U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California
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Federal prosecutors filed more than one hundred border-related cases this week in Southern California's busy district covering San Diego and Imperial counties. Arrests included charges for drug importation, alien smuggling for profit, and illegal reentry following deportation.
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Federal prosecutors filed 143 border-related cases this week in Southern California's busy cross-border district. Charges include drug importation, illegal reentry after deportation, and alien smuggling for profit.
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Jorge Campos-Oliva has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for leading an international cocaine distribution network between Guatemala and the United States. Authorities say he played a key role organizing shipments totaling thousands of kilograms over several years.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 87 border-related cases this week, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, a Mexican national residing in Yakima, Washington, pleaded guilty in federal court to the murders of Cesar Murillo and his wife, Maira Hernandez, who was six months pregnant at the time.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 102 border-related cases this week.
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Three individuals transferred from Mexico to the United States appeared in federal court in San Diego, facing a variety of federal charges.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 91 border-related cases this week, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California have filed 81 border-related cases this week.
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Jonathan Tyler Gauthier has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the fatal overdoses of two individuals.
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Sergio Josue Palomera from Chula Vista was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison for smuggling undocumented immigrants, resulting in their deaths.
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Jacobo Melcer, a resident of Bonita and business owner, has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to a Medicare fraud scheme.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California have filed 90 border-related cases this week.
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Alleged Sinaloa Cartel leader Brian Donaciano Olguin-Verdugo, also known as Pitt, appeared in a federal court in San Diego following his extradition from Colombia.
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A federal jury in Las Vegas has found Latonia Smith guilty of cyberstalking and making threats against two district court judges and a probation officer.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California have filed 83 border-related cases this week.
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John Washburn, the general manager of San Diego Powder & Protective Coatings in El Cajon, has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to hiring undocumented immigrants.
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A federal grand jury indictment unsealed in San Diego alleges that 13 Guatemalan nationals are part of a cocaine trafficking organization based in La Mesilla and Democracia, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
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Danny Nunez from San Diego has been sentenced to over 15 years in federal prison for providing fentanyl that led to the death of a 25-year-old woman from Escondido.
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George Joseph Wellinger II, a San Diego resident, received a sentence in federal court today.