McALLEN, Texas - Two illegal aliens residing in Pharr have been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to interfere with commerce by threats or violence and to carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 51-year-old Corpus Christi physician has admitted he furnished false information in a record of dispensed controlled substances, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Dr. Michael Jerome Pendleton pleaded guilty today. At the hearing...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, the former governor of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, and a former PRI Party candidate for Mexican President, has been extradited to the United States. Ruvalcaba is charged in a Brownsville indictment which includes allegations of racketeering, drug smuggling, money laundering and bank fraud...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 44-year-old Richardson man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Michael Cipriano pleaded guilty Dec. 18, 2017. Today...

SAN DIEGO - Documented Lakeside gang member Uriah Odish was indicted by a federal grand jury for selling fentanyl that led to the death of a 25-year-old La Mesa woman, identified in court documents only as T.H., who was found dead in her home on January 23. “By holding dealers...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 40-year-old Houston man has been arrested for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced the Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA Houston Division Will Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. John D. Leontaritis, owner and operator of Vanderhall Exotics of Houston, and...

SAN DIEGO - Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficker Jesus Manuel Salazar-Nunez was sentenced to 135 months in prison today and five years of supervised release for his role in a drug trafficking cell responsible for shipping methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin from Mexico for importation into San Diego. According to court records...

SAN DIEGO - April 8 -14, 2018 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week - a time for law enforcement, prosecutorial agencies, victim advocates and community members to come together and support victims of crime. Enforcing victim’s rights protects victims, enhances public safety and fosters public confidence in our criminal justice...

WASHINGTON - A federal jury found a Houston physician and the owner of a pain management clinic guilty for their roles in running a “pill mill” that provided tens of thousands of unlawful prescriptions for millions of doses of opioids and other controlled substances. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Acting Assistant...

AUSTIN, Texas - This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested 18 individuals without incident on federal drug charges stemming from a narcotics trafficking investigation announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division; Federal Bureau of (FBI) Special Agent in...