Washington, D.C. - Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, 67, of Michoacán, Mexico, a career drug trafficker for several Mexican cartels, was sentenced today to 270 months in prison for international drug trafficking and firearm offenses. “For more than two decades, Antonio Oseguera Cervantes helped fuel one of the world’s most dangerous drug...

RAPID CITY - Martin Ramirez, 45, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Ramirez was indicted for Conspiracy to Distribute a...

Note: Relevant court documents can be found here. Today, the Department of Justice, through the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team, joined Europol to announce the results of Operation TorNado: a coordinated, multi‑agency and international law enforcement effort targeting criminal enterprises that use Dark Web markets to traffic...

PORTLAND, Ore. —Fernando Lombera Gonzalez, 34, a Mexican national unlawfully residing in the United States, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release on Tuesday for conspiring to distribute more than three pounds of methamphetamine in Oregon. According to court documents, in late May...

Pensacola, Florida – Loredana Alessandra Bassolino, 38, of Navarre, Florida was sentenced to five years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl and more than 5 grams of methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United...

RAPID CITY - A Tucson, Arizona, man, Francisco Siquieros-Valenzuela, also known as “Pancho,” 32, was sentenced November 9, to 14 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Siquieros-Valenzuela was indicted for Conspiracy to...

Seattle – A 36-year-old Mexican national, who was tending a drug stash house in Everett and making drug deliveries for a large drug trafficking organization, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to five years in prison. Sylvestre Ramos was arrested October 28, 2025, following a year-long investigation...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – A third superseding indictment recently unsealed in the Eastern District of Louisiana charges six members and associates of a Colombian-Russian drug trafficking organization with federal drug trafficking offenses, including conspiring to import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney David I...

Pensacola, Fla. –John Martin Elmore, 37, of Crestview, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine or 500 grams of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine and one count of possession of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine or...

Tallahassee, Florida – Christopher L. Daniels, 47, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being found guilty by a federal jury of possession with intent to distribute various controlled substances including more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon...