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Repeat Drug Trafficker Gets Significant Sentence

… 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 63-year-old Pharr resident has been sentenced …
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Local Man Sent to Prison After Helping Traffic Over 250 Kilograms of Meth in Gas Tank

… 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 BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 42-year-old Brownsville resident has been ordered …
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Twenty-Three Individuals Charged In A Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… 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 … Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. The defendants charged are:  Sina Athari, 24, of …
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Large-Scale Drug Traffickers Convicted by Federal Jury

… 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 federal jury convicted two men Tuesday of multiple …
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Missouri Residents Indicted in Cocaine Conspiracy

… 888-9800 Federal Agents Seized 16 Kilos of Cocaine from Texas Defendants SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Three southwest Missouri … kilograms of cocaine while arresting two co-defendants in Texas. Mario Jose Castillo, 55, of Springfield, Mo.; … 40, a citizen of Mexico, both residing in Grand Prairie, Texas, were charged in a 10-count superseding indictment …
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Three traffickers sentenced for smuggling meth, heroin and cocaine for cartel

… 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 LAREDO, Texas – Two Mexican nationals and one Texas man who are …
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Trailer Full of Meth Lands Trafficker in 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 McALLEN, Texas – A 51-year-old Edinburg man has been sentenced …
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Five Defendants Indicted for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth in Missouri

… roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Texas County, Mo., and for illegally possessing firearms. … D. Sims, 61, and his wife, Billie J. Sims, 51, both of Texas County, Mo., Nathan K. Roth, 39, of Mountain Grove, … in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Texas County from March 9 to July 11, 2022. In addition to …
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Kermit Man Sentenced for Distribution of Meth

… 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 PECOS … U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas. “McGill’s lack of concern for others is apparent. His …
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Seven Arrested On Federal Drug Conspiracy Charges

… 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 … Organization in Hockley and Cochran Counties LUBBOCK, Texas - An investigation into a large scale drug trafficking …
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Dealer of Fake Oxycodone Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 AUSTIN, Texas – A Cedar Park man was sentenced in a federal court in …
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Houston area man who posed as physician found guilty of conspiring to unlawfully prescribe hundreds of thousands of doses of opioids

… 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 U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick of the Southern District of Texas made the announcement.  After a five-day day jury …
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Six individuals arrested on drug conspiracy charges

… 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 … City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 (FORT WORTH, Texas)  - Thomas Cody, of Stephenville, Texas, Chalee …
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40 Charged With Gun, Drug Crimes in Lubbock

… 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 … keep the community safe, FBI’s Dallas Field Division, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and their federal, state, …
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DEA El Paso Hiring Special Agents to Work in Local Offices

… 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 … in one of five local offices: El Paso, Midland, or Alpine, Texas or Las Cruces, Roswell, or Albuquerque, New Mexico. …
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Robeson County Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Trafficking Kilograms of Drugs from Mexico

… Mexico, through legal ports of entry, into the Brownsville, Texas area.  Investigators learned that Lowery would travel to Texas, cross the border to meet with suppliers, and then … by Lowery and two other individuals as they returned from Texas.  Investigators located 2.3 kilograms of …
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Twenty-Four Arrested In Permian Basin Hydroponic Marijuana Distribution Operations

… 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 … of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Mark Morgan, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCrawand …
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Federal Judge in Waco issues several lengthy prison sentences

… 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 … sentenced 32-year old Devito Dembinsky of McGregor, Texas to 413 months imprisonment followed by five years of …
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33 Latin King Members and associates convicted and sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms for racketeering offenses

… 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 Uvalde Chapters of the Latin King’s Central Region of Texas from 45 to 288 months in federal prison for their …
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Pearsall Felon Sentenced to Prison for Dealing Fentanyl and Possessing a Stolen Firearm

… 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. “While the victims chose to engage in illicit drug …
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Meth “Cooks” Sent to Prison in Custom Importation Scheme

… 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 – Three men have been sentenced for their roles in a …
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Violent Drug Dealer Off the Streets for Possessing Meth and Pistol

… 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 26-year-old Edinburg man has been sentenced for …
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Former Bandidos National Vice President sentenced to life 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 … Division; U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Western District of Texas; Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in …
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Midland Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Meth Distribution and Firearm Charge

… 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 MIDLAND, Texas – A Midland man was sentenced last week to 360 months …
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Nine Indicted in Counterfeit Promethazine-Codeine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… 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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Final Man Sent to Prison in Cocaine Car Battery Conspiracy

… 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 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 31-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced …
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Aryan Circle gang leader and two subordinate gang members plead guilty to multiple charges, including accessory-after-the-fact to racketeering murder

… inside and outside of state and federal prisons throughout Texas, Louisiana, and the United States. The AC was established in the mid-1980s within the Texas prison system. Recently, the AC’s structure and … influence expanded to rural and suburban areas throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Missouri. The AC emerged as an …
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The Dallas Diversion Program Engages the Community Virtually

… 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 … -The Dallas Diversion Program in conjunction with the Texas Academy of General Dentistry and Fort Worth Component, …
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Fleeing Felon Sent to Prison for Firearm and Meth

… 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 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 41-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to …
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Traffickers Admit to Smuggling Meth in Fire Extinguishers for Cartel

… 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 … Meth found hidden in a fire extinguishers LAREDO, Texas – Two Texas men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to …