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Former Piedras Negras “Plaza” Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Distribution Charge

… 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 … Task (HIDTA), which is comprised of investigators from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security (HSI), …
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Sinaloa Drug Trafficker Extradited From Mexico

… 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 … Murphy, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, announced on January 27, 2011, that Carlos Mario …
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Two Indicted For Narcotics Offenses Involving 20 Kilograms Of Cocaine

… of cocaine. Cornelio Hernandez, 51, of Fort Worth, Texas; and Erasmo Lira-Mendez, 38, a citizen of Mexico, have … license and had a pending warrant for his arrest in Texas. The charges of conspiracy to distribute controlled …
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Handed Sentences For Cocaine And 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas - Seven people were sentenced this week for their …
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Laredo Resident Sentenced For Distributing Controlled Substances Near School

… 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 - Romeo Serna Sr., 52, has been ordered to federal …
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Laredo Residents Arrested For Distributing Cocaine And Marijuana 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 -  Romeo Serna Sr., 50, and Romeo Serna Jr., 26, both …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA El Paso Recognizes First Ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… 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 …
PRESS RELEASE

Cuban National Convicted In Conspiracy To Transport Cocaine

… 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 - Rene Cardenas, 36, of Miami, Fla. pleaded guilty for …
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Angleton Man Hammered With 35-Year Sentence For Trafficking 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 … for trafficking methamphetamine in and through the Houston, Texas area from 2010 to 2012, announced Drug Enforcement …
PRESS RELEASE

Santeria Follower And Others Head To Prison On Federal Drug 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 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Francisco Javier Maya, 35, has been ordered to …
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Nearly Seven Kilos Of Pure Meth Lands Kyle Man In Prison For Nearly 20 Years

… 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 - Jesus Castillo Jr., 40, of Kyle, has been ordered to …
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Laredo Bail Bonds Manager Indicted 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 LAREDO, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned an 11-count …
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Four Sentenced In Cocaine Transport 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 … roles in a conspiracy to transport cocaine from Laredo, Texas, to Philadelphia, Pa., and Camden, N.J., Drug …
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Final Han Gil Defendant Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison

… 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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Samuel Velasco Gurrola Sentenced To Life In Prison For 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 … received a life sentence for his role in the plot. EL PASO, Texas - Samuel Velasco Gurrola, 41, was sentenced to life in …
PRESS RELEASE

Houston Man Guilty of Federal Controlled Substances Act Violations

… (“CARDENAS-RIVERA”) , age 35, a resident of Houston, Texas, pled guilty on April 15, 2025, before United States …
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Drug Traffickers Plead Guilty On Eve Of Trial

… 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 Angel Marichalar, 33, Phillip Cross, 56, and …
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Several Laredoans Head To Prison In Conspiracy To Transport Cocaine

… 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 seven people are headed to prison for …
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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

… 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 … Service, Department of Health and Human Services and the Texas State Board of Pharmacy conducted the investigation, …
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Oklahoma City Doctor Pays $325,000 to Settle Civil Penalty Claims

… 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 Laredo/Dallas Business Owner Heads To Prison In Large Marijuana 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 LAREDO, Texas - Marco Antonio Marchan, 45, has been ordered to …
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Six Arrested In Multiple Drug/Firearms 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 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas - Three separate indictments have been partially …
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California Kingpin Found Guilty of Directing Drug Enterprise

… 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 …
STORY

DEA’s Acting Administrator Timothy Shea visiting the border between the U.S. and Mexico

September 16, 2020
… U.S. and Mexico September 14, at a location near El Paso, Texas.  Shea’s visit allowed him to talk with DEA’s federal, …
September 16, 2020
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March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019

Lamar University 2019 Criminal Justice Career Fair

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
Lamar University Beaumont, Texas 2019 Criminal Justice Career Fair Live Oak Ballroom Setzer Student Center
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March 06, 2019
March 06, 2019

Sam Houston State University 2019 Criminal Justice Career Fair

5:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EST)
Sam Houston State University 2019 Criminal Justice Career Fair Lowman Student Center Huntsville, Texas
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March 05, 2019
March 05, 2019

Lamar University 2019 Spring Career Fair

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EST)
Lamar University 2019 Spring Career Fair Live Oak Ballroom Setzer Student Center Beaumont, Texas
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Las Cruces Man Pleads Guilty To Participating In Dona Ana County Cocaine Trafficking Ring

… 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 … to pick up five ¼ kilogram packages of cocaine in El Paso, Texas, and deliver the drugs to him in Las Cruces; ·         …
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Fort Worth Jury Convicts Whitt Drug Trafficker

… 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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Grand Jury Indicts 20 in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Ring

… Stash Houses Identified in Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky and Texas ST. LOUIS – A federal grand jury indicted Steven Bell, … to include California, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky and Texas. The indictment alleges that Bell possessed 500 grams …