PORTLAND, Oregon- The Drug Enforcement Administration Seattle Field Division today announced a multi-agency fentanyl enforcement operation resulting in dozens of arrests, and the seizure of drugs, firearms, and cash in Portland, Oregon. Honduran drug traffickers working for the Sinaloa Cartel infiltrated Portland flooding the area with deadly fentanyl and other...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that ERIC HERMAN, 32, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to drug distribution and firearm possession offenses. According to court documents and statements made in...

DALLAS, TX - The Texoma High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Caprock Initiative was recognized on March 28, 2025, at the National HIDTA Awards Ceremony for its outstanding contributions to public health and safety. The event, held in Tysons Corner, Virginia, honored the program’s success in addressing the alarming rise in...

ANSONIA, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Stephen P. Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that DAQWON GRAHAM, also known as “Seagull” and “Energy,” 30, of Ansonia, has been arrested on a...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Two former high-ranking members of Cartel del Gulfo have been extradited to the United States and are charged in separate indictments with significant drug trafficking, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei...

EL PASO, Texas – A high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was extradited from Mexico to El Paso, indicted for criminal charges related to his alleged federal racketeering, narcotics, money laundering, firearms, and continuing criminal enterprise offenses. According to court documents, Daniel Franco Lopez aka “Micha” aka “Neon” aka “Fer,”...

SAN DIEGO – Edgar Perez Villa, an alleged member of a Tijuana-based enforcement group for the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, commonly known as CJNG, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Thursday and made his first appearance in federal court in San Diego today. Perez Villa was...

PHOENIX, Ariz. - A multi-agency enforcement effort led by the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration, Phoenix Police Department, Arizona Attorney General's Office, and Arizona HIDTA, dubbed Operation Double Down, has wrapped up and proven successful in combating the drug trafficking epidemic of fentanyl and other illegal substances which have resulted in...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An indictment was unsealed today charging Honduran national Abner Estrada Cruz, 25, with conspiracy to distribute at least 400 grams fentanyl and seven counts of distributing fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced. Estrada Cruz was...

SAN DIEGO – Alleged Sinaloa Cartel cell leader Octavio Leal-Hernandez, aka Chapito Leal, who is believed responsible for trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and marijuana into the United States from Mexico, appeared in federal court today following his extradition from Mexico yesterday. Leal-Hernandez was indicted by a federal...