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Gang Member and Convicted Felon Sentenced to over 11 Years in Prison

April 16, 2021
… 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 37-year-old local Corpus Christi resident and member of the Texas Syndicate gang has been ordered to federal prison for …
April 16, 2021
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Vidor woman sentenced to 15 years in federal prison following opioid overdose deaths

January 25, 2021
… 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 62-year-old Vidor, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug …
January 25, 2021
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Waco man sentenced to life in federal prison for meth trafficking

May 28, 2019
… 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 judge today sentenced 38-year-old … Kimble; McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara; and, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw. In …
May 28, 2019
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California Men Plead Guilty To Roles In Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

March 31, 2018
… 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 - Two men from California, Erasmo Ramirez-Romero and …
March 31, 2018
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Amarillo Man Sentenced To 212 Months In Federal Prison On Drug Charge

March 31, 2018
… 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 … A. Fitzwater sentenced Jose Santillan, 25, of Amarillo, Texas, earlier this week to 212 months’ in federal prison. …
March 31, 2018
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Corpus Christi Doctor Admits To Keeping False Prescription Records

April 26, 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 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 51-year-old Corpus Christi physician has admitted … hearing, the court also heard that in February 2017, the Texas Medical Board found Pendleton was operating an …
April 26, 2018
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Beaumont Man 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 man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug …
February 28, 2018
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Desoto Man Arrested For Distributing Kilogram Quantities Of Heroin In Dallas Metroplex

February 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 … City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 DALLAS, Texas - Jose Luis Martinez-Martinez, 41, of Desoto, Texas, …
February 21, 2017
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Amarillo Heroin Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Possessing More Than 17,000 Grams Of Heroin

March 27, 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 AMARILLO, Texas - Jose Emmanuel Morales Rittingger, 29, appeared today …
March 27, 2017
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Smith County Men Guilty Of Importing Anabolic Steroids

July 05, 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 - Two Tyler, Texas men have pleaded guilty to federal …
July 05, 2017
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Zeta Commander “Taliban” Facing Trial In The U.S.

November 22, 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 LAREDO, Texas - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the … Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced Ivan Velasquez-Caballero, aka “Taliban” and …
November 22, 2013
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Laredo Couple Enter Pleas In Mexican Mafia Case

May 23, 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 LAREDO, Texas - Carlos Contreras, 33, and his wife Ana Rosa … and money laundering case involving members of the Texas Mexican Mafia prison gang, announced Drug Enforcement …
May 23, 2014
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Five Men Charged In Large-Scale Cocaine And Money Laundering Conspiracy

October 08, 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 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Mario Capote-Morejon, 43, and Enrique Artiles-Mata … Arabit and  U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.  The three S. Texas men were charged in a sealed indictment along with …
October 08, 2014
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Jefferson County Man Sentenced In Synthetic Marijuana Conspiracy

January 28, 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 BEAUMONT, Texas - A 46-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug …
January 28, 2015
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Three Houston Men Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

June 15, 2011
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark in the Eastern District of Texas. Jesus Pineda-Espinoza, 30, pleaded guilty on Feb. 1, … and cocaine throughout Houston and the Beaumont, Texas area. In June 2009, agents began utilizing …
June 15, 2011
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Houston Men Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

June 23, 2011
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark in the Eastern District of Texas. Amando Garcia-Duarte, 35, of Houston, pleaded guilty … and cocaine throughout Houston and the Beaumont, Texas area. In June 2009, agents began utilizing …
June 23, 2011
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Houston Man Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

September 14, 2011
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … drug trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent … and cocaine throughout Houston and the Beaumont, Texas area. In June 2009, agents began using court-ordered …
September 14, 2011
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Discovery Of Approximately More Than Four Hundred Marijuana Plants Results In Arrests

October 21, 2011
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … hydroponic marijuana. James Dinh Nguyen, 36, from Richmond, Texas, and Phuong Thien Nguyen aka John, 31, and Chung Van … on the 17500 block of Stamford Oaks Drive in Tomball, Texas, were utilized for the purpose of growing marijuana. …
October 21, 2011
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Two Men Head To Prison For Participating In A Cocaine Conspiracy

December 18, 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 McALLEN, Texas - Two U.S. citizens who reside in South Texas have been ordered to federal prison following their …
December 18, 2015
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Federal Authorities Arrest Seven In Madisonville For Distributing Methamphetamine

August 18, 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 WACO, Texas - Today, federal, state and local authorities arrested seven Madisonville, Texas, residents charged in connection with a …
August 18, 2016
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Final Operation X3 “Mexican Mafia” Defendant Sentenced

July 21, 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 LAREDO, Texas -  A 30-year old member of the Texas Mexican Mafia has been ordered to prison for his …
July 21, 2017
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Two Illegal Aliens Head To Prison For Trafficking Meth

August 17, 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 McALLEN, Texas - Two illegal aliens who resided in Texas have been ordered to federal prison following their …
August 17, 2017
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Third Bandido Pleads Guilty To Federal Charge In Connection With The Murder Of Hells Angel Anthony Benesh In 2006

September 25, 2017
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw; … Court records allege that Benesh was attempting to start a Texas Chapter of the Hell’s Angels OMO in Austin, Texas in …
September 25, 2017
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Man Sentenced To 35 Years For Meth Trafficking From Houston To Louisiana

September 26, 2017
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … collaborative effort of various law enforcement partners in Texas and Louisiana. Among those were the Drug Enforcement … the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Texas Department of Public Safety; Louisiana State Patrol; …
September 26, 2017
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Fourth Bandido Pleads Guilty To Federal Charge In Connection With The Murder Of Hells Angel Anthony Benesh In 2006

September 27, 2017
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw; … Court records allege that Benesh was attempting to start a Texas Chapter of the Hell’s Angels OMO in Austin, Texas in …
September 27, 2017
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20 Arrested In Connection With Taylor-based “crack” Cocaine And Methamphetamine Trafficking Operation

December 15, 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 AUSTIN, Texas - This week, federal and state authorities in the … including ringleader Horace Caruther of Round Rock, Texas, for their alleged roles in a narcotics distribution …
December 15, 2017
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California Woman Sentenced For Port Arthur Drug Trafficking

February 05, 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 BEAUMONT, Texas - A 57-year-old Rialto, CA woman living in Port Arthur, Texas  has been sentenced to federal prison for drug …
February 05, 2015
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Federal Jury Convicts Burnet County Man Of Firearms And Drug Trafficking Charges

February 13, 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 AUSTIN, Texas - In Austin last night, a jury convicted 44-year-old …  Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw. At …
February 13, 2015
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Nederland Man Receives Life Sentence For Drug Trafficking Crimes

February 17, 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 BEAUMONT, Texas - A 40-year-old Nederland, Texas man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for …
February 17, 2015
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Heroin And Methamphetamine Traffickers Ordered To Prison

February 24, 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 - A total of 12 drug traffickers have been handed … numerous vehicle title histories from California and Texas as well as vehicle and passenger crossing records from …
February 24, 2015