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5 Sinaloa Cartel Members plead guily to trafficking charges in Operation Cookout

… criminal enterprise with ties to Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, and California. Ramirez-Barreto was linked to the … law enforcement agencies in Virginia, North Carolina, and Texas executed a major operation, known as Operation … in the arrest operation in Virginia, North Carolina, and Texas. Fentanyl Cocaine Heroin On …
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3 Laredo Men Convicted 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas - Three Laredo men have entered guilty pleas for their …
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Fugitive Felon Sent To Federal Prison For Gun And Drug Possession

… 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 previously convicted felon has been ordered to …
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Fugitive Leader of Drug Trafficking Operation Sentenced to Thirty Years for Trafficking Cocaine

… and several kilos of cocaine. Caraway was captured in Texas in July 2021, after being a fugitive for more than … more than $4 million dollars’ worth of cocaine throughout Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Georgia. Caraway and …
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Operación dirigida por la DEA que tiene como blanco al Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación genera más de 600 arrestos

… 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 … Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) en el Sur, Centro y Este de Texas. CJNG es una organización violenta de tráfico de …
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Laredo-Based Kingpin With Ties To Los Zetas Sentenced To Life 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 … Judge Micaela Alvarez sentenced Salas-Galaviz, of Laredo, Texas, along with three others just a short time ago. …
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Mexican Truck Driver And A Laredo Woman Convicted Of Trafficking 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas - A Nuevo Laredo man and a Laredo woman have entered …
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Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Possessing Synthetic Cannabinoids

… 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 - Two brothers have been ordered to federal prison …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Life In Prison In Connection With Murder-For-Hire Plot

… 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 PASO, Texas - Emmanuel Velasco Gurrola, 30, was sentenced to life …
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Guilty Plea To A Conspiracy To Bribe A U.S. Air Force Contract Administrator

… a related scheme for which she is facing federal charges in Texas. In that scheme she conspired to bribe a member of the … M. Beckwith is prosecuting this case and the case in Texas. Nabil Amin is scheduled for a status conference in … guilty to the charges brought in the Northern District of Texas for the earlier bribery scheme. That hearing will be …
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Multiple sentences imposed in massive synthetic narcotics distribution network

… 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 … Department, sheriff’s offices in Harris and Polk counties, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the Montgomery …
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DEA’s Work in New Mexico HIDTA Initiative Earns National Award

… 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 …
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Drug Kingpin Indicted Following Record-Breaking Meth And Heroin Seizure

… in Mexico, the drug shipment was first transported to Texas, where it remained for several weeks, and then trucked … The load had already crossed the border from Mexico into Texas at the time the investigation began. Ceballos, a resident of Spring, Texas, was in charge making the transportation arrangements. …
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Las Cruces Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

… 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 … organization that obtained methamphetamine from Arizona and Texas and distributed the drugs in Otero and Doña Ana …
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Meth Smuggler Heads 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 - A 23-year-old legal permanent resident from Mexico …
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Largest Fentanyl Bust in DEA History: Authorities Seize Over 400 Kilograms of Fentanyl in Record-Shattering Operation

… 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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DEA Administrator invites two El Paso and Albuquerque families to first-ever Family Summit on the Overdose Epidemic

… 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 …
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Trafficker indicted for transporting heroin inside car battery

… kilograms of heroin - hidden inside a car battery - from Texas to the Atlanta area. “Drug distribution is about … law enforcement conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle from Texas traveling east along Interstate 20 in Douglas County, … was arrested and denied bond.  Rivera, 64, of Houston, Texas was charged with possession with intent to distribute …
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Two Traffickers Sentenced 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 McAllen, Texas - Two men have been ordered to federal prison …
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Indiana Man Sentenced For Role In 10-Defendant 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 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Delton Hinderliter, 37 of Indianapolis, Indiana, has …
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Federal Jury In Del Rio Convicts Undocumented Alien Residing In Houston In Liquid Meth 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 DEL RIO, Texas - In Del Rio today, a jury convicted 32-year-old …
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Couple Headed To Prison For Methamphetamine Smuggling

… 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 woman has been ordered to prison for nearly …
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Houston rapper “The Breadman” sentenced for trafficking narcotics

… 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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Former CBP Officer Sentenced For Allowing Drugs Through Port Of Entry

… 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 former Customs and Border (CBP) officer from …
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Former Law Enforcement Official Sentenced To 25 Years For 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 McALLEN, Texas - A former Drug Enforcement (DEA) task force …
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Former Pharmacy Technician From Carlsbad Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Crime For Unlawful Possession Of Oxycodone

… 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 … by the DEA’s Tactical Diversion Squad in El Paso, Texas, and the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force.  DEA’s Tactical …
STORY

DEA El Paso and Discovery Education Train Albuquerque Schools on DEA Award-Winning Curriculum

April 04, 2024
… challenge all other school districts in New Mexico and West Texas, to follow APS’s example. In fact, all school …
April 04, 2024
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Final Defendant Sentenced In Three-Year 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 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The last man involved in a massive marijuana …
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Judge Sentences Bus Passenger For Smuggling Heroin

… 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 29-year-old Laredo woman has been ordered to …
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Jury Convicts Conroe Man Of Trafficking Cocaine And Conspiring To Launder Drug Money

… 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 … had recently been sold by Bensol Auto Sales in Arcola, Texas - a used car dealership that Benitez owned. Houston …