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12 Methamphetamine Traffickers Arrested in Brownfield, Lamesa Drug Bust

March 30, 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 … Dallas Field Division, Homeland Security Investigations, Texas Department of Public Safety, Lubbock County Sheriff’s …
March 30, 2022
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Midland Man Indicted for Possession of Fentanyl and Meth

January 21, 2022
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. If convicted, he faces up to 40 years in prison on … U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff of the Western District of Texas and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting …
January 21, 2022
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Gang Member Sentenced For Multiple Charges

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 - A 25-year-old Corpus Christi resident and member of the Texas Mexican Mafia has been sentenced to federal prison on …
May 17, 2018
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Violent Guatemalan Drug Lord Receives Life Sentence in EDTX

October 19, 2021
… 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 … of Federal, Local, and Guatemalan Law Enforcement SHERMAN, Texas – A Guatemalan national who operated an international …
October 19, 2021
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Ceramic Art Concealed 3.4 Kilograms of Methamphetamine

August 30, 2021
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Elpaso.jpg PECOS, Texas – A federal jury convicted a Dallas man last Thursday … U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff of the Western District of Texas; Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) …
August 30, 2021
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DEA achieves significant milestone during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 02, 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 … unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications across Texas and Oklahoma.  “The results of our most recent Take …
November 02, 2018
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

October 24, 2018
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … to dispose of 10 million pounds of unused pills El PASO , Texas  – After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million … Locally, the DEA El Paso Division, which covers West Texas and all of New Mexico, brought in 10,728.64 pounds …
October 24, 2018
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Houston gang members sentenced for trafficking drugs in the Heights

November 06, 2019
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … this investigation, and their work has helped make Texas safer." At the time of his plea, Luna admitted he took … investigation as part of a multi-agency effort through the Texas Anti-Gang Center with the assistance of the Drug …
November 06, 2019
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Serial law enforcement impersonator sentenced to ten years for fraud and firearms offenses

July 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 AUSTIN, Texas – In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced Modesto … showed that 47-year-old Gonzalez of Caldwell County, Texas, falsely told illegal aliens that he was a DEA agent …
July 30, 2019
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Two more "rip crew" members sent to federal prison

July 23, 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 McALLEN, Texas – Two men involved with a rip crew responsible for … Security Investigations, Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Crime Lab and …
July 23, 2019
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El Paso Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charge

May 20, 2014
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Carlos Jesus Carrasco, 24, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, … to his body which he intended to deliver to Amarillo, Texas, in exchange for $1200.  According to court filings, …
May 20, 2014
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest Surenos Gang Member And Associate

July 14, 2016
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Marshals Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protections, Texas Department of Public Safety, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission and the El Paso …
July 14, 2016
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Dallas Man Sentenced For Role In Conspiracy To Transport, Or Assist In Transporting, A Substance Represented To Be Cocaine

November 17, 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. Funaki Falahola, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District …
November 17, 2016
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Denver Man Sentenced For Role In Murder-for-Hire And Drug Conspiracy

June 07, 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 - Shavar Davis, 30, of Denver, Colo., has been … the distribution of these narcotics in South Carolina, Texas and Colorado. On March 5, 2012, Kevin Corley delivered …
June 07, 2013
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Nine Charged In Federal Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Conspiracies

September 12, 2013
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … hou091213.JPG hou091213-2.JPG CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Several individuals have been taken into custody … - Criminal Investigation, Customs and Border Protection, Texas Department of Public Safety, Cameron County District …
September 12, 2013
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“El Gallo” And Others Sentenced

November 13, 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 nine people have been ordered to federal … Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation and Texas Department of Public Safety, Rangers Division. …
November 13, 2014
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Detention Ordered For El Paso Defendant Charged In Cocaine/heroin Trafficking Indictment

September 28, 2017
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … quantities of heroin and cocaine from Juarez into El Paso, Texas, and distributed the drugs in various parts of the … in Illinois awaiting transfer to the Western District of Texas. A trial date has yet to be scheduled. These federal …
September 28, 2017
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Local Residents Arrested In Drug Trafficking And Money Remitting Conspiracy

September 13, 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 (BROWNSVILLE, Texas)- - A 19-count indictment has been partially unsealed … 34, and Juan Gonzalez aka Popo, 38, all from Brownsville, Texas, as well as Emmanuel Leal Mancha, 35, a Mexican …
September 13, 2012
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United States Seizes Luxury Condo Allegedly Owned By Former Mexican Governor

December 11, 2012
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … large sums of these illicit funds in real estate in Texas and Mexico using specific front-men and corporate … Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation and the Texas Attorney General’s Office. As part of the …
December 11, 2012
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Last Of Los Zetas Money Launderers Ordered To Prison

March 27, 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 -  Laredoans Laurencio Montes, 43, and Jose Luis … tractor trailer drivers, other couriers and stash homes in Texas and Illinois which was destined to be transported into …
March 27, 2013
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McAllen Medical Clinic Operator Pleads Guilty In Pill Mill Case

August 05, 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 … and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Specifically, Faridi pleaded guilty to a superseding …
August 05, 2016
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18 Sentenced To Federal Prison For Roles In Austin-Based Drug Distribution Operation

August 28, 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 AUSTIN, Texas - In Austin, 18 individuals have been sentenced over … Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, Texas Department of Public Safety, Austin Police Department, …
August 28, 2015
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Houston Doctor Convicted For Distributing Prescription Narcotics

July 27, 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 HOUSTON, Texas - A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts on all … Service, Department of Health and Human Services and the Texas State Board of Pharmacy conducted the investigation, …
July 27, 2016
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Authorities Arrest 24 In Maverick And Zavala Counties On Federal Charges

August 18, 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 EAGLE PASS, Texas - Federal, state and local authorities have arrested … Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF) and the Texas Department of Public Safety assisted in making the …
August 18, 2016
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Multiple Arrests In Massive Two-City Enforcement Action

February 18, 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 LAREDO, Texas - A federal indictment has been partially unsealed … and local law enforcement partners in Laredo and throughout Texas, will continue to coordinate and work closely together …
February 18, 2015
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Nineteen charged in heroin conspiracy

August 21, 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 … methamphetamine from sources in California, Nevada, Mexico, Texas, and elsewhere for re-distribution in the Oklahoma …
August 21, 2019
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Nine Lubbock Cocaine Dealers Charged

October 07, 2020
… 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 … agencies,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. “We are committed to disrupting the …
October 07, 2020
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Federal Investigation Dismantles Deming-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization

October 18, 2012
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … and Albuquerque. Two defendants were arrested in Odessa, Texas; one in Deming; one in Las Cruces; one in Albuquerque; … indictment. Rodriguez-Magallanes was arrested in Odessa, Texas. Eleazar Olivas-Mendoza, 44, a Mexican national who is …
October 18, 2012
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Georgia Man Sentenced To 135 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Methamphetamine

January 12, 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 … Gordon (571) 362-2119 jacqueline.r.gordon@dea.gov AMARILLO, Texas - An Atlanta, Georgia, man, Jaime Bowling, 28, was …
January 12, 2018
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Amarillo Man Convicted On Drug And Firearm Charges Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

February 12, 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 … Diversion/Medical Practitioner 571-362-9171 AMARILLO, Texas - Moises Jimenez, 39, of Amarillo, Texas, was …
February 12, 2018