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San Juan Resident Sentenced To Prison For Guns And 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 … 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 McALLEN, TX - A San Juan, Texas, resident convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to …
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Pharmacist In Drug Distribution Scheme

… 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 EL … U.S. Food and Drug Administration-Office of Criminal (FDA), Texas State Board of (TSBP) and the Texas Attorney General …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… 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 … pills are being sold in our communities in southeast Texas without any regard for the potentially deadly …
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Jury convicts former police officer for involvement 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 McALLEN, Texas – DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. …
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Flight Attendant Pleads Guilty to Possessing Fentanyl with the Intent to Distribute

… - Terese L. White, a flight attendant residing in Dallas, Texas, has pleaded guilty in federal court to a … flew from the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas to San Diego International Airport. Following her …
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19 Indicted in Eastern Oklahoma on Federal Charges for Methamphetamine and Weapons

… 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 … distributed throughout Northeastern Oklahoma, and parts of Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri.  This investigation has had a …
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Three Arrested in San Antonio and Charged Federally with Meth 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 … together with the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety.  Assistant U.S. Attorney …
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Austin Portion Of Project Delirium Nets 35 Arrests

… 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 … narcotics in Hays, Williamson and Travis counties in Texas as well as in and around Foley, Alabama. The …
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Federal Prison Sentences Handed Down In El Paso In Connection With Horizon City Kidnapping/Murder Investigation

… 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 … Obregon-Reyes, a Mexican citizen residing in Tornillo, Texas, to life in federal prison and fined him $5,000 for …
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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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Trio headed to prison for drug 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 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A Brownsville man and a couple living in Los Fresnos …
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Nearly a dozen drug traffickers off the streets and headed to 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 - A total of 12 area drug traffickers and money …
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Two men admit to selling cocaine in a parking lot

… 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 local man and a Mexican national have pleaded …
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Local man sent to prison for armed drug trafficking in school zone

… 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 23-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to …
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Leader of Houston-Based DTO Pleads Guilty to Leading Large-Scale Meth Distribution and Importation Conspiracy

… of crystal and liquid methamphetamine from Mexico into Texas and further distributed it throughout the United … Mecina Barrera, 31, of Michoacan, Mexico, and Houston, Texas, pled guilty to (i) conspiracy to distribute and …
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International drug conspiracy sends Galveston man 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 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300   CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 24-year-old Galveston resident has been sentenced …
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Two Convicted Of Conspiring To Rob Drug Money From Undercover Agent

… 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 … City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 McALLEN, Texas - Two illegal aliens residing in Pharr have entered …
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Former GEO guard in San Antonio sentenced to federal prison for attempting to provide contraband to prisoners

… 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 … today a federal judge sentenced 38-year-old former Central Texas Detention Facility – G.E.O. employee Jewel Roberto …
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Meth Dealer Gets 126 Months In Prison After Multi-year Investigation

… 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 …
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Local man guilty of firearms charge in furtherance of drug 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 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A federal jury returned a guilty verdict against a …
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Twenty one defendants face federal methamphetamine and cocaine conspiracy charges

… 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 … Austin Police Department, Cedar Park Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety, Hays County Sheriff’s …
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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

… 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 MIDLAND, Texas – Ryan David Green, 27, of Midland, faces up to life …
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Dallas Woman Sentenced To 150 Months In Federal Prison On Methamphetamine Conviction

… 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 John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. According to documents filed in the case, on November …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest 21 Individuals Based On San Antonio Federal Drug Trafficking Indictment

… 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 … large quantities of narcotics throughout the State of Texas. The DEA will continue to focus our resources on drug …
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Three foreign nationals sentenced for drug smuggling on the high seas

… 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 … was the first such prosecution in the Southern District of Texas following a change in the law allowing any …
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Top Dealer in Han Gil Case Pleads Guilty

… 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 … announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.   Eric Dewayne Freeman, aka “Stuff,” …
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Former Bailiff sentenced in drug 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 – A 53-year-old former bailiff with the Hidalgo County …
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Smoke Shop Owner And Realtor Head To Federal Prison For Structuring Financial Transactions

… 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 - The co-owner of Mr. Nice Guys Smoke Shop and a local …
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Fentanyl Trafficker Tied to Juvenile Overdoses Pleads Guilty

… 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 …
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Last Of 24 Arrested In Massive Marijuana Grow House Case Ordered To 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 … illustrates the seriousness of growing marijuana in Texas," said Peña. "Whether our investigation leads us to …