SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Today, federal, state, and local authorities arrested 26 individuals, including “TMM General” Raul Ramos, and are looking for three others in connection with a heroin/cocaine trafficking operation in the San Antonio area announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Joseph M. Arabit...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 18, 2017, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) Troy Derby of the Kansas City District Office announced that two women, one from St. Charles, Missouri, and the other from Republic, Missouri, were sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large...

OMAHA, Neb. - - Darin Thimmesch, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Omaha District Office announced on May 18, 2017, that DEA had secured a prison sentenced for Daniel Perez-Heredia. Perez-Heredia, 29, a resident alien from Worthington, MN, was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for conspiracy to...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 16, 2017, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) Troy Derby of the Kansas City District Office announced that Joseph Nicko Winters, 45, of Independence, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough, District Court Judge in the United States District Court, Western District of...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 16, 2017, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) Troy Derby of the Kansas City District Office announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a $1.2 million conspiracy to distribute oxycodone that was obtained by using forged...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 16, 2017, Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) of the Kansas City District Office, announced that a Nevada, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court for her role in a conspiracy to exchange “food stamps” for methamphetamine or cash. ASAC Derby announced that...

LAREDO, Texas - Three Laredo men have entered guilty pleas for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from Laredo to the Dallas area via the use of tractor trailers, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Armando Eloy...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - - James P. Shroba, Special Agent-in-Charge of the St. Louis Division announced that a California man pled guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine that was shipped from California to Springfield, Missouri. Romulo Frank Delatorre, 36, of...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 34-year-old Kirbyville, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Stefone Dwayne Palomo pleaded guilty on Oct. 17...

MCALLEN, Texas - Four local residents and two Mexican nationals have been ordered to federal prison for their respective roles in laundering drug proceeds, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Roosevelt Faz, 49, and Ted Cantu, 48, both of...