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24 Laredoans Indicted On Drug And Money Laundering Charges

LAREDO, Texas - Two Indictments, alleging conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine as well as money laundering charges, have been partially unsealed following the arrest of 25 individuals, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña of the...
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Seven Drug Traffickers Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - - A criminal indictment charging seven defendants with drug trafficking conspiracy and related charges was unsealed today in U.S. District court, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The federal indictment was returned by a grand jury sitting in Asheville on...
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South Carolina Man Sentenced For Drug Conspiracy And Gun Possession

LAREDO, Texas - Marcus Mickle, 21, of Columbia, S.C., has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for a conspiracy related to cocaine and marijuana trafficking and for possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña...
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Hardin County Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Violations

JUNE 12 (BEAUMONT, Texas) - A 39-year-old Silsbee, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today. Eric LaPaul Harper pleaded guilty on Jan...
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Two Sentenced For Port Arthur Drug Deal

BEAUMONT, Texas - Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today. Juan Carlos Chavez-Delgado, 30, of Houston, and Alvaro Humberto Jimenez, 57, of...
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Denver Man Sentenced For Role In Murder-for-Hire And Drug Conspiracy

LAREDO, Texas - Shavar Davis, 30, of Denver, Colo., has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his involvement in a murder-for-hire and drug conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Davis pleaded guilty in August 2012...
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Four Men Indicted In 75-Liter Methamphetamine Seizure

ATLANTA - - Gabriel Jimenez Antunez, Pablo Saucedo Aparicio, Martin Ascencio, and Javier Munoz Ruiz have been indicted on federal drug and money laundering charges for their roles in the delivery of liquid methamphetamine to a residence in Austell, Ga. “Methamphetamine continues to ravage many communities in our nation,” said...
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Nineteen Members Of Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Face Drug Charges

BRYSON CITY, N.C. - - Nineteen members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring have been charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Thirteen of those charged were arrested on Wednesday, May 29, 2013; during an early morning round-up conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement, announced Anne...
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Twenty-Four Defendants Indicted On Federal Drug Charges

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - - A single count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee last week was unsealed today, charging 24 defendants with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and distributing diverted prescription pills, announced David Rivera, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee...
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Nuevo Progreso Man Sentenced To Nearly 12 Years For Drug Trafficking

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Luis Alberto Hernandez-Garcia, an undocumented alien from Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions related to a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Hernandez-Garcia, 33, pleaded...