LAREDO, Texas - Israel Garza, 40, of Mission, has been ordered to federal prison for 240 months following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson...

HOUSTON - Former Houston Police (HPD) officer Marcos E. Carrion, 36, has surrendered to authorities, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson today. Carrion was charged in a sealed indictment, returned April 16, 2014. It was unsealed as Carrion...

MCALLEN, Texas - A total of eight men residing in Weslaco have entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute narcotics, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Tomas Reyes Gonzalez aka “El Gallo,” 37; Eloy...

MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that Craig Oleksowicz was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos in Manhattan...

HOUSTON - After collecting more than 1,700 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 26th. Americans can take their pills...

MANHATTAN - James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA); Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton; Nassau County Police Acting Police Commissioner Thomas C. Krumpter; Kathleen Rice, Nassau County District...

BRONX, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton; New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D'Amico; James T. Hayes Jr...

OTSEGO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. announce the arrest of John Thomas Laing, age 53, of 1608 Butternut Rd, Unadilla, NY. The announcement follows a joint two and a...

McALLEN, Texas - Ivan Velasquez-Caballero, aka "Talivan" or "50," has entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Velasquez-Caballero, 44, of...

LAREDO, Texas - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today Jose Gomez-Ramirez, 32, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, has been ordered to prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. Gomez-Ramirez pleaded...