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Five Charged In Galveston With Distributing Methamphetamine

July 10, 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 GALVESTON, Texas - A four-count federal indictment has been unsealed in … in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas.  Perez and Hinojosa are further charged with one and …
July 10, 2014
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Brother-in-Law To Former Tamaulipas Governor Indicted In Money Laundering Scheme

October 03, 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 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Oscar Gomez Guerra, 43, has been indicted by a … Homeland Security Investigations, FBI and the Texas Attorney General’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney …
October 03, 2014
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Several Members Of South Laredo Trafficking Group Plead Guilty

November 21, 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 LAREDO, Texas - A total of 10 Laredoans have entered guilty pleas … Laredo Police Department, Webb County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney …
November 21, 2014
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Additional Members Of South Laredo Trafficking Group Plead Guilty

December 04, 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 LAREDO, Texas - Nine more members of a cocaine, crack and marijuana … Police Department, Webb County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety participated in this …
December 04, 2014
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Two Plead Guilty In Cocaine Transport Conspiracy

December 12, 2011
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … with the intention of distributing it. Alves, of Austin, Texas and Fussell, Camden, N.J., pleaded guilty before … 34, of Philadelphia and Aaron Jenkins, 36, of Austin, Texas. They are set for a pretrial conference on Dec. 28, …
December 12, 2011
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More Than 15 Years For Marijuana Trafficker

June 21, 2012
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … McALLEN, TX - Eusevio Mendoza, 28, of Brownsville, Texas, has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal … approximately 290 kilograms of marijuana from the Weslaco, Texas, area for further distribution. Mendoza caught the …
June 21, 2012
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Drug Trafficking Co-conspirators Head To Federal Prison

October 30, 2012
… 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 - Two drug and money laundering co-conspirators are … the use of commercial tractor-trailers and other means from Texas to Georgia and returned drug proceeds to Laredo and …
October 30, 2012
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Fort Worth Man Sentenced To 300 Months In Federal Prison On Crack Cocaine Conviction

October 16, 2015
… 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 - Jeremy Warner, a Fort Worth man who pleaded guilty …
October 16, 2015
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Defendants Convicted In Methamphetamine Conspiracy Sentenced To Lengthy Federal Prison Terms

November 12, 2015
… 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 - Four defendants who pleaded guilty this summer to …
November 12, 2015
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Houston Man Sentenced For Role In Money Laundering Conspiracy

November 19, 2015
… 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 naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Houston has … from Houston to the Rio Grande Valley. A trooper with the Texas Department of Public (DPS) stopped him near San Manuel …
November 19, 2015
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Local Man Gets 10 Years For Synthetic Narcotics Trafficking

December 07, 2015
… 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 28-year-old resident of Corpus Christi had been … Service, Corpus Christi Police Department Gang Unit and the Texas Department of Public Safety conducted the …
December 07, 2015
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DEA Houston News: 12 Arrested In Marijuana Trafficking Ring

January 13, 2016
… 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 - Twelve individuals in multiple cities were arrested … 33, Yolanda Armenta, 43, and Pedro Vazquez, 33, of Laredo, Texas; Jose Luis Carvajal, 46, Juan Carlos Carvajal, 26, of …
January 13, 2016
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Mexican Citizen Convicted In Del Rio For Importing Cocaine And Heroin

October 20, 2016
… 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 - Guillermo Rodriguez-Sanchez, a 42-year-old resident … to enter the United States through the Eagle Pass, Texas Port of Entry, located about 55 miles southeast of Del …
October 20, 2016
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Houston Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Cocaine

February 16, 2017
… 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 27-year-old Houston man pleaded guilty to federal … trafficking violations today in the Eastern District of Texas.  Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in …
February 16, 2017
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Muhammad Jaffer Ali Sentenced To 16 Years In Federal Prison For Heading Up Synthetic Marijuana Distribution Ring

April 04, 2017
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov SAN ANTONIO, Texas - In San Antonio, 54-year-old Muhammad Jaffer Ali was … U.S. Border Patrol, San Antonio Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Live Oak Police …
April 04, 2017
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Former Texan Gets Hammered With 30-Year Prison Sentence

April 25, 2017
… 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 33-year-old man who resided in Palmetto, Florida, and Pasadena, Texas, has been ordered to federal prison for trafficking …
April 25, 2017
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Eight Associated With La Familia Cartel Sentenced To Federal Prison For Roles In Austin-Based Meth Trafficking Operation

June 28, 2017
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov AUSTIN, Texas -  In Austin today, a judge sentenced to federal … of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Federal Bureau of (FBI), Texas Department of Public Safety, Cedar Park Police …
June 28, 2017
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Local Man Heads To Prison On Drugs, Firearms Charges

November 21, 2017
… 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 45-year-old Kingsville man has been ordered to … Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Texas Department of Public Safety and the Corpus Christi …
November 21, 2017
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Final Defendant In San Antonio-based Synthetic Marijuana Distribution Ring Sentenced To Federal Prison

February 08, 2018
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Wesa was extradited from Germany to the Western District of Texas. He since has remained in federal custody. Wesa is the … Security Investigations, the U.S. Border Patrol, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Live Oak Police …
February 08, 2018
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Hidalgo Man Gets Lengthy Sentence For Smuggling Meth

June 09, 2015
… 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 - Manuel de la Cruz Jr., 32, has been ordered to … of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations, Texas Department of Public Safety and the Drug Enforcement …
June 09, 2015
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Final Defendant Sentenced For Heroin Transaction At Federal Prison Visitation

July 29, 2015
… 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 31-year-old Houston woman has been sentenced for … drugs into a federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special …
July 29, 2015
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Cartel-linked Fugitive Wanted for Serious Crimes Returned to the United States from Mexico

August 13, 2025
… 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 37-year-old Mexican national is set to appear in … is expected to be transferred to the Southern District of Texas where he will appear in the near future. He is one of  …
August 13, 2025
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Twenty-two defendants sentenced in Fallen Kings drug conspiracy case

April 03, 2019
… 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 … Jr., and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. Defendants will spend between six …
April 03, 2019
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Greenville Man Sentenced To 84 Months In Federal Prison For Role In Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

February 07, 2018
… 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 … Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
February 07, 2018
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Jasper County Felon Sentenced for Federal Firearms and Drug Trafficking Crimes

August 27, 2025
… 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 Buna man has been sentenced to over 33 years in … and drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
August 27, 2025
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Nearly 2 Dozen Charged in Large Drug and Money Laundering Operation Spanning Multiple Jurisdictions

June 18, 2025
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … in Houston/Galveston and Rio Grande Valley areas of Texas this week, announced Drug Enforcement Administration … operations with the assistance of U.S. Marshals Service; Texas Department of Public Safety; sheriff’s offices in Fort …
June 18, 2025
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St. Louis drug trafficking leader pleads guilty

July 09, 2020
… County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Department, and the Cleveland, Texas, Police Department. “Poly-drug organizations like this … of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from Mexico through Texas and Florida, to the St. Louis Metropolitan area.  … to a residence in Spanish Lake, Missouri, from Houston, Texas, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Goolsby and his …
July 09, 2020
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High-Ranking Sinaloa Leader Extradited to El Paso, Faces up to Life in Federal Prison

February 26, 2025
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Rincon (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov EL PASO, Texas – A high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was … U.S. Attorney Margaret Leachman for the Western District of Texas. “Not only are we grateful for the enduring and …
February 26, 2025
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Former Mexican Police Officer and CJNG Cartel Member Sentenced in El Paso to 25 Years in Federal Prison

September 05, 2024
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Rincon (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov EL PASO, Texas – A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court to … U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza of the Western District of Texas made the announcement. The Organized Crime Drug …
September 05, 2024
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Midland Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

July 10, 2024
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Rincon (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov MIDLAND, Texas – A Midland man was sentenced in a federal court in … containing fentanyl that led to the deaths of two West Texas men. In May 2022, Winkler County Sheriff’s Office …
July 10, 2024