TUCSON, Ariz. - DEA announced today the arrest of seven members of the Erick Erives drug trafficking (DTO), as a result of a 28-count indictment acquired through the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, citing multiple drug charges, allegations of money laundering and fraud. Erick Erives, the cell head of the DTO...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Pawankumar Jain, 63, a physician whose license has been revoked, entered a guilty plea this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to unlawfully dispensing controlled substances and health care fraud. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Rodrigo Ivan Cazares, 34, a legal permanent resident from Zamora, Michoacan, Mexico who resides in Artesia, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., for a narcotics trafficking conviction involving more than 4.5 (ten pounds) of pure methamphetamine. Cazares was sentenced to 168 months...

PHOENIX - DEA announced today, the sentencing of Carlos Ramon Castro-Rocha, 42, of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, to 11 years in prison. Castro-Rocha, a former Consolidated Priority Organization (CPOT), a term designated as a reference to the highest-level drug traffickers, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess heroin with intent...

EL PASO, Texas - This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested seven individuals for their role in a methamphetamine distribution scheme operating in the Odessa area. A federal grand jury indictment unsealed today charges those seven, along with 15 other individuals who were previously arrested, with conspiracy to possess...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Last week, a federal grand jury indicted eight individuals on heroin trafficking and money laundering charges based on a DEA-led investigation into an organization that allegedly distributed heroin in Taos County, N.M., announced U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict late yesterday afternoon finding Gabriel Mirabal guilty on narcotics trafficking and firearms charges after a six-day trial. The guilty verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of DEA’s...

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...

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...