MACON, Ga. – The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia, together with law enforcement partners, today announced significant developments in three Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) investigations targeting cartel-linked drug trafficking organizations responsible for the armed distribution of large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine and resulting...

MIAMI – An alleged member of a Guatemala-based drug trafficking organization has been extradited from Guatemala to the Southern District of Florida to face federal charges for his role in an international cocaine trafficking conspiracy spanning four countries. According to court records, from 2012 through 2023, Mauro Ismael Morales Martinez...

ALBUQUERQUE - Angel Ramirez, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, faces federal drug trafficking and firearm offenses following her arrest during a DEA-led Homeland Security Task Force investigation. "During this operation, DEA agents working alongside our Homeland Security Task Force partners seized more than 40 kilograms of fentanyl powder, representing over 3...

ALBUQUERQUE – An Albuquerque drug trafficker who amassed an arsenal of firearms, including machinegun conversion devices, and hundreds of grams of methamphetamine and fentanyl has been sentenced to nearly 29 years in federal prison. According to court documents, on July 6, 2024, Deundalas Gales, 37, was driving at a high...

MIAMI – The leader of Frente 33, part of the FARC dissident group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP), a designated foreign terrorist organization, was extradited from Colombia to the Southern District of Florida on Thursday to face federal charges stemming from an alleged international cocaine trafficking...

EL PASO, Texas – A federal jury convicted an El Paso man for three counts related to fentanyl trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Charles Arellano, 45, was a fentanyl dealer who came under...

MACON, Ga. – A federal jury found a Macon resident guilty of armed drug trafficking, including distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine while in possession of a machine gun, resulting from an Operation Take Back America investigation. “This conviction holds a repeat offender accountable for distributing dangerous drugs,” said Michael J. Connolly...

WILMINGTON, N.C.– A federal judge sentenced Lara Joy Ezell, 42, to over 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of meth and distribution of 50 grams or more of meth. Ezell pleaded guilty to the charges on June...

EL PASO - A Mexican national, Luis Carlos Davalos-Lopez, 29, pleaded guilty today in El Paso, Texas, to conspiracy to bring in aliens to the United States. According to court documents, Davalos-Lopez conspired with others to smuggle migrants through an underground tunnel from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jerell Emmanuel Risher, 36, of North Charleston, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to trafficking methamphetamine. Evidence presented in court showed that on March 7, 2024, investigators intercepted a package that was shipped from California to a North Charleston address under a...