LAREDO, Texas – Two Texans have been sentenced for their roles in distributing and conspiring to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Guillermo Fernando Rojo, 39, Laredo, and Gilbert Zambrano Saldivar, 45...

HOUSTON – A 22-year-old man has been taken into custody in connection to the fentanyl overdose death of a Houston resident, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Law enforcement arrested Cole Martin Millsap Oct. 23. He is set to make his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dena Hanovice Palermo...

LAREDO, Texas – A 46-year-old man has been sentenced for possession with the intent to distribute meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Daniel Rodriguez pleaded guilty April 2. U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers of the Southern District of Indiana announced that Michael Bravo, 27, of Conroe, Texas, and George Hartley, 66, of Evansville, have each been sentenced to 10 years in federal...

An indictment was unsealed in the District of Columbia charging leaders of the violent drug trafficking organization known as Los Zetas, and its successor organization, Cartel del Noreste (CDN), with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise; drug trafficking conspiracy; firearms offenses; and international money laundering conspiracy. According to the indictment...

McALLEN, Texas – A 41-year-old Dallas woman has been sentenced for possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Alma Delia Rios pleaded guilty March...

MILWAUKEE - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Milwaukee, and U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Sept. 17, 2024, Senior U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Chee Neng Xiong, 36, to a total sentence of...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 20-year-old Pharr resident has pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division Daniel C. Comeaux and Southern District of Texas U.S Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Jesus Neftali Padilla directed...

HOUSTON - Charges have been unsealed as part of a larger enforcement action related to the unlawful distribution of nearly 70 million opioid pills and over 30 million doses of other commonly abused prescription drugs to alleged Houston-area pill-mill pharmacies. Three Houston-area pharmacy operators were also charged for their role...

DEL RIO, Texas – An Eagle Pass man involved with the violent criminal street gang, Partido Revolucionario Mexicano (PRM), was sentenced in Del Rio to 19.5 years in federal prison for his role in importing and possessing with the intent to distribute over 10 kilograms of methamphetamine into the United...