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El Paso Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Federal Prison For Brokering 25 Kilogram Cocaine Deal

… that Andrew Duron, also known as “Chavo,” 35, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey … trafficking organization that transported cocaine from Texas to Connecticut.  In 2014, the organization attempted …
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DEA Warns of Increase in Mass-Overdose Events Involving Deadly Fentanyl

… Cities impacted include Wilton Manors, Florida; Austin, Texas; Cortez, Colorado; Commerce City, Colorado; Omaha, …
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Drug Kingpin Indicted In New York

… cross-country. Quiroz-Zamora took a circuitous route from Texas to New York, flying by commercial airline from Texas to Connecticut and then making his way to Delaware, …
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Alleged Members Of Grant County Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Arrested On Federal Charges

… Castañeda 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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Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Wiring Drug-Trafficking Profits to Mexico

… Patrol, the Olmsted County, Minn., Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the FBI, the Clay County, …
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Pair Sentenced In Child Support Collection Business And Drug Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Marijuana Trafficker Sentenced to Prison

… Marshals Service located and arrested Anderson in Dallas, Texas.  He has been detained since his arrest.  On July 1, …
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Teens Tackling The Opioid Crisis: Discovery Education And The Drug Enforcement Administration Announce Finalists In 1st Annual Operation Prevention Video Challenge

… School. Ayodeji Ogunlana for “More.” Mercedes, TX.  South Texas High School for Health  Professionals. (South Texas Independent School District) Shelbea Owen for “Davis …
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Five Santa Fe Residents Arrested On Federal Oxycodone Trafficking Charges

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

… 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 …
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Thirteen Cibola County Residents Charged With Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

… Castañeda 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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Zenobia Penn Sentenced in Cocaine Conspiracy

… Clarence Walker, and others traveled from Baltimore to Texas to purchase kilograms of cocaine which they resold in … couriers to help her transport bundles of money to Texas. The couriers commonly affixed the money to their …
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21 Charged With Trafficking Of Prescription Opiates

… in Oregon, Osasuyi Kenneth Idumwonyi, 55, of Spring, Texas, her office manager, and a total of 17 other … in January of 2015. Idumwonyi was living in Spring, Texas, during the time of the offense conduct and flew …
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Semi Driver Caught With 88 Pounds of Illegal Drugs Sentenced to 12 Years

… southern Illinois. Ledaniel Russell, 50, of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent …
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Washington DC News 2010

July 15, 2021
… Frederick Felon Sent to Prison for 15 Years July 23, 2010 Texas Man Sentenced For Role In Virginia Methamphetamine …
July 15, 2021
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Operation Reload: Jury Convicts Kingpin And Members Of His Family Of Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 …
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Investigation Of Alleged Chicago-Based Drug Trafficking Ring Results In 38 Defendants Federally Charged

… yesterday in Chicago, four in Cincinnati and one in Laredo, Texas.  Thirty-six of the 38 defendants are charged in … the Southern District of Ohio and the Southern District of Texas assisted in the investigation.  The investigation is …
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Six Albuquerque Residents Indicted On Federal Robbery, Firearms And Prescription Drug Trafficking Crimes Arising Out Of Pharmacy Robberies

… Castañeda 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-led multi-agency investigation dismantles major New Mexico poly-drug trafficking drug trafficking organization

… Castañeda 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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Chicago News 2010

July 15, 2021
… 2010 Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Texas to Indiana Cocaine Conspiracy October 20, 2010 Doctor …
July 15, 2021
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24 In Arkansas Charged In Nationwide Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

… Wayne Cornett, and Cory Jermaine Lewis, all from Houston, Texas, were charged with conspiracy to break in a business … Nebraska, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Virginia, and Texas, showed that the individuals involved were members of …
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Twenty Charged In Chicago With Various Drug Trafficking Offenses, Including Five Allegedly Tied To The Mexican “Zetas” Cartel

… the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, and federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas also assisted in the investigation. The Illinois …
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Thirty-Four Facing Federal And Tribal Charges Arising Out Of Methamphetamine Trafficking On Mescalero Apache Reservation

… Castañeda 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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Operation Four Horsemen Results In Millions Going Back To Law Enforcement Agencies

… into the United States along strategic border points in Texas, and then transported and stored narcotics in Atlanta … and approximately $7 million in bulk U.S. currency in Texas. Operation Four Horsemen investigative leads and …
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 …
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Three Sentenced in Conspiracy that Brought Methamphetamine to St. Louis

… including California, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky and Texas, and used “stash” houses in Detroit, Lexington, St. …
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Multi-Agency Enforcement Operation In New Mexico Significant Part Of Nationwide Synthetic Drug Takedown

… Castañeda 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 JUNE …
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Sacramento Man Convicted Of Conspiracy Involving Sophisticated Indoor Residential Marijuana Grows

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, 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 …
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DEA Announces Tip Line, Wanted Poster For Chapo

… Southern District of California, the Western District of Texas, the Northern District of Illinois, the Eastern …