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Federal And Local Law Enforcement Round Up Methamphetamine Manufacturing And Distribution Rings

EL PASO, TX -- - United States Attorney John E. Murphy and DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit announced the arrests of 11 El Paso area residents charged with conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine. The 11 defendants are charged in two separate indictments returned by the Federal Grand Jury...
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Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Drug And Money-Laundering Charges Defendant’s Organization Allegedly Trucked Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine Across The Texas-Mexico Border

BROOKLYN, NY. - Alleged Mexican drug kingpin Esteban Rodriguez-Olivera was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Friday, March 11, 2011, and will be arraigned later today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on charges contained in a superseding indictment returned on...
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Police Chief, Mayor And Village Trustee Of Columbus, New Mexico Indicted In Federal Firearms Trafficking Case

LAS CRUCES, NM- - DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph A. Arabit, ICE Special Agent in Charge Manuel Oyola-Torres, ATF Special Agent in Charge William Newell, and United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales for the District of New Mexico announced today that a federal grand jury in New Mexico has...
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Two Men Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Operating A Marijuana Grow House

WHITE PLAINS, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and PREET BHARARA, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest yesterday of LAWRENCE C. HERZ and MICHAEL J. SZTROPKALYI for operating a marijuana...
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Twelve Indicted For Cocaine Trafficking, Weapons Possession And Financial Crimes

BUFFALO, NY. - John P. Gilbride, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Buffalo has returned a 35-count indictment charging twelve defendants, six of whom are members...
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Buffalo Man Charged With Federal Robbery Of A Pharmacy And Illegal Sale Of Oxycodone

BUFFALO, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) John P. Gilbride and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced last night that Michael McCallum, 24, of Buffalo, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal Complaint with robbery of a...
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TSA Employee Charged With Conspiring To Defraud The United States By Obstructing Security Measures At The Buffalo Niagara International AirportSecond Person Charged With Operating A Continuing Criminal Enterprise In Violation Of Federal Narcotics Laws

BUFFALO, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration John P. Gilbride and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced last night that Minnetta Walker, 43, of Buffalo, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal Complaint with conspiring to defraud...
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Law Enforcement Joins Forces In Coordinated Effort Against Drug Trafficking Cartel Members And AssociatesFederal, State, And Local Law Enforcement Officials United To Seize Loaded Guns And Drugs On The Upper West Side Of Manhattan

MANHATTAN, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) John P. Gilbride stated, “This arrest and these seizures were a direct result of Operation Bombardier. On the upper west side of Manhattan, near a high school, one individual was arrested; three...
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Former FARC Guerrillas Plead Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Conspiring To Provide Material Support To A Foreign Terrorist Organization

NEW YORK, NY. - John P. Gilbride, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement ("DEA")and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Jorge Abel Ibarguen-Palacio, aka "Turbo," and Yarlei Bañol-Ramos, aka "Diana," former guerillas for the...
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Five Defendants Alleged To Have Impersonated FDA Agents Indicted For Conspiring To Extort Pharmaceutical Drug BuyersDominican Extortion Conspiracy Targets U.S. Purchasers Of Offshore Pharmaceuticals

BUFFALO, NY - . - A federal grand jury has indicted the following five individuals for conspiring to commit an act of extortion under the pretense of being a U.S. Food and Drug (FDA) agent: Jose Miguel Mercado Garcia, 29, of the Dominican Republic; Zulai Morales, 25, of the Dominican...