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El Paso News 2010

July 15, 2021
… December 11, 2010 Three DEA El Paso Fugitives Extradited from Mexico November 19, 2010 DEA Operations Dismantle Two … Midland August 17, 2010 Cuidad Juarez Trafficker Extradited from Mexico July 9, 2010 Federal Prison Sentences Handed …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

March 02, 2021
… continue to evolve. While fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from China have decreased substantially following the DEA’s … period ending in July of 2020, a significant increase from 2019, when more than 70,000 people died of overdoses. … the first part of 2020. The assessment gathers information from many data sources, such as drug investigations and …
March 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA warns of alarming increase of scam calls

March 13, 2019
… Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA or other law enforcement … activities.   DEA continues to receive reports from practitioners and the general public, alike, indicating …
March 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA To Hold Its Third Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Month

October 19, 2011
… Administration is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community … dangerous prescription drugs. On Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, Americans will be able to … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
October 19, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Redding-based Methamphetamine Distribution Operation Sentenced To 21 Years In Prison

March 16, 2018
… investigation, imported large quantities of methamphetamine from Southern California and then distributed them … undercover agents made four purchases of methamphetamine from Martinez and his couriers. These purchases occurred in … Martinez on July 7, 2015, in Orland. They seized $49,500 from Martinez and his car. He had intended to use nearly all …
March 16, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Man Gets Significant Sentence For Cocaine Conspiracy

January 08, 2014
… role in the smuggling of a 3,100 kilogram load of cocaine from Panama.   Nava-Valencia previously pleaded guilty and … authorities seized approximately 2,080 kilograms of cocaine from a warehouse in Panama City, Panama. The seized cocaine … approximately 3,100 kilograms which was to be shipped from Panama to Mexico and eventually destined for the United …
January 08, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Texas Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years For Methamphetamine Trafficking

July 28, 2015
… organization responsible for transporting methamphetamine from Texas to Central Florida. In October 2014, he arranged … methamphetamine in the spare tire of a car and transport it from his home in Texas to Florida.  A Florida Highway Patrol … three kilograms of crystal methamphetamine were recovered from inside the spare tire of the car. This case was …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Bergen County Woman Sentenced For Role In Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

January 05, 2017
… to traffic approximately two kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Jersey. Sasha Melendez, 38, … Administration of an ongoing conspiracy to import cocaine from Puerto Rico. She was arrested on March 24, 2015 in … Bergen County after she accepted delivery of a mail parcel from Puerto Rico containing approximately two kilograms of …
January 05, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

California Man Sentenced To 76 Months In Prison For Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

March 01, 2017
… conspiracy to traffic approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine from California to New Jersey. Jesus Raul Iribe, 38, of … they planned to use a tractor-trailer to transport cocaine from California to New Jersey and other destinations along … that he conspired with others to traffic the cocaine from California to New Jersey.   In addition to the prison …
March 01, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Illinois Man Admits Role In Cross-country Drug Distribution Conspiracy

August 31, 2017
… charging him with conspiracy to distribute heroin. From June 2014 through November 2014, Zamora conspired with … officers recovered an additional two kilograms of heroin from his residence in DeKalb. The charge to which Zamora …
August 31, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Maine Man Gets 7 Year Sentence For Heroin, Bath Salts Trafficking

December 07, 2016
… “bath salts” and heroin.  According to court records, from at least February through July 2015, Greenlaw was part … and heroin throughout the state. The heroin was obtained from New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and “bath salts” were obtained through the mail from a source outside the United States.  This case was …
December 07, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Maine Man Sentenced To Five Years For Conspiracy To Traffic Oxycodone And Cocaine

June 20, 2016
… of a group of people who imported oxycodone and cocaine from Rhode Island to Maine in 2014 and 2015. In April 2015, … when an undercover agent ordered cocaine and oxycodone from him.  When Lacomb and another conspirator arrived to … and 35 oxycodone pills were seized.  This case results from a joint investigation conducted by the U.S. Drug …
June 20, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Sixth Madison-Area College Student Sentenced For Conspiracy To Import & Distribute Marijuana In Wisconsin

February 03, 2016
… campus.  pleaded guilty to this charge on November 3, 2015. From September 2012 to February 2015, Israeli and six other … of as many as 19 loads of marijuana, ranging in quantity from five to 50 pounds, from California and Colorado to …
February 03, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Hardin County Man Sentenced For Drug Violations

February 14, 2017
… cocaine powder into crack cocaine, and $1,050 in cash from controlled substance sales.  On Feb. 17, 2015, Turner … 20 grams of crack cocaine and another $2,013 in his pocket from illegal crack cocaine sales.  Turner was indicted on … with co-defendants responsible for dealing crack cocaine from a Beaumont residence on Avenue A for over 10 years.  …
February 14, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Two Local Marijuana Traffickers Sentenced To Prison

March 23, 2015
… serve a five-year-term. The investigation revealed that from 2008 through 2013, Alaniz and Romo conspired to transport large amounts of marijuana from the Rio Grande Valley to various destinations via … agents seized hundreds of thousands of dollars in currency from both defendants as part of the investigation. Alaniz …
March 23, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Old Town Man Sentenced To 4¾ Years For Bath Salt Distribution Conspiracy

May 27, 2014
… between April and December 2011.  He obtained MDPV from other members of the conspiracy and traded, sold or otherwise distributed it from his Old Town residence using cellular telephones and … by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Old …
May 27, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To Three Years In Prison

October 30, 2017
… one kilogram of heroin to an individual and then traveled from Porterville to Foster City to make the sale.  … Ramos-Lopez was arrested after retrieving the drugs from a hidden compartment of his pickup truck.  On January … Nikhil Bhagat is prosecuting the case with assistance from Ana Guerra.  The prosecution is the result of an …
October 30, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Elk Grove Man Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Distribution Of Prescription Pills And Heroin

May 27, 2016
… 2014 that Mathews was purchasing prescription medications from individuals in the Sacramento area. At the same time, … was receiving cash deposits into various bank accounts from another state. The investigation revealed that Mathews … and paying those individuals in exchange for pills obtained from pharmacies. Mathews would then transport the pills to …
May 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Canadian Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 81 Months In Prison

February 20, 2013
… large amounts of Ecstasy or MDMA into the United States from Canada. He also worked with these organizations and others in the United States to export cocaine from the United States to Canada. The importation and … the process of purchasing a six-kilogram sample of cocaine from a Los Angeles-based source of supply with the $126,000 …
February 20, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Fowler Meth Dealer Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

May 20, 2011
… that agents seized another 2.5 pounds of methamphetamine from Penaloza’s Orange Cove residence during the execution … indicated the drug had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. The remaining defendants, Javier Lopez-Estrada, … DEA and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) Office of …
May 20, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Tulsa “Pill Mill” Doctor Pleas Guilty to Opioid Drug Conspiracy

August 12, 2020
… opioids. We won’t turn a blind eye while you seek to profit from turning Oklahomans into opioid addicts.” U.S. District … Joel-lyn McCormick prosecuted the case with assistance from AUSA Vani Singhal, AUSA Melody Nelson, and AUSA Reagan …
August 12, 2020
STORY

360 Strategy: DEA Philadelphia Hosts Youth Drug Summit at Temple University

December 07, 2018
… of the Division’s 360 Strategy program.  Over 350 students from the Alexander K. McClure Elementary School, the Isaac … “They were teaching us to avoid drugs and how to stay away from them.” “Our efforts to educate children about the …
December 07, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Two Sacramento Men Sentenced for Fentanyl Pill Trafficking

July 09, 2025
… Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division Info Community … of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone “M-30” pills from Mexico and distributing them in northern California and …
July 09, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Take Back Day Returns April 26 to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse

April 23, 2025
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering communities across the … safely remove expired, unwanted, or unused medications from their homes—medications that might otherwise be … - frequently starts when family members take drugs from their parent’s or grandparent’s medicine cabinet.  …
April 23, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

San Diego Drug and Money Laundering Cell Leader Sentenced to 17 Years

October 26, 2020
… Felix pleaded guilty in August of 2018, admitting that from 2014 until 2017, Felix coordinated the receipt of … that were used to receive cash deposits of drug proceeds from throughout the United States and then withdrawn from the San Diego area for bulk transport to drug suppliers …
October 26, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

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

March 11, 2020
… will continue to attack these callous and immoral criminals from top to bottom until they no longer exist.” The Justice … “Menchito,” and second in command of CJNG, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on charges of alleged drug … impact on the fabric of our local communities. The proceeds from the local distribution of these narcotics are …
March 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Second hash oil extraction laboratory explosion in San Diego County within two week period

May 17, 2019
… with Agent for Size Comparison.JPG Marijuana Taken from Inside Building.jpg EL CAJON, Calif. – Yesterday, DEA’s … of removing THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, from marijuana plant material using a solvent. The final …
May 17, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA New Orleans Division Announces the Seizure of Over 20 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

January 11, 2023
… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … worked to seize over 20.2 million deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across this four-state region,” said Brad … secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, the DEA issued a  Public Safety Alert …
January 11, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

April 19, 2022
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … . “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
April 19, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Montgomery “pill mill” doctor receives over 12 year sentence for drug distribution, health care fraud, and money laundering offenses

August 23, 2018
… 12 year sentence for drug distribution, health care fraud, and money laundering offenses August 23, 2018 New Orleans … these unnecessary examinations so that he could get money from the patients’ insurance companies.  This scheme led to … care fraud conviction.  The money laundering charges stem from Dr. Sanchez’s spending the proceeds of his operation of …
August 23, 2018