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...

SEATTLE – A 22-year-old Mexican national illegally present in the U.S. was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to six years in prison for drug and gun crimes. Jesus Cristerna Lucas delivered 5,000 fentanyl pills to an undercover agent in November 2024. This drug sale came mere months...

BOISE, Idaho--Ricky Dee Sedlacek, 63, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court records, Sedlacek sold more than a quarter pound of methamphetamine over multiple transactions in Oregon and Idaho. Investigators contacted Sedlacek during a traffic stop as he was...

BOISE, Idaho - Michael Joseph Pena, 28, of Pocatello, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. According to court records, Pena sold methamphetamine and fentanyl on multiple occasions throughout the summer and fall of 2025. When questioned...

SEATTLE – A 40-year-old repeat offender with a long history of drug and gun crimes was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 10.5 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Levi Frank Graham, most recently of Everett, Washington, was identified as a drug redistributor for...

PORTLAND, Ore.—Hugo Alberto Roman Aparicio, 42, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for a gun trafficking conspiracy. All guns were seized and forfeited. According to court documents, Roman Aparicio and others, conspired to smuggle guns from Portland to Mexico. They hid 12 firearms...

SEATTLE– The 32-year-old leader of a drug trafficking organization that preyed, in part, on those living unhoused in “The Jungle” and in the Seattle Chinatown International District was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to eight years in prison. Daniel Ibarra Loera, an illegal alien, living in Kent...

SEATTLE – A 22-year-old Federal Way, Washington, man was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to nine years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute massive amounts of fentanyl. Sir Terrique Milam was a trusted associate of one of the leaders of the family-based drug...