SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Caribbean Division highlights significant prosecutorial results achieved through the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) during the week of September 14 through September 18, 2026, including multiple guilty pleas and federal prison sentences involving cocaine importation, drug trafficking organizations, and firearms...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Caribbean Division highlights the latest prosecutorial results achieved through the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) in Puerto Rico, demonstrating the continued impact of coordinated federal, state, and local efforts against drug trafficking and other criminal organizations. During the week of...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Caribbean Division, working alongside its Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) partners, announces federal charges against 17 individuals allegedly involved in a drug trafficking organization that used the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and the U.S. mail system to transport cocaine...

Sherman, TX – An Arizona woman and a Dallas man have been sentenced to federal prison as part of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation into a deadly fentanyl overdose. Pamela Esquivias, also known as Azalea, 25, of Maricopa, Arizona, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...

DALLAS, TX — Special Agent in Charge Joseph B. Tucker and the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that a Dallas man who admitted to running a multi‑state marijuana distribution operation was sentenced today in federal court for conspiracy to use interstate facilities in...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Collin Shane Kirby, 21, of Oklahoma City, and Shane Michael Burgess, 24, of Mustang, Oklahoma, have both pleaded guilty to distributing a controlled substance analogue. According to public records, on December 12, 2025, Kirby sold pills to Burgess that contained N-Propionitrile Chlorphine, a synthetic opioid known...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Today in Puerto Rico, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that 81 members of a violent drug trafficking organization have been charged federally following a Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) investigation. The FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department successfully led the takedown and arrest yesterday...

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Dwight A. Singletary II, aka “Nutt” and “Mike Jones,” age 44, of Fresno, California and Troy, New York, pled guilty August 25, 2026, to leading a nationwide marijuana and THC trafficking organization that shipped thousands of kilograms of marijuana from Fresno to locations throughout the United...

New York - On Friday, August 21, 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will join Facing Fentanyl , to unite families, communities, and organizations across the country in recognizing National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the national observance which honors and remembers the...

Seven individuals were arrested as law enforcement officers disrupted an active fentanyl packaging mill operating in a sixth-floor apartment on Bronx Boulevard in the Wakefield neighborhood of the Bronx on Tuesday night. Approximately four kilograms (eight pounds) of fentanyl mixtures carrying a street value of over $1 million were recovered...