ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Francisco Burciaga, 43, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced this morning to 20 years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for his heroin trafficking conviction, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s El...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s El Paso Division and U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, announced the indictment of 18 individuals who allegedly participated in a tri-state drug trafficking organization that obtained methamphetamine from Arizona and Texas and distributed the drugs in Otero...

PHOENIX - Today, Douglas W. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that this past Saturday, DEA collected over 10,000 pounds of prescription medications, demonstrating the public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside...

WHAT: “7th STATEWIDE PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK EVENT” - WHEN: SATURDAY, October 26th. Collection Sites will be open 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. - WHERE: STATEWIDE-over 90 drop-off locations. Visit - www.dea.gov and click on the “Got Drugs?” icon for a local site near you. - WHO: DEA, state, local, and...

PHOENIX - With public participation at an all-time high after six prior events in three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local, tribal, and community partners will hold a seventh Prescription Drug Take-Back Day at numerous sites across Arizona on Saturday, October 26th - . Collection sites are...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Five residents of Santa Fe, N.M., were arrested earlier today based on a 16-count federal indictment charging them with Oxycodone trafficking offenses. Two other Santa Fe residents were arrested on federal marijuana trafficking charges and another individual was arrested on state narcotics trafficking charges. The arrests were...

TUCSON - The Drug Enforcement Administration announced today felony charges against the owners and employees of Embrace Health and Pain Management Clinic in Tucson, Arizona. The charges arise from a 21-month investigation against two nurse practitioners who issued multiple prescriptions of powerful and addictive controlled substances, primarily Oxycodone outside the...

EL PASO, Texas - In El Paso this morning, U.S. District Judge Frank Montalvo sentenced 25-year-old Julio Adrian Pesqueira-Galaviz, to the statutory maximum of 15 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his leadership role in a scheme to illegally purchase firearms in the U.S...

PHOENIX - Roman Borquez, 46, of Peoria, Ariz., and Ralph Moreno, 52, of Phoenix, Ariz., were found guilty by a federal jury of drug trafficking offenses including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Borquez was also convicted of conspiring to distribute heroin. Moreno was also convicted of possessing...

EL PASO, Texas - Thirty-three individuals have been arrested in El Paso for prescription fraud-related offenses, announced Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement Administration'(DEA) El Paso Field Division, Regional Commander Carey Matthews of the Texas Department of Public (DPS) and 34th Judicial District (DA) Jaime...