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Jury Convicts 20-Year-Old Of Smuggling $1 Million In 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 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A federal jury has convicted Jaime Homero Guerrero …
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Real Estate Agent Headed To Prison For Money Laundering

… 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 - Freddy Centeno, 52 of Brownsville, has been ordered …
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Stash House Operator Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Federal Prison

… 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 -  - Martin Saucedo-Mata, 48, of Pharr, has been …
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Two Sentenced For Conspiring To Transport 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 - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the …
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DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

… 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 … in the Dallas Field Division, which includes North Texas and Oklahoma, have increased over 430% from 2018 to …
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DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

… 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 … it spreads.” “In DEA’s El Paso Division, which covers West Texas and New Mexico, we are seeing a significant increase …
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Buffalo man sentenced for his role in cross country drug conspiracy

… multi-kilo quantities of cocaine from a source in Houston, Texas. Co-defendant Mark Ramos, an associate of the Houston … In exchange, Crews would make payment to his source in Texas using some combination of a courier and U.S. mail parcels mailed to P.O. boxes set up in the Houston, Texas area. On June 1, 2016, a search warrant was executed …
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Multiple Arrests In Massive Two-City Enforcement Action

… 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 federal indictment has been partially unsealed …
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In Large-Scale Takedown, 12 Arrested with Gun and Drug Crimes

… 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 … and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.  “357 Crips” gang members Dwight …
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Doctor And Pharmacist Charged Distributing 1.6 Million Doses Of Oxycodone

… 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 HOUSTON, Texas - Richard Arthur Evans, M.D., 70, and David D. Devido, …
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Another Plea In Panama Unit Case

… 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 -  --Alexis Espinoza, 30, has entered a guilty plea to …
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“Shrek” Receives Significant Sentence In Operation El Patron

… 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 - Oscar DeLeon, aka “Shrek,” 39, of Laredo, has been …
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Murder-For-Hire Plot Foiled Againist a DEA Task Force Officer

… 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 … agents,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. “These defendants were plotting to …
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U.S. Seizes Investment Account Of Former Mexican Governor’s Political Appointee

… 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 - An investment account in McAllen alleged to be owned …
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Columbus Man Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison For Role In Cocaine Distribution Ring And Money Laundering

… Cagle distributed multi- kilo quantities of cocaine from Texas to Ohio COLUMBUS, OHIO - Stephen A. Cagle, 46, of … throughout Central and Northern Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Specifically, Cagle was responsible for distributing … of cocaine that was being transported into Ohio from Texas. The defendant was also involved in operating an …
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“El Gallo” And Others Sentenced

… 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 nine people have been ordered to federal …
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Kansas City Man Convicted Of Federal Drug Trafficking And Firearms Charges

… revealed that Riley had been mailing cocaine packages from Texas to Alaska since 2008. On April 13, 2009, agents seized … twenty dollar bills, that Riley was attempting to mail to Texas. Using various databases, a United States Postal … box linked to the defendant. The package had been sent from Texas, and the evidence at trial showed that the defendant …
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Federal Jury Convicts Brothers In Synthetic Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… 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 … U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.  Following a nearly two-week trial before U.S. …
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Dallas Attorney Charged in Narcotics Money Laundering Scheme

… 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 … U.S. Attorney Courtney Coker, the Northern District of Texas’ Deputy Criminal Chief, is prosecuting the case along …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest Total Of 38 Individuals Based On San Antonio Federal Drug Trafficking Indictments

… 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 SAN ANTONIO, Texas - This morning, federal, state and local authorities …
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Laredo drug smuggler pleads guilty in marijuana 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 LAREDO, Texas – A 28-year-old Laredo native has admitted to …
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Laredoan pleads guilty to role in drug trafficking 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas – A 24-year-old Laredo resident has admitted he …
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Law Enforcement Joins Forces To Attack Mexican Drug Cartels And Associates

… 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 … officials in Mexico. The DEA, ICE, U.S. Marshals, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and other federal, state, …
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Meth trafficker gets more than 11 years in federal prison

… 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 - A 24-year-old Edinburg man has been ordered to …
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Hebbronville man guilty of smuggling nearly 130 pounds of 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 – A 48-year-old resident of Hebbronville has entered a …
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Drug Trafficking Co-conspirators Head To Federal Prison

… 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 - Two drug and money laundering co-conspirators are …
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North Carolina Man Convicted Of Cocaine Trafficking

… 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 - Orlando Giovanni-Hernandez, 28, has been convicted …
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Houstonian Imprisoned for Distributing Kilos of Meth for Gulf Cartel

… 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 …
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Jesse Denver Hanes Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Conviction On Federal Firearms And Carjacking Charges Arising Out Of Shooting Of Hatch Police Officer

… 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 … Interagency Drug Task Force/Metro Narcotics Task Force, El (Texas) County Sheriff’s Office and El (Texas) Police …
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19-year-old sentenced as drug dealer in meth trafficking 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 – A 19-year-old Beeville resident has been ordered to …