United States Attorney John E. Murphy and DEA Special Agent in Charge Thomas E. Hinojosa announced that 35 individuals believed to have ties to the La Familia Michoacán drug cartel is in custody based on federal charges filed in Austin this week. In addition to making these arrests over the...

DETROIT, MI - An indictment charging six defendants with mortgage fraud, arson, marijuana trafficking and money laundering was unsealed today after many of those charged were arrested, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Ms. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in...

DETROIT, MI - An indictment charging six defendants with mortgage fraud, arson, marijuana trafficking and money laundering was unsealed today after many of those charged were arrested, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Ms. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in...

SAN ANTONIO, TX - Juan Jose Quintero-Payan, 69, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit (RICO), José Angel Moreno and John E. Murphy, United States Attorneys for the Southern and Western District of Texas, respectively, announced today along with Acting Special Agent in Charge of the...

BEAUMONT, TX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas E. Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced that two Houston men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a major drug trafficking conspiracy. The sentencing hearings were held by U.S. District Judge Ron...

BEAUMONT, TX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas E. Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced that three Houston men have been sentenced to federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark in the Eastern District of Texas. Jesus Pineda-Espinoza, 30, pleaded guilty on...

DETROIT, MI - Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the immediate suspension of the federal controlled substance Registration of Keysource Medical, a wholesale supplier of pharmaceuticals. Keysource Medical, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been the subject of a DEA...

BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Richmond, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for knowing about a major drug conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. Alberto Pineda-Goicochea pleaded guilty on...

BEAUMONT, TX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and U. S. Attorney John M. Bales announced that two Houston women involved in a major drug conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas have been sentenced to federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Ron...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Donald A. Davis, announced today that Asante Parker, 32, of Lansing, Michigan, was sentenced to serve 262 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms...