in possession of a firearm during drug trafficking. According to court documents, from in or around June 2020, through at least December 2020…
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March 04, 2022
TAMPA, Fla. –Raymond Malara (38, Tampa) was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for trafficking cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana. The Court also ordered Malara to forfeit $ 37,820, which is traceable to proceeds of the offense. Malara had pleaded guilty on August 3, 2021. According to court documents, between…
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March 04, 2022
TAMPA, Fla. –Jarran Riley (37, Clearwater) was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for distributing narcotics. Riley had pleaded guilty on December 9, 2021. According to court documents, on June 5, 2019, at approximately 10:30 p.m., detectives from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Dunedin Cove Motel…
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March 04, 2022
CHICAGO – Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration – Chicago Division, announced that on March 3, 2022, DEA Chicago Diversion Investigators served an Immediate Suspension Order on Faris Abusharif, M.D., for allegedly committing acts that render the continued use of his DEA Registration inconsistent…
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March 04, 2022
ST. LOUIS – Gerald Hunter, 56, of Los Angeles, appeared today before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross and was sentenced to life in federal prison. Hunter was convicted of conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl…
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March 04, 2022
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that George W. Fowler, Jr., 33 years old, of South Bend, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Jon…
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March 04, 2022
DENVER – Administrator Anne Milgram has named Brian Besser as the Special Agent in Charge of the Denver Field Division. Besser most recently served as the Interim Assistant Administrator over the Diversion Control Division at DEA headquarters in Washington. As the Special Agent in Charge, Besser will lead a staff…
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March 03, 2022
DANVILLE, Va. – A Danville man, who was part of a conspiracy that distributed more than 500 grams of methamphetamine in the Danville area in 2018, was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in federal prison. Steven Ray Dove, 43, pleaded guilty in October 2020 to one count of conspiracy to…
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March 03, 2022
NORFOLK, Va. – A Kennewick, Washington, man was sentenced today to 145 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and distribution of cocaine. According to court documents, Juan Gabriel Rodriguez-Preciado, 44, facilitated the trafficking of kilogram quantities of cocaine between a Mexican cartel…
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March 03, 2022
EL PASO – A Mexican national was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in the Sinaloa Cartel’s narcotics distribution operations. According to court documents, Arturo Shows Urquidi, aka “Chous,” 50, of Juarez, was a former Chihuahua State police officer and a long-time member of the Sinaloa Cartel…
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March 03, 2022
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jeffery Dean Biddle, 41, of Deming, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in federal court on March 2 facing charges of production and attempted production of child pornography, receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography, and enticement and attempted enticement. Biddle will remain in custody pending a…
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March 03, 2022
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Russellville, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing more than a kilogram of methamphetamine. William Austin Lee Crabtree, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 12 years in federal prison without parole. On Aug. 24, 2021, Crabtree pleaded guilty…
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March 03, 2022
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Maurice Menafee, also known as “Mo,” 32, of New Haven, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with drug and firearm offenses. Menafee appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert…
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March 02, 2022
ALEXANDRIA, Va., – A Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for leading a conspiracy involving the distribution of wholesale quantities of synthetic cannabinoids—commonly known as “spice” or “K2”—and laundering millions of dollars in the proceeds of the sale of that spice. According to court documents…
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March 02, 2022
PECOS – Yesterday, a New Mexico man was sentenced to 240 months in prison for importing and possessing methamphetamine and 60 months in prison for a firearm charge. According to court documents, Jarod Richard Melancon, 38, was arrested on May 5, 2021, after a federal search warrant was executed on…
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March 02, 2022
HOUSTON, TX– A total of 50 people are now in custody following one of the largest major law enforcement operations in South Texas in recent years, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery The crimes allegedly involve…
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En la lógica del control autoritario de la narrativa del poder, el gobierno de Estados Unidos ha definido una estrategia de presión sobre México para obligarlo a combatir a cárteles del narcotráfico sur del río Bravo, pero sin reconocer qué el problema tiene dos explicaciones estadounidenses:
1.- La demanda de droga por parte de los adictos estadounidenses –10% oficial y 60% extraoficial– determina la dinámica de la producción y el tráfico.
2.- Y el 80% de los Estados estadounidenses tiene presencia solida y autónoma de los nueve cárteles del narcotráfico.
En este contexto las recientes presiones de la Casa Blanca sobre México para obligarlo a asumir el enfoque estadounidense de lucha contra cárteles y capos no solo es unilateral porque nada hace el gobierno americano para combatir a las células del narco dentro de su propio territorio, sino que en realidad representa un instrumento de presión geopolítica para subordinar al gobierno mexicano a la política exterior militarista y bélica de Estados Unidos ahora en zona rusa de Asia.
Desde el 2005, la agencia antidrogas estadounidense (DEA, por sus siglas en inglés) ha registrado la presencia creciente de los nueve principales cárteles mexicanos en la producción, contrabando, distribución dentro de EU y control del mercado al menudeo de venta de drogas en las calles, sin que existan decisiones u operativos locales para combatir a esos grupos que se han instalado en 45 Estados estadounidenses con la complicidad o la apatía de autoridades locales.
Este dato aporta elementos suficientes para señalar que existe una corresponsabilidad jurídica y moral del gobierno de Estados Unidos con los cárteles mexicanos que operan la droga y que han provocado cifras anuales de 100,000 estadounidenses muertos por el abuso de la droga mortal del fentanilo que produce el Cártel de Sinaloa, apuntado como la principal organización del narco dentro de Estados Unidos.
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March 02, 2022
NEW YORK CITY – An indictment filed in Manhattan Supreme Court charges two men in connection with a kidnapping and assault that allegedly occurred on January 31, 2022 in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx. An investigation revealed that the alleged incident stemmed from a theft of narcotics that…
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March 02, 2022
INDIANAPOLIS – Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Indiana returned an indictment late yesterday charging Dreshaun Carter, 25, of Indianapolis, with…
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March 02, 2022
EL PASO – The Drug Enforcement Administration’s El Paso Division has a new Special Agent in Charge (SAC). On Friday Feb. 18, 2022, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram named Greg Millard as the new SAC of the El Paso Division, which serves New Mexico and West Texas. Millard came to El…
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March 01, 2022
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Deandre Young, 43, of St. Louis, was sentenced today to 96 months imprisonment in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois. Young plead guilty on Oct. 7, 2021, to one count of aiding and abetting a co-defendant’s possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one…
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March 01, 2022
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today after law enforcement officers seized more than two kilograms of methamphetamine from his residence. Walter M. Terrell, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 13 years in federal prison without parole. On Sept…
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March 01, 2022
NEW YORK CITY – An indictment filed in Manhattan Supreme Court by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor charges Jose DelaCruz with Operating as a Major Trafficker, Conspiracy in the Second Degree, and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First and Third Degrees, following the seizure of…
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March 01, 2022
SAVANNAH, GA: With a sentence handed down in U.S. District Court, the final defendant in a drug trafficking conspiracy joins more than two dozen people sent to prison for distributing methamphetamine and cocaine in middle Georgia. Donnie Edmonds, a/k/a “Hotboy,” 37, of Vidalia, Ga., was sentenced to 151 months in…
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February 28, 2022
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Court Judge John A. Ross accepted a plea of guilty from Markquis Bryant Feb. 28 for the crime of distribution of a controlled substance related to an overdose death. Judge Ross set sentencing for June 14, 2022. According to the plea agreement, Bryant knowingly and…
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February 28, 2022
PHILADELPHIA – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is launching its second year of Operation Engage, a comprehensive community-level approach to address the drug epidemic through prevention strategies, facilitating conversations and collaboration with local partners. The Philadelphia Field Division’s proposal was one of 11 approved for continued funding for 2022…
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February 25, 2022
PEORIA, Ill. – Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that Thomas A. Wright, 44, from Pekin, Illinois, was sentenced on Feb. 22, 2022, to 25 years’ imprisonment, to…
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February 25, 2022
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A federal jury in Statesville has convicted Da Lee, 37, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, of trafficking methamphetamine and marijuana in Western North Carolina, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. According to filed court documents, trial evidence, and witness testimony, from 2018…
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February 25, 2022
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Rodney Dejuan Allison, 46, of Asheville, was sentenced in federal court late yesterday to 310 months in prison and eight years of supervised release on drug conspiracy charges, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. On April 2, 2019, a federal…
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February 25, 2022
BOSTON – Six individuals from Maine and Massachusetts were arrested yesterday in connection with their roles in an alleged fentanyl trafficking organization with activity that spanned across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Randell Starlin Medina Rodriguez, 26, of Andover; Williams Colon Sanchez, 26, of Lawrence; Douglas Morris, 31, of Bangor…
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February 25, 2022
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ALEJANDRO CASTILLO, 42, a citizen of Belize last residing in Los Angeles, California, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised…
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February 25, 2022
GEORGETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA — A joint team of federal and local law enforcement officers recently arrested three individuals who have been charged in federal court in connection with a drug trafficking organization that operated in and around Pawley’s Island. Two others charged remain at large. The recently unsealed indictment charges…
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February 25, 2022
TEXARKANA, TX– A Texarkana man has been indicted for federal drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Darell Montrell Trotter, 32, was named in an indictment returned by a federal…
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February 24, 2022
EL PASO – On February 23, a Mexican national was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in a large marijuana conspiracy. According to court documents, Victor Gerardo Villegas, aka Victor Gerardo Villegas-Villalva, Gera, 34, of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, was a member of the Gente Nueva de…
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February 24, 2022
A Raleigh Police Officer had his initial appearance today on charges of distributing cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He was arrested yesterday on these charges. According to court documents, Keven Rodriguez, 33, a Field Operations Division Officer with the Raleigh Police Department…
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February 24, 2022
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – A 21-year-old Hidalgo County man has pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute 4.5 kilograms of cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Today, Matthew Ethan Joseph Castillo admitted he knowingly attempted to smuggle…
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February 24, 2022
PHOENIX – Jose Eleno Luna-Arellanes aka Carlos Luna Arellanes has been indicted on one count Conspiracy, one count of Illegally Conducting an Enterprise, and one count of Sale or Transportation for Sale of Dangerous Drugs (methamphetamine). According to the indictment, Luna-Arellanes is accused of being part of a drug trafficking…
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February 23, 2022
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – A 60-year-old man has been ordered to prison following his convictions of conspiracy to distribute more than five grams of meth and possession with intent to distribute 27 grams of meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and…
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February 23, 2022
BOSTON – A Reading man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a conspiracy to distribute meth in and around the Boston area. Aaron Smith, 34, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George A. O’Toole, Jr. to one year and one day in…
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February 23, 2022
PHOENIX – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Phoenix Police Department Mountain View Precinct Neighborhood Enforcement Team (NET) have arrested four subjects who were involved in the distribution large quantities of fake M30 pills, fentanyl powder, methamphetamine and heroin in the greater Phoenix area. The investigation into the drug…
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February 23, 2022
HAMMOND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Juan O. Barradas-De La Paz, 26, of Lafayette, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon…
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February 19, 2022
CHICAGO — Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr., of the Northern District of Illinois announced that an inmate in a state prison in Arizona has been charged with federal drug offenses for allegedly brokering the sale of…
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February 18, 2022
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Demarko Hines, 50, of Cahokia Heights, Illinois, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for distributing crystal methamphetamine. Hines will also serve a four-year term of supervised release following his release from federal prison. On Feb. 23, 2021, a federal grand jury indicted…
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February 18, 2022
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that a Daniel S. Ward, 54, of Taylorville, Illinois, was sentenced on Feb. 10, 2022, to four years in prison, to be…
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February 18, 2022
BOISE, Idaho – A Caldwell man was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. According to court records, Travis Rouse, 53, of Caldwell, aided and abetted his co-defendant in transporting methamphetamine from Mexico to Idaho prior to his arrest on February 19…
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February 17, 2022
SAN DIEGO – Suspected drug trafficker Rafael Orlando Ramirez Barillas, a Guatemalan national who was extradited to the United States from Guatemala on Thursday, February 10, 2022 to face international cocaine trafficking and maritime smuggling charges in the Southern District of California, appeared in federal court today and was ordered…
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February 17, 2022
Dallas – An ex-employee of the Los Angeles Angles was convicted today in connection with the 2019 overdose death of Angles pitcher Tyler Skaggs, announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas/Fort Worth After less than an hour and a half of deliberation, a federal jury found…
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February 17, 2022
OCALA, Fla. – Jeffrey Walt Boston (45, Orlando) pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing with the intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing cocaine. Boston faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set…
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February 17, 2022
NEW YORK CITY –Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Acting Special Agent in Charge Timothy Foley, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced that Alexander Arguedas, a/k/a “Reckless,” pled guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman in connection with his role…
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February 17, 2022
BEAUMONT, TX – A Port Arthur man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Troy Reese, 20, pleaded guilty on May…
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February 17, 2022
MADISON, WIS. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea of the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David Stone III, 29, St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 10 years…
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February 17, 2022
BOSTON – Two Rhode Island men have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that spanned across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York. Jasdrual Perez, 33, of Cranston, R.I., and Erik Ventura, 33, of Providence, R.I., were charged with one count each of conspiracy…
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February 16, 2022
NEW ORLEANS – Today, in a demonstration of unity, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley joined U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to announce their joint efforts to address the violent crime spike occurring in the City of…
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February 16, 2022
ORLANDO, Fla. – U.S. District Judges Paul G. Byron and Carlos E. Mendoza have sentenced 11 members of an Osceola County-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) to federal prison sentences ranging between 15 and 300 months for a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin. One individual was also…
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February 16, 2022
NEW YORK CITY –Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Timothy Foley, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, and Keechant L. Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, announced the unsealing of a…
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February 16, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment charging a pharmacist with one count of tampering with a consumer product, one count of possession of tramadol by deception and subterfuge, one count of possession of zolpidem by deception and subterfuge, and one count of…
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February 16, 2022
TAMPA, Fla – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that a federal jury has found Damian Sierra (43, Port St. Lucie) guilty of possessing 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute it. Sierra faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 40…
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February 16, 2022
OCALA, Fla. –Tralvaster Epps (34, Ocala) was sentenced to 10 years and 2 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, and marijuana and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. Epps had pleaded guilty on November 18, 2021. According…
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February 16, 2022
PORTLAND, Ore.—A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison today for possessing with intent to distribute large quantities of cocaine from his Pearl District apartment. Antonio Bernal Osorio, Jr., 40, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison. According to court documents, in September 2020, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)…
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February 16, 2022
Richland, Wash. – Judith K. Caporiccio, N.D., a Richland-based naturopathic doctor, has agreed to pay $70,096 to resolve allegations under the Controlled Substances Act and the False Claims Act, which allege that she improperly prescribed controlled substances between July 2016 and July 2021. The Controlled Substances Act regulates certain drugs…
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February 15, 2022
NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Selinger announced a former Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a large international money laundering conspiracy. Gilberto…
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February 15, 2022
HENDERSON, Ky. – Michael J. Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky announced that on Feb. 9, 2022, a federal grand jury in Bowling Green, Kentucky, returned two indictments charging two men and one…
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February 15, 2022
La Administración para el Control de Drogas (DEA) ha anunciado una nueva iniciativa denominada como “Operation Overdrive”, destinada a combatir los crecientes índices de crímenes violentos relacionados con el trasiego de drogas y las muertes por sobredosis que tanto afectan a nuestras comunidades. Durante el otoño pasado, la DEA puso…
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February 15, 2022
ST. LOUIS – The Drug Enforcement Administration announced Operation Overdrive, a new initiative aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. Both St. Louis and Kansas City are among the 34 locations across 23 states where DEA efforts will be focused. Operation…
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Marc Fievet, AKA NS 55 de la DNRED, a été lâché, oublié, dans un silence total de la quasi totalité de la hiérarchie et des douaniers tenus au sacro-saint devoir de réserve.
Pire des hauts-fonctionnaires (Madame Elizabeth Melscoet et messieurs Michel Baron, Thomas Charvet et Erwan Guilmin) n’ont pas hésité à arranger le déroulement des faits en n’hésitant pas à faire des fausses déclarations pour sans doute justifier le refus inexplicable de François Auvigne d’intervenir pour que les engagements de hauts fonctionnaires de la Douane venus lui rendre visite au Canada soient respectés.
Ce François Auvigne, énarque, IGF, devenant alors un salaud institutionnel pour l’éternité.
Seuls l’ancien patron de la DNRED J.H. Hoguet et mon traitant Christian Gatard ont témoigné en ma faveur.
Jean Puons, alors D.I de la DNRED en 1998, était intervenu auprès de ce François Auvigne, en vain !
Le manque d’honneur de la Direction générale de la Douane française est une réalité douloureuse pour moi qui n’en ait jamais manqué !
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February 11, 2022
ORLANDO, Fla. –Jesus Manuel Rodriguez-Castillo (39, Kissimmee) was sentenced to eight years and four months in federal prison for distributing fentanyl-laced heroin. Rodriguez-Castillo had pleaded guilty on October 5, 2021. According to court documents, Rodriguez-Castillo sold approximately 290 grams of fentanyl-laced heroin to a cooperating source and an undercover DEA…
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February 11, 2022
MIAMI – This week, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Operation Overdrive, aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. Last fall, DEA initiated a data-driven approach using national crime statistics and CDC data to identify hot spots of drug-related…
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February 10, 2022
PHOENIX – Nurse Practitioner Deborah Ann Cooney, 59 years old, has been indicted on 14 criminal charges related to her alleged illegal opioid prescribing practices at a clinic she operates in Mesa, Arizona. The investigation conducted by the Phoenix Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) developed allegations of improper…
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February 10, 2022
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – A Hope, Idaho man was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to evidence presented in court, in 2015 and 2016, Larry Junior Hillbroom, 37, conspired with others to smuggle methamphetamine through international airports between North Idaho and the Pacific…
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February 10, 2022
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Phillip Jensen, DMD, 61, of Rochester, Illinois, on Feb. 1, 2022, charging him…
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February 09, 2022
Baltimore, Md. – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Tremayne Murphy, age 40, of Harford County, Maryland to six years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine. The sentence was announced by Jarod Forget…
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February 09, 2022
HOUSTON, TX – Today, Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Division diversion investigators served an Immediate Suspension Order (ISO) that immediately suspended the DEA registration held by Wholesale Rx also known as “Tyler Pharmaceuticals” located in Cordova, TN. Wholesale Rx is suspected of diverting controlled substances onto the black market resulting in…
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February 09, 2022
BROOKLYN, N.Y. –Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Ivan Reyes Arzate, a former Mexican Federal Police Officer and Commander of the Mexican Federal Police’s Sensitive Investigative Unit, was sentenced by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan to 10 years’ imprisonment for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Reyes…
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February 09, 2022
SAVANNAH, GA: One of the leaders of a violent Savannah-area drug trafficking network has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison. Kashif Collins, a/k/a “Fat Boy,” 35, of Savannah, was sentenced to 220 months in prison after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and…
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February 09, 2022
MACON, Ga. – Arrest warrants were executed today and 22 individuals are facing federal charges resulting from an ongoing methamphetamine trafficking investigation in Milledgeville, Georgia, with ties to metro Atlanta. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct. All of the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven…
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February 09, 2022
ST. LOUIS – On Feb. 8, 2022, federal charges were filed against Chuny Ann Reed, age 46. Reed is accused of distribution of crack cocaine (cocaine base) and fentanyl. These charges were a result of an investigation that began after a series of fatal overdoses that occurred at 4451 Forest…
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February 08, 2022
Baltimore, Md., – John Cooley, age 20, of Nottingham, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. The guilty plea was announced by Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division; United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Assistant Special…
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February 08, 2022
NEWARK, N.J. – The Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Operation Overdrive, aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. Last fall, DEA initiated a data-driven approach using national crime statistics and CDC data to identify hot spots of drug-related violence…
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February 08, 2022
Washington, D.C. – As part of a long-standing tradition, the DEA Washington Division will take the month of February to honor the contributions and history of our African American community. National African American History Month is a time to celebrate our rich diversity. It is also a time to reflect…
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February 07, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO – The Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Operation Overdrive, aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. Last fall, DEA initiated a data-driven approach using national crime statistics and CDC data to identify hot spots of drug-related violence…
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February 07, 2022
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Gabriel Monico Guevara, 40, of Albuquerque, made an initial appearance in federal court today, facing charges of possessing firearms during, in relation to or in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Guevara will remain in custody pending a preliminary and…
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February 07, 2022
WASHINGTON – Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced their new initiative — Operation Overdrive — aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. In January, the DEA Washington Division announced their new data-driven approach to combatting violent crime and overdose deaths…
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February 07, 2022
CHICAGO – The Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Operation Overdrive, aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. Last fall, the DEA initiated a data-driven approach using national crime statistics and CDC data to identify hot spots of drug-related violence…
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February 07, 2022
NEW ORLEANS – The Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Operation Overdrive, aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. Last fall, DEA initiated a data-driven approach using national crime statistics and CDC data to identify hot spots of drug-related violence…
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February 07, 2022
DALLAS – The Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Operation Overdrive, aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. Last fall, DEA initiated a data-driven approach using national crime statistics and CDC data to identify hot spots of drug-related violence and…
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February 07, 2022
WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Operation Overdrive, aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. Last fall, DEA initiated a data-driven approach using national crime statistics and CDC data to identify hot spots of drug-related violence and…
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February 07, 2022
NEW YORK – The Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Operation Overdrive, aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. Last fall, DEA initiated a data-driven approach using national crime statistics and CDC data to identify hot spots of drug-related violence…
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February 07, 2022
BOISE, Idaho – A Gooding, Idaho, man was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court records, beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers received information that Ruben Robles-Ramos, 49, of Gooding, was involved in the distribution of methamphetamine in the Magic Valley. An…
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February 04, 2022
FRESNO, Calif. —Renato Aguilera, 30, of Porterville, California, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon and U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 3, 2020, Aguilera conspired with…
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February 04, 2022
FRESNO, Calif. — Keisean Rockmore, 27, of Bakersfield, California, pleaded guilty today to possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon and U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on Jan. 19, 2021, Rockmore drove co-defendant Adrian Rodriguez…
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February 04, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Four defendants have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a conspiracy that converted large amounts of liquid methamphetamine into crystal methamphetamine at a rented house within 1,000 feet of George Melcher Elementary School in Kansas City, Missouri. Jose Vieyra-Lopez, 37, a citizen of…
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February 03, 2022
BEAUMONT, Texas – A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas has returned an indictment charging seven individuals with various federal violations related to a complex international drug trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney, Brit…
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February 03, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. — U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Timothy Foley, New York Division announced that Brennen Bryant, Jr., 29, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, cocaine…
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February 03, 2022
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Timothy Foley, New York Division announced that Robert Dygert, 35, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams or more of…
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February 03, 2022
CHICAGO — Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney John Lausch, Jr., of the Northern District of Illinois announced the arrest of a man on a federal drug charge after law enforcement seized fentanyl and a “pill press” in his suburban Chicago residence…
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February 03, 2022
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Dennis Dean Garcia, Jr., 34, of Grants, New Mexico, was arraigned in federal court on Feb. 2 on one count each of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of methamphetamine and attempt to provide contraband in prison. Garcia was indicted by a federal grand…
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February 03, 2022
PEORIA, Ill. – Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that Dustin R. Test, 39, from Peoria, Illinois, was sentenced on Jan. 6, 2022, to 15 years and 10 months’ imprisonment…
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February 03, 2022
DURHAM, N.C. – Aspirar Pharmacy, LLC and Aspirar Pharmacy of Durham, LLC (collectively Aspirar Pharmacy), located in Cary and Durham, North Carolina, respectively, have agreed to pay the United States $100,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the Controlled Substances Act from 2017-2018 by filling prescriptions for a physician who…
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February 03, 2022
PHOENIX – On January 20, 2022, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrested three subjects who were distributing methamphetamine and fake M30 pills suspected to contain fentanyl from BSG Auto Sales in Phoenix, Arizona. Investigators seized from the auto dealership approximately 20 pounds of methamphetamine, 4,000 M30 pills suspected to…
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February 02, 2022
BEAUMONT, Texas – A federal grand jury in Beaumont has returned a three-count indictment charging a Florida resident, along with nine other individuals, in a drug trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S…
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February 02, 2022
BOISE, Idaho – A Nampa, Idaho, man was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for distribution of illegal drugs. According to court records, Allen Eugene McLean, 20, of Nampa, Idaho,, sold another person methamphetamine on two different occasions. On June 23, 2020, McLean sold 4.5 grams of methamphetamine and…
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February 02, 2022
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 41-year-old Houston man has been ordered to prison after conspiring to transport cocaine, heroin and fentanyl into the country, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Juan Antonio Sanchez Jr. pleaded guilty…
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February 02, 2022
NEW YORK – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Laurence F. Doud III, the former Chief Executive Officer of Rochester Drug Co-Operative, Inc. (RDC), was convicted today in Manhattan federal court of conspiring to distribute unlawfully, oxycodone and fentanyl, and conspiring…
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February 01, 2022
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Justin De Neko Cunningham, 27, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl. Evidence presented to the court showed that, through an investigation into a…
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February 01, 2022
NEWARK, N.J. –A Camden County man made his initial appearance today on charges of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, unlawful possession of ammunition, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Manuel A. Quinones, 47, of Pennsauken, New…
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February 01, 2022
ALBUQERQUE, N.M. – Fred J. Federici, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico, has announced that Ready Pharmacy has agreed to a $400,000 settlement relating to civil claims brought by the Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) El Paso Division Regulatory Diversion Group…
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February 01, 2022
CONNECTICUT – Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BARRY DUCLOS, 43, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 170 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl analogues on the…
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February 01, 2022
NEW YORK CITY –Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Timothy Foley, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, and New York State Police…
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February 01, 2022
NEW YORK CITY –Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Timothy Foley, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, and Ricky J. Patel, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Department of…
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January 31, 2022
URBANA, Ill. – Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that Deon Evans, 37, of Markham, Illinois, was sentenced on Jan. 31, 2022, to 65 years and eight months’ imprisonment in the…
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January 31, 2022
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Rotiha Chan, 38, of Stockton, California, was sentenced on Friday, January 28, to 136 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 500 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine and distribution of 50 grams or more of a substance…
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January 28, 2022
FRESNO, Calif. — Fabian Garcia-Palacio, 19, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston to three years in prison for illegally distributing fentanyl to a minor, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, in March 2020, Garcia-Palacio distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with…
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January 28, 2022
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Timothy Foley, New York Division announced that Julian Riley, 47, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, 500 grams…
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L’ancien président bolivien Evo Morales a accusé la Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) américaine et ses « agents politiques et médiatiques » de mener un « plan de déstabilisation » en Bolivie.
« Nous avertissons le peuple bolivien et la communauté internationale que la DEA, ainsi que ses agents politiques et médiatiques opérant dans le pays, exécutent un plan déstabilisant de mensonges et de discours de haine contre le mouvement des cultivateurs de coca et ses dirigeants. Leur plan consiste à mentir pour diviser », a publié le leader du parti au pouvoir Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) sur son compte Twitter.
Le 23 janvier, le gouvernement a annoncé l’arrestation de l’ex-chef de la drogue Maximiliano Dávila pour enrichissement illicite. Sa capture est le résultat d’une enquête menée par l’agence anti-drogue américaine, qui a relié Dávila à un réseau de trafic de drogue.
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L’article à lire pour comprendre la crise politique en Bolivie
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