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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Saturday October 26, 2024 ( 1 items )  

Texas U.S. Attorney: Life in Federal Prison for New Mexico DTO Leader With Sinaloa Ties
EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024: A New Mexico man was sentenced in federal court today to life in prison for four counts related to his role as the leader of a transnational criminal organization with ties to the Sinaloa Drug Cartel. According to court documents, Alex Barraza aka Smiley, 36, of Albuquerque, was the leader of the Barraza Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), which was   more