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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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Fentanyl Dealers Plead Guilty in Relation to Overdose Death of Oklahoma Man

… 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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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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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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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 …
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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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Deming man appears in federal court for child pornography charges

… 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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Juárez Cartel Leader Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking

… 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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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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Methamphetamine And Heroin Traffickers 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas - A total of four drug traffickers have been sentenced …
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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 …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling 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 EL PASO, Texas - In El Paso this morning, U.S. District Judge Frank …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… 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 - Christopher Chavez, 40, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today to 60 months of imprisonment, …
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Seventeen Alleged Members And Associates Of MS-13 Indicted For Murder, Conspiracy To Commit Murder, Drug Trafficking

… operations in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and Texas MINEOLA, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special … “cliques,” in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and Texas. MS-13 leaders in El-Salvador allegedly directed the … Maryland; Long Branch, New Jersey; and Jefferson County, Texas. Cocaine, packaging materials, a loaded firearm, a …
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Laredo Co-Conspirators Receive Significant Sentences For Selling Drugs And Guns In A 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas - Luis Macias-Molinas, 32, Ricardo Rosas Jr., 27, and …
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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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Nuevo Progreso Man Sentenced To Nearly 12 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 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Luis Alberto Hernandez-Garcia, an undocumented alien …
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Laredo Jury Convicts Bus Passenger Of Heroin 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 - Altagracia Guadalupe Vargas, 28, of Laredo, has been …
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Two Local Marijuana 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 McAllen men have received significant sentences …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest Eight In El Paso Area Roundup

… 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 … County Sheriff’s Office, El Paso Police Department, and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.   The DEA El Paso …
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Three Convicted In Five-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 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Mario Enrique Patlan, 45, Cristina Patlan, 23, and …
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Former Starr County Deputy Sheriff Pleads Guilty To 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 - Amy Reyes, 32, a former deputy with the Starr County …
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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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Local Man Heads To Prison For Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle While Transporting 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 MCALLEN, Texas - A Rio Grande City man is now serving a significant …
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Federal Jury Convicts Mexican Citizen Living In San Antonio For His Role In Kidnapping 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 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 SAN ANTONIO, Texas - In San Antonio today, a federal jury convicted …
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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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CBP Officer Arrested 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 - Jose Luis Zavala, a 38-year-old resident of …
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Former Odessa Adult Bookstore Owner Sentenced To Prison

… 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 ODESSA, Texas - Today in Midland, 68-year-old Jimmy Wayne Wright, …
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Starr County Deputy And Brother Indicted 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 LAREDO, Texas - Amy Reyes, a deputy sheriff with the Starr County …