WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Python, a DEA-led multilateral interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related disruption activities targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) . This announcement marks the successful conclusion of six months of investigative...

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Python, a DEA-led multilateral interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related disruption activities targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) . This announcement marks the successful conclusion of six months of investigative...

WASHINGTON –El Departamento de Justicia y la Agencia Antidrogas de los E.U. anunciaron hoy los resultados del “Proyecto Python”, una operación llevada a cabo por varias agencias y dirigida por la DEA que comprende todas las investigaciones globales que tienen como blanco al Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Este...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jose Mendoza, 32, and Natalie Mendoza, 35, of Medanales, New Mexico, Ryan Rodriguez, 27, of Chamita, New Mexico, Andrea Rodriguez, 28, and Edvardo Carlson, 39, of Espanola, New Mexico, and Bridget Archuleta, 31, of San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico appeared in federal court today for arraignment on...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced that Daniel John Hodges, 25, of Concord, North Carolina. appeared in federal court today before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler, and pleaded guilty to unlawful distribution of anabolic steroids. Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Murphy of the Atlanta Field Division...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Charles Michael Ledford, 50, of Conyers, Georgia today to 324 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Reidinger also ordered Ledford to serve five years under court supervision. Joining...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte returned a criminal bill of indictment on Feb. 20, 2020, charging Shannon White, 42, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and resident of the Cherokee Indian Reservation, with distributing fentanyl that resulted in an overdose death...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Brian William Rose of Aiken County was sentenced in federal court for his involvement in a methamphetamine and heroin conspiracy and being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs of...

EL PASO, TX – Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today announced that the DEA will direct enforcement resources to methamphetamine “transportation hubs” — areas where methamphetamine is often trafficked in bulk and then distributed across the country. While continuing to focus on stopping drugs being smuggled across the...

EL PASO, TX - In El Paso today, federal authorities filed a criminal complaint against 27-year-old Gregory Keith Robinson, and 26-year-old Jaquan Bray for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Kyle W. Williamson, El Paso...