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...

MIAMI - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and (ATF), Miami Field Office, made the announcement. Daniel Paul Vranich, 31, of Lake Park, FL, made...

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Octavius R. (35, St. Petersburg) to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring with others to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. He pleaded guilty on December 16, 2014. According to court documents...

KERRVILLE, Texas - Dr. Richard B. Debenedetto, of Kerville, TX, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment in a Texas State Correctional Facility for prescribing a controlled substance with no legitimate medical purpose, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. (Houston Division), Kerr County District Attorney E...

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge James Moody today sentenced Aaron Edwin (39, Riverview) to 10 years and one month in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money...

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...

TAMPA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the arrest and charge by a federal complaint of Shawn Paul (41, Dade City); Vladimir (26) and Jose Edgar...

OCALA, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges today sentenced Rolando (46, San Benito, Texas) to 18 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. The Court also ordered him to forfeit more than $1.2 million in property and...

FORT MYERS, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce that Adam (35, Naples) pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with seven counts of conspiracy to commit...