TYLER, TX – A Kaufman County man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations, announced today by Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Field Division. Cory Joe Phillips, 39, City of Terrell, pleaded guilty on March 8, 2021, to possession with intent to...

DALLAS – A Honduran man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez. Oscar Ruiz Colon, 41, pleaded guilty on Feb. 4, 2021, to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine knowing it would be...

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal jury today convicted Armando Daniel Calderon of four charges related to methamphetamine trafficking. The announcement was made Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon and Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds. The verdict follows a one and a half week...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Albert T. Nguyen, M.D., of Oklahoma City, paid $325,000 to settle civil penalty claims stemming from allegations that he violated the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and its regulations. The settlement was announced by Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of the...

DALLAS - A Costa Rican man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced today by the DEA Dallas Field Division. Felipe Espinoza-Cruz, 49, pleaded guilty on Feb. 3, 2021, to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine...

FRESNO, Calif. — Jose Mario Quintero Beltran, 31, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon announced. According to court documents, on March 31, Quintero...

DALLAS – A Guatemalan man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced by DEA Dallas Field Division, Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chavez. Jose Ramon Reyes Villagran, 37, pleaded guilty on Sep. 1, 2020, to conspiracy to import cocaine into...

DALLAS - An oncologist has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for running a pill mill, announced by the DEA Dallas Field Division. Arrested in DEA Dallas’ “Operation Wasted Daze,” Dr. Caesar Mark Capistrano, 61, was convicted at trial in January three counts of conspiracy to dispense a...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a 45-count indictment today against 15 defendants for a conspiracy to traffic cocaine, cocaine base, and heroin in the Sacramento area, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The indictment charges the following defendants: Tyrone Anderson, 40, of Sacramento; Maurice Bryant, 51...

FRESNO, Calif. — Elias Zambrano Jr., 41, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana that was shipped from Fresno to Kansas City, Missouri, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced...