PRESS RELEASE

Four Mexican Nationals Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Grow Marijuana On Public Lands

October 13, 2011
… a Mexican national formerly residing in Rio Grande City, Texas, was the fourth defendant to plead guilty to …
October 13, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Heroin Dealer Exiled To 13 Years In Prison

June 25, 2013
… 2, 2012, DEA agents stopped a car carrier in El Paso, Texas.  A drug detection dog alerted on a vehicle on the …
June 25, 2013
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Baltimore Crack Cocaine Dealer Exiled To Over 12 Years In Prison

May 21, 2014
… with others to obtain cocaine from suppliers in Arizona and Texas. Once the cocaine arrived in Baltimore, McDonald …
May 21, 2014
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Medford Man Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Prison On Federal Marijuana Charges

November 05, 2012
… The charge stemmed from an April 2011 traffic stop in Texas where police seized 43 pounds of marijuana. The driver …
November 05, 2012
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Fentanyl Distributor Pleads Guilty

July 18, 2025
… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem …
July 18, 2025
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Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr. Admits to Leading Vast Drug-Smuggling, Money Laundering Empire

November 10, 2021
… cocaine across the U.S.-Mexico border at ports of entry in Texas and California and into cities within the United …
November 10, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Department of Treasury Designates Sinaloa-based Mexican Narcotics Trafficker Under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act

May 12, 2021
… States-based distribution cells in Colorado, California, Texas, Washington, Utah, and Nevada. As a result of today’s …
May 12, 2021
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Two Houston Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Burglarizing Pharmacies in Southern Illinois, Missouri

December 19, 2024
… Ill. – A district court judge sentenced two Houston, Texas, men to federal prison for burglarizing pharmacies of …
December 19, 2024
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Oklahoma Inmate Sentenced to 26 Years for Leading Meth Conspiracy from his Prison Cell

May 08, 2024
… a controlled substance in the Northern District of Texas. This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement …
May 08, 2024
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Meth and Cocaine Drug Ringleader Sentenced to Prison

April 27, 2023
… as well as California, Kansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the …
April 27, 2023
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Two Indicted After Drug Shipment Intercepted on Interstate 44 in St. Louis County

February 17, 2023
… StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov ST. LOUIS – A man from Texas and a woman from St. Louis were indicted Wednesday on …
February 17, 2023
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West Plains Man Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

October 13, 2021
… to distribute methamphetamine in Howell, Greene, and Texas counties. Jose I. Gonzales, 39, was sentenced by U.S. …
October 13, 2021
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Springfield Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

June 02, 2021
… from a co-defendant who made multiple trips to Texas to acquire kilogram-level quantities. Iavolo then …
June 02, 2021
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Operation LeGend Results in 355 Arrests, Including 33 Murder Suspects

September 01, 2020
… Missouri, and 21 are federal defendants in Kansas (18) and Texas (3). Among the remaining 246 arrests, 33 were homicide …
September 01, 2020
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years for Fentanyl Distribution

August 15, 2024
… mail from the Northern District of Indiana to a buyer in Texas. Reyes participated in phone calls with the buyer to …
August 15, 2024
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Flight Attendant, Two Bank Employees Charged in Federal Indictment of Alleged Mexico-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

May 21, 2024
… of its Chicago operations, Ricardo Tello, 37, of Mission, Texas. Espinosa’s organization allegedly transported the …
May 21, 2024
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North Carolina Man Convicted of Multi-State Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

November 05, 2021
… in Newport News and Edenton, would travel to Houston, Texas to obtain multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine and …
November 05, 2021
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Boston Man Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Offense Involving 24 Kilograms Of Cocaine

April 25, 2024
… 500 grams or more of cocaine. In June 2022 in El Paso, Texas, a confidential source received 23.9 kilograms of …
April 25, 2024
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 6 1/2 Years for Fentanyl-Related Charges

April 19, 2024
… Division, the Merrillville District Office, the Amarillo Texas Resident Office and the Albuquerque New Mexico …
April 19, 2024
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Bristol, Tennessee Woman Sentenced to 13 Years For Role in Large-Scale Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

April 11, 2022
… in Mexico to accomplices in Atlanta, Georgia, and Houston, Texas.  Desorcy directed Kent and other co-conspirators to …
April 11, 2022
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South Carolina Woman Sentenced for Role in International Money Laundering, Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

June 08, 2022
… from additional sources in Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas. When Desorcy was arrested in 2021, Neely conspired …
June 08, 2022
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South Carolina Man Sentenced to 40 Years on Distribution of Methamphetamine, International Money Laundering, Gun Charges

February 09, 2022
… to make numerous trips to Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas, to pick up large quantities of methamphetamine from …
February 09, 2022
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South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Methamphetamine, International Money Laundering, Gun Charges

October 26, 2021
… to make numerous trips to Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas, in 2020 and 2021 to pick up large quantities of …
October 26, 2021
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Heroin Trafficker Sentenced For Transporting

September 12, 2019
… 4.24 kilograms of heroin, hidden inside a car battery, from Texas to the Atlanta-area.   Robert J. Murphy, special agent …
September 12, 2019
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Three defendants sentenced for conspiring to send nearly 14 kilograms of 100 percent pure methamphetamine from California to Georgia

June 12, 2019
… of drugs she was attempting to coordinate from McAllen, Texas, to the Atlanta area.   Members of the conspiracy who …
June 12, 2019
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Receive 24 Kilos of Cocaine from a Mexican Drug Cartel Source

January 30, 2024
… arrested and charged in July 2022. In June 2022 in El Paso, Texas, a confidential source received 23.9 kilograms of …
January 30, 2024
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DEA Executes Operation Bottleneck to Prevent the Diversion of Controlled Substances and Keep Communities Safe

October 31, 2023
… the top opioid suppliers to numerous pharmacies in Houston, Texas, failed to report suspiciously large orders of …
October 31, 2023
Cavazos-Deluna, Narario
FUGITIVE

Narario Cavazos-Deluna

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846 – cocaine and marijuana
Valencia-Zavala, Fernando
FUGITIVE

Bruno Leal

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846 - cocaine
Lopez, Mario Cesar
FUGITIVE

Mario Cesar Lopez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846 – cocaine and marijuana