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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

… 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 …
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Laredo grand jury charges multiple people with drug, ammo and immigration 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas – Four people face up to life in prison on recent drug …
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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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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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Prosecution is Part of Homeland Security Task Force Effort to Combat Transnational Criminal Organizations

… 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 … 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 …
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Repeat Drug Trafficker Sentenced to a Decade 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 McALLEN, Texas – A 43-year-old Baytown resident has been sentenced …
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Jefferson County Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possessing Fentanyl

… 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 Beaumont man has been sentenced to 10 years in …
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Jefferson County Man Guilty of Trafficking Fentanyl

… 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 Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal drug …
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Two Charged with Fentanyl 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 …
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Concealing Cocaine Carries Considerable Sentence

… 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 51-year-old Alamo resident has been sentenced for …
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USAO employee indicted for conspiring to obstruct justice

… 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 … U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Western District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special …
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Mexican Man Imprisoned for Selling Drugs out of Houston Barber Shop

… 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 … was in league with individuals located in South Texas. The other conspirators have since been convicted and …
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El Paso Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Causing Fentanyl Overdose Death

… 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 – An El Paso man pleaded guilty in a federal court in …
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Pharmacist Convicted for Conspiring to Unlawfully Dispense Over 100,000 Opioid Pills

… 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 … Houston, TX. – A federal jury in Houston convicted a Texas pharmacist yesterday for her role in a pill-mill …
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“Wrecking Ball” lands LPR 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 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 GALVESTON, Texas - A 44-year-old legal permanent resident from the …
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Dealer of Fake Oxycodone Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Death

… 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 AUSTIN, Texas – A Cedar Park man was sentenced in a federal court in …