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U.S. and Mexican Government Officials Meet to Coordinate Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking and Money Laundering

U.S. and Mexican Government Officials Meet to Coordinate Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking and Money Laundering

International Firearms Traffickers Sought in ATF’s “Operation Castaway”

Photographs of the two suspects, Gerson Javier Ruiz-Varela and Manuel Carrasco-Ruiz. Please call 1-800-283-4897 with any information regarding their whereabouts.

ATF Announces 7 New Gunrunner Groups and Phoenix Gun Runner Impact Teams’ Successes

Deputy Director Kenneth Melson, along with U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, address the news media at a news conference in the ATF Phoenix Field Division. Melson announced seven new Gunrunner groups and Phoenix Gun Runner Impact Team successes.

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November 22

  • Washington, DC — ATF Launces Text-Based Crime Tip Submission System

October 28

  • San Francisco Field Division — Fire at Westfield Galleria Mall in Roseville Ruled Arson

October 26

  • Columbus Field Division — ATF National Response Team Activated to Investigate Mount Vernon Fire
  • Washington Field Division — Feds indict 61 in multi-agency drug probe focusing on Los Angeles-area gangs

October 25

  • San Francisco Field Division — ATF National Response Team Actived to Investigate Fire at Westfield Galleria Mall in Roseville

October 21

  • Baltimore Field Division — Alleged Members Of The 18th Street Gang Indicted In A Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Five Murders, Extortion, Armed Robbery And Obstructing Justice

October 7

  • Philadelphia Field Division — Violent Southwest Philadelphia Drug Gang Indicted for Racketeering

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