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Man Sentenced in El Paso for Trafficking Meth into U.S. from Mexico

… Castañeda 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 – A Mexican national was sentenced in a federal court …
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8 Defendants in McKinney guilty of trafficking methamphetamines

… 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 … 459-9600 SHERMAN, TX – DEA in Dallas announced a Sherman, Texas, has been sentenced to federal prison for drug …
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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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Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sentenced to Life in Prison

… Castañeda 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 leader of a large-scale drug trafficking …
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Mexican Man Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Transporting 20 Kilograms Of Cocaine Into Massachusetts For Drug Cartel

… - (802) 951-2900 Defendant drove more than 30 hours from Texas to distribute the narcotics BOSTON – A Mexican man has … Lira-Mendez was observed driving a car with a temporary Texas license plate that was drifting across a double yellow … that the two men had traveled at least 32 hours from Texas to Massachusetts – with the cocaine concealed inside …
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San Antonio Woman Pleads Guilty to Providing Fentanyl That Led to Man’s Death

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 and Special Agent in Charge Daniel Comeaux of the Drug …
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Leaders Of Methamphetamine Ring Each Receive 200-Month Prison Sentence

… 400 months in federal prison. Adan Mendoza, 36, of Dallas, Texas, and Brian I. Wilson, 37, of Little Rock, each … of Dallas. Wilson acquired methamphetamine from Mendoza in Texas and either personally transported it by car, or had … is also implicated in a separate federal conspiracy in Texas that began in 2019. While DEA was conducting …
Ruben Avila-Ocampo
FUGITIVE

Ruben Avila-Ocampo

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methampheine; conspiracy to launder monetary instruments
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Small Town Meth and Cocaine Traffickers Sent to Prison

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 VICTORIA, Texas – With the sentencing of two Sinton residents, nearly …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Will Take Place From 10 A.m. -2 P.m. On Saturday, September 26th

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 … Town Hall - 2801 Technology Forest Blvd, The Woodlands, Texas 77381(front parking lot) Conroe ISD PD - 2900 North …
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Jasper County Man Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking Violations

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 Buna man has been sentenced to 22 years in federal …
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Jake’s Fireworks Owner Sentenced to 15 years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking Violations

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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– The owner of Jake’s Fireworks has been sentenced to …
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Former Guinea-Bissau President’s Son Sent to U.S. prison for International Drug Trafficking

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 his co-conspirator arrived in the Southern District of Texas Aug. 26, 2022.  Sanha will remain in custody pending …
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40 Alleged Meth Traffickers Charged in Operation Kullvid-20

… 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 … of the DEA Dallas Field Division. Led by the DEA’s North Texas Strike Force, the investigation has netted a total of …
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Husband, Wife Behind Meth Trafficking in Missouri

… 635-1331 Springfield - (417) 888-9800 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Texas County, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today … investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Texas County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department; the South Central …
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Shelby County Woman Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking Violations

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 Center woman has been sentenced to 10 years in …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… 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 …
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Houston County Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Solicitation of Murder Plot

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 TYLER, Texas – A Grapeland, Texas man, and his girlfriend, have …
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Pharmacist Convicted for Conspiring to Unlawfully Dispense Over 100,000 Opioid Pills

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 … Houston, TX. – A federal jury in Houston convicted a Texas pharmacist yesterday for her role in a pill-mill …
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U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Guilty Pleas in Albuquerque Fentanyl Case

… Castañeda 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 …
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Leaders of International Drug Trafficking and Firearms Smuggling Organization Sentenced to 21 and 20 Years in Prison

… of crystal and liquid methamphetamine from Mexico into Texas and further distributed it throughout the United … at the top. Mecina , 32, of Michoacán, Mexico, and Houston, Texas, pled guilty to (i) conspiracy to distribute and … which was brandished.  Cabrera , 26, of Houston, Texas, pled guilty to narcotics conspiracy.  As part of the …
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El Paso Man Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine

… Castañeda 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 ALPINE, Texas – An El Paso man was sentenced Monday in a federal …
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El Paso Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Marijuana Trafficking

… Castañeda 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 ALPINE, Texas – An El Paso man was sentenced Monday in a federal …
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DEA El Paso Division Announces the Seizure of Over 9 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… Castañeda 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 … this calendar year. The El Paso Division, which covers West Texas and the whole state of New Mexico, seized 2,886,783 of …
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Third Ward Narcotics Dealer Heads to Prison

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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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“Wrecking Ball” lands LPR in Federal Prison

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 GALVESTON, Texas - A 44-year-old legal permanent resident from the …
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DEA Dallas Seizes 1,447 Pounds of Drugs, 49 Firearms, and Over $6.6M in Drug-Related Assets

… 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 … drug and firearm trafficking between Mexico and Texas.  Operations Trap Mansion and Two Birds and One Stone …
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Chinese National Indicted for Importation of Enough Chemicals to Make Millions of Fatal Doses of Fentanyl

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 … of fentanyl precursors found in the Southern District of Texas and one of the largest in the country. Minsu Fang aka …
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Local Man Sent to Prison for Trying to Intimidate Witnesses

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 McALLEN, Texas – A 20-year-old Mission man has been ordered to …
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Two Members of Austin Fentanyl Distribution Organization Sentenced to Federal Prison

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 – Two Austin area men were sentenced Monday in federal …