Tag: Rocky Mountain Field Division
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DEA, ICE and FBI arrest 90 in Colorado in series of raids, targeting Tren de Aragua
Federal narcotics and immigration agents arrested about 90 people over the past two weeks in a series of raids that ramped up in Colorado and elsewhere in the country following the inauguration of President Donald Trump. A federal spokesperson said “quite a number” of the 90 are connected to Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang…
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DEA says Mexican cartels behind Colorado fentanyl trade | 2024: A LOOK BACK
Every fentanyl distribution case throughout Colorado in 2024 could be tracked back to two major Mexican cartels — Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation, agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) told The Denver Gazette. “You might be focusing on a single distributor here. But if it’s elicit fentanyl, it will trace back to…
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War on fentanyl: Adams County first responders taking new approach in effort to save lives
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Name a vehicle that’s red all over and read all over. Answer? Adams County Fire Engine #11. The six-wheeled, 33-foot first-responder vehicle is believed to be the first and only fire engine in the country fully wrapped with anti-fentanyl messages in English and Spanish. The…
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Rocky Mountain DEA breaks fentanyl seizure record for second straight year
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division broke a record for the most fentanyl pills seized in Colorado last year. This year, the division has already broken the previous record with a month left. The law enforcement agency has confiscated around 2.7 million fentanyl pills in the state as of the beginning of…
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Colorado DEA seizes more than 570,000 fentanyl pills in one week
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division seized around 570,000 fentanyl masked to look like legal prescription pills during a collection of operations in June. During separate operations across a seven-day period, DEA Special Agents and members of multiple state and local law enforcement…
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DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver, one of the biggest drug busts this year so far. Little else is known about the details of the operation. What authorities told The Denver Gazette,…
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‘Deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced’: DEA seized record amount of fentanyl in Colorado last year
A total of 522 people died from drug overdoses in Denver in 2023, the most since tracking began in 1923, according to Denver’s Office of the Medical Examiner. Around 40% of those deaths involved the use of fentanyl, according to the office. In an effort to battle the ongoing fentanyl war that has blazed since…