United States Drug Enforcement Administration

McALLEN, Texas - Gelacio Cendejas-Renteria, 44, of Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico, and Julian Martinez-Rodriguez, 44, of McAllen, have been ordered to federal prison for their respective involvement in the distribution of crystal methamphetamine from McAllen to Houston, announced Javier Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) along with...

LAREDO, Texas - An indictment has been partially unsealed following the arrest of Santiago Martinez, 37, and Casimiro Bautista, 38, alleging their involvement in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The indictment...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, along with Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd announced that Ulices Quintero-Patino, 30, of Mexico, was sentenced on one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and one count of using a...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd announced that Kyle Alexander, age 24 of Bethel Heights, Christopher Randolph, age 19 of Bethel Heights, and Noe Tovias, age 29 of San Benito, Texas, were sentenced today for offenses involving the possession of methamphetamine with the intent to...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Several individuals have been taken into custody following the return of two separate, but related federal indictments alleging various drug trafficking and money laundering charges, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The first sealed indictment, returned...

LAREDO, Texas - Rigoberto Torres, 39, a legal permanent resident from New Jersey, has been ordered to federal prison as a result of his conviction of possession with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney...

SHREVEPORT - , La. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd announced on August 26, 2013 that William Paul Boyter, 76, Michael Paul Boyter, 51, and Antony Reuben Riley, 49, all of Shreveport, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to charges of conspiracy, money laundering...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Luis Perez-Barocela, 38, has been ordered to prison for more than 24 years for his participation in a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. A federal jury in Corpus Christi found...

LAREDO, Texas - Several members of a large scale drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating out of the Zapata area from approximately 2006 through 2011 have received significant federal prison sentences, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña announced today. The...

(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) - - Shedrick D. Hollis, 40, of Phenix City, was sentenced on August 11, 2013 to 35 years in prison for drug trafficking and weapons possession charges. On March 14, 2013, Hollis was convicted of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine powder, crack cocaine, (a club drug...