DEA Archived Press Releases

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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

DENVER – The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Python, a DEA-led multilateral interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related disruption activities targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) . This announcement marks the successful conclusion of six months of investigative...
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

MIAMI – The Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Python, a DEA-led multilateral interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related disruption activities targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). This announcement marks the successful conclusion of six months of investigative...
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Operación dirigida por la DEA que tiene como blanco al Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación genera más de 600 arrestos

MIAMI –El Departamento de Justicia y la Agencia Antidrogas de los E.U. (DEA, por sus siglas en inglés), anunciaron hoy los resultados del “Proyecto Python”, una operación interagencial y liderada por la DEA que abarcó todas las investigaciones globales que tienen como meta la interrupción de las actividades criminales y...
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Two men indicted in cocaine pipeline operating between Puerto Rico and Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Harold Alexis Ortiz Cosme, 21, and Luis G. Candelario, 25, both of Puerto Rico, with...
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New York resident supplied by Waterbury drug trafficker sentenced to federal prison

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that James Tyrone Hayes, also known as “Ty,” 50, of Newburgh, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet C...
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Colombian submarine manufacturer pleads guilty to cocaine smuggling charges

TAMPA, Fla. - Alexander Giraldo Santa (48, Colombia) has pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine while aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. According to...
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New Haven man sentenced to 6 years in prison for distributing drugs, including fentanyl pills

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Musa Hill, 47, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford, Connecticut to...
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Katy, Texas man indicted for trafficking drugs through Beaumont

BEAUMONT, Texas – A 38-year-old Katy, Texas man has been indicted for federal drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge, Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Paul Andrew Cabiro was indicted by a federal grand jury...
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Six defendants charged in conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine in Northern New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jose Mendoza, 32, and Natalie Mendoza, 35, of Medanales, New Mexico, Ryan Rodriguez, 27, of Chamita, New Mexico, Andrea Rodriguez, 28, and Edvardo Carlson, 39, of Espanola, New Mexico, and Bridget Archuleta, 31, of San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico appeared in federal court today for arraignment on...
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Eight members of South Bay-based drug trafficking organizations charged in federal indictments

SAN FRANCISCO – Eight defendants were indicted on narcotics trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. The defendants were arrested on November 6, 2019, and February...