(OCALA, Fla.) - Tirso Hernandez-(35, Ocala) was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. A federal jury found him guilty on February 21...

CHICAGO - An Elmwood Park man has been charged with federal drug offenses for allegedly importing a fentanyl analogue from China to the Chicago area. Rolando Estrada, 42, imported furanyl fentanyl from China in the summer of 2016, according to an indictment returned this week in federal court in Chicago...

CHICAGO - Today, Special Agent in Charge Brian M. McKnight, along with United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced the sentencing of Marco Antonio Avila, 30, to 26 years in prison for his leadership role in a Rochester-based methamphetamine and cocaine distribution organization. AVILA, who pleaded guilty on May 30...

(MIAMI) - Honduran national Sergio Neftali Mejia-Duarte - was sentenced today to life in prison for his involvement in a large-scale international narcotics transportation organization. On January 9, 2018, a Miami jury found Mejia-Duarte, 41, guilty of conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine with the knowledge that the...

(WESTON, Fla.) - The former National Director of Anti-Corruption in Colombia and an attorney from Colombia were extradited yesterday to the United States to face wire fraud and money laundering charges related to the promotion of foreign bribery. Luis Gustavo Moreno Rivera, 36, the former National Director of Anti-Corruption in...

CHICAGO - A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a suburban man to 16 years in prison for leading a Chicago-area cell of an international drug trafficking organization. Jesus Salgado ran a stash house in Bensenville where heroin and cash from drug sales were stored. He also sold drugs in...

(PENSACOLA, Fla.) - Aaron M. Booker, 26, Joseph F. Booker Jr., 28, and Kaishawndra Lyons, 25, all of Pensacola, and Uy Nguyen, 34, of Vallejo, California, have pled guilty to charges arising from a multi-state drug and money laundering conspiracy. Nguyen and the Booker Brothers pled guilty to conspiracy to...

CHICAGO - Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at close to 6,000 sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal partners, DEA...

WESTON, Fla. - - Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at close to 6,000 sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and...

CHICAGO - Were you a participant? If so, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national, tribal, and community partners give a special “THANK YOU” to all who participated in the 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 28, 2018. “Take Back Day helps to keep drugs out of...