BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed charging Gonzalo Erick Aguilar Vargas, also known as “Erick Aguilar” and “Erick Vargas,” Hillary Calle, Kiancin Lee, also known as “Mala,” Monica Vargas, and Ricky Vargas with conspiring to traffic heroin, conspiring to kidnap, kidnapping, and possessing and brandishing firearms in...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, Salvador Jimenez Uribe, also known as “Salvador Uribe Jimenez,” pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie in the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to a four-count superseding indictment for his involvement in an international cocaine importation conspiracy and international narcotics importation...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - John V. Brown, 45, of New York City, was sentenced today to serve 71 months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release for supplying heroin in the Plattsburgh area. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - An indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging Nestor Luis Reverol Torres, the former General Director of Venezuela’s La Oficina Nacional (ONA) and former commander of Venezuela’s National Guard, and Edylberto Jose Molina Molina, the former Sub-Director...

LAREDO, Texas - A total of 11 people are in custody following an enforcement operation in two separate, but related cases involving a heroin trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Those arrested include Alejandro Escobar-Becerra, 35...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. - Nearly four kilograms of heroin and fentanyl have been seized and 24 people arrested on drug possession and conspiracy charges as a result of an investigation into 10 fatal overdoses in Suffolk and Nassau Counties and nine drug overdoses in which individuals were revived with Narcan...

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced the sentencing yesterday of James Smith, a/k/a “Heavy D,” to 34 years in...

HOUSTON, Texas - A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts on all 19 counts as charged against a Houston doctor for distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Atttorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury deliberated for approximately eight hours...

AUSTIN - This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested nine individuals in the Austin area, including ringleaders Xavier (aka “Javi”) and Eulalio (aka “Chico”), for conspiring to distribute heroin announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin...

SAN ANTONIO - This afternoon, 45-year-old Mexican National Mauricio Sanchez-Garza made his initial appearance in federal court following his extradition from Mexico yesterday. Sanchez is charged by two federal grand jury indictments in the Western District of Texas with laundering drug distribution proceeds and committing extortion in a scheme involving...