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Final Defendants Sentenced In Synthetic Drug Distribution Conspiracy

November 02, 2017
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 TYLER, Texas - A mother and son have been sentenced to federal …
November 02, 2017
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest 22 In Connection With Austin Area Steroid Distribution Operation

September 04, 2014
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov AUSTIN, Texas - In the Austin area today, September 4, 2014, federal … ringleaders 54 year old Timothy John Bruner of Leander, Texas, and 23 year old Ryan Robert Rowland of Round Rock, …
September 04, 2014
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19 Arrested In Connection With Austin-Based Cocaine Distribution And Bulk Cash Smuggling Operation

February 21, 2013
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov AUSTIN, Texas -   Federal, state and local authorities have arrested … Javier Pena, United States Attorney Robert Pitman, and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw. A …
February 21, 2013
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Treasury Designates Columbian Narcotics Trafficker

February 19, 2014
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … prescription drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today Khuda …
February 19, 2014
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Prosecution Of Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Organization Results In Lengthy Federal Prison Sentences And Significant Cash Seizures

April 02, 2014
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 (LUBBOCK, - Texas) The last defendants convicted in an Organized Crime …
April 02, 2014
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Final Two Aryan Brotherhood Associates Sentenced To Federal Prison For Their Roles In Methamphetamine Distribution Operation All 34 Individuals Charged And Convicted In This Investigation Have Now Been Sentenced To Federal Prison

December 09, 2015
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov WACO, Texas - In Waco, a federal district judge sentenced to … in violent organized crime over three counties in Central Texas,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs. …
December 09, 2015
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Four Convicted In Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

January 07, 2016
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - One man and three women, all of South Texas, entered guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy to …
January 07, 2016
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Jefferson County Individuals Arrested On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

May 09, 2016
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov BEAUMONT, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales and Drug Enforcement … into drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. On May 6, 2016, a combined task force of federal, …
May 09, 2016
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Authorities Make Numerous Arrests In Poly-Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

November 07, 2016
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Mc ALLEN, Texas - A total of 15 people are in custody following law … infrastructure and transportation cells operating in South Texas and the distribution of multiple drugs throughout the …
November 07, 2016
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Port Arthur Man Convicted For Federal Violations Related To Port Acres Murder

April 27, 2017
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov BEAUMONT, Texas - A 35-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been found guilty by a jury for federal …
April 27, 2017
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Alleged High Ranking Member Of Los Zetas Cartel Arrested

March 19, 2015
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov LAREDO, Texas - Jose Manuel Saldivar-Farias aka “Z-31” or “El … complaint alleges that on the night of March 12, 2015, Texas Department of Public (DPS) Quick Reactionary (QRF), in …
March 19, 2015
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Smith County Man Sentenced For Methamphetamine Violations

July 23, 2013
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -  --A 39-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug …
July 23, 2013
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Defendant Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison On Methamphetamine Distribution Conviction

February 05, 2015
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 AMARILLO, Texas - Hugo Gomez-Barrientos, most recently of Hereford, …
February 05, 2015
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Seven Arrested In El Paso On Federal Drug Trafficking/Firearms Charges

September 28, 2012
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Colo., and one search warrant in residence in Midland, Texas.  Six defendants were arrested in Las Cruces; four in Denver; two in El Paso, Texas; and one each in Santa Fe, N.M., Midland, Texas, Salt …
September 28, 2012
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35 Members And Associates Of Barrio Azteca Gang Charged With Racketeering And Other Offenses, Including 10 Charged In U.S Consulate Murders In Juarez, Mexico

March 09, 2011
… U.S. Attorney John E. Murphy for the Western District of Texas, and FBI Executive Assistant Director Shawn Henry. … of U.S. federal, state and local authorities arrested in Texas and New Mexico 12 of the charged defendants not … criminal organization. The BA is primarily based in West Texas; Juarez, Mexico; and throughout state and federal …
March 09, 2011
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The Dallas Diversion Program Engages the Community Virtually

March 27, 2021
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … -The Dallas Diversion Program in conjunction with the Texas Academy of General Dentistry and Fort Worth Component, …
March 27, 2021
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Jefferson County Woman Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Violations

February 28, 2018
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov BEAUMONT, Texas -  A 29-year-old Beaumont, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug …
February 28, 2018
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Jefferson County Man Sentenced For Drug Violations

February 14, 2017
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov BEAUMONT, Texas - A 34-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal …
February 14, 2017
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Prison Chaplain Sentenced

June 13, 2017
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov BEAUMONT, Texas -  A 43-year-old federal prison chaplain has been … sentenced for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston …
June 13, 2017
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33 Latin King Members and associates convicted and sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms for racketeering offenses

October 22, 2020
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … and Uvalde Chapters of the Latin King’s Central Region of Texas from 45 to 288 months in federal prison for their … Folden, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) Director Steven …
October 22, 2020
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PRM Prison Gang Member Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

July 16, 2024
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov DEL RIO, Texas – A member of the Partido Revolucionario Mexicano … U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas. “Our successful prosecution is a testament to the …
July 16, 2024
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Michoacan Trafficker Captured in Panama Sent to U.S. Prison

August 03, 2023
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov LAREDO, Texas – A 48-year-old Mexican national has been sent to … trafficked drugs into local communities like Laredo, Texas, for years, trafficking about 15,000 kilograms of meth …
August 03, 2023
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El Paso Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

October 27, 2023
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Rincon (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso man was sentenced in a federal court in … Team (FORT) of the DEA’s El Paso Division, which is a West Texas HIDTA Initiative. FORT is comprised of law enforcement …
October 27, 2023
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DEA-Led Investigation Results In Convictions For 2 In “Pill Mill”

July 21, 2017
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … - Jason Edgecombe, 40, and Cy Viator, 34, both of Houston, Texas, were sentenced this morning for their involvement in …
July 21, 2017
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La Familia Michoacan Drug Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Charges

September 18, 2017
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Specifically, Rueda-Medina pleaded guilty to one …
September 18, 2017
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16 Charged In Alleged Large Scale Marijuana Trafficking Organization

June 19, 2014
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … following the arrest of 11 individuals throughout south Texas and the Houston areas, announced Drug Enforcement … and the transportation of bulk cash from Houston to south Texas.” The joint DEA/HSI - led investigation into the …
June 19, 2014
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Member Of “Los Piojos” Cocaine Trafficking Family, Responsible For Importing Tons Of Cocaine Into US Convicted Millions Used To Buy Over 50 Racing Horses: Over 280 Kilos Of Cocaine, $15-20 Million In Assets Seized

June 15, 2017
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … and money laundering conspiracy occurring in South Texas, Central Texas and Oklahoma announced United States Attorney Richard …
June 15, 2017
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Four More Waco Area Aryan Brotherhood Members And Associates Sentenced To Prison For Role In Methamphetamine Distribution Operation

July 08, 2015
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov WACO, Texas - A federal district judge sentenced four Aryan (AB) … in violent organized crime over three counties in Central Texas,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs. …
July 08, 2015
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Alleged Fentanyl Traffickers Arrested in Bell County

September 15, 2023
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov WACO, Texas – Four individuals were arrested in Bell County … 30, were identified as narcotics distributors in January by Texas Department of Public Safety (TX DPS) Criminal …
September 15, 2023
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Guadalajara Man Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine

June 02, 2021
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … that was transferred from the Northern District of Texas.  By pleading guilty to that charge, Yanez-Gonzalez … U.S Attorney Ashley C. Hoff of the Western District of Texas and Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah of the Northern …
June 02, 2021