LAREDO, Texas - Shavar Davis, 30, of Denver, Colo., has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his involvement in a murder-for-hire and drug conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Davis pleaded guilty in August 2012...

TUCSON, Ariz. - DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman today announced the arrests of 18 of 21 suspected members of a cocaine trafficking organization operating in Cochise County. The 12 month long investigation targeted drug trafficking activity in the SierraVista and Bisbee area. Three individuals remain at large. The...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Luis Alberto Hernandez-Garcia, an undocumented alien from Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions related to a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Hernandez-Garcia, 33, pleaded...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury in Corpus Christi has found Luis Perez-Barocela guilty for his participation in a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The jury returned its verdict just a short time...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 42-year-old Roma, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, United States Attorney John M. Bales and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña announced today. David Bazan pleaded guilty on Feb. 12, 2013...

McALLEN, Texas - - Four members of the now defunct Panama Unit have been convicted, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Jonathan Trevino, 29, Claudio Mata, 35, and Eric Alcantar, 29, all of McAllen, and Salvador Arguello, 34, of...

MAY 20 (HOUSTON) - - Four men have been charged with conspiracy to possess and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Roberto Carlos Garza, 23, and Alexander Chavez, 34, both of Rio...

PHOENIX - On May 14, 2013, Brian Howes, 49, of Bo’Ness, Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Readeto 70 months incarceration, three years supervised release, and a $1,000 special assessment. Howes pleaded guilty on Feb. 4, 2013, to ten separate counts of distributing a listed (Red...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Juan Roberto Rincon-Rincon, one of the highest ranking members of the Gulf Cartel, has been ordered to federal prison for life following his convictions related to a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson...

LAREDO, Texas - - Elizabeth Nevarez, 44, of Laredo, has been ordered to prison for nearly five years following her conviction of one count of money laundering, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Nevarez entered into a written plea...