Mc ALLEN, Texas - A total of 15 people are in custody following law enforcement actions in multiple cities that began on Friday involving a drug and money laundering conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The Organized...

NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Jaquan McIntosh, a/k/a “BJ,” pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy in connection with his membership in the “2Fly YGz” (“2Fly”), a violent street gang that operated in and...

HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has convicted a 44-year-old local man of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to launder money, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth...

DEL RIO, Texas - In Del Rio, Luis Felipe (aka “Vaquero”), a 40-year-old former Eagle Pass resident and associate of the Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Organization, was sentenced yesterday afternoon to mandatory life in federal prison for his leadership role in cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracies announced United States...

(NEW YORK - - Six years after the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) launched its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Americans continue to turn out in large numbers to rid their homes of unused medications, including controlled prescription (CPDs) such as painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants. On October 22, 2016, the...

(MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (“NYPD”), and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (“DEA”), announced that...

TRENTON, N.J. - - Belarmino Amaya, 58, of Hesperia, California, was sentenced to 12 years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Michael A. Toto in Middlesex County. Amaya pleaded guilty to first-degree charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and money laundering. The 12-year sentence includes four...

(ALBANY, N.Y. - Shukri Abdullah, 44, of Albany, New York, pled guilty Thursday to possessing synthetic cannabinoids with the intent to distribute them. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and U.S Attorney Richard S. Hartunian. As part...

DEL RIO, Texas - Guillermo Rodriguez-Sanchez, a 42-year-old resident of Mexico City, faces a mandatory minimum sentence of at least ten years and up to life in federal prison after a jury convicted him late Thursday afternoon of importing cocaine and heroin. The conviction was announced by Drug Enforcement (DEA)...

SAN ANTONIO - Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO) member Frederick (aka “Fast Fred”), 48, faces life in federal prison after pleading guilty to murder. The guilty plea was announced jointly by United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin Jr., Western District of Texas; Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Division Special Agent in Charge...