TEXARKANA – A South Bend, Indiana man was sentenced yesterday to 235 months in federal prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for possessing 20 kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute it. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the trial and sentencing hearing...

Note: View the Indictment ALBUQUERQUE – An Albuquerque man has been indicted on federal charges following a DEA investigation that uncovered a large-scale narcotics trafficking operation in Albuquerque. According to court documents, on August 13, 2025, DEA agents conducted an undercover operation in Albuquerque in which Jose Magana Garcia, a...

San Francisco – September 9, 2025, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of a week-long operational surge aimed at dismantling the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most violent and powerful drug cartels, responsible for flooding the United States with fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin. In February, the Trump...

WASHINGTON – Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of a week-long operational surge aimed at dismantling the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most violent and powerful drug cartels, responsible for flooding the United States with fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin. In February, the Trump Administration designated the...

WASHINGTON, DC (September 8, 2025) – Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of a week-long operational surge aimed at dismantling the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most violent and powerful drug cartels, responsible for flooding the United States with fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin. In February, the...

WASHINGTON – On September 4, 2025, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unveiled and dedicated a new memorial in honor of 10 Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Team (FAST) members – three DEA Special Agents and seven U.S. military personnel – whose lives were lost in a helicopter crash in western Afghanistan...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – After a week-long, targeted sweep across Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia, the Drug Enforcement Administration, working with our federal, state, and local law enforcement counterparts, arrested 51 individuals with ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. All of those arrested are facing a wide range of criminal charges related...

NEW ORLEANS, La. – After a week-long, targeted operation across the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Orleans Division’s four-state jurisdiction of Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi, the DEA – working with our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners – arrested 38 individuals with ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. All...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Brayan Missael Nunez-Mendoza, 24, of Sacramento, was sentenced on Aug. 18, 2025, by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb to four years and three months in prison for distribution of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and DEA Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced...

MINNEAPOLIS – A federal grand jury in Minneapolis charged three more alleged members or associates of the violent street gang known as the Lows, bringing the total number of defendants in this indictment to fourteen. The newest defendants—Marques Armstrong Jr., 30, Davant Moore, 23, and Jahon Lynch, 20, each of...