McALLEN, TX - Six men from Texas and one from Ohio have all been sentenced to prison on drug trafficking and money laundering charges as a result of an investigation that began more than five years ago, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in...

HOUSTON, TX - Thomas E. Hinojosa, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), along with United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today that three individuals were arrested on Thursday following the execution of search warrants at several locations and the discovery of grow operations of hydroponic marijuana...

McALLEN, TX - A San Juan, Texas, resident convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to possess marijuana and being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of federal law will be spending the next five years and 10 months in federal prison without parole, announced Drug Enforcement...

MANHATTAN, NY. - Wilbert L. Plummer, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement ("DEA") and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Jose Mosquera-Prado, 36, a top lieutenant of Colombian drug kingpin Francisco Gonzalez Uribe, was...

WHITE PLAINS, NY. - Wilbert L. Plummer, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrests today of Fernando DeJesus, Efrain DeJesus, Felix Rodriguez, Carol Reynolds...

LAREDO, TX -- - A Webb County Constable Precinct One deputy has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to use his official capacity to protect loads of cocaine, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Eduardo Garcia, aka Eddie Garcia, pleaded guilty late this morning to count one of the...

MANHATTAN, NY. - Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. and White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske led a panel discussion on combating drug abuse in New York City neighborhoods. Local community leaders, law enforcement officials, and health services organizations joined District Attorney Vance and...

MANHATTAN, NY. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration Wilbert L. Plummer and United States Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York, announced that Yarlei Bañol-Ramos, a former guerilla for the 57th Front of the Fuerzas Armadas...

BEAUMONT, TX - A Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a major drug trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. Alejandro Ortiz, 33, of Houston...

BUFFALO, NY. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration Wilbert L. Plummer and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced yesterday that Russell D. Biery, 40, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to conspiracy...