PRESS RELEASE

High-Ranking Member of Violent Mexican Drug Cartel Sentenced on Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charge

September 08, 2025
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … to smuggle more than 3,000 tons of drugs into our Southern Texas border,” said Special Agent in Charge Jonathan C. …
September 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Lexington Man Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

June 03, 2025
… to the southern border of the United States at McAllen, Texas, to pick up drug loads. Gomez made these trips on a … them to others around the country, including in Dallas, Texas; Columbia, South Carolina; Dayton, Ohio; and …
June 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

San Antonio Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Smuggling Meth and Fentanyl from Mexico

May 02, 2025
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … U.S. Attorney Margaret Leachman for the Western District of Texas. “Working with our law enforcement partners to stop …
May 02, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Complaint Filed Against Houston Pharmacy and its Owners for Violations of the Controlled Substances Act

April 28, 2025
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … dangerous drugs,” said Ganjei. The Southern District of Texas is committed to ensuring that those who endanger the …
April 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Sixty Defendants Charged in Nationwide Takedown of Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Network

June 29, 2021
… Diego County; the United States, including Hawaii, Arizona, Texas, Kansas, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, … U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas; U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of …
June 29, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Lee’s Summit Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,000 Kilos of Cocaine

April 21, 2021
… Co-defendant Otilio Zaragoza-Navarrette, 64, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty to his role in the drug-trafficking … proceeds from the drug-trafficking organization back to Texas and/or to Mexico. Zaragoza-Navarrette hid the cocaine …
April 21, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney's Office and DEA Announce Federal Charges Against Albuquerque Based Drug Trafficking Organization

October 29, 2024
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
October 29, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Two Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charges

January 24, 2024
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
January 24, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Approximately 40 Individuals Arrested in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Takedown

January 24, 2024
… Defendants are from East Mississippi, Mexico, California, Texas, and Alabama Jackson, Miss. – Approximately 40 … counties in Mississippi, as well as Mexico, California, Texas, and Alabama. The charges stem from a four-year …
January 24, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Fentanyl Pill Press Operator Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison

February 10, 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 10, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Ft. Worth Oncologist Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison in Pill Mill Conspiracy

June 04, 2021
… 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 04, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

California Kingpin Found Guilty of Directing Drug Enterprise

November 07, 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 07, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Albuquerque Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 17 years in Prison

August 05, 2022
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
August 05, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Six defendants charged in conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine in Northern New Mexico

February 28, 2020
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
February 28, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Albuquerque career criminal sentenced to life imprisonment for heroin distribution resulting in death of Cameron Weiss

January 23, 2020
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
January 23, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Federal jury finds Albuquerque career offender guilty of distributing heroin that caused teen's overdose death

May 13, 2019
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
May 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem …
September 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Three doctors, a pharmacist, and a business owner charged in opioid indictments

May 29, 2018
… 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 …
May 29, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Three doctors, a pharmacist, and a business owner charged in opioid indictments

June 29, 2018
… 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 29, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Jury Convicts Mexican National On Heroin Trafficking Charges

August 06, 2014
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
August 06, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Members Of Taos County-Based Heroin Trafficking And Money Laundering Ring Enter Guilty Pleas

December 09, 2016
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
December 09, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

38 Years For Lymon On Firearms, Heroin Trafficking Charges

April 24, 2017
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
April 24, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Great Scott 17 DEA Little Rock Defendants Sentenced To Over 113 Years In Prison

June 28, 2013
… under surveillance as he left Waldron and drove to Irving, Texas, to pick up a large amount of methamphetamine.  After … 20.4 grams of methamphetamine. Cody Pittman, 29, of Irving, Texas, was sentenced to 168 months in prison for conspiring …
June 28, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Pair Sentenced In Child Support Collection Business And Drug Conspiracy

May 02, 2014
… a drug distribution conviction in the Southern District of Texas.  The sentences were handed down by U.S. District … the transmission of the vehicle he was driving, which had Texas tags and had crossed the border into Mexico as …
May 02, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Two Out-of-State Residents Charged In Massive Queens Marijuana Bust

November 13, 2015
… Commissioner William J. Bratton, today announced that a Texas man and a Florida man have been charged with illegally … Florida, and Michael V. Laico, of Saums Road, Houston, Texas. The defendants were arraigned last night before …
November 13, 2015
STORY

Law enforcement agency cooperation strikes a blow to the crime element in Roswell, New Mexico

January 08, 2021
… marijuana and methamphetamine smuggled from the New Mexico/Texas border to cities throughout the United States. An …
January 08, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian National Extradited to Houston to face Narco-Terrorism and International Cocaine Distribution Charges

April 24, 2025
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … N. MacDonald and Anibal Alaniz of the Southern District of Texas are prosecuting the case.   Extraditions On On Press …
April 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Missouri Meth Distributor and Money Launderer Sentenced to 21 Years

October 20, 2022
… from the shop. Conn was stopped by an Oldham County, Texas, sheriff’s deputy on Dec. 10, 2017, while he was … Missouri, Sheriff’s Department, and the Oldham County, Texas, Sheriff’s Department. Organized Crime and Drug …
October 20, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Carlsbad Man Sentenced for Federal Drug and Firearms Offenses

April 12, 2024
… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle …
April 12, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Six Men Facing Federal Drug Charges

January 21, 2022
… enforcement.  The packages were shipped from Brownsville, Texas to an address associated with the DTO, Business 1 in … debts, arranging drug transactions, and arranging travel to Texas to obtain narcotics for transportation to Maryland. …
January 21, 2022