United States Drug Enforcement Administration

HOUSTON - Larry Maurice Favorite, 33, and Juanita Eva Velasquez, 63, both of Houston, have been ordered to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute nearly nine kilograms of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and conspiracy to do the same, announced Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit...

BEAUMONT, Texas - Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that the current head of the Mexican drug trafficking organization, the Gulf Cartel, or Cartel del Golfo, has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations...

WACO, Texas - A federal district judge sentenced five Aryan (AB) members and associates to federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy announced Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 28-year-old federal inmate has been sentenced for receiving contraband in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Sultan Adnan Al-Bizri, of Lubbock, Texas, pleaded guilty on Mar. 11...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An indictment has been officially unsealed charging Eugenio Hernandez Flores, the former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, with conspiring to launder monetary instruments and aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston...

ST. LOUIS - DEA St. Louis Special Agent in Charge James P. Shroba announced today the results of a successful DEA investigation that yielded over 50 federal indictments for a nationwide drug trafficking organization. The enforcement operation yielded over $2 million in cash, 82 pounds of methamphetamine, 5 kilograms of...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Six men and three women have now been ordered to federal prison following the sentencing of two more today in a lengthy case which was the result of the efforts of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation dubbed “Operation Prototype,” announced Drug Enforcement Administration...

WACO, Texas - In Waco today, a federal district judge sentenced 18 Aryan (AB) members and associates to federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and...

ST. LOUIS - DEA St. Louis and federal, state, and local counterparts today announced 51 drug and weapons arrests aimed at the most violent heroin traffickers and criminal organizations in the St. Louis region. The 10-month effort was the first significant action of the St. Louis Heroin Initiative, a collection...

McALLEN, Texas - Manuel de la Cruz Jr., 32, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute nearly 11 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson...