United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury in Corpus Christi has found Luis Perez-Barocela guilty for his participation in a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The jury returned its verdict just a short time...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 42-year-old Roma, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, United States Attorney John M. Bales and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña announced today. David Bazan pleaded guilty on Feb. 12, 2013...

McALLEN, Texas - - Four members of the now defunct Panama Unit have been convicted, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Jonathan Trevino, 29, Claudio Mata, 35, and Eric Alcantar, 29, all of McAllen, and Salvador Arguello, 34, of...

(MEDFORD, Ore.) - - Brian Wayne Simmons, 40, of Medford, Oregon, was sentenced on May 28, 2013, to 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy, and manufacturing and distributing marijuana. Simmons owned and operated Brian’s Green Thumb Farm on East Gregory Road in Central Point, Oregon, purporting to grow organic...

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) - - Jeraelyn Hill a/k/a, “Dreadhead,” a/k/a, “Coo Rae,” a/k/a, “Coo,” a/k/a, “Rae”, 25, from Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced on May 23, 2013, in U.S. District Court for his role in an Anchorage and Fairbanks drug conspiracy. Hill received a sentence of 66 months in prison and three...

(BELLINGHAM, Wash.) - - A 37-year-old Bellingham woman who was a key player in a Whatcom County drug distribution ring was sentenced on May 21, 2013, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to nine years in prison and four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Rosie...

MAY 20 (HOUSTON) - - Four men have been charged with conspiracy to possess and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Roberto Carlos Garza, 23, and Alexander Chavez, 34, both of Rio...

MAY 20 - SEATTLE - A drug trafficker who came to the attention of law enforcement after his roommate was shot and killed in November 2012 was convicted on May 16, 2013, following a three day jury trial. Juan Hidalgo-Mendoza, 33, of Lakewood, Washington was convicted of conspiracy to distribute...

MAY 16 - BOISE, Idaho - A federal grand jury in Boise on Tuesday indicted five Boise area residents on four counts of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance analogue; conspiracy to smuggle goods into the United States; conspiracy to sell and transport drug paraphernalia; and conspiracy to launder money...

MAY 15 - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Mario Gutierrez, 40, from Northglenn, Colorado, was sentenced on May 10, 2103, in U.S. District Court to 186 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Gutierrez had previously pled guilty to an indictment charging him with one count of drug conspiracy and...