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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Friday April 19, 2024 ( 2 items )  

N.M. U.S. Attorney: Final Defendant Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Offenses
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The last of the eight defendants indicted following a joint law enforcement operation in Carlsbad last year pleaded guilty to federal drug offenses in federal court yesterday. Jesus Alonso Cerezo-Espidio, 51, of Carlsbad, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute 5 grams and more of methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute 50  more

N.M. U.S. Attorney: Mexican National Guilty of Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: A Mexican national was convicted by a federal jury of drug trafficking and firearms offenses after less than 22 minutes of deliberation. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, on February 22, 2022, Albuquerque Police Department Officers (APD) were dispatched to a stolen vehicle call in Southeast Albuquerque. Upon arrival, APD Officers obs  more