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Former Head of Gulf Cartel Receives Life Sentence for Importing Kilos of Drugs

… 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 … the investigation  Jorge Costilla-Sanchez  BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 51-year-old Mexican national who was head of …
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Third Clan Del Golfo associate extradited to face charges for international cocaine distribution 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 … head with their affiliates that impact Houston and south Texas. The Justice Department’s Office of International …
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Hidalgo Man Gets Lengthy Sentence For Smuggling Meth

… 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 - Manuel de la Cruz Jr., 32, has been ordered to …
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Leader Of Major Drug Trafficking Ring And Seven Co-Conspirators Sentenced To Prison

… conspiracy, Rosy and David Maldonado made multiple trips to Texas to pick up the packaged cocaine from their Mexican … Each time the pair picked up the packaged cocaine from Texas, they delivered large cash payments to their Mexican … pair transported approximately 65 kilograms of cocaine from Texas and delivered approximately $1.7 million in U.S. …
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Fourteen Indicted in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Linked to Deadly Fentanyl Distributed to Members of the Lummi Nation in Washington

… in Whatcom County. Law enforcement in Georgia, Missouri, Texas, and Arizona executed search warrants and some … pills throughout the United States, including in Arizona, Texas, Missouri, Montana, and Georgia. Together with our …
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Multiple Arrests For Federal Drug Conspiracy And Firearms Charges Announced

… was returned against Carlos Montoya, Sr., of San Antonio, Texas, charging him with possession with intent to … officers - here in Wisconsin and in Illinois and Texas. Their efforts and those of all people, individuals … executed 18 state and federal search warrants yesterday in Texas, Illinois, and Wisconsin. In Wisconsin law enforcement …
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DEA Albuquerque Office Partners with Bernalillo County to Host Free Training for Employers

… 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 …
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Houston Man Pleads Guilty To Role In 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 McALLEN, Texas - Alejandro Morales-Flores, 60, a naturalized U.S. …
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Heroin And Methamphetamine Traffickers Convicted

… 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 … - (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 LAREDO, Texas - Edgar Loera and Miguel Angel Vives-Macias have been …
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Odessa pharmacy and owner to pay $320,000 in civil penalties

… 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 … the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 EL PASO, Texas -- Odessa pharmacy Town & Country Drug, Inc. (Town & …
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Weslaco Man Heads To Prison For Trafficking Marijuana

… 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 - Santiago Martinez, 39, of Weslaco, has been ordered …
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Several area residents arrested in ongoing drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies

… 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 … with their affiliates and that impact Houston and south Texas. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Anibal J. Alaniz and Casey …
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Additional Members Of South Laredo Trafficking Group Plead Guilty

… 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 - Nine more members of a cocaine, crack and marijuana …
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Several Members Of South Laredo Trafficking Group Plead Guilty

… 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 10 Laredoans have entered guilty pleas …
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Brother-in-Law To Former Tamaulipas Governor Indicted In Money Laundering Scheme

… 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 - Oscar Gomez Guerra, 43, has been indicted by a …
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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug Trafficking Offenses

… 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 Meth …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former Police Officer On Drug Charges

… 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 … Police officer Jackie Lynn Thompson and five other Odessa, Texas, residents in connection with a methamphetamine …
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Galveston Fugitive Sought In Cocaine 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 … conducted by the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and Texas Department of Public Safety with the assistance of the …
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Five Charged In Galveston With Distributing Methamphetamine

… 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 GALVESTON, Texas - A four-count federal indictment has been unsealed in …
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18 Sentenced To Federal Prison For Roles In Austin-Based Drug Distribution 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 AUSTIN, Texas - In Austin, 18 individuals have been sentenced over …
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El Paso Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charge

… 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 LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Carlos Jesus Carrasco, 24, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, …
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Eight Weslaco Men Enter Guilty Pleas

… 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 total of eight men residing in Weslaco have …
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Mexican Cocaine Supplier and Florida Coconspirator Sentenced to Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

… his legal status had expired. Ortiz-Valle lived in Dallas, Texas and Pensacola, Florida until his arrest in this case. … Ortiz-Valle said he worked with individuals in Mexico and Texas, and that he had sources that could supply as much …
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Zeta Leader "Talivan" Pleads Guilty

… 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 - Ivan Velasquez-Caballero, aka "Talivan" or "50," has …
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Member Of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

… 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 … 28, a Mexican national who was residing in Odessa, Texas, pled guilty on April 27, 2016, to conspiracy, …
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Farmer Branch Man Sentenced To Serve A Total Of 128 Months In Federal Prison On Drug 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 … DALLAS - Jose Humberto Solis, 39, of Farmers Branch, Texas, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Jane …
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Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce results of Operation Crystal Shield

… 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 … all of the methamphetamine seized in south and east Texas in recent years was manufactured in super-labs in …
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Nine Sentenced For Funnel Account Conspiracy Relating To Conspiracy To Traffic Marijuana

… 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 - Six men and three women have now been ordered to …
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Federal Investigation Dismantles Deming-Based Methamphetamine 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 … and Albuquerque. Two defendants were arrested in Odessa, Texas; one in Deming; one in Las Cruces; one in Albuquerque; …
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Four Charged In Federal Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Conspiracies

… 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 - Four people have been charged for their involvement …