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Las Cruces Las Vegas Los Lunas Moriarty Otero County/Southern NM Portales Raton Rio Rancho Roswell
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See also: Cartels New Mexico Corruption New Mexico Drug Corruption Police Abuses New Mexico New Mexico Catholic Abuse
DRUG TYPES mostly related to trafficking charges and indictments in New Mexico. Some of the articles are listed in
more than one City category. In addition, some drugs are a mixture, like the opioid fentanyl with heroin (Red Rock
heroin).
Cocaine
2020/03/12--https://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/news-articles/56578-local-drug-trafficker-sentenced-in-silver-city
2020/02/28--https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/6-new-mexico-residents-arrested-conspiracy-distribute-crack-cocaine
2019/09/24--https://www.lasvegasoptic.com/content/federal-agency-alleges-someone-within-lvpd-aided-drug-trafficker
2019/04/04--https://www.newschannel10.com/2019/04/04/clovis-woman-sentenced-years-drug-trafficking/
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
2018/10/15--https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/farmington-man-pleads-guilty-violating-federal-firearms-laws-0
2017/07/27--https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/mexican-national-pleads-guilty-federal-cocaine-trafficking-charge-new-mexico
2017/03/04--https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/cocaine-makes-comeback-as-supply-drives-demand/article_c52b3eee-
8dc6-5e28-9eb2-42f9865a7f16.html
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
Fentanyl
2019/12/20--https://www.koat.com/article/nmsp-seize-massive-amount-of-fentanyl/30300907
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/mexican-man-pleads-guilty-to-drug-trafficking-heroin-fentanyl
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10452897-181/4-sonoma-county-men-arrested
Heroin
2020/02/11--https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/news/2020/02/11/man-busted-task-force-convicted-drug-
trafficking/4722810002/
2019/02/08--https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2019/02/08/multi-agency-investigation-dismantles-major-drug-trafficking-
organization
2018/11/02--https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/crime/2018/11/02/carlsbad-residents-arrested-meth-heroine-drug-
trafficking-ring-texas-pecos-valley/1860392002/
2017/09/15--https://www.scdailypress.com/site/2017/09/15/eight-more-arrested-in-drug-case/
https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/2020/04/07/carlsbad-man-sentenced-nearly-30-years-prison-drug-
trafficking/2956722001/
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.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/drug-trafficking-arrest-made-at-santa-fe-high-basketball-
game/article_34c8f3ba-2c8c-5750-bef4-75eb7f7ba4e1.html
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/mexican-man-pleads-guilty-to-drug-trafficking-heroin-fentanyl
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10452897-181/4-sonoma-county-men-arrested
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/raton-woman-sentenced-66-months-federal-drug-trafficking-conviction
https://www.lasvegasoptic.com/content/federal-agency-alleges-someone-within-lvpd-aided-drug-trafficker
2016/08/20--https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2016/08/20/officials-fight-heroin-but-meth-scourge-
remains/88870242/
2009/01/20--https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/2009/01/20/narcotics-heroin-cocaine-biz-
beltway-cz_nv_0121drugcities.html&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/tracing-heroin-trafficking-in-new-mexico
Meth
2020/04/07--https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/2020/04/07/carlsbad-man-sentenced-nearly-30-years-prison-drug-
trafficking/2956722001/
2020/02/11--https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/news/2020/02/11/man-busted-task-force-convicted-drug-
trafficking/4722810002/
2019/02/08--https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2019/02/08/multi-agency-investigation-dismantles-major-drug-trafficking-
organization
2019/04/04--https://www.newschannel10.com/2019/04/04/clovis-woman-sentenced-years-drug-trafficking/
2019/11/09--https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2019/11/09/aztec-farmington-drug-trafficking-meth-police-resisting-
arrest/2535831001/
2018/11/02--https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/crime/2018/11/02/carlsbad-residents-arrested-meth-heroine-drug-
trafficking-ring-texas-pecos-valley/1860392002/
2017/09/15--https://www.scdailypress.com/site/2017/09/15/eight-more-arrested-in-drug-case/
2016/08/20--https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2016/08/20/officials-fight-heroin-but-meth-scourge-
remains/88870242/
2016/05/12--https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/12/feds-indict-men-meth-trafficking-conspiracy/84281400/
2013/08/24--http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/24/the-devil-s-drug-the-true-story-of-meth-in-new-mexico.html
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/crystal-meth-plagues-navajo-nation
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/ring-leader-methamphetamine-trafficking-ring-san-juan-county-sentenced-114-months-
federal
https://www.krqe.com/news/man-accused-of-running-meth-distribution-center-out-of-albuquerque-business/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/eighth-member-southeastern-new-mexico-drug-trafficking-organization-pleads-guilty-drug
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/drug-trafficking-arrest-made-at-santa-fe-high-basketball-
game/article_34c8f3ba-2c8c-5750-bef4-75eb7f7ba4e1.html
https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/roswell-man-arrested-on-drug-trafficking-charges/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/raton-woman-sentenced-66-months-federal-drug-trafficking-conviction
https://www.lasvegasoptic.com/content/federal-agency-alleges-someone-within-lvpd-aided-drug-trafficker
Opioids
Espanola
2017/02/01 Police Chief: Families crying out for help. By Ed Williams [Opioids Espanola]
https://www.kunm.org/post/police-chief-families-crying-out-help
Excerpt: When a public health crisis gets out of control, it can overwhelm law enforcement agencies. That’s what’s happened
with the Española Police Department as it deals with a decades-old opioid epidemic and all the crime that goes with it. To
understand just how big of a drug problem Española has, just ask Officer Anthony Armijo. “It’s the norm. For everyone, it’s
the norm that drugs are here, drugs are being used, you have family that grew up with it,” he said. “For example, I have
family that live here, you know, they’re addicts. I’ve arrested them before.” If there’s any police department that
understands what an opioid epidemic means for a community, it’s this one. Even the chief of police has had addiction
struggles within his own family. This town of 10,000 people has one of the highest opioid overdose rates in America. Heroin
addiction has gone on out of control here year after year. It’s a crisis that’s torn families apart, strained the health system,
and stretched the police department to its limit.
https://www.kunm.org/post/police-chief-families-crying-out-help
Updates: 2020/05/14 Cocaine section received several articles; 2020/04/27 created separate page Brief Links; created separate page Areas; 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 2016/06/04
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