PRESS RELEASE

National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud

June 30, 2025
… Coast, Los Angeles, Midwest, New England, Northeast, and Texas Strike Forces; U.S. Attorneys’ Offices for the … Western District of Tennessee, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, District of Vermont, …
June 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Leaders of International Drug Trafficking and Firearms Smuggling Organization Sentenced to 21 and 20 Years in Prison

January 11, 2024
… of crystal and liquid methamphetamine from Mexico into Texas and further distributed it throughout the United … at the top. Mecina , 32, of Michoacán, Mexico, and Houston, Texas, pled guilty to (i) conspiracy to distribute and … which was brandished.  Cabrera , 26, of Houston, Texas, pled guilty to narcotics conspiracy.  As part of the …
January 11, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Lubbock Man Sentenced To More Than 21 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine

January 30, 2018
… 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 … Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic LUBBOCK, Texas - Gregory Jerome Mitchell, a.k.a “Jimmy Jombo Kalu,” …
January 30, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of cocaine trafficking organization admits guilt

October 13, 2020
… kilogram-quantities of cocaine and other drugs from Texas and California and into the Savannah area from as … of 25 kilograms of cocaine that had been driven from Texas to a hotel in Richmond Hill, Ga., concealed inside a …
October 13, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Felon Returns to Prison for Meth Trafficking

December 10, 2025
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas made the announcement. The DEA and Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations …
December 10, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Jefferson County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

August 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 BEAUMONT, Texas – A Beaumont man has been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking fentanyl in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
August 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Fentanyl Dealers Sentenced to Federal Prison

June 05, 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 – Two Texas residents have been sentenced for conspiracy to …
June 05, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Port Arthur Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

May 13, 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 BEAUMONT, Texas – A Port Arthur woman has been sentenced to federal … fentanyl for distribution in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
May 13, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

20 Arrested in Waco on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

April 15, 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 WACO, Texas – A group of 20 federally indicted individuals were … U.S. Attorney Margaret Leachman for the Western District of Texas made the announcement. The FBI, Waco Police …
April 15, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Five Sentenced for Smuggling Cocaine into the Country

April 11, 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 McAllen, Texas – Four more individuals from Mexico have been …
April 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Company Pays $158,760 to Resolve Claims Related to Controlled Substance Thefts From Pharmacies During Inventory

September 30, 2022
… 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.  …
September 30, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Private Shipping Company to Pay $400,000 to Settle Allegations of Transshipping Fentanyl Precursor Chemicals

March 26, 2025
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … U.S. Attorney Margaret Leachman for the Western District of Texas. “IMC Pro took on a responsibility to ensure the …
March 26, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Admits Laundering $1.5 million on behalf of Cartel

September 04, 2024
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Organization Targets and that impact Houston and south Texas. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can …
September 04, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Leaders Of Methamphetamine Ring Each Receive 200-Month Prison Sentence

July 19, 2024
… 400 months in federal prison. Adan Mendoza, 36, of Dallas, Texas, and Brian I. Wilson, 37, of Little Rock, each … of Dallas. Wilson acquired methamphetamine from Mendoza in Texas and either personally transported it by car, or had … is also implicated in a separate federal conspiracy in Texas that began in 2019. While DEA was conducting …
July 19, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Local Man Sent to Prison for Trying to Intimidate Witnesses

May 31, 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 McALLEN, Texas – A 20-year-old Mission man has been ordered to …
May 31, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Recognizes First Ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day

May 09, 2022
… 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 … and local law enforcement agencies throughout North Texas are partnering together sharing intelligence and …
May 09, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Meth “Cooks” Sent to Prison in Custom Importation Scheme

April 18, 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 McALLEN, Texas – Three men have been sentenced for their roles in a …
April 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

UPS Employee Heads to Prison for Concealing Cocaine in Packages

March 27, 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 McALLEN, Texas – A 50-year-old Edinburg man has been sentenced …
March 27, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Two Sent to Prison After Drug Trafficking in Local Parking Lot

March 27, 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 McALLEN, Texas – Two Mission men have been ordered to federal prison …
March 27, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA El Paso Hiring Special Agents to Work in Local Offices

February 22, 2024
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … in one of five local offices: El Paso, Midland, or Alpine, Texas or Las Cruces, Roswell, or Albuquerque, New Mexico. …
February 22, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Trap House Drug Dealer Sent to Prison

February 01, 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 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 32-year-old Corpus Christi woman has been …
February 01, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Administrator names Towanda R. Thorne-James as El Paso SAC

January 25, 2024
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … of the El Paso Division, which serves New Mexico and West Texas. Thorne-James reported to El Paso in December 2023. …
January 25, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Fentanyl Distributer Tied to 13-Year-Old’s Overdose Death Pleads Guilty

July 06, 2023
… 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 Leigha Simonton. “The Northern District of Texas is pulling out all the stops to rid the streets of …
July 06, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 05, 2023
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … doses of fentanyl removed from communities across southeast Texas.    “Operation Last Mile inflicts a deliberating blow …
May 05, 2023
Melendez-Elizondo, Melina Yuriri
FUGITIVE

Melina Yuriri Melendez-Elizondo

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:ct. 2 -21 usc 963 & 841 (b) (1) (A) - Importation of over 5 kilograms of cocainect. 3 - 21 usc 846 & 841 (b) (1) (A) - conspiracy to distribute & to possess with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaineCt. 4 - 21 usc 841(a) (1) & (b) (1) (A) - Possession with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaineCt. 10 - 18 USC 1956(h) to 18 USC 1956 (a)(2)(A) & (a)(2)(B)(i) money laundering.
Melendez-Elizondo, Anibal
FUGITIVE

Anibal Melendez-Elizondo

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:
ct. 2 -21 usc 963 & 841 (b) (1) (A) - Importation of over 5 kilograms of cocainect. 3 - 21 usc 846 & 841 (b) (1) (A) - conspiracy to distribute & to possess with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaineCt. 4 - 21 usc 841(a) (1) & (b) (1) (A) - Possession with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaineCt. 10 - 18 USC 1956(h) to 18 USC 1956 (a)(2)(A) & (a)(2)(B)(i) money laundering.
Martinez, Daniel
FUGITIVE

Daniel Martinez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:21 USC 846841 (a) (1) and 841 (b) (1) (A) (vii) 21 USC 963952 (a) and 960 (a) (1) and 960 (b) (1) (G)21 USC 95921 USC 956
Melendez-Elizondo, Lluvia Rocia
FUGITIVE

Lluvia Rocia Melendez-Elizondo

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: The following alleged Federal Drug Violations:ct. 2 -21 usc 963 & 841 (b) (1) (A) - Importation of over 5 kilograms of cocainect. 3 - 21 usc 846 & 841 (b) (1) (A) - conspiracy to distribute & to possess with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaineCt. 4 - 21 usc 841(a) (1) & (b) (1) (A) - Possession with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaineCt. 10 - 18 USC 1956(h) to 18 USC 1956 (a)(2)(A) & (a)(2)(B)(i) money laundering.
PRESS RELEASE

Murder-For-Hire Plot Foiled Againist a DEA Task Force Officer

July 15, 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 … agents,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. “These defendants were plotting to …
July 15, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Six Sent to Prison After Traffic Stops Yield Kilos of Meth

December 21, 2022
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … dubbed Operation Smoke’M Out with the assistance of Texas Department of Public Safety and the Corpus Christi …
December 21, 2022