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Laredo Los Zetas Arms Traffickers Plead Guilty

January 10, 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 LAREDO, Texas - Pablo Cerda, 36, and Nicolas Sanchez-Reyes, 50, have …
January 10, 2013
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Couple Handed Lengthy Sentences In International Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

January 29, 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 BROWNSVILLE, Texas -   - Norma Alicia Gallegos, 30, and her husband Jose …
January 29, 2013
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Last Of Los Zetas Arms Traffickers Convicted

February 20, 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 LAREDO, Texas - Jose Roberto Obregon, 29, of Laredo, has entered a …
February 20, 2013
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Laredo Bail Bonds Manager Sent To Prison For Money Laundering

May 10, 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 LAREDO, Texas -  - Elizabeth Nevarez, 44, of Laredo, has been …
May 10, 2013
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Corpus Christi Jury Convicts Houston Man Of Marijuana Trafficking

May 30, 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 - A federal jury in Corpus Christi has found Luis …
May 30, 2013
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Federal Grand Jury Criminal Indictments Announced

August 12, 2014
… 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 … Salgado, 28, of Tulsa, and Guzman-Martinez, 22, of Dallas, Texas, all aliens, Gregory Gibson, 31, Pamela Gibson, 36, …
August 12, 2014
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Member Of A Major Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Is Sentenced To Serve 18 Years In Federal Prison On Conspiracy And Money Laundering Convictions

October 08, 2014
… 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 … U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. Adiel Fuentes, a/k/a “Mack,” 34, of Dallas, was …
October 08, 2014
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Mexican Citizen Living In San Antonio Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison For His Role In Kidnapping Scheme

September 03, 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 SAN ANTONIO, Texas - In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced …
September 03, 2015
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Seven Arrested In San Antonio On Federal Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

September 22, 2015
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … to target illicit drug distribution throughout South Texas. Drug trafficking and abuse takes a tremendous toll on …
September 22, 2015
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Local Residents Indicted In Multi-Million Dollar Ketamine Conspiracy

December 08, 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 HOUSTON, Texas - Four people have been charged in a $17 million …
December 08, 2015
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Jury Convicts Conroe Man Of Trafficking Cocaine And Conspiring To Launder Drug Money

November 03, 2016
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … had recently been sold by Bensol Auto Sales in Arcola, Texas - a used car dealership that Benitez owned. Houston …
November 03, 2016
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Former Law Enforcement Official Sentenced To 25 Years For Drug Trafficking

December 21, 2016
… 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 former Drug Enforcement (DEA) task force …
December 21, 2016
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Mexican Truck Driver And A Laredo Woman Convicted Of Trafficking Drugs

April 04, 2017
… 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 Nuevo Laredo man and a Laredo woman have entered …
April 04, 2017
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Former Mexican Official, Wife Charged In Money Laundering Scheme Criminal Forfeiture Of An Estimated $50 Million In Assets Pending

May 26, 2017
… 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 - An indictment charging the former Tabasco, Mexico, …
May 26, 2017
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Head Of Major Marijuana Trafficking Organization Convicted

June 07, 2017
… 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 -  The head of a marijuana trafficking cell, Mexican …
June 07, 2017
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Mexican Truck Driver And A Laredo Woman Sentenced For Trafficking Drugs

August 01, 2017
… 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 Nuevo Laredo man and a Laredo woman have been …
August 01, 2017
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Former Piedras Negras “Plaza” Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Distribution Charge

April 09, 2015
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Task (HIDTA), which is comprised of investigators from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security (HSI), …
April 09, 2015
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Former Piedras Negras “Plaza” Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

June 04, 2015
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Task (HIDTA), which is comprised of investigators from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security (HSI), …
June 04, 2015
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Former Tamaulipas Governor Indicted In Money Laundering Scheme With Brother-in-Law

June 19, 2015
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … hou061915_fig1.jpg hou061915_fig2.jpg CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An indictment has been officially unsealed charging …
June 19, 2015
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Houston Residents Sentenced To Prison For Their Roles In A $1.2 Million Dollar Cocaine Conspiracy

August 17, 2017
… in southern Illinois. Nahum Shibeshi, 29, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 48 months in prison, and Dana Bell, 51, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for their part … of cocaine into the Southern District of Illinois from Texas. In addition to the drug crimes, the indictment sought …
August 17, 2017
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DEA-led Investigation Results In Ten Defendants Pleading Guilty In Million Dollar Meth Conspiracy

August 18, 2017
… in southern Illinois. Nahum Shibeshi, 29, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 48 months in prison, and Dana Bell, 51, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for their part … of cocaine into the Southern District of Illinois from Texas. In addition to the drug crimes, the indictment sought …
August 18, 2017
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Meth Dealer Gets 126 Months In Prison After Multi-year Investigation

January 17, 2018
… today announced that Roberto Ochoa Cantu, 44, of Alamo, Texas, was sentenced to 126 months in prison following his … for obtaining shipments of methamphetamine from south Texas to Lincoln, Nebraska, for distribution. Cantu was also … in Lincoln which could be withdrawn by persons in south Texas. As Cantu is a citizen of Mexico, he will likely be …
January 17, 2018
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Guilty Plea To A Conspiracy To Bribe A U.S. Air Force Contract Administrator

June 05, 2014
… a related scheme for which she is facing federal charges in Texas. In that scheme she conspired to bribe a member of the … M. Beckwith is prosecuting this case and the case in Texas. Nabil Amin is scheduled for a status conference in … guilty to the charges brought in the Northern District of Texas for the earlier bribery scheme. That hearing will be …
June 05, 2014
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Former Mexican Mafia Member Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Cocaine

July 24, 2025
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Rincon (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov MIDLAND, Texas – A former ranking member of the Texas Mexican Mafia was sentenced in federal court in …
July 24, 2025
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Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Tipped Off DEA Target

September 26, 2024
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … R. Thorne-James, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Raul … Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. Northern District of Texas Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Long is prosecuting the …
September 26, 2024
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Former Guinea-Bissau President’s Son Sent to U.S. prison for International Drug Trafficking

March 27, 2024
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … and his co-conspirator arrived in the Southern District of Texas Aug. 26, 2022.  Sanha will remain in custody pending … Organization Targets and that impact Houston and south Texas . Additional information about the OCDETF Program can …
March 27, 2024
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Ft. Worth Doctors Leave Patients Wasted and Dazed in a Pill Mill Operation; 49 Arrested

September 24, 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 … than hope,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.  “This 49-defendant case represents a …
September 24, 2020
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2 get combined 197 years in federal prison

March 04, 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 have been ordered to federal prison for … Custom’s Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, Texas Department of Public Safety’s Highway Patrol and …
March 04, 2021
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Member Of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

June 08, 2017
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … 28, a Mexican national who was residing in Odessa, Texas, pled guilty on April 27, 2016, to conspiracy, … 35, a Mexican national who was residing in El Paso, Texas, pled guilty on June 8, 2016, to conspiracy and …
June 08, 2017
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest 21 Individuals Based On San Antonio Federal Drug Trafficking Indictment

January 12, 2017
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … large quantities of narcotics throughout the State of Texas. The DEA will continue to focus our resources on drug … Arabit. This investigation was conducted by the DEA, FBI, Texas Department of Public Safety, U.S. Customs and Border …
January 12, 2017