DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Final Han Gil Defendant Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison

DALLAS -- The final defendant in the Han Gil drug trafficking case was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez. In June 2021, after seven days of trial, a jury convicted Bryan Reshad Hill, 39, of conspiracy to distribute heroin...
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Local Santa Rosa Lima Cartel Cell Head Sentenced for Drug Crimes, Money Laundering

DALLAS, TX - A local Dallas cell head who worked with the Santa Rosa Lima Drug Cartel and other Mexico-based drug trafficking organizations was sentenced Wednesday to more than 16 years in federal prison, announced Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez Carlos Espinoza Juarez, a 33-year-old Mexican national, pleaded...
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Houston County Pair Indicted for Solicitation of Murder

DALLAS, TX – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a Grapeland man and woman with federal solicitation of murder violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas Eduardo A. Chávez who oversees the Tyler Resident Office. Reynaldo Campos, Jr., 44...
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Jury Finds Tulsa Man Guilty of Drug, Gun Charges

DALLAS, TX - A cocaine trafficker from Tulsa was convicted at trial of drug and gun charges, announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Dallas Field Division. After three days of trial and seven hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Dallas found Roberto Chairez, 33, guilty...
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Man Involved in Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Prison

PHOENIX, AZ – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Vidal Sillas-Burgos, aka Guero, was sentenced to prison on April 7 for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization. On June 21, 2021, police concluded an 18-month-long investigation involving Sillas-Burgos. Sillas-Burgos was responsible for directing individuals in the transportation and distribution of...
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Phoenix Man Charged After 150,000 Suspected Fentanyl Pills & Other Drugs Seized from Apartment

PHOENIX - Jesus Osvaldo Aguilar Rosas, 20, of Phoenix, Arizona, was charged by criminal complaint with four counts of possession of controlled substances for distribution. Aguilar was arrested on April 5 and had his initial appearance in federal court today. The complaint alleges four violations of United States law related...
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12 Methamphetamine Traffickers Arrested in Brownfield, Lamesa Drug Bust

DALLAS, TX - Twelve alleged drug traffickers were arrested Wednesday in Operation Tormenta De Arena (“Sandstorm”), announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Field Division During the bust in Lubbock, Brownfield, and Lamesa, DEA agents and their law enforcement partners also seized roughly 27 pounds...
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Arlington Doctor Sentenced to 12 Years in Pill Mill Case

DALLAS, TX- An Arlington physician has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for fraud and drug crimes, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez. In July 2021, a federal jury convicted physician Clinton Battle, 69, of one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and one...
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Phoenix Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Selling Fentanyl that Led to Woman's Death

PHOENIX - Reyes Luis Holguin, 29, of Phoenix, Arizona, agreed this week to pay $6,103 in restitution to the family of a young mother whose life was taken by fentanyl she bought from Holguin in August 2019. In December 2021, U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich sentenced Holguin to 10...
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Man Charged With Trafficking Fentanyl-Laced Fake Percocet

DALLAS, TX - A Fort Worth man who allegedly sold fake Percocet pills laced with fentanyl has been charged with a federal drug crime, announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas Troy Wright, 40, was indicted on three counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl...