ROCKFORD, Ill. - -Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of a cooperative investigation with the McHenry County Sheriff’s Police Narcotic’s Task Force, stemming from suspicious activity occurring in the 800 block of Harper Court, Cary, Illinois. On...

LAREDO, Texas - Edgar Loera and Miguel Angel Vives-Macias have been convicted by a federal jury of multiple counts in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving heroin and methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdicts...

CHRISTI, Texas - Jose Fidel Guajardo aka "Garfield," 42, a leader of a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy, has been handed a significant federal sentence, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Today, U.S. District Judge Janis Graham...

CHICAGO - A southwest suburban physician was arrested yesterday on federal charges for allegedly conspiring to illegally dispense a prescription medication and health care fraud, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, Sathish Narayanappa Babu, the owner of Anik Life Sciences Medical Corp., allegedly conspired to illegally dispense oxycodone...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 25-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Michael Joseph Barrett IV pleaded guilty to possession with...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - - Stephen Whipple, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced Jesus Mauricio Juarez Jr. aka Flaco 27, has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in a 1,000 pound marijuana load. He...

J BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Francisco Javier Maya, 35, has been convicted of one count of conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute approximately 1,000 pounds of marijuana, announced Steven S. Whipple, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and United States...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A federal jury has convicted Jaime Homero Guerrero of conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Stephen S. Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdicts...

HOUSTON - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced Oscar Nava-Valencia, 42, of Guadalajara, Mexico, has received a 25-year sentence for his role in the smuggling of a 3,100 kilogram...

McALLEN, Texas - Freddy Centeno, 52 of Brownsville, has been ordered to prison for money laundering for a convicted drug trafficker, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Centeno, a licensed real estate agent, pleaded guilty to a one-count criminal information...