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...

MACON, Ga. – Two investigations of dark web drug traffickers in the Middle District of Georgia were announced as part of Operation TorNado, a coordinated, multi-agency and international law enforcement effort targeting criminal enterprises that use dark web markets to traffic fentanyl, opioids, and other illicit drugs. The announcement was...

Atlanta – Michael Antonio Cruz was arraigned earlier today in federal court on drug trafficking charges related to the discovery of nearly 60 pounds of fentanyl in a shed behind one of his alleged residences. “Fentanyl continues to devastate families and communities across this country,” said Michael J. Connolly, Acting...

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...

CHICAGO — A man who allegedly trafficked cocaine in Chicago has been arrested in Argentina and extradited to the United States to face federal drug conspiracy charges in the Northern District of Illinois. Rodolfo Aguirre, 38, was originally arrested in Chicago in December 2016 after allegedly conspiring to sell approximately...

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...

LUBBOCK, TX - A 36-year-old Lubbock man was convicted on Nov. 10 of drug and gun charges following a multi-agency search warrant at his residence in January. Following a two-day trial presided over by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix, a federal jury took less than two hours to convict...

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...

RENO – A Mexican national pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession with intent to distribute nearly two pounds of heroin. “Heroin is a highly addictive, destructive poison that destroys lives, tears families apart, and fuels a wave of fatal overdoses across our nation,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Sigal Chattah...