United States Drug Enforcement Administration

TUCSON, Ariz. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman today announced the arrest of Gustavo Nunez and Ilda Garcia on felony charges including Possession of Dangerous (ARS 13-3407 A.1) and Practicing Medicine without a (ARS 13-3455). The charges arise from a three-month investigation conducted by the DEA’s...

PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman announced today that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) reported the designation of three individuals and three entities linked to Ismael Zambada Garcia, one of the principal leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel. Those designated...

PHOENIX - On July 19, 2013, Michael Rocky Lane, 51, of Cave Creek, Arizona, was found guilty of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute controlled substance analogues and possession with the intent to distribute controlled substance analogues by a federal jury in Phoenix. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge...

PHOENIX - On July 8, 2013, Indalecio Castro-Ponce, 40, of San Luis, Ariz. was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Boltonto 240 months imprisonment and a $3,000 fine. Castro-Ponce was found guilty by a federal jury on April 12, 2013, of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent...

TUCSON, Ariz. - On July 1, 2013, Patagonia, Arizona residents Fabian Monge, 34, Isabel Monge-Sierras, 43, Mary (Monge) Carlson, 32, and Frank Lopez, 49 were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collinsto serve terms of imprisonment of 12.5 years, 7 years, 5 years, and 7.5 years, respectively. After the...

CHICAGO - Twenty-three defendants are facing federal narcotics charges for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing wholesale quantities of heroin and cocaine in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, local and federal law enforcement officials announced today. An investigation led by the Chicago Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration resulted...

MADISON, Wis. - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Pedro Flores Cruz, 53, Huntington Park, Calif., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley...

TUCSON, Ariz. - DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman today announced the arrests of 18 of 21 suspected members of a cocaine trafficking organization operating in Cochise County. The 12 month long investigation targeted drug trafficking activity in the SierraVista and Bisbee area. Three individuals remain at large. The...

MADISON, Wis. - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced that Mark Balcerowski, 54, Mayville, Wis., was sentenced today for his role in a long-term investigation into cocaine trafficking in Jefferson County...

PRINCETON, Ill. - A grand jury has charged six Bureau County, Illinois, residents with participating in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine over the past two years. Those charged are: Shane Walters, 27; Nicholas Hand, 29; Kyle Dye, 23; Jenna Regal, 23; Nikole Walters, 26; and Max Moritz, 32, all of...