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Laredoan Convicted In Meth And Marijuana Conspiracy

… 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 -  -- Santos Eliseo Carpio Jr., 33, of Laredo, has …
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Mexican Man Gets Significant Sentence For Cocaine Conspiracy

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced Oscar Nava-Valencia, 42, of Guadalajara, …
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McAllen Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Trafficking In Marijuana

… 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 - Donald Armin Alaniz, of McAllen, has been sentenced …
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Nearly Seven Kilos Of Pure Meth Lands Kyle Man In Prison For Nearly 20 Years

… 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 - Jesus Castillo Jr., 40, of Kyle, has been ordered to …
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Mission Man Sentenced For Possession Of Pure Meth

… 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 38-year-old resident of Mission has been ordered …
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Trafficking Nearly 10 Kilos Of Meth Lands Man Hefty Prison Sentence

… 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 U.S. citizen who was living in Matamoros has been …
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Smuggler With 14 Kilos Of Cocaine At Border Checkpoint Convicted

… 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 44-year-old Brownsville man entered a guilty plea …
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Mercedes Man Gets Hefty Sentence For Transporting Cocaine

… 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 37-year-old Mercedes resident has been ordered to …
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Brownsville Man Sent To Prison On Firearms Charge

… 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 40-year-old Brownsville resident has been ordered …
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Methamphetamine Smuggler Sentenced To Nearly 10 Years

… 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 35-year-old San Antonio man has been ordered to …
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Two Men Plead Guilty To Possession Of Marijuana

… 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 Laredoan and a Mexican National have been …
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Police Officer Charged With Drug Trafficking

… 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 sergeant with the Progresso police …
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Mexican National Sentenced For Possession With Intent To Distribute Marijuana

… 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 30-year-old citizen and national of Mexico has …
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Young Undocumented Alien Sentenced For Smuggling Drugs

… 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 26 year old undocumented alien from Nuevo Laredo, …
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Former Fugitive Narcotics Trafficker Handed Hefty Sentence

… 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 - Jose Urbano Cortinas, 29, has been ordered to prison …
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Two Local Marijuana Traffickers Sentenced To Prison

… 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 McAllen men have received significant sentences …
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Copperas Cove Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Selling Synthetic Marijuana

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov WACO, Texas - The owner of the Cove Smoke Shack in Copperas Cove, …
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Charges Filed Against Parole Officer For Failure To Appear

… conspiracy spanning state lines from California to Texas. On February 22, 2011, Duane appeared for a detention … before a magistrate judge in the Northern District of Texas who released Duane on his own recognizance. He was … investigation by the Fresno Sheriff’s Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the United States …
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Port Arthur Man Sentenced to Over 19 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth

… 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 Port Arthur man has been sentenced to over 19 years … for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
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Port Arthur Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

… 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 Port Arthur man has been sentenced to over 10 years … for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
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Louisiana Man Sentenced to 25 years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations

… 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 Shreveport, Louisiana man has been sentenced to 25 … and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
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Weslaco Woman Admits Role in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme

… 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 34-year-old South Texas woman has admitted she conspired to possess with …
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Gulf Cartel Drug Trafficker Sent to Prison Following Major Cocaine and Cash Seizures

… 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 42-year-old resident of San Benito has been … the complex challenges posed by the cartels along Texas’s border with Mexico,” said Hamdani. “Salvador …
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Starr County Justice of the Peace and Another Sent to Prison for Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization

… 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 Starr County residents, one a former justice of … States from Mexico which was then distributed throughout Texas. Reyes-Roiz was found responsible for the importation …
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Former Mexican Judicial Officer Convicted for Hiring Drivers to Transport Drug Loads

… 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 federal jury has returned a guilty verdict against … the investigation with the assistance of the South Texas Narcotics Task Force in Kingsville and Homeland …
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Logistics Coordinator Sent to Prison for Drug Trafficking

… 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 33-year-old Houston woman has been sentenced for … Task Forces (OCDETF) operation with the assistance of the Texas Department of Public Safety. OCDETF identifies, …
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Brothers Receive Significant Sentences for Manufacturing Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Pills Disguised as Pain Meds

… 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 – Two Corpus Christi brothers have been ordered to … Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance of the Texas Department of Public Safety. OCDETF identifies, …
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Supplier in Juvenile Fentanyl Overdoses Case Charged with Drug Conspiracy

… 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 …
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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 … Paso Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services … and the above agencies want to hear from families in West Texas and New Mexico as they share about their loved ones, …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … DEA at 660 S. Mesa Hills Dr. Other El Paso partners include Texas DPS, UTEP, El Paso Police, El Paso County Sheriffs, … in the rest of New Mexico, and Midland and Alpine, Texas, visit DeaTakeBack.com. In October, the El Paso …