LOS ANGELES - A Mexican businessman pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiring with the owners of a Los Angeles area toy wholesaler to launder thousands of “narco dollars” for drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. Luis Ernesto Flores Rivera, 54, of Guadalajara, Mexico, faces up to 20 years in...

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - Jose Angel Yanez III, 30 of Corpus Christi, Texas, has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine in the Corpus Christi area and concealing the proceeds by purchasing and renovating homes and reselling them, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier F...

McALLEN, TX - Eusevio Mendoza, 28, of Brownsville, Texas, has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced...

McALLEN, TX - Two former deputy sheriffs from Duval County, Texas, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Ruben Silva, 35, of Freer, Texas...

HOUSTON, TX - Joselito Flores Mercado, 49, and Jose Alberto DeLeon, 34, have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in connection with a seizure of more than 1,900 pounds of marijuana in the Houston area, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney...

Riverside, CA - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that operators of an Inland Empire chain of marijuana stores and others associated with a warehouse where drugs were cultivated for the stores were arrested this morning on federal drug trafficking charges. A six-count indictment returned last week by a federal...

McALLEN, TX - A 38-year-old known sex offender from Alton, Texas, convicted of drug trafficking, has been sentenced to federal prison, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. This afternoon, U.S. District Judge Randy Judge Crane sentenced Edward Gene...

LAREDO, TX - Leandro Salas-Galaviz aka Daniel Obregon, 35, has been sentenced to life in prison for his role as a leader/organizer in a drug and money laundering conspiracy engaged in trafficking kilograms of cocaine and marijuana for the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in...

LAREDO, TX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today that Andrew Ayran Alves and Shomari E. Fussell, both 30, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess five kilograms or more of cocaine with the intention of distributing it...

LAREDO, TX - The leader of a drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating out of the Zapata, Texas, area from approximately June 2006 through June 2011 has pleaded guilty, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Pedro Navarro...