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Jefferson County doctor convicted of health care fraud violations

… 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 physician practicing in Beaumont has … health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
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Frisco Man In Custody On Federal Charges Stemming From A Murder-For-Hire Plot

… 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 DALLAS, Texas - Eskandar Molavi, 69, of Frisco, Texas, is in federal …
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Baytown Man Convicted In Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… 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 - Following a four-day trial before Senior U.S. …
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Final Defendants Sentenced In Synthetic Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest 22 In Connection With Austin Area Steroid Distribution Operation

… 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, …
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19 Arrested In Connection With Austin-Based Cocaine Distribution And Bulk Cash Smuggling Operation

… 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 …
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Treasury Designates Columbian Narcotics Trafficker

… 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 …
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Prosecution Of Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Organization Results In Lengthy Federal Prison Sentences And Significant Cash Seizures

… 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 …
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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

… 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. …
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Four Convicted In Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Jefferson County Individuals Arrested On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

… 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, …
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Authorities Make Numerous Arrests In Poly-Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Port Arthur Man Convicted For Federal Violations Related To Port Acres Murder

… 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 …
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Alleged High Ranking Member Of Los Zetas Cartel Arrested

… 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 …
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Smith County Man Sentenced For Methamphetamine Violations

… 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 …
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Defendant Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison On Methamphetamine Distribution Conviction

… 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, …
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Seven Arrested In El Paso On Federal Drug Trafficking/Firearms Charges

… 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 …
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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

… 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 …
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The Dallas Diversion Program Engages the Community Virtually

… 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, …
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Jefferson County Woman Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Violations

… 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 …
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Jefferson County Man Sentenced For Drug Violations

… 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 …
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Prison Chaplain Sentenced

… 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 …
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33 Latin King Members and associates convicted and sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms for racketeering offenses

… 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 …
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PRM Prison Gang Member Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

… 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 …
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Michoacan Trafficker Captured in Panama Sent to U.S. Prison

… 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 …
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El Paso Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

… 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 …
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DEA-Led Investigation Results In Convictions For 2 In “Pill Mill”

… 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 …
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La Familia Michoacan Drug Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Charges

… 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 …
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16 Charged In Alleged Large Scale Marijuana Trafficking Organization

… 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 …
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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

… 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 …