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Laredo Resident Charged with Selling Fentanyl Resulting in 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 LAREDO, Texas – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment …
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Florida-Based Pharmaceutical President 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 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BEAUMONT, Texas – A federal grand jury in Beaumont has returned a …
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Mexican Man Imprisoned for Selling Drugs out of Houston Barber Shop

… 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 … was in league with individuals located in South Texas. The other conspirators have since been convicted and …
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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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Logistics Coordinator Sent to Prison for 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 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 33-year-old Houston woman has been sentenced for …
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Clinic Office Manager Sentenced for Operating $1.2M Pill Mill 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 …
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Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division Announces Spring Take Back Day

… 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 Drug Enforcement Administration has announced …
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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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Brothers Receive Significant Sentences for Manufacturing Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Pills Disguised as Pain Meds

… 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 – Two Corpus Christi brothers have been ordered to …
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Domestic Trafficker Admits to Possession with Intent to Distribute Over 2,000 Counterfeit 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas – A 40-year-old resident of Lake Charles, Louisiana, …
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Harris County Man Sentenced for Trafficking Meth in Jefferson County

… 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 Seabrook man has been sentenced to federal prison …
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Mexican National Admits Laundering $1.5 million on behalf of 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 … Organization Targets and that impact Houston and south Texas. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can …
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Jury Convicts Three Men of Meth and Cocaine Conspiracies Across Multiple States

… and cocaine conspiracies that spanned from California to Texas to Arkansas and involved multiple pounds and kilograms …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Local Drug Dealer 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 … with the assistance of Houston Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorneys …
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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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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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DEA Hosts Local and State Agencies at the El Paso Intelligence Center 2024 Law Enforcement Partners Summit

… 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 … work of DEA Laboratories and Forensic Sciences. El Paso, Texas – Today, as part of the 50th anniversary of the El …
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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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Arizona Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… 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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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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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 …
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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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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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 …