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Defendant Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison On Methamphetamine Distribution Conviction

… 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 … City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 AMARILLO, Texas - Hugo Gomez-Barrientos, most recently of Hereford, …
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Providence Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison

… was being transported was stopped by local police in Texas for a traffic violation. The police notified DEA agents in Texas of their discovery, and DEA agents in Texas and in Providence arranged for the driver continue …
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July 15, 2021
… Prison For Narcotics and Weapons Violation April 12, 2010 Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Possession with Intent to … Guilty to Distribution of Crack Cocaine February 9, 2010 Texas Man Arrested for Possession with Intent to Distribute Over Five Kilograms of Cocaine February 4, 2010 Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Violations February …
July 15, 2021
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges against 601 Individuals Responsible for over $2 Billion in Fraud Losses

… for the compounded drugs.  In the Southern District of Texas, 48 individuals were charged in cases involving more … for millions of dollars.  In the Northern District of Texas, a home health agency owner was arrested on a criminal … of North Carolina, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and …
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Alleged High Ranking Member Of Los Zetas Cartel Arrested

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 - Jose Manuel Saldivar-Farias aka “Z-31” or “El …
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Mexican Cartel Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Violating RICO Statute

… Castañeda 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 … United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas,” said U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff. “This sentence is …
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Dozens Arrested in 105 Count Narcotics Indictment

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 … of the largest major law enforcement operations in South Texas in recent years, announced Drug Enforcement …
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Jefferson County Man Sentenced For Drug Violations

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 34-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced …
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Former peace officer imprisoned for trafficking drugs and cartel money across state lines

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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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Five Arrested in San Antonio for Alleged Drug Trafficking Organization Involvement

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas and Special Agent in Charge Daniel Comeaux for the …
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Prosecution Of Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Organization Results In Lengthy Federal Prison Sentences And Significant Cash Seizures

… 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 … City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 (LUBBOCK, - Texas) The last defendants convicted in an Organized Crime …
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Drug Trafficker

… Castañeda 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 faces between ten years and life in …
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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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Corpus Christi Man Arrested for Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills Causing Death

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 21-year-old Corpus Christi man has been charged …
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Treasury Designates Columbian Narcotics Trafficker

… 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 … prescription drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today Khuda …
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“Cocaine Pepe” Faces up to Life in Prison

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 32-year-old Alice, Texas resident has entered a …
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San Antonio septuagenarian convicted of trafficking $1 million in marijuana

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 70-year-old San Antonio woman has pleaded guilty …
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California Man Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

… Castañeda 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 …
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35 Years for Second Drug and Weapons Conviction

… 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 … him on Interstate Highway 40 near Amarillo, and called in Texas DPS troopers to place him under arrest pursuant to a …
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Authorities Arrest 5 Linked To LA "Pill Mill"

… prescriptions, distributed prescription painkillers in Texas LOS ANGELES - After a federal grand jury issued a 33-count indictment last week, authorities in Texas and Southern California this morning arrested five … for cash and obtained drugs that were shipped to Texas for sale on the black market. Two other defendants …
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Five Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 … of a major drug conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas have been sentenced to federal prison today by U.S. …
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Dallas Man Sentenced To 166 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Methamphetamine

… 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 … - (918) 459-9600 DALLAS - Ivan Reyes Perez, 27, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge David …
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The Dallas Field Division Announces the Seizure of Over 11.4 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl and over 7,000 Pounds of Methamphetamine in 2022

… 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 … most significant drug threats to every community in North Texas and Oklahoma, the area of responsibility for the DEA …
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Dallas man pleads guilty in steroid scheme

… 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.   Christopher Crotty, 34, is the …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest 22 In Connection With Austin Area Steroid Distribution Operation

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 - In the Austin area today, September 4, 2014, federal …
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Three Sentenced In Opioid "Pill Mill" Case, Including Dallas Doctor

… 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 … U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Muhammad Faridi, 41, of Murphy, was sentenced to 108 …
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Local Trafficker gets Substantial Sentence for Distributing Meth

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 … can’t sell kilograms of drugs in the Southern District of Texas without paying a hefty price, and today’s sentence …
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Local Banker Sent to Prison for Money Laundering Conspiracy

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A former Wells Fargo branch manager has been ordered …
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Two Men Sent to Prison in Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 – Two men charged in connection to multiple tractor …
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37 Arrested For Alleged Roles In Austin-Based Drug Distribution Operations

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 -  Federal, state and local authorities have arrested …