SAN DIEGO - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its law enforcement and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, September 26th...

SAN DIEGO - Evelio Padilla-Zepeda, a Honduran national, pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he donned a wetsuit and scuba gear and smuggled 55 pounds of cocaine through an underwater drug tunnel that exited into the All-American Canal just north of the international border. Padilla-Zepeda entered his plea...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - After a four day jury trial, Delfín Robles-Álvarez was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine for the purpose of unlawful importation, conspiracy to import cocaine, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez and Vito Salvatore Guarino, the Special...

PUERTO RICO - Vito Guarino, the Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Caribbean Division today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites...

SAN DIEGO - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted...

SAN DIEGO - During the past two years, DEA has partnered with Naval Criminal Investigative Service, (NCIS), Camp Pendleton and 32nd Street offices, and the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office to make a series of undercover purchases at Aroma Avenue and Cabana Smoke Shop. These purchases were made at...

SAN DIEGO - Jose Rodrigo Arechiga-Gamboa, also known as “Chino Antrax,” pleaded guilty in federal court today. Chino Antrax admitted that as a high-level member of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel he and his co-conspirators coordinated the transportation of tons of cocaine and marijuana into the United States and ordered or...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On May 13, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit submitted a 57 page opinion affirming the conviction of Edison Burgos-Montes, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Edison Burgos-Montes appealed from his conviction for two...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On April 16, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 29 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. The Drug...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) Office of Air and Marine Agents intercepted a vessel Wednesday evening attempting to smuggle 42 bales of cocaine, totaling 2,425 (1,100 kilos), with an approximated street value of $30.8 million, south of the island of Vieques; an eastern island off...