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Gang member sentenced to 120 months in prison for role in violent narcotics trafficking ring

July 11, 2018
… Tennessee Judicial Drug Task Force; the City of McAllen, Texas Police Department; HSI Harlingen, Texas; and the FBI offices in Houston, Texas and Jackson, Mississippi. On …
July 11, 2018
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Three Charged in Conspiracy to Purchase $500,000 in Weapons for Cartel

July 29, 2021
… 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 – Three men are now facing federal charges for their …
July 29, 2021
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Armed Drug Traffickers Get a Decade in Prison

June 22, 2021
… 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 men will now serve substantial prison sentences …
June 22, 2021
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DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

February 20, 2020
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Houston Division, which covers South Central and South East Texas, DEA is seeing a significant increase in the amount of …
February 20, 2020
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Man sentenced for role in fentanyl trafficking operation

January 06, 2020
… 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 – Jesus Homero Ortiz, a 27-year-old resident of Laredo …
January 06, 2020
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Three charged with turning ocean into international drug trafficking superhighway

December 06, 2019
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … is the second such prosecution in the Southern District of Texas under a statute that allows any jurisdiction in the …
December 06, 2019
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Man heads to prison in multi-state marijuana conspiracy

December 05, 2019
… 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 39-year-old Florida man has been sentenced to …
December 05, 2019
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Nearly a dozen drug traffickers off the streets and headed to prison

October 02, 2019
… 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 12 area drug traffickers and money …
October 02, 2019
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Local man guilty of firearms charge in furtherance of drug trafficking

July 30, 2019
… 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 federal jury returned a guilty verdict against a …
July 30, 2019
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Three foreign nationals sentenced for drug smuggling on the high seas

June 20, 2019
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … was the first such prosecution in the Southern District of Texas following a change in the law allowing any …
June 20, 2019
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Former Bailiff sentenced in drug conspiracy

June 19, 2019
… 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 53-year-old former bailiff with the Hidalgo County …
June 19, 2019
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Illegal alien charged in money laundering conspiracy and for firearms violation

May 23, 2019
… 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 federal grand jury has returned a two-count …
May 23, 2019
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Several charged in federal drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies

April 30, 2019
… 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 total of six men are now in custody following the …
April 30, 2019
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Quiroga brothers sentenced in drug and bulk cash smuggling conspiracy

April 10, 2019
… 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 – Two brothers have been ordered to federal prison …
April 10, 2019
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Jury Convicts Former Police Officer

May 17, 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 federal jury sitting in McAllen has returned a …
May 17, 2018
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Two Sentenced For Conspiring To Rob Drug Money From Undercover Agent

May 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 - Two illegal aliens residing in Pharr have been …
May 01, 2018
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Former Odessa Adult Bookstore Owner Sentenced To Prison

January 04, 2013
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Rincon (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov ODESSA, Texas - Today in Midland, 68-year-old Jimmy Wayne Wright, …
January 04, 2013
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling Operation

September 25, 2013
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Rincon (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov EL PASO, Texas - In El Paso this morning, U.S. District Judge Frank …
September 25, 2013
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … sites throughout the El Paso, Midland and Alpine, Texas regions and throughout all of New Mexico can be found …
July 29, 2015
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Sinaloa Drug Trafficker Extradited From Mexico

January 27, 2011
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Murphy, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, announced on January 27, 2011, that Carlos Mario …
January 27, 2011
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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

April 24, 2017
… 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 … asked. “I want to invite all of the citizens in North Texas and Oklahoma to bring their unused prescription …
April 24, 2017
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Members Of Crack Cocaine Distribution Ring Sent To Federal Prison

July 18, 2013
… 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 -  --Alfredo Barrientos, 30, of Rio Grande City, and …
July 18, 2013
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Houston Man Gets Significant Sentence For Drug Trafficking Through Falfurrias Checkpoint

August 19, 2013
… 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 - Luis Perez-Barocela, 38, has been ordered to prison …
August 19, 2013
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Drug Traffickers Plead Guilty On Eve Of Trial

June 05, 2014
… 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 - Jose Angel Marichalar, 33, Phillip Cross, 56, and …
June 05, 2014
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Angleton Man Hammered With 35-Year Sentence For Trafficking Meth

October 27, 2014
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … for trafficking methamphetamine in and through the Houston, Texas area from 2010 to 2012, announced Drug Enforcement …
October 27, 2014
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Laredo Resident Sentenced For Distributing Controlled Substances Near School

January 28, 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 - Romeo Serna Sr., 52, has been ordered to federal …
January 28, 2015
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Federal Jury Convicts San Juan Man Of Drug Trafficking

May 27, 2011
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … announced this afternoon. Israel Avila, 50, of San Juan, Texas, was convicted today after a one-day trial before U.S. …
May 27, 2011
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Two Sentenced In 1,900 Pound Marijuana Seizure

June 15, 2012
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … High Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) Task Force, DEA, Texas Department of Public Safety and Harris County …
June 15, 2012
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 25, 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 HOUSTON, Texas - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) has scheduled another …
September 25, 2012
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More Los Zetas Money Launderers Convicted, Others Head To Prison

October 30, 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 - Two men have entered pleas of guilty and two more …
October 30, 2012