PRESS RELEASE

Kilogram Drug Trafficker in Robeson County Sentenced to 25 Years

November 16, 2023
… 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 …
November 16, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA El Paso to Host Family Summit

November 01, 2023
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … El Paso, TX 79924 WHAT: Summit for New Mexico and West Texas families who have suffered the terrible loss of a … Paso Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas, U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Mexico, U.S. …
November 01, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Robeson County Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Trafficking Kilograms of Drugs from Mexico

February 27, 2023
… 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 …
February 27, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA El Paso Division Announces the Seizure of Over 9 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

January 04, 2023
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … this calendar year. The El Paso Division, which covers West Texas and the whole state of New Mexico, seized 2,886,783 of … the entire state of New Mexico plus the 17 counties of West Texas the El Paso division serves. Fentanyl is the deadliest …
January 04, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

25 Charged in Drug Bust Targeting Recording Studio

September 14, 2022
… 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 … Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Dallas Field Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Dallas County Police …
September 14, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Laredo grand jury charges multiple people with drug, ammo and immigration crimes

October 29, 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 LAREDO, Texas – Four people face up to life in prison on recent drug … final indictment charges Sebastian Mosley, 48, of Tyler, Texas. These four are all charged with conspiracy to …
October 29, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Federal And State Authorities In El Paso Arrest 14 Defendants On Federal Drug Trafficking/Money Laundering Charges

June 22, 2017
… 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 - This week, federal and state authorities arrested 14 … El Paso Police Department, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public (DPS) , Texas Alcoholic Beverage …
June 22, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Cartel Leaders Edgar Valdez-Villarreal, A.k.a. “La Barbie,” And Carlos Montemayor Gonzalez, Extradited To The U.S.

September 30, 2015
… 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 …
September 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Jose Morales Sentenced To Over 21 Years In Prison For Heroin And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracies

August 02, 2013
… 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 …
August 02, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA-Led Investigation Of Mexican DTO Results In Charges Against 28

April 28, 2017
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … from Mexico and distributing the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Kentucky and Illinois.  The charges are the … included the execution of arrest warrants in New Mexico and Texas, and the execution of six search warrants at locations …
April 28, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmacy Burglary Conspirators Arraigned Today in Federal Court

August 29, 2024
… 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 …
August 29, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Cocaine Smuggler who Led Law Enforcement on High-Speed Chase Sentenced to Decade in Federal Prison

March 19, 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 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 50-year-old Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, man has … conducted the investigation with the assistance of the Texas Highway Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Lamont …
March 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Repeat Drug Trafficker Sentenced to a Decade in Prison

February 25, 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 McALLEN, Texas – A 43-year-old Baytown resident has been sentenced … conducted the investigation with the assistance of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney …
February 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Jefferson County Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possessing Fentanyl

January 23, 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 Beaumont man has been sentenced to 10 years in … prison for possessing fentanyl in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
January 23, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Jefferson County Man Guilty of Trafficking Fentanyl

September 18, 2024
… 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 Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
September 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Two Charged with Fentanyl Trafficking

September 17, 2024
… 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 Texas men are charged with possession with …
September 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Concealing Cocaine Carries Considerable Sentence

July 31, 2024
… 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 51-year-old Alamo resident has been sentenced for … During this time, there were freezing temperatures in South Texas, and authorities noticed Segundo did not have any …
July 31, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

USAO employee indicted for conspiring to obstruct justice

July 22, 2020
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Western District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special … U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas.   Jennifer Loya is charged with drug trafficking …
July 22, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Man Imprisoned for Selling Drugs out of Houston Barber Shop

December 27, 2023
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … was in league with individuals located in South Texas. The other conspirators have since been convicted and … conducted the investigation with the assistance of the Texas Department of Public Safety and Montgomery County …
December 27, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

El Paso Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Causing Fentanyl Overdose Death

November 15, 2023
… 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 – An El Paso man pleaded guilty in a federal court in … U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza of the Western District of Texas made the announcement. The Drug Enforcement …
November 15, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmacist Convicted for Conspiring to Unlawfully Dispense Over 100,000 Opioid Pills

September 14, 2023
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Houston, TX. – A federal jury in Houston convicted a Texas pharmacist yesterday for her role in a pill-mill … Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani for the Southern District of Texas, and Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the …
September 14, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

“Wrecking Ball” lands LPR in Federal Prison

August 15, 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 GALVESTON, Texas - A 44-year-old legal permanent resident from the … to supply their customers in numerous states other than Texas. This group of distributors sold cocaine and heroin …
August 15, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Dealer of Fake Oxycodone Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Death

June 01, 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 AUSTIN, Texas – A Cedar Park man was sentenced in a federal court in … said U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza of the Western District of Texas. “Thank you to our law enforcement partners for their …
June 01, 2023
Sanchez-Del Bosque, Gloria Margarita
FUGITIVE

Gloria Margarita Sanchez-Del Bosque

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21USC 841
Lopez Jr, Arnoldo
FUGITIVE

Arnoldo Lopez Jr

Cruz-Munoz, Faustino
FUGITIVE

Faustino Cruz-Munoz

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy & Possession with intent to distribute marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamineand conspiracy to launder monetary instruments
Perez-Hernandez, David Alberto
FUGITIVE

David Alberto Perez-Hernandez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute marijuanacocaineand methamphetamine.
Hernandez-Mendoza, Amilcar Ulyses
FUGITIVE

Amilcar Ulyses Hernandez-Mendoza

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine
Fraga-Mercado, Javier
FUGITIVE

Javier Fraga-Mercado

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana and cocaineand conspiracy to launder monetary instruments
PRESS RELEASE

Trafficker Sentenced for Distributing more than 500 grams of Meth

December 15, 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 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 40-year-old Three Rivers resident has been ordered … with the assistance of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Texas Department of Public Safety and the Live Oak County …
December 15, 2022