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Federal Authorities Arrest Twelve Members Of El Paso-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

… 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 … the arrests of 29-year-old Rogelio Macias of Clint, Texas, and 45-year¬ old Luis Serrano of El Paso, along with …
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Houston County Pair Indicted for Solicitation of Murder

… 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 … of murder violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas …
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El Paso Division Arrests For Project Delirium

… 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 … arrests, over $60 million seized EL PASO, TX -- - EL PASO, Texas -The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced the …
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Dallas Man Sentenced To Serve 25 Years In Federal Prison On Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Convictions

… 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 … in a marijuana distribution conspiracy operating in north Texas was sentenced this morning in federal court in Dallas, …
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Two Dallas Women Sentenced In Opioid Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… 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 … Glenda Cane, 47, and Shalisa Robinson, 31, both of Houston, Texas have been sentenced for their role in a pill mill …
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Smith County Man Sentenced For Methamphetamine 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 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -  --A 39-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced …
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Company Pays $158,760 to Resolve Claims Related to Controlled Substance Thefts From Pharmacies During Inventory

… from pharmacies in Dallas, Duncanville, and Little Elm, Texas.  RGIS and WIS agreed to implement additional … the Tactical Diversion Squads in Albany, New York; Dallas, Texas; and Charleston, West Virginia.  The New York State … Police, Glens Falls Police Department, and the Little Elm (Texas) Police Department also provided assistance.  …
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Former Fort Hood Army Sergeant Sentenced for Fentanyl Distribution

… 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 … States at an alarming rate and our communities in Central Texas are not immune from its devastation,” said U.S. …
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Midland Man Sentenced for Illegal Fentanyl and Firearm Possession

… 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 … is killing Americans across our nation, including in West Texas communities,” said Drug Enforcement Administration …
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Trucker guilty of hauling nearly $2 million in drug proceeds

… 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 52-year-old man has entered a guilty plea to one …
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Treasury Sanctions Gulf Cartel Drug Trafficker Action Targets Mexican Cocaine Trafficker, Abel Briones Ruiz, And His Support Network

… 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 … border for sale in the United States, including in Texas and Tennessee.  On May 18, 2015, the U.S. District …
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Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Member Extradited to the United States from Mexico for Funneling Massive Amounts of Marijuana and Cocaine into the United States

… 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 … by U.S. Attorney John F. Bash for the Western District of Texas; Special Agent in Charge Kyle W. Williamson of the …
Bustillos-Magallanes, Jose Luis
FUGITIVE

Jose Luis Bustillos-Magallanes

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21USC 841(a)(1) & 846 Conspiracy to Possess a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute21 USC 960 & 963 Conspiracy to Import a Controlled Substance21 USC 959 Distribution for Purpose of Unlawful Importation18 USC 956 Conspiracy to Kill In a Foreign Country18 USC 1956(h) Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments18 USC 1956 Laundering of Monetary Instruments
Espana-Tijerina, Guadalupe
FUGITIVE

Guadalupe Espana-Tijerina

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy & Possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine.
Zapata, Brenda
FUGITIVE

Brenda Zapata

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

Laredo Couple Enter Pleas In Mexican Mafia Case

… 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 - Carlos Contreras, 33, and his wife Ana Rosa …
GENERAL INFORMATION

Dallas News 2007

July 15, 2021
… 7, 2007 DEA Dallas Field Division to Take Part in the North Texas Crime Commission "SCAM JAM" Event April 19, 2007 … Major Cocaine Trafficking Organization In Lubbock, Texas April 18, 2007 Mexican Meth Distribution Network … 13 Years In Prison January 18, 2007 55 Arrested From Local Texas Drug Ring January 17, 2007 Meth Organization Excised …
July 15, 2021
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96 Charged And Dozens Arrested As The Result Of A Joint Investigation

… 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 … States Attorney John E. Murphy of the Western District of Texas, Midland County District Attorney Teresa Clingman, …
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Lubbock Fentanyl Distributor Pleads Guilty

… 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 - Sidney Caleb Lanier, 36, of Lubbock, Texas, pleaded …
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30 Charged in Ft. Worth Meth Distribution Ring

… 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 … and dangerous stimulant, methamphetamine has plagued North Texas communities for far too long. The U.S. Attorney’s …
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Beaumont Man Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking 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 30-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced …
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Heroin And Methamphetamine Traffickers Ordered To 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas - A total of 12 drug traffickers have been handed …
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Houston Physician And Pain Management Clinic Owner Convicted Of Running “pill Mill” That Provided Unlawful Prescriptions For Millions Of Doses Of Opioids And Other Controlled Substances

… 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 Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of the Drug …
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Dozens arrested in major law enforcement 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 … in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas.   DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will …
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Heroin Traffickers Sentenced

… 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 FORT WORTH, Texas - Two individuals, both in the U.S. illegally, have …
STORY

DEA Remembers Those We Lost During the Oklahoma City Bombing

April 11, 2025
… Special Agent McCullough received a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University in 1980 and a master's degree in public …
April 11, 2025
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Authorities In Waco And California Arrest 15 Indicted On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

… 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 WACO, Texas - Federal, state and local authorities arrested 11 …
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Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce results of Operation Crystal Shield

… 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 919 … seized by DEA before reaching the streets of West Texas and New Mexico WASHINGTON – Today, Attorney General …
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Zeta Commander “Taliban” Facing Trial In The U.S.

… 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 - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the …
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Law Enforcement Arrests Three Lubbock Residents On Fentanyl-Related Charges

… 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 … agents with the Drug Enforcement (DEA), three Lubbock, Texas residents were arrested on a federal criminal …