DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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11 Charged with Drug Trafficking for Chicago Street Gang

CHICAGO — Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr., for the Northern District of Illinois, announced that a federal drug trafficking investigation has resulted in charges against 11 individuals for allegedly conspiring to distribute crack cocaine...
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Mexican Posse Gang Members Sentenced to Federal Prison for Narcotics Trafficking

MILWAUKEE - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on April 21, 2022, U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced two Milwaukee men, both of whom identified as Mexican Posse gang members...
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24 defendants charged in joint federal and state investigation of two violent street gangs on the West Side of Chicago

CHICAGO -- Twenty-four individuals are facing federal charges following an investigation targeting two street gangs responsible for firearms offenses, narcotics trafficking, and violence on the West Side of Chicago. During the investigation, dubbed “Operation Full Circle,” federal, state, and local law enforcement officers worked together to seize 34 firearms, more...