DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Massachusetts Man Arrested With Ten Kilograms Of Fentanyl Packaged For Distribution

CONCORD –Johan M. Rodriguez, 37, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was charged in a criminal complaint today, with one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute controlled substances, specifically, fentanyl, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Rodriguez was arrested in Dover, New Hampshire on September...
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Indianapolis Man Sentenced To 70 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl

HAMMOND, Ind. - Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Erasmo Martinez, 44, of Indianapolis was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Jon DeGuilio on his plea of...
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin

CHICAGO – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States. As part of the One Pill Can Kill initiative, the DEA and its law enforcement partners seized more than 10.2...
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

NEWARK, N.J. – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States. As part of the One Pill Can Kill initiative, the DEA and its law enforcement partners seized more...
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

PHOENIX – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States. “On the frontline as we race to save lives, DEA Arizona continues to seize historic amounts of deadly fentanyl,”...
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Midland Man Sentenced for Illegal Fentanyl and Firearm Possession

ALPINE – A Midland man was sentenced today to a total of 200 months in prison for possessing fentanyl and illegally possessing a firearm. According to court documents, Edgar Parra, 36, sold a total of 112.3 grams of fentanyl to undercover DEA operatives on three separate occasions between August and...
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Mexican National Found Guilty of Importing and Possessing Marijuana

PECOS – A federal jury convicted a Mexican national last week of importing and possessing marijuana. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents encountered Jose Manuel Ayala-Alas, 26, and six other co-defendants hiding in the brush in the High Lonesome Mountains on June...
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Former Fort Hood Army Sergeant Sentenced for Fentanyl Distribution

AUSTIN – Last week, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel sentenced Eri Gutberto Parra-Lopez, 25, of Phoenix, AZ, to 72 months in prison for distributing fentanyl. According to court documents, between May 2021 and July 2021, Parra, a then active-duty Army Sergeant stationed at Fort Hood, sold approximately 3,150 tablets of...
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Crips Gang Member Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine

Baltimore, Maryland – Yesterday, U.S. District Judge George L. Russell sentenced Terrell Walton, age 36, of Delaware, to 13 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. Walton and co-defendant, Che Jaron Durbin...
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Norwalk Drug Distributor Sentenced To 3 Years In Federal Prison

NORWALK, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that KOUDRIS POUNDER, 38, formerly of Norwalk, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing controlled...