United States Drug Enforcement Administration

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Americans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on April 30th turned in more than 376,593 (188 tons) of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,361 take-back sites that were available in all 50 states...

CRYSTAL CITY, TX -- - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that federal, state and local authorities have arrested 10 individuals in the Crystal City area on federal drug trafficking charges. Those arrested yesterday include: 24-year-old...

Acting Special Agent In Charge Thomas Hinojosa will be participating in a National Prescription Take Back Press Conference, April 27, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., at the DEA Houston Field Office, located at 1433 West Loop South, in the 1 st floor training room. He, along with invited guest Harris County...

SULLIVAN CITY, TX - Former Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for drug-trafficking, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. United States District Judge Randy Crane sentenced...

LAREDO, TX - After a two-day trial, a federal jury has found a Donna, Texas, man guilty of conspiring to and possessing with intent to distribute marijuana, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent In Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. The verdicts were returned...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is this Saturday, April 30th. More than 5,300 sites nationwide have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. This is hundreds more sites than were established for the event last fall. The free...

BEAUMONT, TX - A 29-year-old Warren, Texas, woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Elizabeth Imogene Smith pleaded guilty on Jan. 6, 2011...

CANCUN - Administrator Michele M. Leonhart is leading a delegation of DEA personnel attending the 28 th International Drug Enforcement Conference in Cancun, Mexico, April 4-7. IDEC, which was first held in 1983 with nations of the Americas and Caribbean in attendance, has today become a global forum that provides...

HOUSTON, TX - Dr. Gerald RATINOV, was arrested along with 18 co-conspirators for violating criminal provisions of the Texas Occupations Code and other Texas laws pertaining to the legal operation of Pain Management Clinics. RATINOV, a licensed and registered Texas physician, has maintained a medical license since December 1965. Since...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - This spring, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m...