LAREDO, Texas - Jose Manuel Saldivar-Farias aka “Z-31” or “El Borrado” has been charged with conspiracy to possess marijuana allegations after illegally entering the U.S., announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Saldivar-Farias, 27, is alleged to be a...

McALLEN, Texas - Jose Urbano Cortinas, 29, has been ordered to prison for nearly 23 years following his conviction of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Cortinas, of Memphis...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jose Luis Zuniga-Hernandez, 47, aka Wicho or XW or Commandante Wicho, has been ordered to federal prison along with his brother Armando Arizmendi Hernandez, 37, aka Commandante Mando or XW2 for conspiracy to import more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana...

LAREDO, Texas - Seven people were sentenced this week for their roles in a drug conspiracy involving the shipment of cocaine and methamphetamine from Laredo to Dallas and Houston, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. U.S. District Court...

ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Eric Watson, 28, of St. Louis, MO, received a 57 month sentence for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. Watson had previously pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine in St. Clair, IL and St. Louis, MO. offenses...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Anthony Trurice Grayson, 30, of Excelsior Springs, was found guilty of participating in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, attempting to manufacture methamphetamine, possessing pseudoephedrine to manufacture methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house. Grayson...

ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Rodolpho Hernandez Flores, a 47-year old Mexican national, was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute five or more kilograms of heroin. According to Southern District of Illinois...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Ryan D. Wright, 39, and Courtnie Lea Goins, 25, both of Springfield, MO have pleaded guilty in federal court to their role in conspiracies to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in Boone County...

MARION, Ill. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Sarah Lindsey, 30, of Marion, IL, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and fined $200.00 for her involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy. Lindsey pleaded guilty to...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Resident Agent in Charge Scott Smith announced today that Mary Ann Ramos, age 53, and her son, Earl James Ramos, age 26, both of Evansdale, Iowa were sentenced today in federal court. The mother and son were convicted of selling synthetic (commonly known...