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...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On May 28, 2014, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 72 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...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Nineteen individuals have been arrested and charged in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and conspiracy to import heroin from Colombia and Venezuela into Puerto Rico, announced U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez Vélez for the District of Puerto Rico...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, announced the indictment and arrest of 24 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. The Drug Enforcement (DEA) the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD) are the agencies in charge of...

LOS ANGELES - Anthony D. Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division, announced today that area residents turned in more than 35,(17.5 tons) of medication as part of the 8th DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Program. This event was held on Saturday, April 26th, and provided...

LOS ANGELES - Manuel Valencia, 30, the “shotcaller” of a South Los Angeles street gang, pleaded guilty today to federal racketeering and drug trafficking charges for his role in orchestrating the day-to-day activities of the gang controlled by an incarcerated member of the Mexican Mafia. The Harpys gang, which claims...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, announced the indictment and arrest of 48 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of controlled substances. The Drug Enforcement (DEA) the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD) are in charge...

(ST. CROIX - , U.S. Virgin Island) -A federal grand jury in St. Croix has indicted 29 inmates at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional and Detention Facility for possessing illegal contraband, announced Ronald W. Sharpe, United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands; Vito S. Guarino, Special Agent...

( - HONOLULU) - Defendants Roger Cusick Christie, 64, and Sherryanne L. Christie, 62, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi on federal charges related to their role in the manufacture and distribution of marijuana in the Honolulu area. Roger Christie was sentenced to 60 months in prison...

( - HONOLULU) -Ernesto Hernandez, 51, of Kapolei, Hawaii, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and related charges. Florence T. Nakakuni, United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, said the evidence presented at Hernandez’s trial showed that in May of 2013, he agreed...