DEA’s Mexico and Central America Division’s
area of responsibility include the countries of Mexico, Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Panama,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Belize.
Central American is utilized as a mid-point storage and transit
region for drugs being transported to Mexico and/or the United
States. Drug trafficking organizations and criminal groups located
in Mexico are the predominant smugglers, transporters, and wholesale
distributors of cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, and Mexico-produced
heroin in the United States.
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| Country/Resident Office |
Area of Responsibility |
Contact Info. |
| Belize City, Belize |
Belize |
501-233-3857 |
| Guatemala City, Guatemala |
Guatemala |
502-311-4389-6560/8563 |
| Managua, Nicaragua |
Nicaragua |
505-268-2148 |
| Mexico City, Mexico |
Mexico |
52-555-080-2600 |
| Guadalajara, Mexico |
523-825-3064 |
| Hermosillo, Mexico |
52-662-217-4715 |
| Ciudad Juarez, Mexico |
52-656-611-1179 |
| Mazatlan, Mexico |
51-669-982-1775/1659/6300 |
| Merida, Mexico |
52-999-925-5764/5742/8013 |
| Monterrey, Mexico |
528-18-340-1299 |
| Tijuana, Mexico |
526-646-22-7452 |
| Ottawa, Canada |
Canada |
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| Vancouver, Canada |
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| Panama City, Panama |
Panama |
507-225-9685/4494 |
| San Jose, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica |
506-220-2433-2434 |
| San Salvador, El Salvador |
El Salvador |
503-278-6005 |
| Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Honduras |
504-236-6780 |
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DEA
offices located in Mexico and the Central America Region combat
the aggressive methods of operations used by the various regional
drug trafficking organizations (DTO) by conducting bilateral
investigations with foreign counterparts, providing investigative
assistance and leads to DEA domestic offices and other agencies,
provide training and technical equipment to host nation participants
to initiate and carry out complex criminal investigations, provide
assistance in developing drug control laws and regulations, and
provide training and material support to foreign law enforcement
counterparts.
The DEA is represented
in Canada at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa and at the U.S. Consulate
in Vancouver. DEA is the single point-of-contact
for drug and drug money-laundering investigations overseas. DEA’s
role in Canada is to coordinate international drug-trafficking
investigations between the United States and Canadian law enforcement.
In addition to illicit narcotics and the laundering of proceeds,
DEA also investigates the diversion of legitimate pharmaceuticals
as well as precursor chemicals needed to manufacture illicit drugs.
Both DEA offices in Canada are very operational, working with the
Canadians on a full complement of cases while ensuring that our
activities are in keeping with Canadian laws and existing agreements.
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