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LINKS Links More Detail Part 1, A - K Links More Detail, Part 2, L - Z Links Brief
DRUG USAGE CATEGORIES NM Cocaine Heroin Fentanyl Meth Opioids (General) Signs of Meth Usage Help/Prevention
DRUG ENFORCEMENT (separate page) DEA/Task Forces HIDTA Region II Narcotics Task Force Region III Narcotics Task Force
AREAS (here) Alamagordo Albuquerque Anthony Artesia Aztec - also see San Juan County Belen Bernalillo County
Bloomfield - also see San Juan County Carlsbad Chama Chamita Chaparral Chimayo Cimarron Clovis Cordova Deming
Espanola Farmington - also see San Juan County Fruitland-also see San Juan County Gallup Grants Hatch Hobbs Jemez Valley
Jemez Springs Kirtland - also see San Juan County La Luz Las Cruces Las Vegas Los Lunas Medanales Moriarty Otero
County/Southern NM Portales Raton Rio Rancho Roswell San Juan County Santa Fe Silver City Socorro Taos Tijeras
T or C Tucumcari Tularosa
Apache-Jicarilla Apache-Mescalero Laguna Pueblo Navajo Reservation San Juan Pueblo Zuni
(scroll down if links are not active)
See also: Cartels New Mexico Corruption New Mexico Drug Corruption Police Abuses New Mexico New
Mexico Catholic Abuse
AREAS
Alamagordo
https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/news/local/community/2019/07/06/drug-trafficking-new-mexico-cbp-
checkpoint-border-patrol/1258156001/
Albuquerque
2020/02/12--https://www.abqjournal.com/1420127/accused-drug-dealer-abq-is-a-crazy-place.html
2020/02/06--https://www.abqjournal.com/1417929/arrest-includes-18-guns-11k-cash-drugs-fake-ids-more.html
2017/04/28--https://www.abqjournal.com/995396/feds-drug-bust-nets-28-cartel-operatives.html
2015/07/28--https://www.abqjournal.com/619604/accused-ringleader-of-nm-drug-ring-gets-14-years.html
2014/05/10--https://www.abqjournal.com/397997/northern-nm-drug-bust-nets-6.html
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-nm/legacy/2013/04/15/2012-12-17_roybal_et_al_pr.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/dea-led-multi-agency-investigation-dismantles-major-new-mexico-poly-
drug-trafficking-drug
https://www.koat.com/article/fbi-believe-man-was-dealing-drugs-outside-rehab-center/30799435
https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/feds-bust-pair-accused-of-selling-drugs-on-the-dark-web/
https://www.krqe.com/news/man-accused-of-running-meth-distribution-center-out-of-albuquerque-business/
https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/apd-arrests-alleged-drug-dealer-targeting-individuals-experiencing-
homelessness/
Anthony
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/last-nine-defendants-charged-participation-anthony-nm-drug-trafficking-
ring-sentenced
Artesia
https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/2019/05/20/artesia-woman-faces-child-abuse-and-drug-trafficking-
charges/3744148002/
http://www.artesianews.com/1303602/31-charged-in-pecos-valley-drug-task-force-bust.html
Aztec - Also see San Juan County
2019/11/09--https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2019/11/09/aztec-farmington-drug-trafficking-meth-
police-resisting-arrest/2535831001/
Bernalillo County (general area)
Raton woman/Bernalillo County area of crime--https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/raton-woman-sentenced-66-
months-federal-drug-trafficking-conviction
Belen
https://www.abqjournal.com/184988/updated-belen-man-pleads-guilty-to-drug-charges-assaulting-federal-
officer.html
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/mexican-national-sentenced-175-years-federal-prison-methamphetamine-
trafficking-and
Bloomfield - Also see San Juan County
https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2019/07/26/20-arrest-warrants-filed-accused-meth-traffickers-
san-juan-county-region-ii-drug-force/1838084001/
Carlsbad
https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/2020/04/07/carlsbad-man-sentenced-nearly-30-years-prison-drug-
trafficking/2956722001/
https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/crime/2018/11/02/carlsbad-residents-arrested-meth-heroine-drug-
trafficking-ring-texas-pecos-valley/1860392002/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/eighth-member-southeastern-new-mexico-drug-trafficking-organization-
pleads-guilty-drug
Chama
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/state-police-officers-conduct-crime-reduction-operations-in-espanola-
surrounding-area/5667321/
https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/former-new-mexico-police-officer-released-from-jail/
http://www.riograndesun.com/no-suspects-in-june-s-chama-pot-bust/article_96d3844e-f71e-57e1-a9a3-
055f88a58a78.html
Chamita
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/six-defendants-charged-conspiracy-distribute-crack-cocaine-northern-new-
mexico
Chaparral
2010/06/11--ttps://www.abqjournal.com/13298/updated-major-drug-bust-targets-new-mexico.html
2017/04/28--https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/28-facing-drug-trafficking-money-laundering-in-new-mexico-04-28-
2017
Brief Excerpt: Elizabeth Monroy, 19, of Chaparral, N.M., is charged in Counts 1 and 36-37 of the indictment. Monroy
was arrested this morning in Chaparral.
Note: Chaparral is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Doña Ana and Otero counties,
New Mexico, United States.
Chimayo
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/chimayo-woman-sentenced-three-years-federal-prison-heroin-trafficking-
conviction
https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93227&page=1
Cimarron
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/former-deputy-sheriff-colfax-county-sentenced-87-months-federal-prison-
drug-trafficking
Clovis
https://www.newschannel10.com/2019/12/03/clovis-man-sentenced-years-prison-drug-trafficking/
https://www.9thda.com/single-post/2016/02/12/Heather-Garcia-Lyon-Sentencing
https://www.9thda.com/single-post/2016/03/30/Mikel-Martinez-Conviction
Cordova
https://www.abqjournal.com/397997/northern-nm-drug-bust-nets-6.html
Excerpt: Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested multiple people Friday who were allegedly selling
drugs and bootleg liquor – often using a 7-year-old girl to deliver the liquor to the buyers in the area, according to
a spokesman.The latest in a string of Española-area drug busts left the six adults facing drug trafficking, liquor
law violations, child abuse and drug possession charges, according to spokesman Jake Arnold…in Cordova – –
where they found traffickable amounts of heroin and cocaine, as well as a bootleg alcohol operation
https://www.abqjournal.com/397997/northern-nm-drug-bust-nets-6.html
Note: Cordova is a small community east of Española
Deming
https://www.demingheadlight.com/story/news/2020/02/14/federal-search-warrants-produce-drug-related-
charges-deming-nm/4765335002/
Espanola
https://www.counterpunch.org/2004/11/06/heroin-cocaine-and-espa-ntilde-ola-new-mexico/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/six-defendants-charged-conspiracy-distribute-crack-cocaine-northern-new-
mexico
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/state-police-officers-conduct-crime-reduction-operations-in-espanola-
surrounding-area/5667321
https://www.kunm.org/post/police-chief-families-crying-out-help
http://www.riograndesun.com/news/how-pain-pills-flooded-the-espa-ola-valley/article_c7e86d9a-e61b-11e9-a0bc-
cfad756fd065.html
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/espanola-police-chief-to-probe-missing-records-in-
drug/article_e4bac0b3-b339-5247-8a7c-28590a58c9de.html
Farmington - also see San Juan County
https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2019/07/26/20-arrest-warrants-filed-accused-meth-traffickers-
san-juan-county-region-ii-drug-force/1838084001/
https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2019/11/12/woman-accused-four-drug-cases-including-two-drug-
trafficking-cases/2576110001/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/new-mexico-state-police-officer-arrested-federal-drug-trafficking-charges
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/farmington-felon-pleads-guilty-federal-drug-trafficking-and-firearms-
charges
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-investigation-results-27-arrests-accused-nm-drug-traffickers#wcm-
survey-target-id
https://www.abqjournal.com/1085251/farmington-man-accused-of-second-drug-trafficking-charge.html
https://apnews.com/dc21c5db4cba48bab9d94518668da4d2
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/28111416state12-28-08.htm
Fruitland - also see San Juan County
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/navajo-man-fruitland-sentenced-federal-drug-trafficking-conviction
Gallup
http://www.gallupsun.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8772:north-side-gallup-man-jailed-
on-drug-trafficking-charge&catid=175:public-safety-&Itemid=602
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/authorities-make-massive-drug-bust-near-gallup/5434379
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/blotter/police-blotter-man-wanted-drug-charges-captured/
Grants
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/thirteen-cibola-county-residents-charged-drug-trafficking-and-firearms-
offenses
https://www.krqe.com/news/grants-police-investigation-ends-with-major-drug-bust/900261263/
Hatch
https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2019/06/15/hatch-police-stop-suv-carrying-drugs-stolen-gun-
undocumented-migrants/1461311001/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/twenty-eight-alleged-members-mexican-drug-trafficking-organization-
charged-federal-drug
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2016/10/11/dozen-convicted-new-mexico-drug-ring/91869848/
Jemez Springs
https://www.lamonitor.com/category/tags/meth
https://www.abqjournal.com/993206/former-jeme-zsprings-police-chief-sentenced.html
https://sonoranorte.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/corruption-drug-running-murder-and-a-fired-police-chief/
https://www.koat.com/article/sexual-abuse-allegations-traffic-stop-video-released/5059198
Jemez Valley (in mountains near Albuquerque)
https://www.abqjournal.com/471963/1-million-in-pot-seized-from-jemez-valley-grow-operation.html
Kirtland - also see San Juan County
https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2019/08/25/kirtland-man-faces-multiple-meth-trafficking-
charges/2097993001/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/san-juan-county-man-sentenced-federal-methamphetamine-trafficking-
conviction
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/nm-man-sentenced-more-3-years-federal-prison-methamphetamine-
trafficking
Laguna Pueblo
https://durangoherald.com/articles/291972-federal-authorities-seize-4-million-in-drugs-in-new-mexico
Las Cruces
https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/crime/2018/04/26/16-snared-las-cruces-drug-trafficking-
investigation/553854002/
https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2019/02/08/multi-agency-investigation-dismantles-major-drug-trafficking-
organization
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/multi-agency-investigation-dismantles-las-cruces-based-drug-trafficking-
organizations
Las Vegas
https://www.lasvegasoptic.com/content/federal-agency-alleges-someone-within-lvpd-aided-drug-trafficker
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2020-02-29/drug-addiction-hard-to-quantify-in-
northern-new-mexico
Hobbs
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/hobbs-man-pleads-guilty-violating-federal-drug-trafficking-and-firearms-
laws
La Luz
https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/news/2020/01/13/woman-charged-trafficking-la-luz-drug-
bust/4454451002/
INFO -Wikipedia: La Luz is a census-designated place in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. The population
was 1,615 at the 2000 census. It is located immediately north of Alamogordo and lies in the eastern edge of the
Tularosa Basin and on the western flank of the Sacramento Mountains. Until 1848, La Luz was a part of Mexico…
Los Lunas
http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/los-lunas-police-arrest-suspected-drug-dealer/article_eeed42f0-8b93-11e8-
88e4-fb83950e79b0.html
Medanales
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/six-defendants-charged-conspiracy-distribute-crack-cocaine-northern-new-
mexico
http://www.riograndesun.com/news/agents-make-medanales-drug-bust/article_75c70c88-7104-5e16-998c-
60125e139e6f.html
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/6-new-mexico-residents-arrested-conspiracy-distribute-crack-cocaine
Moriarty
https://www.koat.com/article/large-drug-bust-made-in-east-mountains-1/5041238
Otero County and Southern New Mexico in General
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/cartels-kicking-butts-new-mexico-state-left-without-checkpoints/
https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2018/06/10/federal-indictment-details-smuggling-operation-
southern-new-mexico/689402002/
https://nypost.com/2019/05/05/cartels-thrive-in-new-mexico-county-after-feds-shut-down-checkpoints/
Portales
https://www.newschannel10.com/2019/11/20/portales-man-convicted-drug-trafficking-charges/
https://www.9thda.com/single-post/2019/11/20/Portales-Man-Found-Guilty-of-Drug-Trafficking
Raton
Raton woman/Bernalillo County area of crime; https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/raton-woman-sentenced-66-
months-federal-drug-trafficking-conviction
https://www.abqjournal.com/1422931/former-sheriffs-deputy-gets-7-years-for-drug-trafficking.html
Rio Rancho
https://www.abqjournal.com/995396/feds-drug-bust-nets-28-cartel-operatives.html
Roswell
https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/roswell-man-arrested-on-drug-trafficking-charges/
Ruidoso
https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/news/2020/02/11/man-busted-task-force-convicted-drug-
trafficking/4722810002/
https://www.ruidosonews.com/story/news/local/community/2019/10/04/dan-mckinley-found-guilty-multiple-
drug-charges-stemming-traffic-stop/3859434002/
2017/12/22--https://www.ruidosonews.com/story/news/local/community/2017/12/22/traffic-stop-leads-discovery-
cocaine/978154001/
1989/10/25--https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-25-me-553-story.html
San Juan County
2019/11/12--https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2019/11/12/woman-accused-four-drug-cases-including-
two-drug-trafficking-cases/2576110001/
2019/11/09--https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2019/11/09/aztec-farmington-drug-trafficking-meth-
police-resisting-arrest/2535831001/
2019/07/26--https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2019/07/26/20-arrest-warrants-filed-accused-meth-
traffickers-san-juan-county-region-ii-drug-force/1838084001/
2018/07/08--https://apnews.com/dc21c5db4cba48bab9d94518668da4d2
2018/07/02--https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/new-mexico-state-police-officer-arrested-federal-drug-
trafficking-charges
2018/04/06--https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/farmington-felon-pleads-guilty-federal-drug-trafficking-and-
firearms-charges
2017/10/30--https://www.abqjournal.com/1085251/farmington-man-accused-of-second-drug-trafficking-
charge.html
2017/08/10--https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/san-juan-county-man-sentenced-federal-methamphetamine-
trafficking-conviction
2017/02/09--https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/navajo-man-fruitland-sentenced-federal-drug-trafficking-
conviction
2016/05/12--https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/12/feds-indict-men-meth-trafficking-
conspiracy/84281400/
2014/02/27--https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-investigation-results-27-arrests-accused-nm-drug-traffickers
http://www.topix.com/forum/county/san-juan-nm/TL4D468U629NRUICA/p3 [as of 2020/05/14 link seems gone]
2017/02/09--https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/navajo-man-fruitland-sentenced-federal-drug-trafficking-
conviction
2016/05/12--https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/12/feds-indict-men-meth-trafficking-
conspiracy/84281400/
Santa Fe
2020/03/19--https://www.santafenewmexican.com/life/teen/this-could-happen-to-anybody-says-family-of-santa-
fe/article_4dc56a76-67a9-11ea-8340-6346a0bfa945.html
2019/08/05--https://www.sfreporter.com/news/2019/08/05/city-drug-strategy-could-lead-the-nation/
2019/07/18--https://abc13.com/santa-fe-veterinarian-dr-todd-michael-glover-paul-darrow/5404486/
2018/12/07--https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/drug-trafficking-arrest-made-at-santa-fe-
high-basketball-game/article_34c8f3ba-2c8c-5750-bef4-75eb7f7ba4e1.html
2018/01/09--https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/santa-fe-man-facing-charges-in-drug-trafficking-case/
Santa Rosa
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10452897-181/4-sonoma-county-men-arrested
Silver City
https://www.scdailypress.com/site/2017/09/15/eight-more-arrested-in-drug-case/
https://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/news-articles/56578-local-drug-trafficker-sentenced-in-silver-city
Socorro
http://www.dchieftain.com/news/multiple-traffickers-snagged/article_36406c42-2007-11e9-8742-
e75051edf69e.html
http://www.dchieftain.com/news/socorro-woman-arrested-in-drug-bust/article_4346fea2-d4ab-11e9-96f5-
4f281a6f41b7.html
https://www.abqjournal.com/784953/police-charge-58-in-socorro-county-drug-trafficking-investigation.html
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/socorro-man-sentenced-prison-federal-methamphetamine-trafficking-
conviction
Taos
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/last-member-taos-county-based-drug-trafficking-and-money-laundering-
ring-pleads-guilty
Tijeras
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/federal-indictment-charges-eight-participating-major-marijuana-trafficking-
and-money
Truth or Consequences
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/mexican-man-pleads-guilty-to-drug-trafficking-heroin-fentanyl
Tucumcari
https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2018-07/DIR-022-18.pdf
https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/tucumcari-man-sentenced-to-27-months-after-officials-uncover-drug-
trafficking-ring
https://www.koat.com/article/nm-police-department-asks-drug-dealers-to-turn-in-their-competition/30214448
Tularosa
Alamagordo News
2019/11/06 White Mountain Task Force makes drug bust in Tularosa
www.alamogordonews.com › story › news › 2019/11/06/The White Mountain Drug Task Force arrested three
people in connection with a drug bust in Tularosa
https://www.abqjournal.com/15777/745am-drug-busts-net-5-in-tularosa.html
TRIBAL
Apache-Jicarilla
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/albuquerque/press-releases/2013/jicarilla-apache-man-pleads-guilty-to-federal-
drug-trafficking-charges
Apache-Mescalero
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/socorro-man-sentenced-prison-federal-methamphetamine-trafficking-
convictio
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/mescalero-apache-man-sentenced-federal-methamphetamine-trafficking-
conviction
https://www.ruidosonews.com/story/news/local/2017/03/30/lester-sentenced-meth-trafficking-charges/99829148/
Navajo Reservation
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/latest-navajo-nation-feds-address-opioid-risk-64493423
https://apnews.com/38436520f4514c9a987aaeee9d9c8e8f
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/crystal-meth-plagues-navajo-nation
https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/12/feds-indict-men-meth-trafficking-
conspiracy/84281400//
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/violent-indian-country-gang-dismantled-081018
https://www.krqe.com/news/feds-drug-investigation-in-shiprock-area-nets-6-arrests/
https://navajotimes.com/news/2010/1010/102110blotter.php
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/one-womans-courage/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2018/07/05/navajo-community-still/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/22/opioid-crisis-hospitals-put-native-americans-risk-abuse-
overdose-audit/1794592001/
https://www.pharmacist.com/article/navajo-nation-lawsuit-blames-opioid-makers-overdose-deaths-addiction
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/apache-co-files-lawsuit-over-opioid-epidemic/
https://www.indianz.com/News/2018/04/11/navajo-nation-joins-parade-of-tribal-law.asp
https://www.npr.org/2015/05/20/405936140/many-native-american-communities-struggle-with-effects-of-heroin-
use
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/tripping-on-peyote-in-navajo-nation/
https://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/ncso-busts-couple-with-fentanyl-heroin/article_d70e0573-9432-
5c82-8e68-6e4ade45a590.html
https://www.knau.org/post/mohave-county-sheriffs-office-nabs-10-pounds-heroin
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/navajo-man-fruitland-sentenced-federal-drug-trafficking-conviction
San Juan Pueblo
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/six-defendants-charged-conspiracy-distribute-crack-cocaine-northern-new-
mexico
Zuni
https://www.abqjournal.com/15434/zuni-woman-pleads-guilty-to-trafficking-cocaine.html
MULTI-STATE spanning more than just border shared states
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/twenty-eight-alleged-members-mexican-drug-trafficking-organization-
charged-federal-drug
Updates: 2020/05/04 Cordova, Chaparral added to list; 2020/05/02 Artesia, Hatch, Jemez Springs, Los Lunas, Moriarty, Taos, Jemez Valley added to list;
2020/04/27 added articles: Deming Headlight-2020/02/14 Alamagordo News- 2020/01/13; Alb. Jrnl-2013/04/04; NewsChannel 10-2019/12/03 and 2019/04/04;
DEA-2019/09/20; info on DEA/Task Force; Structural/organizational corrections and additions made; 2020/03/27-ICE 2014/02/27; Daily Times-2019/07/26;
2020/02/22 two drug pages merged-policefactor nm drugs and rivergold nm drugs; 10/07/2017 Justice dot gov 29 San Juan Co; police factor page started
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