United States Drug Enforcement Administration

GREENBELT, MD - . -- Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah Chasanow sentenced Paulo Rio-Corrales, age 46, of Pomona, California, today to 11 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute kilogram quantities of heroin and cocaine, as well...

MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman, along with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced today the dismantling of a year-long investigation concerning drug trafficking organizations that were responsible for the distribution of thousands of pounds of marijuana throughout...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Three people from Maryland have been arrested and indicted in connection with an ongoing Drug Enforcement (DEA) investigation into the 2008 murder of a DEA confidential informant, announced Ava A. Cooper-Davis, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Washington Division Office and U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen...

TUCSON, AZ. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Dennis K. Burke, announced that Evelio Cervantes-Conde, a Cuban immigrant lawfully residing in the United States, was convicted by a federal jury on Friday afternoon, May 27, 2011, for both attempting...

BALTIMORE, MD. - A federal grand jury has indicted Dr. Joffre Erwin Robalino, 43, of Columbia, Maryland, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone. The indictment was returned on June 1, 2011, and unsealed yesterday at Dr. Robalino’s initial appearance. Dr. Robalino was arrested last night...

TUCSON, AZ. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, and Tohono O’Odham Nation Police Chief Joseph Delgado today announced the arrests of 27 of 46 suspected members of the Jesus Valencia Rodriguez drug trafficking organization, who work on behalf of the Mexican Sinaloa...

PHOENIX, AZ. - Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Doug Coleman and Chief Joe Delgado from the Tohono O’odham Police Department will announce tomorrow in a press conference the details of a 9-month investigation that targeted the activities of a major drug...

BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Spring Hill, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Tony Darrell Fuzz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to...

PHOENIX, AZ. - Today, Douglas W. Coleman, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that over 6,000 pounds of prescription drugs were collected during Operation Take-Back Arizona. The one-day DEA nationwide campaign was held on April 30, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and provided...

- PHOENIX, AZ - . - Two Mexican nationals have pleaded guilty and a third has been found guilty by a jury in recent days for their roles in a conspiracy to trade drugs and cash for military-grade weapons -- including a Stinger anti-aircraft missile - for use by Sinaloan...