PRESS RELEASE

Museum Of Science And Industry To Host DEA Exhibit

June 16, 2011
… DEA Museum in Arlington, Virginia and traveled to Dallas, Texas; Ashland, Nebraska; New York, New York; Detroit, …
June 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Two Individuals Convicted On Large-Scale Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

September 20, 2012
… approximately four kilograms of cocaine per week from his Texas source of supply, Kelvin Rucker. Knowles paid between …
September 20, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Last Member Of A Large Drug Trafficking Organization With Ties To Mexico Sentenced

November 14, 2012
… originated in Mexico and was transported through Texas to Georgia. From Georgia, it was sent via couriers to …
November 14, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Nine Methamphetamine Traffickers Sentenced To Federal Prison

December 02, 2015
… and law enforcement agencies throughout North Carolina and Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee. According to court documents, …
December 02, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Cartel Leader Edgar Valdez-Villareal, A/k/a "La Barbie," Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

January 06, 2016
… trafficking career as a marijuana distributor in Laredo, Texas.  He soon developed cocaine customers in New Orleans, …
January 06, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Jury Convicts Former Houston Police Officer Of Conspiracy

January 15, 2016
… by the DEA offices in New Orleans, Louisiana and Houston, Texas; the Federal Bureau of (FBI) in Houston; the Houston …
January 15, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

20 Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Synthetic Drug “Molly”

August 16, 2011
… with other co-conspirators located in Florida, California, Texas, Virginia and elsewhere. The drug traffickers were …
August 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Over 65 Pounds Of Heroin Recovered From Truck Axle In Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Two Arrested

August 25, 2016
… a Mexico-based organization. The drug shipments crossed the Texas border and travelled into the New York City area where …
August 25, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Billboard Offers Reward For Wanted Drug Trafficker $5 Million Reward Leading To The Capture Of Rafael Caro-Quintero

June 05, 2014
… Similar billboards are being placed in El Paso, Texas, San Diego, Calif. and Los Angeles, Calif.    The …
June 05, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Jury Convicts Two Syracuse Men For Conspiracy To Import And Distribute Synthetic Drug “Molly”

May 16, 2013
… involved co-conspirators located in Florida, California, Texas, Virginia and elsewhere.  Twenty of the twenty-two …
May 16, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Marijuana Kingpin Sentenced In DEA Investigation

July 28, 2015
… other persons.  Bond and Hanson also traveled together to Texas to obtain marijuana that had been smuggled into the …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Florida Pharmacist And Web Site Operator Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Prescription Drugs

January 30, 2013
… was found in her home.  The deceased customer resided in Texas; the doctor who wrote the prescription resided in …
January 30, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Chula Vista Airplane Broker Who Managed Money Laundering Crew Using Drug Proceeds Sentenced To 60 Months

October 13, 2017
… cash deposits in several locations in California, Arizona, Texas, Michigan, and Georgia.  Contreras-Amezquita agreed …
October 13, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison: $6.5 Million “Crystal Meth” And Heroin Haul

June 03, 2015
… after the shipment had crossed the border from Mexico into Texas that Mota learned it contained heroin and …
June 03, 2015
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November 06, 2024
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STORY

DEA Remembers Those We Lost During the Oklahoma City Bombing

April 11, 2025
… Special Agent McCullough received a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University in 1980 and a master's degree in public …
April 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Drug Cartel Leader Charged

May 12, 2021
… as numerous U.S.-based distribution cells in California, Texas, Colorado, Washington, Utah, and Nevada. The upper …
May 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

New Britain Man Involved in Drug Ring Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison

May 01, 2023
… located and arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in Texas on November 22, 2022.  He has been detained since that …
May 01, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Semi Driver Caught With 88 Pounds of Illegal Drugs Sentenced to 12 Years

January 23, 2024
… southern Illinois. Ledaniel Russell, 50, of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent …
January 23, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Three Sentenced in Conspiracy that Brought Methamphetamine to St. Louis

August 11, 2023
… including California, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky and Texas, and used “stash” houses in Detroit, Lexington, St. …
August 11, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Agents Arrest 17 People in Large-Scale, Multi-State Drug Trafficking Ring

October 22, 2021
… of Missouri and with ties to California, Arizona, and Texas.  According to a court document, law enforcement …
October 22, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

4th of 9 Defendants Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Conspiracy

September 08, 2021
… Missouri, Sheriff’s Department, and the Oldham County, Texas, Sheriff’s Department. Organized Crime and Drug …
September 08, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Mississippi man sentenced to 11 years for cocaine and money laundering conspiracies

January 29, 2021
… subsequently traveled without court permission to Houston, Texas, and later Lafayette, Louisiana, where he was arrested …
January 29, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of MS-13’s Hollywood Clique sentenced to 24 Years to life for murder and conspiracy

February 07, 2020
… Investigations Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office (Texas) Maryland State Police Maryland State’s Attorney, …
February 07, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Rhode Island Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For His Role In Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy That Spanned Across The Country

February 05, 2025
… that spanned across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Texas and North and South Carolina.  Erik Ventura, 36, was …
February 05, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Marijuana Trafficker Sentenced to Prison

September 27, 2024
… Marshals Service located and arrested Anderson in Dallas, Texas.  He has been detained since his arrest.  On July 1, …
September 27, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Chillum Drug Dealer Caught with Two Kilograms in Cocaine Sentenced to Over Five Years in Federal Prison

February 16, 2022
… to purchase 10 kilograms of cocaine from a drug supplier in Texas. As stated in his plea agreement, Ipina distributed …
February 16, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Chillum Drug Dealer Caught with Two Kilos of Cocaine

August 10, 2021
… to purchase 10 kilograms of cocaine from a drug supplier in Texas. In total, Ipina distributed over 167 grams of …
August 10, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Co-Conspirator of Tucson Amtrak Shooter Sentenced to 10 Years

June 23, 2023
… TUCSON, Ariz. – Devonte Okeith Mathis, 24, of Mesquite, Texas, was sentenced by United States District Judge …
June 23, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Nationwide Drug Trafficking, Law Enforcement Impersonation, and Fraud Ring Disrupted

June 17, 2022
… from California to Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, and Texas. Moody and Minks used couriers, airline employees, and …
June 17, 2022