J BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Francisco Javier Maya, 35, has been convicted of one count of conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute approximately 1,000 pounds of marijuana, announced Steven S. Whipple, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and United States...

(BALTIMORE) - - The national touring exhibit developed by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the DEA Educational Foundation, Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause opens February 11, 2014 at the Maryland Science Center at Baltimore's Inner Harbor. In this interactive exploration of the effects of drugs on...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A federal jury has convicted Jaime Homero Guerrero of conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Stephen S. Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdicts...

HOUSTON - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced Oscar Nava-Valencia, 42, of Guadalajara, Mexico, has received a 25-year sentence for his role in the smuggling of a 3,100 kilogram...

McALLEN, Texas - Freddy Centeno, 52 of Brownsville, has been ordered to prison for money laundering for a convicted drug trafficker, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Centeno, a licensed real estate agent, pleaded guilty to a one-count criminal information...

McALLEN, Texas - - Martin Saucedo-Mata, 48, of Pharr, has been ordered to prison for 121 months for storing cocaine at his residence, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Saucedo-Mata pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The co-owner of Mr. Nice Guys Smoke Shop and a local real estate agent have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions related to a multi-agency investigation into the structuring of financial transactions announced Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States...

LAREDO, Texas - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced today Roberto Garcia, 29, and Juan Javier Reyna, 33, both of Houston, have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced today Julio Cesar Cardenas, 40, has been given four life sentences in federal prison for his involvement in leading a...

GREENBELT - , Md. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Jose Joaquin Morales, age 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, to life in prison for using a cell phone to arrange the murder-for-hire of Robert Long, who was a cooperating witness in a case pending against Morales in the Circuit...