DEA Archived Press Releases

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PANEX South Defendant Pleads Guilty To Drug Importation Conspiracy

TAMPA, 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, announces that Raul Eraso-(54, Cali, Colombia, South America) today pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with conspiring with others...
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Four Crewmen Indicted For Drug Trafficking On The High Seas

TAMPA, 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, announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Linberto Gallardo-(42); Uriel Julio (35); Miguel Vasquez-(37), all of Colombia, South...
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Operation OPBAT Nets 2100 Pounds Of Marijuana

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - On January 16th, Operation Bahamas Turks and (OPBAT) assets were deployed after a Customs and Border (CBP) Office of Air and (OAM) aircraft detected a go-fast vessel eighty nautical miles south of the Grand Bahama Island. The 45 foot vessel was travelling at high speed with no...
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Alleged International Narcotics Traffickers Extradited From Colombia On Cocaine Importation Charges

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade County State Attorney; Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security (ICE-HSI) Miami...
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Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Pleads Guilty To Decades-Long Drug Trafficking Charges

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce the guilty plea of Diego Perez Henao...
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Oldsmar Man Sentenced To Prison For Oxycodone Distribution

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces today that U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven sentenced Rick (33, Oldsmar) to two years and nine months...
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Freeport Physician Sentenced To 30 Years For Illegal Prescribing

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Doctor Robert L. Ignasiak, Jr. (58, Freeport), was sentenced to 30 years in prison yesterday for health care fraud...
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Orange County Pharmacist Charged With Illegally Distributing Pain Medications

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return of an indictment charging Valentine (52, Orlando) with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent...
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Operation Snake Oil Pill Mill Doctor Sentenced

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, announce that Dr. Scott Becker, 54, of...
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Convicted Felon With Gun Range Membership And Ammunition Sentenced To Almost 10 Years

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Maurice (32, Middleburg) to nine years and ten months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition. Futch pled guilty to the charge on August 28, 2013. According to court documents, on July 16, 2012, the Drug...