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DEA Launches New Initiative to Combat Drug-Related Violence and Overdoses in Communities across America

… 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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Multiple individuals indicted in major drug trafficking operation

… distribution network encompassed multiple states, including Texas, California, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and … Operation Highlife: Brandon Deshanta Miller, 32, of Dallas, Texas, is charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to …
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Mexican cartel leader Edgar Valdez-Villareal, a/k/a “La Barbie,” sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and money laundering

… trafficking career as a marijuana distributor in Laredo, Texas. He soon developed cocaine customers in New Orleans … Edgar Valdez-Villareal, a/k/a La Barbie, 44, of Laredo, Texas has been sentenced to 49 years and one month in prison …
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Owasso doctor guilty of pill-sharing conspiracies

… 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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Steroid distribution results in four convictions

… 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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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… Arellano 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 New …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Arellano 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 DEA …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… Arellano 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 announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Arellano 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 DEA …
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Hobbs Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

… Arellano 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 …
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Over 130 Local Sites Join The Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs On April 30, 2011

… Arellano 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 The …
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Lonnie Dean Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine In Valencia County And Assaulting A Federal Officer

… Arellano 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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Santa Fe Man Sentenced To Seventy-Eight Months For Participating In Crack Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… Arellano 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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Federal Jury Finds Former Owner Of Albuquerque Smoke Shop Guilty On Synthetic Drug Trafficking Charges

… Arellano 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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Columbus, Ohio Man Sentenced For Role In Large Marijuana Distribution Ring

… marijuana that was transported from suppliers in Houston, Texas, to various fraudulent businesses in Columbus, Ohio. … It was determined that the marijuana originated in Texas and was delivered by commercial freight to the North …
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DEA And Partners Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

… Arellano 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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Career Offender From Clovis Sentenced To 77 Months For Selling 20 Grams Of Heroin To Undercover Agents

… Arellano 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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Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Trafficking Chargest

… Arellano 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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6 “Cruces Boys” Gang Members Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking

… Arellano 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 …
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Superseding Indictment Charges Fifteen Additional Alleged Latin King Members And Associates In A RICO Conspiracy

… in the Chicago/Northwest Indiana area and Big Spring, Texas. In one instance, Bernal, Gudino, Robles, Jalomos and … has branched out throughout the United States, including to Texas. The Latin Kings is a well organized street gang that …
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CVS To Pay $11 Million To Settle Civil Penalty Claims Involving Violations Of Controlled Substances Act

… 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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Glendora Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Addictive Painkillers And Transferring Proceeds To An Off-Shore Bank Account

… acquire and deliver bulk shipments of prescription drugs to Texas, according to court documents. Furthermore, according … Department, the California Department of Justice, and the Texas Department of Public Safety. On …
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Former Houston Police Officer Sentenced To Over 30 Years In Prison On Federal Drug And Firearm Charges

… A. Polite announced that Noe Juarez, a resident of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by a U.S. District Chief Judge to … by local, state, and federal agencies across Louisiana and Texas,” stated U.S. Attorney Polite.  “Their collective work …
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Chicago News 2004

July 15, 2021
… Settled  FEB 11, 2004 DEA Arrests 10 Defendants In Alleged Texas-Chicago Drug Ring    JAN 29, 2004 12 Babies Rented Out …
July 15, 2021
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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 …
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DEA El Paso and United Against Fentanyl will Walk for Lives on July 11

… Arellano 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 More … the entire state of New Mexico and 17 counties of West Texas. “Families who have lost a loved one to illicit …
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Guam Prison Inmate Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking; Co-Conspirators Receive Federal Sentences

… assessment fee. Liana Joelene Cabrera , age 43, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty and was sentenced on April 2, 2026, to … inside the Guam Department of Corrections. Working with Texas‑based co‑conspirator Cabrera and multiple Guam‑based … methamphetamine to Guam and the return of drug proceeds to Texas. As part of the investigation, federal law enforcement …
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Operación dirigida por la DEA que tiene como blanco al Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación genera más de 600 arrestos

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, 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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International law enforcement operation targeting opioid traffickers on the Darknet results in over 170 arrests worldwide and the seizure of weapons, drugs and over $6.5 million

… restrictions were lifted. Aaron Brewer, 39, of Corsicana, Texas, was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to … returned by a grand jury in the Northern District of Texas. According to court documents, the defendant allegedly … Western District of Pennsylvania, the Northern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Virginia, the District of the …
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Forty Individuals Facing Drug Trafficking And Firearms Charges As The Result Of A Multi-Agency Investigation In Southeastern New Mexico

… Arellano 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 JAN … Eddy, Chaves and Lincoln Counties, N.M., and one from west Texas are facing drug trafficking and firearms charges as …