LAREDO, Texas - Jose Manuel Saldivar-Farias aka “Z-31” or “El Borrado” has been charged with conspiracy to possess marijuana allegations after illegally entering the U.S., announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Saldivar-Farias, 27, is alleged to be a...

McALLEN, Texas - Jose Urbano Cortinas, 29, has been ordered to prison for nearly 23 years following his conviction of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Cortinas, of Memphis...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, and James D . Robnett‎, Special Agent in Charge, Tampa Field Office, Internal Revenue (IRS), announces the unsealing of an indictment...

MIAMI - Broward County Circuit Judge Martin J. Bidwill issued six arrest warrants for individuals involved in an illegal oxycodone distribution ring operating out of Hollywood, Florida. All six individuals were arrested yesterday. Kathleen (54, Hollywood) charged with: (1) Conspiracy to Engage in a Pattern of Racketeering Activity; (2-5) Trafficking...

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...