SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean Division, alongside the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico and its Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) partners, announced that three defendants pleaded guilty and two were sentenced in federal cases during the week of October 26–30, 2026...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – On October 24, 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 law enforcement partners collected 645,636 pounds of unused medications as part of ongoing efforts to prevent drug misuse. This event marked DEA’s 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day with 4,212 collection sites nationwide...

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...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean Division joins the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico and its Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) partners in announcing three guilty pleas and two sentences in federal cases during the week of October 26–30, 2026. The...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean Division joins its Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) partners in announcing the sentencing of Luis N. Isaac-Sánchez, also known as “Chimbo,” “CDobleta,” and “Dobleta,” to 45 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearm offenses related to his participation...

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...

On October 27, 2026, Donelfert Monterroso Vasquez, 51, a Guatemalan national, pleaded guilty to conspiring to import more than 450 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. According to court documents, Monterroso Vasquez coordinated the movement of multi-hundred-kilogram quantities of cocaine from Colombia through his location in Guatemala and on...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean Division announced federal charges against 17 alleged members of a drug trafficking organization operating in Aguadilla following Operation Los Tíos, an investigation conducted through the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative. The DEA and the Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s Aguadilla...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean Division joins the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico and its Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) partners in announcing four guilty pleas and four sentences during the week of October 19–23, 2026. The results include a...

LONDON, Ky. – On Monday, October 19th, 2026, a Statesville, NC, man, Luis Ruiz-Mejia, 48, was sentenced to 156 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. According to his plea agreement, from on or about September 30...