LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Thirty-four individuals are facing federal and tribal drug charges as the result of an 18-month multi-agency investigation spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Bureau of Indian (BIA) into methamphetamine trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Eighteen defendants, including five members of the Mescalero Apache Tribe...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Victor Hurtado, 21, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 141 months in federal prison for his conviction on Hobbs Act, drug trafficking and firearms charges arising out of a pharmacy robbery in Jan. 2015, and a traffic stop in March 2015. Hurtado will...

AUSTIN, Texas - In Austin this afternoon, 54-year-old Mexican businessman Francisco Colorado Cessa faces up to 20 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of scheming to launder millions of dollars in Los Zetas drug distribution proceeds through purchasing, training, breeding and racing American quarter horses in the...

WACO, Texas - In Waco, a federal district judge sentenced to federal prison the remaining two Aryan (AB) associates convicted of participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau...

HOUSTON, Texas - Four people have been charged in a $17 million health insurance fraud scheme involving the sale of ketamine to patients without a valid prescription, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Catherine A. Hermsen, Food and Drug Administration - Office of Criminal (FDA-OCI)...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 28-year-old resident of Corpus Christi had been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of possessing with the intent to distribute a synthetic cannabinoid and for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit...

LAREDO, Texas - A 23-year-old legal permanent resident from Mexico who resided in Laredo has been ordered to prison following his conviction of possession of nearly nine kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Wilivaldo...

AUSTIN, Texas - In Austin, two brothers were both sentenced to ten years in federal prison for their roles in an Austin-based synthetic cannabinoid distribution operation announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry, ATF Phoenix Field Division, and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, DEA El Paso Division announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging Albuquerque resident Davon Lymon, 34, with...

McAllen, Texas - A naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Houston has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction in McAllen federal court to conspiring to commit money laundering, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Alejandro Morales-Flores, 60...