Fort Myers, Fla. – Alejandro Marquetti-Blanco (34, Bradenton, Fla.) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kyle Dudek to 10 years and 1 month in federal prison for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Marquetti-Blanco was found guilty on February 20, 2026, after a jury trial. U.S. Attorney...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean Division joins the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico and its Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) partners in announcing four guilty pleas and four sentences during the week of October 19–23, 2026. The results include a...

FRESNO, Calif. — Isaac Benito Lopez, 39, of Fresno, was arrested and charged by complaint with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced. According to court documents, on Oct. 21, 2026, Lopez drove to a...

MIAMI – The leader of Frente 33, part of the FARC dissident group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP), a designated foreign terrorist organization, was extradited from Colombia to the Southern District of Florida on Thursday to face federal charges stemming from an alleged international cocaine trafficking...

PORTLAND, Ore.— U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon Scott Bradford announced that Eder Fletes Calix, 24, of Beaverton, Oregon, was sentenced to two years and nine months in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing more than 700 grams of fentanyl with intent...

LUBBOCK, TX – A former Texas Tech University professor who manufactured and distributed fentanyl — including a branded mixture known as “pink flamingo” — was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Daniel Taylor, 44, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or...

Pensacola, Florida – Scott Oranje, 52, of Mary Esther, Florida, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and possession of a firearm...

MONROE – On October 21, 2026, United States Chief District Judge Terry A. Doughty sentenced Demorion “Duck” Baker, 30, of Monroe, to 30 years in federal prison for multiple counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances including Cocaine, Alprazolam, Marijuana, and Methamphetamine, and for Possession of Firearms in...

LITTLE ROCK—Andre Lavon Harris, who previously received a 30-year state sentence for first-degree murder, will spend the next 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, which was handed down on Wednesday...

LITTLE ROCK—Andre Lavon Harris, who previously received a 30-year state sentence for first-degree murder, will spend the next 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, which was handed down on Wednesday...