JUNE 26- (HOUSTON) - Federal, state and local authorities have arrested 18 individuals, including the operator of three locations of Kash Tobacco & Novelties in Austin as well as the owner of the Best Foods #2 convenience store and Hang Ten Smoke Shop in San Antonio, for their roles in...

LAREDO, Texas - A fourth man charged in relation to a murder-for-hire conspiracy has been handed a significant federal sentence, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Samuel Walker, 29, of Sharon, Miss., was convicted in November 2012 along with...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Three men arrested in January for various drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies have been ordered to federal prison, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Ignacio Pena aka “Nacho,” 44, Raul Leal Martinez aka “Indio”...

LAREDO, Texas - Two Indictments, alleging conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine as well as money laundering charges, have been partially unsealed following the arrest of 25 individuals, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña of the...

LAREDO, Texas - Marcus Mickle, 21, of Columbia, S.C., has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for a conspiracy related to cocaine and marijuana trafficking and for possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña...

DENVER - Walgreens (Walgreens), the nation’s largest drug store chain, has agreed to pay $80 million in civil penalties for violations of the Controlled Substances Act, resolving an investigation in which the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado and the DEA’s Denver Field Division participated. The agreement...

JUNE 12 (BEAUMONT, Texas) - A 39-year-old Silsbee, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today. Eric LaPaul Harper pleaded guilty on Jan...

BEAUMONT, Texas - Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today. Juan Carlos Chavez-Delgado, 30, of Houston, and Alvaro Humberto Jimenez, 57, of...

LAREDO, Texas - Shavar Davis, 30, of Denver, Colo., has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his involvement in a murder-for-hire and drug conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Davis pleaded guilty in August 2012...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Luis Alberto Hernandez-Garcia, an undocumented alien from Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions related to a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Hernandez-Garcia, 33, pleaded...