BOSTON – A Mexican man, and member of a Tijuana-based Sinaloa Cartel cell, was sentenced today for his role in a cocaine and money laundering conspiracy. Eber Alain Estrada Palafox, also known as “Doctor,” 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 63 months in prison...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that Talbert Hill, 44, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 95 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 3-year term of supervised release. Hill...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Dominican man has pleaded guilty in federal court in connection with a drug trafficking organization distributing large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine, United States Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Raynerson Marcos De La Paz Matos, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess...

BOSTON – A Southbridge man pleaded guilty in federal court in Worcester to conspiring to distribute cocaine in Central Massachusetts. Eric Rivera, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman scheduled sentencing for Nov. 12...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER PURVIS, 29, has pleaded guilty in Bridgeport federal court to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 7...

ATHENS, Ga. – U.S. Attorney William R. “Will” Keyes today announced the unsealing of two federal indictments and one criminal complaint charging a total of 17 people allegedly involved in an armed drug trafficking network accused of distributing fentanyl, cocaine and other controlled substances in the Athens community, with more...

FRESNO, Calif. — Salvador Vega Rendon Jr., 33, of Turlock, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 16 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and...

Seattle – Over the last three weeks, federal, state and local law enforcement have been working to dismantle a Sinaloa Cartel-connected drug trafficking ring distributing fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin throughout western Washington, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. The drug traffickers transported narcotics from Mexico, via California, sometimes...

WILMINGTON, N.C. – On Wednesday, a federal judge sentenced a Clayton woman to 11 years in federal prison for money laundering and trafficking large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine. Oralia Rodriguez-Flores, 40, pleaded guilty at the end of last year to conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to distribute 5...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Antonie Elbert Eaddy, 49, of Goodyear, Arizona, has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of crack cocaine, 5 kilograms of cocaine, 400 grams of fentanyl, and a quantity of marijuana. Evidence obtained in the...