WASHINGTON - - The Drug Enforcement Administration congratulates the Government of Mexico on the arrest of Miguel Trevino Morales. Trevino Morales, the head of the notoriously violent and vicious Los Zetas cartel, has been a wanted man for years. His ruthless leadership has now come to an end. Thanks to...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christopher Pappagallo, 40, of Vernon, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in...

Extradition of Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Defendant allegedly worked with two Colombian terrorist organizations to manufacture and distribute hundreds of tons of cocaine per year, and laundered millions of dollars in drug proceeds (WASHINGTON) - Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (“DEA”), Preet Bharara, Loretta E. Lynch...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Vincent Mescrea, also known as “Jose Jimenez,” 43, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing...

BRIDGEPORT Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two New Fairfield men were sentenced today in Bridgeport federal court for trafficking oxycodone and other controlled...

Nationwide enforcement actions targeted dangerous new and emerging class of chemicals from overseas WASHINGTON - Yesterday the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its law enforcement partners announced enforcement operations in 35 states targeting the upper echelon of dangerous designer synthetic drug trafficking organizations that have operated without regard for the law...

WASHINGTON - Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement ("DEA"), and Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced today a settlement of a civil forfeiture and money laundering lawsuit brought by the United States against the Lebanese Canadian ("LCB") and its assets. The Government’s action, filed on December...

BURLINGTON,Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on June 24, 2013, Matthew Burt, 38, of South Burlington, Vermont was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment by...

WASHINGTON - -“The Drug Enforcement Administration is grateful for the outstanding work of the Colombian National Police, the Special Investigative Unit and the Attorney General’s Office that led to the swift arrest of these suspects,” said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “We will never forget Special Agent Watson and his...