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Final Defendant In San Antonio-based Synthetic Marijuana Distribution Ring Sentenced To Federal Prison

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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 … Wesa was extradited from Germany to the Western District of Texas. He since has remained in federal custody. Wesa is the …
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Hidalgo Man Gets Lengthy Sentence For Smuggling Meth

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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 - Manuel de la Cruz Jr., 32, has been ordered to …
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Final Defendant Sentenced For Heroin Transaction At Federal Prison Visitation

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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 31-year-old Houston woman has been sentenced for …
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Gang Member and Convicted Felon Sentenced to over 11 Years in Prison

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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 37-year-old local Corpus Christi resident and …
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Vidor woman sentenced to 15 years in federal prison following opioid overdose deaths

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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 62-year-old Vidor, Texas woman has been sentenced …
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Waco man sentenced to life in federal prison for meth trafficking

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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 WACO, Texas- A federal judge today sentenced 38-year-old …
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Cartel-linked Fugitive Wanted for Serious Crimes Returned to the United States from Mexico

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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 37-year-old Mexican national is set to appear in …
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Twenty-two defendants sentenced in Fallen Kings drug conspiracy case

… 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 … Jr., and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. Defendants will spend between six …
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Greenville Man Sentenced To 84 Months In Federal Prison For Role In Cocaine Trafficking 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 … Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
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DEA-Led Investigation Of Mexican DTO Results In Charges Against 28

… Arellano 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 … from Mexico and distributing the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Kentucky and Illinois.  The charges are the …
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Jasper County Felon Sentenced for Federal Firearms and Drug Trafficking Crimes

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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 over 33 years in …
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Nearly 2 Dozen Charged in Large Drug and Money Laundering Operation Spanning Multiple Jurisdictions

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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 … in Houston/Galveston and Rio Grande Valley areas of Texas this week, announced Drug Enforcement Administration …
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St. Louis drug trafficking leader pleads guilty

… 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 …
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High-Ranking Sinaloa Leader Extradited to El Paso, Faces up to Life in Federal Prison

… Arellano 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 high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was …
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Former Mexican Police Officer and CJNG Cartel Member Sentenced in El Paso to 25 Years in Federal Prison

… Arellano 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 federal court to …
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Midland Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

… Arellano 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 in a federal court in …
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Kilogram Drug Trafficker in Robeson County Sentenced to 25 Years

… of controlled substances from Mexico into the Brownsville, Texas, area.  Investigators learned that members of this drug trafficking organization would travel to Texas, cross the border to meet with suppliers, and then … by Locklear and two other individuals as they returned from Texas.  Investigators located 2.3 kilograms of …
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DEA El Paso to Host Family Summit

… Arellano 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 Free … El Paso, TX 79924 WHAT: Summit for New Mexico and West Texas families who have suffered the terrible loss of a …
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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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DEA El Paso Division Announces the Seizure of Over 9 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… Arellano 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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25 Charged in Drug Bust Targeting Recording Studio

… 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 … Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Dallas Field Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Dallas County Police …
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Federal And State Authorities In El Paso Arrest 14 Defendants On Federal Drug Trafficking/Money Laundering Charges

… Arellano 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 - This week, federal and state authorities arrested 14 …
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Mexican Cartel Leaders Edgar Valdez-Villarreal, A.k.a. “La Barbie,” And Carlos Montemayor Gonzalez, Extradited To The U.S.

… and were charged on March 9, 2011, in Western District of Texas with participating in the March 13, 2010, murders in … was charged on April 10, 2002, in the Southern District of Texas with cocaine and marijuana importation and … was charged on June 12, 2013, in the Western District of Texas with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a …
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Jose Morales Sentenced To Over 21 Years In Prison For Heroin And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracies

… in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas to 262 months in prison for possession with intent to … outside the prison using his contacts in Maryland and Texas. Morales enlisted the help of female family members or … conversations with his marijuana source, who was located in Texas.  Morales intended for the marijuana to be mailed from …
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Nine Indicted in Counterfeit Promethazine-Codeine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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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Guadalajara Man Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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 … that was transferred from the Northern District of Texas.  By pleading guilty to that charge, Yanez-Gonzalez …
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Carrizo Springs doctor and office manager arrested on federal drug, health care fraud and identity theft charges

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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 … doctor with multiple offices throughout the Southwest Texas border area and his office manager face federal …
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Prosecution is Part of Homeland Security Task Force Effort to Combat Transnational Criminal Organizations

… 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 … traffic dangerous quantities of methamphetamine into North Texas will be held accountable,” said Joseph B. Tucker, …
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Pharmacy Burglary Conspirators Arraigned Today in Federal Court

… Involved LITTLE ROCK—On July 30, 2024, in Houston, Texas, the Drug Enforcement Administration initiated the … indictment and arrest of eighteen people from the Houston, Texas, area in November 2023. Defendants arrested in July … to commit money laundering. Keith Brown, 34, of Houston, Texas, and 41 others were named in this superseding …
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Cocaine Smuggler who Led Law Enforcement on High-Speed Chase Sentenced to Decade in Federal Prison

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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 50-year-old Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, man has …