PRESS RELEASE

DEA Along With Manhattan, Brooklyn, And Miami U.S. Attorneys Announce Extradition Of Colombian Narcotics Kingpin

July 09, 2013
… U.S., and laundered tens of millions of dollars in proceeds from that narcotics trafficking activity. Barrera arrived in … on September 18, 2012. Thereafter, he was sent to Colombia, from where the U.S. sought Barrera’s extradition. The … - the AUC and the FARC. By purchasing raw cocaine paste from the FARC, which he processed in laboratories in areas …
July 09, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Major Drug Trafficking Ring And Seven Co-Conspirators Sentenced To Prison

April 07, 2016
… Over the course of the conspiracy, which lasted from about 2010 to about November 2014, David Maldonado, at … to July 2011 - David Maldonado and Fortino Maldonado - From about February 2011, David Maldonado and Fortino …
April 07, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Six Indicted In Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin And "Crystal Meth" In New York City And Pennsylvania

October 02, 2014
… addictive and potentially lethal heroin and methamphetamine from wholesalers to street level dealers. Working closely … March 2014, DEA agents with Group D-41, and investigators from the Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office, initiated an … to supply a quantity of drugs to a subject traveling from Pennsylvania on May 19, 2014. The wiretap investigation …
October 02, 2014
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Fentanyl Awareness

November 04, 2022
… said Administrator Anne Milgram.  “Fentanyl is everywhere.  From large metropolitan areas to rural America, no community is safe from this poison.  We must take every opportunity to spread …
November 04, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Former Honduran Congressman Tony Hernández Sentenced for Distributing Tons of Cocaine, Other Crimes

March 30, 2021
… reminder there is no position powerful enough to shield you from facing justice when you violate U.S. drug laws by … security for cocaine shipments, and brokered large bribes from major drug traffickers to powerful political figures, … ammunition to drug traffickers, some of which he obtained from the Honduran military; he controlled cocaine …
March 30, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Indian Man Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Federal Prison for Smuggling Almost $8 Million Worth of Drugs into the United States

August 29, 2025
… States after successfully seeking asylum, and faces removal from the United States after completing his prison term. … area just south of the U.S.-Canada border, a half-mile away from the port of entry at Danville, Washington.  United …
August 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney Announces Coordinated Law Enforcement Actions to Combat Violent Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking

October 26, 2022
… and federal firearms offenses. The charges stem from five separate investigations conducted by federal, … urban centers. We are committed to protecting the public from violent criminal organizations, and we will … has strengthened our ability to better protect the public from violent actors and organized criminal conduct. The …
October 26, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

10 Charged in Narcotics Distribution across the Northeast

June 17, 2021
… ANTONIO BARDERA. These three allegedly obtained narcotics from international sources and oversaw large shipments of … quantities of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine to and from one another. Over time, the investigation expanded to … discussed receiving a shipment of narcotics to be sent from Peru. In August of 2020, DEA special agents in the …
June 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Long Island gun trafficking ring dismantled

February 05, 2020
… Additional photos of firearms and ammunition recovered from Takedown.jpg SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y . – New York Attorney … repeatedly referenced their ability to obtain guns from other states and bring them into New York to be sold. … and June 26, 2019. Similarly, McNulty obtained firearms from his supplier, Harold Lamm, and sold numerous firearms …
February 05, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Three Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Offenses

April 03, 2024
… distribution of cocaine, conspiracy to smuggle goods from the united states, smuggling goods from the united states, attempt to smuggle a firearm and … over the Jeep to a person who had traveled to Carlsbad from Mexico for the purpose of picking up the firearms and …
April 03, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

A Federal Jury Finds Criminal Defense Attorney Guilty Of Drug Conspiracy And Money Laundering Charges

August 29, 2014
… deliberation, hundreds of pages of exhibits, and testimony from 30 plus witnesses, the jury found Stanford guilty of … synthetic cannabinoids utilized to manufacture “Mr. Miyagi” from NutraGenomics, which was located in an Alpahretta, … Stanford was to collect between $1,000 and $5,000 weekly from each Curious Goods franchise store based on the volume …
August 29, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar Faces International Drug and Weapon Charges Following His Extradition to the United States

July 21, 2025
… trafficking into the United States, firearms trafficking from the United States, and acts of extreme violence.   … in furtherance of drug trafficking; smuggling firearms from the United States; and straw purchasing of firearms … As alleged in the indictment and other public filings, from at least 2020 to 2025, Macías Villamar was the …
July 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On October 23, with … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
November 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Supervisor Of Colombian Maritime Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

September 22, 2022
… 571-362-9171 Defendant trafficked literal tons of cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela to Puerto Rico, Spain, and other … locations BOSTON – A Colombian man, who was extradited from Colombia after indictment, was sentenced today in … Carrillo-Ramirez was indicted in April 2017 and extradited from Colombia in April 2019. Since 2013, Carrillo-Ramirez …
September 22, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Final Defendant in Drug and Money Laundering Case Sentenced to 27 Years

July 18, 2023
… like this one to protect our citizen's lives and health from the menace of illicit drugs." According to court … for distributing methamphetamine in St. Clair County from February to October 2019. In recorded buys, … sources purchased more than 750 grams of methamphetamine from Moore on five occasions at a restaurant in East St. …
July 18, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

St. Louis Man Sentenced to 10+ Years for Trafficking Cocaine

June 07, 2021
… investigation, law enforcement seized more than $2,036,981 from drug payments and profits, luxury jewelry and vehicles. Investigators from of the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis … kilogram quantities of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from Mexico, through Texas and Florida, to the St. Louis …
June 07, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Four People Charged in Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme to Defraud Amtrak

June 23, 2022
… documents filed in this case and statements made in court: From 2019 to the present, Mirza, Figueroa, Gelzer, Burt, and others recruited Amtrak employees – primarily from New Jersey and New York – to participate in the scheme …
June 23, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Leaders Of Methamphetamine Ring Each Receive 200-Month Prison Sentence

July 19, 2024
… prison sentences — which equals 16 years, 8 months — from United States District Judge James M. Moody, Jr. Judge … by Mendoza, out of Dallas. Wilson acquired methamphetamine from Mendoza in Texas and either personally transported it … to purchase a kilogram of methamphetamine directly from Wilson. Also, in February 2022, the DEA seized …
July 19, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Mom Pleads Guilty to Providing Fentanyl That Killed Her Sons’ Father

March 07, 2024
… Silva Banuelos put her sons, ages 8 and 10, onto a flight from Albuquerque to Dallas to visit her ex-husband, their father.  Surveillance video from Dallas / Love Field Airport shows that her ex-husband …
March 07, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

November 07, 2023
… removed nearly 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from across the country, with states from the DEA Omaha Division contributing 620,480 pounds. … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary …
November 07, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Carrollton Couple Tied to Possibly 10 Juvenile Overdoses Charged with Fentanyl Conspiracy

February 06, 2023
… the DEA Dallas Field Division. “DEA Dallas and our partners from the Carrollton Police Department will work to identify … Schools.  Nine students at those schools – ranging in age from 13 to 17 – suffered ten overdoses, three of which were … paralysis, told law enforcement the pills she ingested came from juvenile dealers who obtained the drugs from Mr. …
February 06, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to More Than 12 Years on Bribery, Firearms, and Narcotics Charges

December 28, 2022
… conspiracies wherein he both unlawfully purchased firearms from federally licensed firearms dealers on behalf of other … and provided firearms to felonswho are prohibited from possessing firearms. While the investigations into the … also conspired to import narcotics into the United States from Mexico, from January 8, 2018, until his arrest on …
December 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Large-scale counterfeit fentanyl pill dealer found guilty

June 06, 2019
… pills that were made with fentanyl, that Fisher had ordered from China. Fisher ordered pill presses from China, some of which were seized by Homeland Security. … quantities of fentanyl and fentanyl analogue were seized from both locations, as well as from Fisher’s residence in …
June 06, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

The Drug Enforcement Administration, Colorado Attorney General’s Office and the West Metro Drug Task Force dismantle international cocaine trafficking ring

September 05, 2018
… drug trafficking network that transported cocaine from Mexico into the United States to a distribution network … discovered that the head of this group, working from his residence in Greeley, Colorado, arranged to import large quantities of cocaine from various sources from the Republic of Mexico into the …
September 05, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

East Bay man charged with fentanyl-laced pills that killed buyer

December 08, 2020
… fentanyl.  The young adult customer purchased the pills from Pascoe and shortly after taking the apparent Oxycodone pills at a Walnut Creek home died from an overdose of fentanyl.    “This sad, tragic death shows how easy it is to die from drugs bought from drug dealers,” said U.S. Attorney …
December 08, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Cochise County man pleads guilty to transport of a narcotic drug for sale and misconduct involving weapons

March 05, 2020
… in Cochise County are determined to protect the community from drug traffickers like Timothy Henry, whose guilty plea … a major victory for those who seek to rid our neighborhoods from the plague of drugs,” said Cheri A. Oz, Special Agent … In March 2018, they purchased one pound of methamphetamine from Henry in an undercover operation at a Tucson-area truck …
March 05, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Manager Of Mystic Enchantments Arrested, Charged In Ongoing Investigation Of Spice, K2 Distribution In Central Illinois

April 16, 2018
… II to manage the distribution of synthetic cannabinoids from Mystic Enchantments. As alleged in the complaint … and recovered approximately 1,445 additional packets from the back room. As a result of the undercover purchase … controlled substances and controlled substance analogues, from retail stores in Decatur, including JB’s, United …
April 16, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorneys And Federal Law Enforcement Leaders Convene At Detroit Summit To Target Opiate Pain Pill And Heroin Trafficking

August 26, 2015
… Attorneys and leaders of federal law enforcement agencies from across six states will be meeting in Detroit on August … Heroin overdose deaths in the United States have tripled from 2010 to 2013.  Nationally, the number of deaths from all drug overdoses exceeded 43,000 last year, more …
August 26, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Louisville Announces 360 Degree Strategy

September 21, 2016
… of (UofL) School of Medicine, and representatives from the law enforcement, medical, and substance abuse … in our society. DEA is collaborating with professionals from law enforcement, drug prevention, drug treatment, and the medical community, to attack this problem from a holistic approach.” “The heroin epidemic, ravaging …
September 21, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Large Northern Ohio Drug Trafficking Group Faces Multiple Charges In Federal Court

October 12, 2016
… of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine into Greater Cleveland from Chicago and Yonkers, New York, law enforcement … S. Rendon said. “Sadly, the death toll continues to mount from this epidemic. Daily we mourn as parents bury their … of Warrensville Heights. The defendants conspired together from 2010 through 2016 to obtain fentanyl, heroin, cocaine …
October 12, 2016