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Brownsville Drug Dealer Gets Four Life Sentences

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the …
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Multiple Austin area drug trafficking arrests in March 2018 result in lengthy federal prison terms

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 AUSTIN, Texas – In Austin yesterday, a federal judge sentenced the …
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Community Event
October 05, 2019
October 05, 2019

Austin area Girl Scouts earn DEA's Red Ribbon patch by completing adventure activities this Saturday

5:00 AM - 7:00 AM (EDT)
Liberty Hill , TX
LIBERTY HILL, TX. – On Saturday, October 5, 2019, over 100 Girls Scouts from the Austin metropolitan area, ages 8-17, will earn their Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Red Ribbon Patch by completing stations to include Escape Room, Rock Climbing Wall, Dunk-a-Cop, Drunk Goggles, K-9 demo, Fingerprinting, and Healthy/Unhealthy Match Game...
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Eight arrested in connection with Jake’s fireworks drug trafficking conspiracy

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … seizes assets and property, freezes accounts BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in …
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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 … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BEAUMONT, Texas — A 43-year-old physician practicing in Beaumont has …
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Convicted by Federal Jury in Amarillo

… X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 214-724-3020 Erin.J.Fischer@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … convicted on March 18, 2026, by a federal jury in Amarillo, Texas, for his role in possessing and conspiring to …
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Leaders of Dangerous Mexican Drug Cartel Responsible for Extreme Violence Charged with International Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas. “Nothing is more important than bringing dangerous …
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Multiple Pharmaceutical Distributor Executives, Sales Representatives and Brokers Charged in Connection with Unlawful Sales of over 70M Opioid Pills

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … In addition, the distributors were all located outside Texas, far removed from their Houston-area pill-mill …
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Arizona Man Sentenced To More Than 20 Years For Drug, Firearm Offenses

… X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 214-724-3020 Erin.J.Fischer@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … - (608) 210-4300 Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 AMARILLO, Texas - Arturo Salazar, Jr., 41, was sentenced today by U.S. …
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34 In Custody In Connection With Austin-Based Drug Distribution Operation

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 AUSTIN, Texas) - Federal and state authorities have arrested 24 …
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Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division Announces Spring Take Back Day

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) 526-0700 Texas Alpine - (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 El Paso, Texas – The Drug Enforcement Administration has announced …
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Eight Sentenced in Laredo Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas – Multiple people have been sentenced for their roles …
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Three Sentenced in Austin for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in 18 Year Old’s Death

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 AUSTIN, Texas – An Austin man and two co-conspirators were sentenced …
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Physician Sentenced for $1.2M Pill Mill Scheme

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 …
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Foreign National Convicted of Racketeering and Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … - (254) 297-0300 WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Beaumont, Texas, convicted a Romanian national today for plotting to …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces Fall Take Back Day

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) 526-0700 Texas Alpine - (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 El Paso, Texas – On Saturday October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the …
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Z-43 Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Tons of Cocaine into United States

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … are over, and the residents of the Southern District of Texas are now safer.”   “The guilty plea of Guizar-Valencia …
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Former Connecticut Residents Charged with Operating Websites to Illegally Sell Misbranded and Unapproved Drugs

… RYAN FIELDS, 49, and LISA MAHAN, 53, of Port Neches, Texas, formerly of Glastonbury, Connecticut, with federal … Fields and Mahan were arrested this morning in Port Neches, Texas. They are scheduled to appear this afternoon in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. As alleged in the indictment, from September 2021 to …
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Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) 526-0700 Texas Alpine - (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 El Paso, Texas – On April 22, 2023, DEA and its law enforcement …
Gandara, Bernabie
FUGITIVE

Bernabie Gandara

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to Possess with intent to Distribute846/ Possession with intent to Distribute: 841(a) (1)
Vazquez-Ramirez, Cesar
FUGITIVE

Cesar Vazquez-Ramirez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 84621 USC 841 (a) (1)
Acosta-Pena, Lizbeth
FUGITIVE

Lizbeth Acosta-Pena

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846 and 84121 USC 963 18 USC 1956
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Head of the Gulf Cartel Jose Alfredo Cardenas-Martinez Indicted

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … El Contador has been indicted in the Southern District of Texas on various charges related to his position as the head …
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Houston physician and pain management clinic owner sentenced to 35 years each for running pill mill

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … and U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick of the Southern District of Texas made the announcement. Gazelle Craig, D.O., 42, and …
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Houston Physician And Pain Management Clinic Owner Convicted Of Running “pill Mill” That Provided Unlawful Prescriptions For Millions Of Doses Of Opioids And Other Controlled Substances

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of the Drug …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Participating In Las Cruces-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) 526-0700 Texas Alpine - (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 … ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Melchor Arroyos, 53, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las …
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) 526-0700 Texas Alpine - (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 EL … Murphy, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, announced that in El Paso this morning, United States …
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Pharmacist And Others Charged In Pill Mill Case Plead Guilty

… X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 214-724-3020 Erin.J.Fischer@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … Pharmacy, located on Bolton Boone Drive in Desoto, Texas, has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge stemming …
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Pharmacist Charged In Pill Mill Case Sentenced To 24 Months In Federal Prison

… X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 214-724-3020 Erin.J.Fischer@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … Pharmacy, located on Bolton Boone Drive in Desoto, Texas, was sentenced this morning for his involvement in a …
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Three Major Amarillo Methamphetamine Traffickers Arrested

… X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 214-724-3020 Erin.J.Fischer@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … dal060917_fig2.jpg dal060917_fig3.jpg AMARILLO, Texas - Three Amarillo residents have been charged by a …