SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Caribbean Division announced the successful extradition of Nixon Manuel Marino-Carreño from Colombia to Puerto Rico, where he will face federal drug trafficking charges in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Marino-Carreño was arrested in Colombia...

NEW YORK - A fifth superseding indictment was filed yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn against Jobanis de Jesus Avila Villadiego, also known as “Chiquito” and “Chiquito Malo,” which added new charges of narcoterrorism conspiracy, conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, and providing or attempting to...

ST. LOUIS – Jerry Dale Leech, a chiropractor who committed healthcare fraud and issued fraudulent subscriptions for controlled substance, was sentenced to 100 months in prison and ordered to repay $4.7 million to Medicaid, Medicare and Tricare. Leech, 53, of Clayton, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa- A licensed pharmacist who created fake patient profiles to steal prescription drugs containing controlled substances was sentenced on April 15, to a three‑year term of probation. Ryan Paul Etscheid, age 40, from La Salle, Illinois, received the sentence after an October 27, 2025, guilty plea to acquiring...

Tallahassee, Florida – Forrest Alan Price, 31, of Tallahassee, Fla., has been indicted in federal court for possession with intent to distribute synthetic cathinone and five grams or more of methamphetamine, carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. John P. Heekin...

DALLAS, TX – Two Mexican nationals were sentenced for working with the cartel to distribute drugs around Tulsa, Oklahoma Today, U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Ventura Rivera Arteaga, 41, for Drug Conspiracy and Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien. He was ordered to 46 months imprisonment, followed by...

30 Georgia Men Have Pleaded Guilty or Were Convicted at Trial Fernando Brown, also known as “Nino,” 33 of Columbus, Georgia, a repeat offender, was convicted today by a federal jury of distributing methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana while armed. A total of 30 defendants have now either been convicted at...

Jackson, TN – Nineteen people have been indicted and are facing state and federal charges for their involvement in an organized drug trafficking scheme in West Tennessee. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, and Neil Thompson, District Attorney General for the 24th District, announced...

On April 13, 2026, the final defendant in a significant Lubbock, Texas methamphetamine trafficking organization was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. Shawn Nichole Zatloukal was a member of a larger methamphetamine trafficking organization responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in the Lubbock area. She and her codefendants...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 34-year-old Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, man has been ordered to prison for attempting to smuggle cocaine through the Border Patrol checkpoint near Kingsville, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division Brian C. Leardo and Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck. Eric...