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CHICAGO — Three Chicago men have been charged in a murder-for-hire conspiracy that resulted in two fatal shootings in the city’s Lawndale neighborhood.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Manish Patel, 33, of Granite Bay, appeared today in federal court on charges of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute marijuana plants and tetrahydrocannabinols contained in hashish oil, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. –Following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict against Rafael Antonio Fabian for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute narcotics, specifically crack cocaine. When sentenced by United States Chief District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry, the defendant faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life imprisonment.

SAN DIEGO – Yesterday afternoon a federal jury convicted three defendants on charges stemming from their efforts to traffic approximately 734 kilograms (1,614 pounds) of cocaine -- worth nearly $17 million -- on the high seas. The verdict was rendered after a 10-day trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California before the Honorable Janis L. Sammartino.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr.

WAYCROSS, Ga. -- Two drug traffickers, including an illegal alien with ties to a Mexican drug cartel, will spend more than a decade in federal prison after sentencing in a methamphetamine conspiracy.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Rayshawn Mullins, 32, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.

TAMPA, Fla. – On Aug. 13, 2019, Rudolph Randolph Meighan, age 28, of Belize; Jorge Ramon Newball-May, age 49, of Colombia; and Calbot Reid-Dilbert, age 59, of Colombia were sentenced each to 19 years and seven months in federal prison for their roles in an international maritime cocaine trafficking conspiracy.

SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today a federal judge sentenced 38-year-old former Central Texas Detention Facility – G.E.O.