WACO, Texas - A federal district judge sentenced five Aryan (AB) members and associates to federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy announced Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 28-year-old federal inmate has been sentenced for receiving contraband in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Sultan Adnan Al-Bizri, of Lubbock, Texas, pleaded guilty on Mar. 11...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An indictment has been officially unsealed charging Eugenio Hernandez Flores, the former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, with conspiring to launder monetary instruments and aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Six men and three women have now been ordered to federal prison following the sentencing of two more today in a lengthy case which was the result of the efforts of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation dubbed “Operation Prototype,” announced Drug Enforcement Administration...

WACO, Texas - In Waco today, a federal district judge sentenced 18 Aryan (AB) members and associates to federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and...

McALLEN, Texas - Manuel de la Cruz Jr., 32, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute nearly 11 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson...

SAN ANTONIO - A former major drug trafficker in the Piedras Negras “Plaza,” 46-year-old Esiquiel (aka “Cheke”), was sentenced in San Antonio today to 420 months in federal prison for federal drug and firearm violations announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Acting United States Attorney Richard Durbin...

DEL RIO, Texas - In Del Rio yesterday, 45-year old Texas Mexican (TMM) member Jesus Meza, Jr. (aka “Jesse”) was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for violating federal racketeering and drug trafficking statutes announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal...

LOS ANGELES - The owner of a Fashion District import-export business pleaded guilty late Friday afternoon to federal charges stemming from an investigation into “Black Market Peso Exchange” schemes used by international drug cartels to launder and send narcotics proceeds out of the United States. The owner of Yili Underwear...

LAREDO, Texas - A total of five Laredoans have been ordered to prison for their roles in a kidnaping ordered by Los Zetas and executed by members and associates of the gang Hermanos Pistoleros (HPL), announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S...