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Drug Trafficking Charges Against Former Mexican Defense Secretary Dropped
Attorney General William Barr and Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero said the U.S. would drop the charges and allow Mexico to investigate and determine if Salvatore Cienfuegos Zepeda should be tried in that country.
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Walmart Sues US in Pre-Emptive Strike in Opioid Abuse Battle
Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis
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DEA Seizes 2,000 Pounds of Meth, Largest in US History
“These two seizures are more than enough to provide a dose of meth for every man, women and child in the United States and Mexico,” said DEA Acting Administrator Timothy Shea.
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DEA Operation Seizes 4,500 Lbs of Meth, Nets 81 Arrests in San Diego Area
A months-long, nationwide crackdown on Mexican cartels that distribute methamphetamine into the United States resulted in the seizure of nearly 4,500 pounds of the drug and 81 arrests in the Southern California area, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) San Diego Field Division announced.
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Operation Crystal Shield Seizes 4,500 Pounds of Meth, Nets 81 Arrests in San Diego
San Diego’s DEA field office was one of nine involved in the months-long operation.
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Father Shares Warning for Young People After Teen Daughter's Deadly Fentanyl Overdose
The father of a North County teenager who died from an apparent fentanyl overdose is hoping his beloved daughter’s death will cause young people to think twice about who they trust. Brianna Moore, 18, of Oceanside, graduated from Mission Vista High School with a 4.3 GPA. She ran the Los Angeles Marathon twice, and was a concert violinist. She became…
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Father Shares Warning After Teen Dies From Fentanyl Overdose
NBC 7’s Dave Summers has the father’s warning.
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DEA Busts ‘Magic Mushroom' Farm in Clairemont
The investigation following a 20-year-old man’s fentanyl overdose death led the DEA to arrest his ex-con father who was allegedly leading an illegal hallucinogenic mushroom grow operation in Clairemont. The overdose victim, who lived with his father, died several weeks ago, according to the DEA. The DEA Narcotics Task Force was under the suspicion he was a drug dealer....
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Photos: DEA's ‘Project Python' Nets 130 Arrests in San Diego and Imperial Counties, Plus 3K+ Pounds of Meth
San Diego and federal law enforcement officials shared details Wednesday of “Project Python,” a major cartel-related enforcement operation that yielded 130 arrests of associates of the infamous Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) in San Diego and Imperial counties. In the large-scale bust – which was both a local and national operation – the DEA seized approximately 3,282 pounds of methamphetamine, 59... -
DEA Searches Chula Vista Home, Arrests Man
The Drug Enforcement Administration searched a Chula Vista home Tuesday morning, resulting in the arrest of one man, officials confirmed.
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DEA Serves Search Warrant in Chula Vista
Agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency raided a home in Chula Vista, where a man surrendered to the authorities.
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Mexico Extradites Son of One of Its Most Wanted Drug Kingpins to United States
Mexico has extradited the son of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel to face drug charges in the United States, leading to fears his gang may stage retaliations. The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed that Ruben Oseguera will appear in Washington D.C. to answer a drug-distribution indictment.
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5 Arrested in Connection with Fentanyl Overdose: DEA
Five people were arrested and several ounces of suspected fentanyl powder were confiscated in connection with an overdose death, San Diego DEA agents confirmed.
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5 Arrested in Connection with Fentanyl Overdose
Three of the suspects were taken into custody at a hotel in Clairemount where DEA agents also found suspeced fentanyl powder NBC 7s Dave Summers has the story
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‘Like I Was Mugged': Woman Says Agents Took $82K From Her at Airport
A Massachusetts woman has filed a class action lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Transportation Security Administration. Rebecca Brown says she had taken about $82,000 in cash from her father’s Pennsylvania home and was bringing it to Massachusetts because the time had come for her to take charge of his finances. The money was confiscated before her flight…
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Woman Arrested in Fentanyl Distribution Operation Sentenced
NBC 7’s Gaby Rodriguez explains the difficulties prosecutors had in the case.
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Woman Arrested in Fentanyl Distribution Operation Sentenced to Probation
A woman arrested in September following her boyfriend’s deadly fentanyl overdose in their shared apartment – where DEA agents seized enough fentanyl to kill 1.5 million people – was sentenced to probation Tuesday.
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European, American Authorities Make Major Darknet Bust
European and American investigators have broken up one of the world’s largest online criminal trafficking operations in a series of raids in the United States and Germany, authorities said Friday. Three German men, ages 31, 22 and 29, were arrested after the raids in three southern states on allegations they operated the so-called the “Wall Street Market” darknet platform, which...
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$150M Worth of Opioids Seized in NJ; Two Arrested: DEA
The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized around $150 million worth of opioids from two men in New Jersey, the agency said.
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County Considering Training Teachers to Use Narcan in Classrooms
Your child’s teacher could soon be trained on how to bring them back to life in the event they overdose on opioids.