ALBUQUERQUE - On July 24, 2014, Carlos Luis Bujanda, 46, of Hobbs, N.M., entered a guilty plea in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Bujanda was arrested on Dec. 12, 2013, on a criminal complaint alleging that he possessed methamphetamine with intent to distribute in...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On July 16, 2014, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 10 defendants charged with distribution of a controlled substance for purpose of unlawful importation, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - - The Coast Guard seized more than 3,500 pounds of marijuana with an estimated wholesale value of $3.5 million and detained five suspected smugglers during a drug interdiction in the Caribbean Sea, Southwest of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Michael Dacosta, Shawn A. Ally, Nolan E...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Yesterday a federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict finding Genevieve Hernandez, 36, of Artesia, N.M., guilty on methamphetamine trafficking charges after a two-day trial. The jury’s verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Will R. Glaspy, Special Agent in Charge of...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Bernabe Carrasco, 35, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge pursuant to a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Bernabe Carrasco and his co-defendant and cousin, Carlos Jesus Carrasco, 24, also of El...

ALBUQUERQUE - Jose Alberto Hernandez, 28, of El Paso, TX, was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 46 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Hernandez was arrested on Aug. 7, 2013, on a criminal complaint...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Sam Eylicio, Jr., 37, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to participating in a cocaine base trafficking conspiracy. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Eylicio will be sentenced to 125 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release. Eylicio was one of...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Connie Coble, 52, of Alamogordo, N.M., pleaded guilty this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to participating in a conspiracy to obtain prescription drugs by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception and subterfuge by filling fraudulent prescriptions at retail pharmacies. Coble and her co-defendant Sharon Carter, 57...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On May 20, 2014, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned two indictments against eight defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Today...

ODESSA, TEXAS - Federal, state and local authorities have arrested 29 individuals--24 who face federal and five who face state charges--in connection with an Odessa-based methamphetamine distribution operation announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent...