LAREDO, Texas - A total of 12 drug traffickers have been handed federal prison sentences for their convictions related to a far-reaching drug trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Edgar Loera and Miguel Angel Vives-Macias were...

LAREDO, Texas - A federal indictment has been partially unsealed following the arrest of 17 defendants in the Laredo and Dallas areas on charges related to a long-term investigation into a drug and money laundering conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 40-year-old Nederland, Texas man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for drug trafficking violations 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. Stephen Shane Hall, also...

AUSTIN, Texas - In Austin last night, a jury convicted 44-year-old Bertram, TX, resident Jimmy Don Hardin of federal firearms and drug trafficking charges announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Texas Department of Public...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Mario Enrique Patlan, 45, Cristina Patlan, 23, and Reymundo Abel Brown Jr., 27, have all entered guilty pleas today in a long-running effort to smuggle drugs via UPS, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. All...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two men have been found guilty for their roles in a large-scale drug-trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Guillermo Herrera, 55, and Hector Alberto Burton aka Hector Alberto Camacho, 40, were convicted...

LAREDO, Texas - Amy Reyes, 32, a former deputy with the Starr County Sheriff’s (SCSO), and her bother Bobby Lee Reyes, 36, both of Rio Grande City, have entered guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute 34 kilograms of marijuana, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph...

HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has convicted Larry Maurice Favorite, 32, of Houston, of possession with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and conspiracy to do the same, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston...

LOS ANGELES - Four individuals, including a former physician, were taken into custody on felony fraud charges in connection with a complex scheme investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to print thousands of fake prescriptions bearing the names of legitimate doctors, ultimately sold on the streets of Los Angeles...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 57-year-old Rialto, CA woman living in Port Arthur, Texas has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations 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. Angie...