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Five Men Charged In Large-Scale Cocaine And 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 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Mario Capote-Morejon, 43, and Enrique Artiles-Mata …
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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 …
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Young man indicted for transporting fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone

… 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 19-year-old Laredo resident has been charged for …
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Source of Supply for Carrollton Fentanyl Trafficker Charged

… 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 … that because he was white and living in Flower Mound, Texas, that was going to help him in his case.  A criminal …
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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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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… 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 …
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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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Former lawyer for Mexico’s attorney general sentenced for drug trafficking

… 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 – A 56-year-old man who illegally resided in Mission …
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Defendant Sentenced To Serve 30 Years In Federal Prison On Methamphetamine 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 (FORT WORTH, - Texas - A defendant who pleaded guilty this summer to an …
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Lubbock Man Involved In Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy Pleads Guilty In Federal Court

… 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 … purchasing furanyl fentanyl from the defendant LUBBOCK, Texas - A Lubbock, Texas, man, Brian Landon Brown, 32, …
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Former Angels Communications Director Eric Kay Sentenced to 22 Years in Tyler Skaggs Overdose Case

… 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 - Ex- Los Angeles Angels employee Eric Kay was …
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Mexican National And Leader Of Large Meth Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 17 A½ Years In Federal Prison

… 36, born in Chihuahua, Mexico, but residing illegally in Texas and Colorado, was sentenced in U.S. District Court … defendants - Bernardo Olivares-Cepeda, 36, Corpus Christi, Texas; Jose Ayvar-Ramos, 36, born in San Pedro, Mexico but residing illegally in Texas and Oklahoma; Alberto Sanchez, 37, born in Caahuila, …
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Pharmacist Charged In Pill Mill Case Sentenced To 24 Months In Federal Prison

… 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 … Pharmacy, located on Bolton Boone Drive in Desoto, Texas, was sentenced this morning for his involvement in a …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown: Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible For $1.3 Billion In Fraud

… and/or not provided. In the Southern District of Texas, 26 individuals were charged in cases involving over … opioids. In the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Texas, nine defendants were charged in schemes involving … York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Washington, 96 defendants have been …
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DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Numbers

… 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 … back prescription drugs at 127 locations throughout North Texas and Oklahoma.   The NTBI was an all-day event.  A …
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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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Permian Basin Law Enforcement And Medical Community Getting The Word Out On The Dangers Associated With Designer Drugs

… 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 elp060414-01.jpg MIDLAND, Texas - Federal, state and local law enforcement and medical …
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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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Fourth Defendant Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with Poisoning of Four Children at a Bronx Daycare

… District of New York; the USMS for the Southern District of Texas; the USMS for the Southern District of California; the … Pennsylvania; the DEA District Office in McAllen, Texas; the DEA Country Office in Mexico City, Mexico; the … the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas; the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and Mexican …
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Laredo grand jury charges multiple people with drug, ammo and immigration crimes

… 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 – Four people face up to life in prison on recent drug …
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Hardin 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 28-year-old Silsbee, Texas man has been sentenced …
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Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Possession Of 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 … compartment of Charre’s vehicle. Charre was travelling from Texas to Tulsa. The drugs had a value of at least $46,000. …
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USAO employee indicted for conspiring to obstruct justice

… 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’s Office (USAO) for the Western District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special …
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Twenty Charged In 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 … and John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced today. Seventeen of the 20 individuals are …
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UH Professor Convicted In Relation To Massive Synthetic Narcotics 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 … of synthetic cannabinoids in the Southern District of Texas. As part of his plea today, Al Nasser admitted he was …
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Three indicted on fentanyl-related 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 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 HOUSTON – Two Texas men are set to appear in federal court on charges of …
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Jefferson County Jail Supervisor Found Guilty Of Providing Prisoner With Cell Phone

… 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 jury has found a 43-year-old Beaumont, Texas man …
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Judge in Del Rio sentences latin king gang member to federal prison for methamphetamine 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 DEL RIO, Texas – On Feb. 5, 2020, a federal judge sentenced …