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Midland Man Sentenced for Illegal Fentanyl and Firearm Possession

September 27, 2022
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … is killing Americans across our nation, including in West Texas communities,” said Drug Enforcement Administration …
September 27, 2022
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Selling Synthetic Drugs Results in $9.2M Forfeiture and Prison for Seven

September 07, 2022
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … dubbed Operation Brain Freeze with the assistance of Texas Department of Public Safety and sheriff’s offices in …
September 07, 2022
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Former El Paso Police Officer Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy

June 23, 2022
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas for the successful prosecution and subsequent …
June 23, 2022
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

April 27, 2019
… 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 – With robust public participation over the course of …
April 27, 2019
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Midland man pleads guilty to federal drug and firearm charges in connection with the murder of two Midlanders in July 2015

July 12, 2019
… 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 – Ryan David Green, 27, of Midland, faces up to life …
July 12, 2019
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DEA El Paso Division Safety Bulletin

March 01, 2019
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … DSC01390-30.jpg DEA’s El Paso Division, which covers West Texas and New Mexico, is issuing this safety bulletin to …
March 01, 2019
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Meth Dealers Who Plotted to Kill DEA Agent Plead Guilty

May 24, 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 … Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Dallas Field Office, the Texas Department of Public Security, the U.S. Marshals …
May 24, 2022
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 21, 2021
… 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 … drawers, and on countertops in homes all across North Texas and Oklahoma,” said Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent …
October 21, 2021
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Former Chihuahua, Mexico State Police Officer Sentenced to Prison on Federal Racketeering Charge

June 08, 2018
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Paso Police Department, El Paso Sheriff’s Office, and the Texas Department of Public Safety investigated this case. On …
June 08, 2018
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Operator of Charm City Motors Sentenced to Almost 11 Years

August 08, 2008
… showed that Norman Edmond  was arrested in Chambers County, Texas, driving a vehicle which had been purchased from Charm … and Custis to drive the car containing the cocaine from Texas to Maryland, and he would be paid $5,000 plus … gave her cash to pay for an attorney to represent Edmond in Texas. Campbell and his co-conspirators also had a source of …
August 08, 2008
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Odessa pharmacy and owner to pay $320,000 in civil penalties

December 02, 2020
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 EL PASO, Texas -- Odessa pharmacy Town & Country Drug, Inc. (Town & …
December 02, 2020
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

March 11, 2020
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Cartel New Generation (CJNG) in South, Central and East Texas.  The CJNG is a violent drug trafficking organization …
March 11, 2020
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Federal Prison Sentences Handed Down In Columbus, NM Firearms Trafficking Investigation

October 09, 2012
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … The case is being prosecuted by Western District of Texas Assistant United States Attorneys Greg McDonald and …
October 09, 2012
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Former El Paso County Commissioner Willie Gandara, Jr. Sentenced To Federal Prison

November 14, 2012
… 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 afternoon, former El Paso County …
November 14, 2012
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Two Sentenced To Prison For Roles In 2010 Wedding Murders In Juarez, Mexico

March 21, 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, 23-year old Gonzalo Delgado-Chavez of …
March 21, 2013
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Twelve Individuals Arrested Large Quantities Of Heroin, Methamphetamine, And Marijuana

August 02, 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 - Twelve individuals involved in the transportation …
August 02, 2013
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest Eight In El Paso Area Roundup

August 03, 2016
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … County Sheriff’s Office, El Paso Police Department, and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.   The DEA El Paso …
August 03, 2016
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

October 07, 2016
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … EL PASO - Christopher Chavez, 40, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today to 60 months of imprisonment, …
October 07, 2016
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Former Pharmacy Technician From Carlsbad Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Crime For Unlawful Possession Of Oxycodone

December 20, 2016
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … by the DEA’s Tactical Diversion Squad in El Paso, Texas, and the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force.  DEA’s Tactical …
December 20, 2016
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16 Arrested In Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Operation

July 22, 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 -  - Multiple indictments have been partially unsealed …
July 22, 2013
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Las Cruces Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

February 23, 2017
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … organization that obtained methamphetamine from Arizona and Texas and distributed the drugs in Otero and Doña Ana …
February 23, 2017
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U.S. Attorney’s Office Indicts 14 For Acadiana Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

November 19, 2014
… amounts of crystal methamphetamine from Houston, Texas into the communities of New Iberia, Louisiana,” said … in the 20-count indictment are: Gary Hunt, 58, of Spendora, Texas; Elliot Jolet, 34, of New Iberia, La.; Anita … Jolet and Desormeaux purchased methamphetamine from Hunt in Texas and other sources and then transported it to the South …
November 19, 2014
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Claremont Woman And Son Among Four Charged In Conspiracy Related To ‘Purple Drank’ Distribution

November 04, 2011
… and often-abused cough syrup from Southern California to Texas, where it was distributed under street names such as … Lamont Crawford, 38, of Houston, was arrested in Texas in October after being named in an indictment that … the promethazine, Uy allegedly had the drug shipped to Texas. The indictment alleges that Crawford and Manigault …
November 04, 2011
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18 Operation Trena Sin Trono Defendants Plead Guilty

September 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 - A total of 18 defendants have entered guilty pleas …
September 24, 2015
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Jury Finds Warehouse Manager And Truck Driver Guilty In Drug Conspiracy

November 04, 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 federal jury sitting in Laredo convicted two …
November 04, 2015
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Houston Doctor And Pharmacist Guilty In Pill Distribution Network Dispensed Approximately 1.6 Million Dosage Units Of Oxycodone In A Two-year-period

February 14, 2017
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Service, Department of Health and Human Services and the Texas State Board of Pharmacy conducted the investigation, …
February 14, 2017
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Former Gulf Cartel Plaza Bosses Receive Long Prison Sentences

March 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 BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jose Luis Zuniga-Hernandez, 47, aka Wicho or XW or …
March 10, 2015
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Last Of 14 Defendants In Acadiana Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Sentenced

May 25, 2016
… States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Texas man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his role … and the surrounding areas. Gary Hunt, 60, of Splendora, Texas, was sentenced by a U.S. District Judge on one count … both of New Iberia, purchased methamphetamine from Hunt in Texas and then transported it to the south central Louisiana …
May 25, 2016
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Former U.S. Army Captain Pleads Guilty To Importing Heroin From Afghanistan Into The United States

September 13, 2012
… trafficking offense on August 9, 2012, lived in Killeen, Texas. During his plea hearing, Thomas admitted that on two … of (approximately 140 grams) to Kelvin Cook in Killeen, Texas, in the summer of 2010. Thomas sold the heroin, which … United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Six other individuals remain in custody in Panama. …
September 13, 2012
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Key defendant in Operation Snowplow drug trafficking investigation sentenced to two decades in federal prison

October 13, 2020
… kilogram-quantities of cocaine and other drugs from Texas and California in February and March 2018. The drugs … of 25 kilograms of cocaine that had been driven from Texas to a hotel in Richmond Hill, Ga., concealed inside a …
October 13, 2020