United States Drug Enforcement Administration

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...

BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Vincent Hernandez, 31, of Hagerstown, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute cocaine base, possession of a firearm in furtherance of the drug conspiracy and being a felon in possession...

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...

BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Duane Curtis, 37, of Randallstown, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to launder money. The sentence was announced by United...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mustapha Issaka Zico, 41, of Nima, Ghana, was sentenced today to 216 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to import heroin from Ghana into the United States. He was also ordered to forfeit $110,000. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for...

BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Kenneth Robinson, 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the...

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...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Juan Roberto Rincon-Rincon, one of the highest ranking members of the Gulf Cartel, has been ordered to federal prison for life following his convictions related to a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson...

LAREDO, Texas - - Elizabeth Nevarez, 44, of Laredo, has been ordered to prison for nearly five years following her conviction of one count of money laundering, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Nevarez entered into a written plea...

AUSTIN, Texas - - In Austin, four men face up to 20 years in federal prison after a jury convicted them of their roles in a complex conspiracy to launder millions of dollars in illicit Los Zetas drug trafficking proceeds to purchase, train, breed, and race American quarter horses in...