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El Paso News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Fraud and Illicit Sales Investigation July 23, 2009 Kermit, Texas Roundup May 22, 2009 Indictment and Arrest of Eight …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

San Antonio Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

December 03, 2025
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas made the announcement. The Drug Enforcement …
December 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Former Daycare Director Sentenced in Large-Scale Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

July 23, 2025
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov LAREDO, Texas – A 34-year-old resident of Laredo has been sentenced …
July 23, 2025
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Hermandad de Pistoleros Latinos Gang Member Sentenced to 100 Months for Heroin Trafficking

July 21, 2025
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov LAREDO, Texas – A 33-year-old Laredo man has been sentenced for …
July 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Honduran and Guatemalan Nationals Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine

April 30, 2025
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov LAREDO, Texas – Two people from Central America have been sentenced …
April 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Orthopedic Surgeon Sentenced for Opioid Prescription Conspiracies

April 10, 2019
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 …
April 10, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

February 24, 2021
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
February 24, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

13 Charged in St. Louis Drug Conspiracy

September 21, 2023
… U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Others were arrested in Texas and California. Stanley Harris, 49; Christopher Sosa, … methamphetamine from Sosa. Marco Chavira, 35, of El Paso, Texas, was indicted separately with two counts: distributing …
September 21, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Missouri Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Meth Organization

March 25, 2022
… large amounts of methamphetamine in Howell, Greene, and Texas counties. Luis Ortiz Rodriguez, 39, was sentenced by … to distribute methamphetamine in Howell, Greene, and Texas counties from Dec. 31, 2015, to June 21, 2019. …
March 25, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Springfield Man Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

March 01, 2022
… 8, 2018. Terrell admitted that he made multiple trips to Texas to acquire kilogram quantities of methamphetamine, … Terrell, who admitted he recently returned from Texas with a little more than three kilograms of …
March 01, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

West Plains Woman Sentenced to 20 Years for Leading Meth Conspiracy

December 17, 2021
… large amounts of methamphetamine in Howell, Greene, and Texas counties. Shirley J. Hicks, 64, and Shaun M. Ross, 44, … to distribute methamphetamine in Howell, Greene, and Texas counties from Dec. 31, 2015, to June 21, 2019. Hicks …
December 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

KCK Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,600 Kilos of Cocaine

May 21, 2021
… the transportation of loads of cocaine from the El Paso, Texas, area to the Kansas City metropolitan area for … proceeds from the drug-trafficking organization back to Texas and/or to Mexico. Zaragoza-Navarrette hid the cocaine …
May 21, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Three Convicted for Fraudulently Billing Over $8 Million to Medicare and Medicaid Through Opioid Addiction Treatment Clinics in Kentucky

March 24, 2025
… 363-8417 A federal jury convicted a Kentucky doctor, a Texas businessman, and a Kentucky woman for their roles … Paintsville, Kentucky; Michael Bregenzer, 52, of Richmond, Texas; and Barbie Vanhoose, 62, of West Van Lear, Kentucky, …
March 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Arizona Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

March 10, 2025
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
March 10, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and U.S. Attorney's Office Announce Guilty Plea in High-Speed Chase and Drug Trafficking Case

February 25, 2025
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
February 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Albuquerque Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20-years in Federal Prison

February 11, 2025
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
February 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Guilty Pleas in Albuquerque Fentanyl Case

January 15, 2025
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
January 15, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Madera Pharmacist Sentenced to over 7 Years in Prison for Illegally Trafficking Hundreds of Thousands of Opiate Pills

November 25, 2024
… half a million highly addictive opioids in Tennessee, Texas and beyond; fueling the fire of prescription drug … and Pierre then illegally sold the pills in Tennessee, Texas, and elsewhere.  Ntukogu received hundreds of …
November 25, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Dealer Heads to Prison for Possessing Over 5,000 Grams of Pure Meth

May 06, 2024
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem …
May 06, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Albuquerque Accepting Applications for Citizen’s Academy

April 03, 2024
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
April 03, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

March 18, 2024
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 …
March 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Mom Pleads Guilty to Providing Fentanyl That Killed Her Sons’ Father

March 07, 2024
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 …
March 07, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Houston Group Arrested for Running Pharma-Grade Drug Stash House

March 05, 2024
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem …
March 05, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

February 28, 2024
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
February 28, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Six Indicted For Multi-State Oxycodone Conspiracy

August 25, 2023
… a/k/a Christian Russell, a/k/a Bear, 32, of Tomball, Texas. According to the charging documents, an investigation …
August 25, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Cocaine Supplier and Florida Coconspirator Sentenced to Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

August 03, 2023
… his legal status had expired. Ortiz-Valle lived in Dallas, Texas and Pensacola, Florida until his arrest in this case. … Ortiz-Valle said he worked with individuals in Mexico and Texas, and that he had sources that could supply as much …
August 03, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Raleigh Man Receives More Than 10 years in Federal Prison for Distributing Kilograms of Methamphetamine to Eastern North Carolina

May 15, 2023
… marijuana and a package that had been mailed from McAllen, Texas to Knightdale, North Carolina.  The deputy knew from … training and experience in drug interdiction that McAllen, Texas was a source city for drugs. The deputy also observed …
May 15, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Carrollton Couple Tied to Possibly 10 Juvenile Overdoses Charged with Fentanyl Conspiracy

February 06, 2023
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 …
February 06, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Seven indicted for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Eastern Oklahoma

June 23, 2020
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 …
June 23, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

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

November 10, 2022
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 …
November 10, 2022