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Pharr Resident gets Significant Sentence for Attempting to Sell Narcotics

January 26, 2023
… 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 41-year-old Pharr resident has been ordered to … County Sheriff’s Office, George West Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney …
January 26, 2023
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Jefferson County Man Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking Violations

January 11, 2023
… 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 Groves man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
January 11, 2023
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Trafficking Over 250 Kilos of Meth in Gas Tank Lands San Benito Man in Prison

October 06, 2022
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 45-year-old San Benito resident has been sent to … tank and had agreed to transport the narcotics from South Texas to Dallas. Rodriguez will remain in custody pending …
October 06, 2022
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Angelina County Man Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine

July 19, 2022
… 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 Lufkin man has been sentenced to more than 22 … trafficking related violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
July 19, 2022
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Mexican national headed to federal prison for possessing meth

July 19, 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 LAREDO, Texas - A 31-year-old resident of Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, … Drug Enforcement Administration with the assistance of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney …
July 19, 2018
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Texan Sentenced for Transporting Fentanyl and other Narcotics

February 02, 2022
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov   CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas  – A 41-year-old Houston man has been ordered to … pass through the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint near Sarita, Texas.  Sanchez was also found responsible for two kilograms …
February 02, 2022
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Tri City Bombers Sentenced for Racketeering Crimes

January 21, 2022
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov HOUSTON – Two South Texas men have pleaded guilty and received significant … early 1980s in the Pharr, San Juan and Alamo areas of South Texas. The TCB have an organized decision-making hierarchy, …
January 21, 2022
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Meth trafficker gets over 10 years in prison

March 03, 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 48-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been … with the assistance of Customs and Border Protection and Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney …
March 03, 2021
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Judge in Del Rio sentences latin king gang member to federal prison for methamphetamine conspiracy

February 05, 2020
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov DEL RIO, Texas – On Feb. 5, 2020, a federal judge sentenced … Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Uvalde Police …
February 05, 2020
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Local man sentenced for meth conspiracy and firearm offense

June 17, 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 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 40-year old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to … conducted the investigation with the assistance of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney …
June 17, 2019
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Law Enforcement Officers Indicted for Extortion and Fraud

May 30, 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 BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Two former deputies with the Cameron County Precinct … Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Texas Rangers conducted the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement …
May 30, 2019
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Meth distributor heads to federal prison

April 10, 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 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 36-year-old Houston resident was sentenced in … on the bus from Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas on several occasions over the previous six months.   …
April 10, 2019
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Local man handed major sentence in drug and money laundering conspiracy

December 03, 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 55-year-old Robstown man has been ordered to … near future. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Texas Department of Public Safety conducted the …
December 03, 2018
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Six-time felon receives lengthy sentence for methamphetamine distribution

August 20, 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 33-year-old South Texas man has been ordered to federal prison for …
August 20, 2018
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Robstown-based heroin leader heads to federal prison

September 07, 2018
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov   CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The leader of a massive heroin and money laundering … and families.  The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Texas Department of Public Safety conducted the …
September 07, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

More Sentences Imposed In Robstown-Based Heroin Conspiracy

May 17, 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 - Two more members of a massive heroin and money … Aug. 8, 2018. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Texas Department of Public Safety conducted the …
May 17, 2018
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Hunt County Man Sentenced On Methamphetamine Conviction

September 19, 2016
… 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 … U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. In addition, Judge Godbey ordered that Sanchez …
September 19, 2016
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Dallas Methamphetamine Traffickers Sentenced

November 14, 2016
… 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 … U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Jose Mario Chavez-Bravo, a/k/a “Rafael Lua-Maguna” …
November 14, 2016
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Jury Convicts Two In Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

March 23, 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 FORT WORTH, Texas - Following a two-day jury trial before U.S. District …
March 23, 2017
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Dallas Man Convicted For Role In Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

March 23, 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 … and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Gomez was convicted yesterday on one count of …
March 23, 2017
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Last Defendant In Heroin, Methamphetamine And Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy Sentenced To 225 Months In Federal Prison

June 09, 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 … and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Salazar-Sanchez pleaded guilty in October 2016 to one …
June 09, 2017
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Amarillo Man Convicted On Drugs, Firearms Charges: Faces Life In Prison

August 25, 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 - Following a four-day jury trial before U.S. District …
August 25, 2017
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Six Involved In Large Scale Methamphetamine Trafficking Group Arrested

September 01, 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 … and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Specifically, the complaints charge Marco Gonzalez, …
September 01, 2017
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Last Defendant Sentenced In Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

October 03, 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 … and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.  Co-defendants Raul Garibay, 25, Gerardo Galvan, 28, …
October 03, 2017
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Two Sentenced For Conspiring To Transport Marijuana

December 13, 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 today Roberto Garcia, 29, and Juan Javier …
December 13, 2013
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Stash House Operator Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Federal Prison

December 18, 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 McALLEN, Texas -  - Martin Saucedo-Mata, 48, of Pharr, has been … by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Texas Department of Public Safety with assistance from the …
December 18, 2013
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Real Estate Agent Headed To Prison For Money Laundering

December 19, 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 McALLEN, Texas - Freddy Centeno, 52 of Brownsville, has been ordered … Matamoros, Mexico, and throughout the Southern District of Texas.   Arambul and others were responsible for …
December 19, 2013
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Jury Convicts 20-Year-Old Of Smuggling $1 Million In Meth

January 24, 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 BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A federal jury has convicted Jaime Homero Guerrero … was investigated by Drug Enforcement Administration and the Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant United States …
January 24, 2014
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Zeta Leader "Talivan" Pleads Guilty

April 07, 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 McALLEN, Texas - Ivan Velasquez-Caballero, aka "Talivan" or "50," has … FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Texas Department of Public Safety, U.S. Marshals Service and …
April 07, 2014
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Eight Weslaco Men Enter Guilty Pleas

April 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 MCALLEN, Texas - A total of eight men residing in Weslaco have … Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation and Texas Department of Public Safety, Rangers Division. …
April 23, 2014