U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
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Washington man convicted of conspiracy to distribute as part of drug trafficking ring
Forty-two year old Humberto Garcia was convicted by the U.S. District Court in Seattle of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances after being arrested in 2020 for having ties to a drag trafficking ring.
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Foundation for Defense of Democracies senior director on Chinese laundering of Mexican cartel drug money: 'They see an opportunity for profit and have exploited it'
Anthony Ruggiero, a senior director at Foundation for Defense of Democracies, testified before the U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee about narcotics traffickers in the U.S. and Chinese money launderers.
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The Cartel Connection: Derek Maltz Sheds Light on the Border & Fentanyl Pandemic
Derek Maltz is the former Director of the Special Operations Division at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. He currently works with thousands of families who have lost their loved ones to fentanyl poisoning.
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Borders, Drugs, and Desperation: A Deep Dive into Cartel Operations
Steve Murphy and Javier Pena are authors of the book, Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar. They retired from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, where they led investigations into Pablo Escobar and the Medellin cartel.
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Strategies needed to combat drug cartels: ‘The United States can’t singlehandedly stop the cartels, but it has the best arsenal to weaken them’
Tensions are mounting around the U.S.-Mexico border as the question of what to do to mitigate the damage done by drug cartels still looms over both countries. According to an editorial by the Dallas Morning News, the U.S. needs to take action, and an effective way to do so is to cut out corruption and cut off money from the cartels.
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Research on the fentanyl Crisis from the Mexico Institute reveals statistics on drug smuggling and Mexican Cartels
An Aug. 29 piece by the Mexico Institute of the Wilson Center writes on the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. and its relation to other drugs. The article shows how the increase in fentanyl is not correlated to other drugs and is linked to two main cartels.
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Drug Enforcement Expert Jeffrey Stamm comments on the drug crisis at the southern border
Drug Enforcement Expert Jeffrey Stamm has had a long and distinguished career in law enforcement. Upon his retirement in 2016, he was appointed to a position with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to coordinate drug control efforts with his local, state and federal drug control counterparts across the U.S. until 2022.
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Los Chapitos members added to DEA’s most wanted drug dealers list
Several members of the Los Chapitos Cartel were recently added to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) list of the country’s most wanted drug dealers list.
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Kennedy: 'The Biden admin’s refusal to enforce our nation’s laws is making every state a border state'
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) criticized the current administration for their border policies, stating that they have made every state into a border state. Kennedy’s comments came in a tweet from July 31, and referenced a Fox News article from June which detailed the issue of fentanyl pouring into the country and into many different states.
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DEA Administrator Milgram: ‘The Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels pose the greatest criminal drug threat the United States has ever faced’
Two Mexican drug cartels, the Sinaloa and the Jalisco New Generation, are the most responsible for ramping up the drug epidemic in the United States, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram said in recent congressional testimony.
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Rep. Clay Higgins: Criminal organizations 'undermine our public safety and flood our streets with drugs'
Members of the House Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement asked witnesses from federal agencies at a July 12 hearing what they need to do to help stem the flow of drugs. They heard from officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CPB) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) at the hearing, titled “Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow of Fentanyl from the Southwest Border.
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Former DEA supervisor: Chinese organized crime enables cartels to traffic 'fentanyl and other deadly drugs into the United States'
Christopher Urben, a former group supervisor with the Drug Enforcement Administration, testified before the Congressional House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services on April 26.
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ProPublica senior reporter: Fentanyl most 'prosperous and lethal drug to emerge and ravage the United States'
Sebastian Rotella, a senior reporter at ProPublica and author of "How a Chinese-American Gangster Transformed Money Laundering for Drug Cartels" was recently on the Federal Newswire China Desk Podcast to discuss how the Chinese pharmaceutical industry works with Mexican drug cartels to bring fentanyl into the United States.
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Homeland Committee Vice Chair: Southern border ‘has become a lawless society’
House Homeland Committee Vice Chairman Michael Guest called the situation at the Southern border “lawless” in a Twitter post where the House Homeland GOP said they are “committed to restoring order.”
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Stefanik asks Biden to act on fentanyl: 'On average, one person in the U.S. dies from fentanyl poisoning every seven minutes'
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) called on President Joe Biden to do something about the fentanyl overdose crisis that is the leading cause of the death for Americans between 18 and 45.
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Greene on the fentanyl crisis: 'Every state is a border state'
Fentanyl, a highly potent and lethal opioid, has infiltrated all corners of the country, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.
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Colorado Attorney General: 'The rising influence of social media and the escalating fentanyl crisis are painfully interconnected'
Fentanyl overdoses, including fentanyl poisonings, have become the foremost cause of avoidable fatalities among people under 45 years of age -- surpassing suicide, gun violence and car accidents, according to a report by the Colorado Attorney General's Office.
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DOJ and Lincoln Pharmacy in Tacoma Settle Allegations the Pharmacy Failed to Follow the Controlled Substances Act
The U.S. Attorney’s Office and Lincoln Pharmacy in Tacoma have reached a settlement agreement over inspection findings by the Drug Enforcement Administration that Lincoln had failed to comply with some of the administrative requirements of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
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Bulk Fentanyl Trafficker is Convicted of Drug and Gun Charges
A federal jury in Statesville returned a guilty verdict today against Jermaine Douglas Grandy for trafficking fentanyl and illegal possession of firearms, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Grandy, 41, of Lenoir, N.C., was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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South Carolina Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to More than 12 Years in Federal Prison
U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Brandon Eugene Massey, 38, of Blacksburg, S.C., to 151 months in prison, for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Whitney also imposed five years of supervised release following incarceration.