- TUCSON, AZ. - Elias Guerrero-Esquer, 44, of Rio Rico, Ariz., was sentenced on July 21, 2011, to 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Frank R. Zapata. Guerrero-Esquer had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana and admitted...

LOUISVILLE, KY - David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, and Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Detroit Field Division announced today that a member of the “Black Mafia Family” has been convicted of possession and distribution of...

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...

- TUCSON, AZ. - Victor A. Flores, 51, pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring with others to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 8 tons of cocaine. The cocaine had been smuggled into the United States through a tunnel that extended into Naco, Ariz, from Mexico. The investigation...

- PHOENIX, AZ. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Dennis K. Burke, announced that Robert Jan Opacian, 31, of Bridgeview, Ill., was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 30 months in prison...

- PHOENIX, AZ. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Dennis K. Burke, announced that Juan Enrique Rodriquez of Tolleson, Ariz., was sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 10 years in prison and 60 months...

MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman, along with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced today the dismantling of a year-long investigation concerning drug trafficking organizations that were responsible for the distribution of thousands of pounds of marijuana throughout...

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...

TUCSON, AZ. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Dennis K. Burke, announced that Evelio Cervantes-Conde, a Cuban immigrant lawfully residing in the United States, was convicted by a federal jury on Friday afternoon, May 27, 2011, for both attempting...