LAREDO, Texas - The head of a marijuana trafficking cell, Mexican National Armando Javier Picazo Jimenez, 42, has pled guilty for his role in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from Laredo to the Dallas area via the use of tractor trailers, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. In August 2013...

AMARILLO, Texas - Oved David Valenzuela-Ortega, who admitted to trafficking a large quantity of methamphetamine, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 324 months in federal prison. The sentencing was announced jointly by Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas’ Drug Enforcement...

TYLER, Texas - A 29-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., the Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Drug Enforcement Administration and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Sharjeel Jeff Ali pleaded guilty to...

AMARILLO, Texas - Three defendants in two separate cases were sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater for various methamphetamine distribution offenses. Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of Dallas’ Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made the announcement...

DALLAS - Bertha Alicia Garcia, 50, of Channelview, Texas, who pleaded guilty to her role in a pill mill operation that operated during parts of 2013-2015, has been sentenced, announced Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Drug Enforcement Administration division office and United States Attorney...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Victor Manuel Castillo, aka “Victor Manuel Garza,” 44, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 188 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas...

DALLAS - U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater sentenced three defendants, including a doctor, a pharmacist, and the owner of McAllen Medical Clinic, today for their involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Muhammad Faridi, 41, of Murphy, was sentenced...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An indictment charging the former Tabasco, Mexico, Secretary of Finance has been unsealed following the arrest of his wife in the Houston area, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Jose Manuel Saiz-Pineda, 49, served as the Secretary of Finance of the Mexican State of Tabasco from...

LUBBOCK, Texas - An investigation into a large scale drug trafficking organization in Hockley and Cochran County, Texas has resulted in federal drug distribution conspiracy charges against seven defendants who are charged in two federal indictments that were returned last week by a grand jury in Lubbock, announced U.S. Attorney...

DALLAS) - Midlothian, Texas high school student won the 3rd Place in the Operation Prevention Video Challenge with a Public Service (PSA) about where you will end up with a prescription medication addiction. The DEA, DEA Educational Foundation, and Discovery Education awarded Nate Trillo of Heritage High (Midlothian School District)...