MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney of the Southern District of Florida, announced that Jose Evaristo Linares-Castillo, a/k/a “Don Eva,” has been extradited from Colombia to the United States. Linares-Castillo and four co-conspirators were...

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced the unsealing of a three-count indictment charging Camilo Torres-Martinez, aka Fritanga, (41) with conspiracy to import into the United States...

WASHINGTON - After collecting more than 1,000 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications at previous events over the past three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day across the country on Saturday, April 27th. Collection sites...

MIAMI - After collecting an average of 400,000 pounds of expired, unwanted prescription medications at each of its previous five events in the past three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day across the country on...

OCALA, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges today sentenced Marcus Jalany (25, Lake County) to 10 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Treasury today named two Lebanese exchange houses, Kassem Rmeiti & Co. For (Rmeiti Exchange) and Halawi Exchange Co. (Halawi Exchange), as foreign financial institutions of primary money laundering concern under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT (Section 311) - the first time the...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - A federal grand jury returned two indictments on April 16, 2013, charging 12 individuals with methamphetamine and pseudoephedrine related conspiracy offenses. The indictments were announced by Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for...

WASHINGTON - - DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the unsealing of charges against Antonio Indjai, the head of the Guinea-Bissau Armed Forces, for conspiring to provide aid to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de (the...

WASHINGTON - Today the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) published a Final Rule to permanently control 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-(methylone) and a Notice of Intent to temporarily schedule three synthetic cannabinoids. The first of two notices published in the Federal Register this morning is a Final Rule permanently placing methylone, a synthetic stimulant...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Robert E. O’Neill, United States (U.S.) Attorney for the Middle District of Florida; Carmen M. Ortiz, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts; Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida; and Palm Bay Police...