DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA Miami Field Division Along With The Attorney General Of Florida Announce Arrests Of International Drug Traffickers

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, announced the arrest of members of an international drug trafficking organization for their involvement in a drug smuggling ring spanning from South America to New York. This week...
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Thirteen Arrested In Connection With Meth And Heroin Distribution Ring

SEATTLE - Thirteen people were arrested and law enforcement seized 50 pounds of crystal meth, $160,000 in cash and seven guns in the culmination of a lengthy investigation of a Pierce County based drug trafficking ring. The Drug Enforcement Administration led the wire-tap investigation which identified the members of a...
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Fairbanks Man Sentenced To 18 Years Imprisonment For Role In Large Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

FEB 21 - (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) - - Donnel Johnson, a/k/a, "Creep," age 31, from Fairbanks, Alaska, was sentenced on Friday, February 21, 2014, to 216 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release on charges related to a drug conspiracy. Johnson was also ordered to forfeit vehicles and jewelry...
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Miami Physician Pleads Guilty In Medicare Fraud Scheme

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United (U.S.) Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Christopher B. Dennis, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector (HHS-OIG), and Michael B. Steinbach, Special...
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Tractor Trailer Accident In Sherman County Leads To Federal Indictment Charging Multiple Drug Crimes

Portland, Ore. - Salvador Martinez-Perez, 53, East Wenatchee, Washington, appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Dennis J. Hubel and plead not guilty to a federal indictment charging him with four counts of conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin. On January 17, 2014, Sherman County Sheriff's...
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Orlando Man Pleads Guilty To Impersonating A DEA Agent And Unlawful Possession Of A Firearm

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce today that William Benjamin (41, Orlando) pleaded guilty to impersonating a DEA agent and possession of a firearm by...
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Mexican National Living In Star Sentenced To 188 Months For Trafficking Methamphetamine

BOISE, Idaho - Ausencio Gonzalez Tovar, 48, a Mexican national living in Star, Idaho, was sentenced on February 10, 2014, to 188 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Tovar was also ordered to forfeit...
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DEA Arrests Former King County Deputy - Charged With Methamphetamine Conspiracy And Distribution

SEATTLE - Mitchell Wright, 33, of Bothell, WA, made his initial appearance today in federal court on an indictment charging him with three counts of drug trafficking. The federal magistrate detained defendant, pending a full detention hearing scheduled on February 20, 2014. Wright was a commissioned law enforcement officer employed...
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Leader Of Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Importation Conspiracy

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United (US) Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce today that Jose Samir Renteria-Cuero, a/k/a Jose (51, Cali, Colombia) pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to distribute five...
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Pierce County Man Who Killed Two While Protecting Marijuana Grow Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

SEATTLE - A Puyallup, Washington man who shot and killed two men who had entered the garage where he was growing marijuana, was sentenced on January 31, 2014, to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release for manufacturing marijuana and possession of a firearm in relation to...