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Mission Resident Sentenced To Prison For Cocaine Possession

February 01, 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 McALLEN, Texas -  A lawful permanent resident who was residing in …
February 01, 2018
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Former Starr County Deputy Sheriff Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking

February 10, 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 - Amy Reyes, 32, a former deputy with the Starr County …
February 10, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Three Convicted In Five-Year Drug Conspiracy

February 12, 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 BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Mario Enrique Patlan, 45, Cristina Patlan, 23, and …
February 12, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Handed Sentences For Cocaine And Meth Trafficking

March 06, 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 - Seven people were sentenced this week for their …
March 06, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Laredo Jury Convicts Bus Passenger Of Heroin Smuggling

March 24, 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 - Altagracia Guadalupe Vargas, 28, of Laredo, has been …
March 24, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Laredo Co-Conspirators Receive Significant Sentences For Selling Drugs And Guns In A School Zone

April 21, 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 - Luis Macias-Molinas, 32, Ricardo Rosas Jr., 27, and …
April 21, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Methamphetamine And Heroin Traffickers Ordered To Prison

July 09, 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 total of four drug traffickers have been sentenced …
July 09, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Judge Sentences Bus Passenger For Smuggling Heroin

August 06, 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 29-year-old Laredo woman has been ordered to …
August 06, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Final Defendant Sentenced In Three-Year Drug Conspiracy

August 21, 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 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The last man involved in a massive marijuana …
August 21, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Bamburg Ice Source Of Supply Sentenced To Federal Prison

February 23, 2016
… High quality crystal meth made in super lab south of Texas border COLUMBIA, S.C. - United States Attorney Bill … of high quality methamphetamine, known as ICE, from Texas to Atlanta hidden in sealed cans of beans.  Ramirez … that the meth was made in a “super lab” south of the Texas border.     Ramirez is the final defendant of the …
February 23, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-agency Investigation Dismantles Las Cruces-based Drug Trafficking Organizations

May 02, 2018
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … and money launderers operating in southern New Mexico, west Texas and as far east as Tennessee and South Carolina. … defendants were arrested in Las Cruces, N.M., and El Paso, Texas, by teams of federal, state, county and local law …
May 02, 2018
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Dallas News 2008

July 15, 2021
… and Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization in Abilene, Texas September 17, 2008 22 Arrests in Texas Part of International Operation July 16, 2008 Two Men …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Jury Convicts Illegal Alien who Distributed Cocaine and Machine Guns from Home

December 04, 2025
… 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 32-year-old Mexican national who unlawfully … the assistance of ICE - Enforcement and Removal Operations, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Anti-Gang Unit – …
December 04, 2025
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Major takedown dismantles multi-state methamphetamine network tied to Sinaloa cartel

May 21, 2019
… the world, including California, Arizona, Oregon, Wyoming, Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Virginia, Washington, D.C., New … the Eastern District of Virginia, the Western District of Texas and Eastern District of Arkansas, as well as the … Office; Riverside County Sheriff's Department; Austin, Texas, Police Department; Seminole County, Fla., Sheriff’s …
May 21, 2019
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

March 02, 2021
… than any other state. • In 2019, California, Ohio, and Texas reported the highest dollar amounts in bulk cash … In the first six months of 2020, California, New York, and Texas accounted for 39 percent of the bulk cash seized. … from 2018, with the largest amounts of heroin seized in Texas, California, Arizona, and New York. California, Texas …
March 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Domestic Trafficker Admits to Possession with Intent to Distribute Over 2,000 Counterfeit Pills

April 04, 2024
… 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 40-year-old resident of Lake Charles, Louisiana, … had traveled from Louisiana to meet a friend in South Texas. In phone messages between the two, they discussed …
April 04, 2024
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Han Gil Hotel demolished, was a "safe haven" for drug distributors

June 03, 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 … A. Chávez and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. Shuttered since the U.S. Attorney’s …
June 03, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-agency investigation dismantles major drug trafficking organization in southeastern New Mexico

February 08, 2019
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … defendants from New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Texas, and the execution of federal search warrants at … 43, of La Luz, N.M.; Isaac Miranda, 22, of El Paso, Texas; Abraham Navarrette, 59, of Hobbs, N.M.; Anita Rios, …
February 08, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Cartel Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Violating RICO Statute

March 03, 2022
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas,” said U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff. “This sentence is … Paso Police Department, El Paso Sheriff’s Office, and the Texas Department of Public Safety investigated this case. …
March 03, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Six ELN members and associates charged with narco-terrorism and international cocaine distribution conspiracy

September 21, 2020
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … acting as drug trafficking hubs, the Southern District of Texas is uniquely situated in continuing our prosecution of … N. MacDonald and Anibal Alaniz of the Southern District of Texas are prosecuting the case. Arrests/Convictions - Major …
September 21, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Two Mexican Cartel Members Found Guilty of Violating RICO Statute

October 26, 2021
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff of the Western District of Texas; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Special … Paso Police Department, El Paso Sheriff’s Office, and the Texas Department of Public Safety investigated this case. …
October 26, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two In Marijuana Trafficking Investigation

June 14, 2013
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … bus last year elp061413_01.jpg elp061413_02.jpg ALPINE, Texas - Two men face federal drug trafficking charges … U.S. Border Patrol, Homeland Security (HSI-Alpine) and the Texas Department of Public Safety Narcotics (Alpine). …
June 14, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Laredo-Based Kingpin With Ties To Los Zetas Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

December 12, 2011
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Judge Micaela Alvarez sentenced Salas-Galaviz, of Laredo, Texas, along with three others just a short time ago. … of Galaviz and Magana who resided in Richland Hills, Texas. In assessing the sentences, the court took into …
December 12, 2011
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Verdict Returned Against Two Remaining Defendants In Murder-for-Hire And Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

November 01, 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 LAREDO, Texas - Samuel Walker, 29, an active duty U.S. Army member, … to commit murder for hire. Mario Corley, 40, of Saginaw, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent …
November 01, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Twenty-One Suspected El Paso Gang Affiliates Arrested for Alleged Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses

August 29, 2024
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Original Image DEA fugitive Jonathan Blanco. EL PASO, Texas – Twenty-one individuals suspected of being affiliated … U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas, Special Agent in Charge Towanda Thorne-James for the …
August 29, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Nineteen arrested in Waco on federal drug trafficking charges

September 20, 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 WACO, Texas - Federal and state authorities have arrested 19 … San Antonio Division; Waco Police Chief Ryan Holt; and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw. A …
September 20, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

February 20, 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 … in the Dallas Field Division, which includes North Texas and Oklahoma, have increased over 430% from 2018 to …
February 20, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, 2019

April 23, 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 … unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications across Texas and Oklahoma.   National Take Back Day has received …
April 23, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Career Criminal Sentenced in Corpus Christi for Drug Trafficking

March 19, 2025
… 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 46-year-old Santa Rosa resident has been sentenced …
March 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Undercover Operation Sends Drug Dealing Sex Offender to Prison

March 18, 2025
… 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 27-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been …
March 18, 2025