CHICAGO -- Twenty-four individuals are facing federal charges following an investigation targeting two street gangs responsible for firearms offenses, narcotics trafficking, and violence on the West Side of Chicago. During the investigation, dubbed “Operation Full Circle,” federal, state, and local law enforcement officers worked together to seize 34 firearms, more...

BOSTON – Twenty-four members and associates of Boston-based street gangs have been charged in federal court in Boston in connection with trafficking cocaine in a Brighton housing development and separately operating a large-scale drug trafficking organization. “Drug trafficking, along with the violence that all too often accompanies it, is a...

BOSTON – A Colombian national connected to seizure of hundreds of kilos of cocaine bound for Caribbean was sentenced last week in federal court in Boston for trafficking cocaine on board maritime vessels. Alex Mendoza Vasquez, 38, was sentenced on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 by U.S. District Court Judge William...

PROVIDENCE, RI – A Providence man found to be in possession of more than 384 grams of fentanyl, nearly 2,000 grams of heroin, and more than 2,260 grams of cocaine, and who was expecting to take possession of six kilograms of fentanyl before it was intercepted by law enforcement, was...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Isidro De Los Santos, 33, of Syracuse pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of heroin, fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, and cocaine, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 14-count superseding indictment charging Kalijah Long, 36, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to distribute, and...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that nine defendants were arrested and charged in a criminal complaint for their roles in a large and long standing illegal narcotics ring operating in...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Department of State today announced new rewards for information that assists in identifying and bringing to justice two Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) leaders who allegedly participated in corrupt and violent narco-terrorism conspiracy with high-ranking Venezuelan officials. Through the...

PROVIDENCE, RI – The admitted leader of a drug trafficking organization that distributed dozens of kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine in New England was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison. Ramon Delossantos, 27, a Dominican national who lived in Cumberland at the time of his arrest in October...

CHICAGO — A former high-ranking member of the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico was arraigned today on federal drug charges following his extradition from Mexico. The defendant, Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, was charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, one count of...