PRESS RELEASE

Head of Albuquerque Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Sentenced

December 16, 2025
… responsible for moving tens of thousands of fentanyl pills from Mexico into Albuquerque, along with alien smuggling and importing illegal wildlife. According to court records, from at least 2020 through January 2023, Mendoza, 42, a … network that transported large quantities of pills from Juarez across the U.S. border and onto Albuquerque …
December 16, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 05, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023.  … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same timeframe. These reductions in …
December 05, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
December 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Court Sentenced Clayton Woman for Laundering Millions for Cartels and Moving Kilo Quantities of Narcotics

August 25, 2025
… court documents and other information presented in court, from June 2021 to June 2024, Rodriguez-Flores distributed … of cocaine and methamphetamine that had been shipped from Mexico and laundered the proceeds from the sale of these drugs back to Mexico. In January …
August 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Gun and drug trafficking ring dismantled in the Bronx

February 13, 2020
… repeatedly referenced their ability to obtain guns from Pennsylvania and bring them into New York to be sold. … directly to undercover officers on three other occasions from June 22, 2019 through Dec. 27, 2019.  Rafael Cruz … of heroin to undercover officers on four occasions spanning from Aug. 7, 2019 through Sept.5, 2019. The investigation …
February 13, 2020
STORY

In Memoriam: Pope Francis—A Global Voice Against Drug Trafficking and Addiction

April 21, 2025
… addiction. His commitment to protecting the most vulnerable—from the barrios of Buenos Aires to the streets of Rome—will … Rome, more than 100 senior drug law enforcement officials from around the world were received at the Vatican by His … line against the cartels and criminal networks profiting from human misery. True to his word, Pope Francis followed …
April 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

May 06, 2024
… has ever faced.  In 2022 alone, 107,941 Americans died from drug poisonings, with a staggering 70% of those deaths … exhibit will have extended hours on Tuesday, May 7, from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. “Americans today are experiencing … fentanyl. The only safe medications are ones that come from licensed and accredited medical professionals. For more …
May 06, 2024
GENERAL INFORMATION

Headquarters News 2007

July 15, 2021
… Statement of Administrator Karen P. Tandy on Retirement from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) October 17, … October 16, 2007 United States Announces First Extraditions From Romania on Terrorism Charges September 24, 2007 DEA …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

Phoenix News 2006

July 15, 2021
… Phoenix News 2006 The archive stories for 2009 - 2002 are from the retired web site for DEA.gov.  NOTE: navigation … Conference JUN 1, 2006 Two Mexican Nationals Extradicted From Mexico To Face Charges In Naco, Arizona Drug Tunnel MAY …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

Chemist (Forensic)

March 28, 2025
… critical in supporting our efforts to keep Americans safe from dangerous drugs and those who traffic them.  Expert … laboratory analysis, court testimony, and evidence gathered from crime scenes are key components in successful criminal …
March 28, 2025
DOCUMENT

Responding to America's Overdose Crisis: An Examination of Legislation to Build Upon the SUPPORT Act

June 23, 2023
Testimony
… between the ages of 18 to 45, and it kills Americans from all walks of life, in every state and community in this … financial network to pocket billions of dollars in revenue from those sales. Responding to America's Overdose …
June 23, 2023
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April 27, 2019
April 27, 2019

DEA Take Back Day (April 2019)

2:00 AM - 6:00 AM (EDT)
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Find a collection site near you! The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6 million Americans misused controlled prescription drugs. The study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs...
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Admits Distributing Cocaine in New Haven

September 24, 2025
… Force learned that Onofre-Mendez was distributing narcotics from a restaurant on Grand Avenue in New Haven.  Between May … purchases totaling approximately 600 grams of cocaine from Onofre-Mendez. Onofre-Mendez was arrested on October 1, … On that date, investigators seized 225 grams of cocaine from Onofre-Mendez and 480 grams of cocaine from a location …
September 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Two Louisville Men Sentenced for Distribution of Over 21,000 Fentanyl Pills and Firearm Offenses

July 14, 2025
… controlled purchases for a total of 4,200 fentanyl pills from Shelby, Jr. and Smith. During the execution of a search … committed to protecting lives and holding those who profit from this crisis accountable,” said DEA Special Agent in … This case was investigated by the DEA, with assistance from the ATF Louisville Field Division, the Louisville Metro …
July 14, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting at Federal Agents

July 11, 2025
… to the hospital where he was treated for and recovered from his injuries.  In the bedroom from which Broadbent fired at the agents, law enforcement … the firearms and the pipe bomb. Broadbent was prohibited from possessing firearms because he had multiple prior …
July 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison for Laundering $5.4 million

June 27, 2025
… CJNG and removed substantial quantities of dangerous drugs from American communities,” said Acting United States … the fight against cartel-sourced drug trafficking is far from over, today’s result is a step in the right direction … Mexican drug traffickers to wash their ill-gotten gains from the sale of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and …
June 27, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Former East Hartford Resident Sentenced to More Than 13 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl, Violating Supervised Release

May 29, 2025
… for a fentanyl trafficking offense.  He was released from federal prison in June 2018 and, while residing in East … of Connecticut.  At some point, Aguilar-Linares absconded from supervision and fled to Mexico. In July 2019, the DEA’s … Members of the organization delivered cash generated from the sale of narcotics to a money broker in Brooklyn, …
May 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Four Defendants Charged in Federal Court for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

April 18, 2025
… pills.  On July 17, 2024, Fletcher received 10,000 pills from an individual and on August 28, 2024, he received over 29,000 fentanyl pills from Garcia-Ruiz. The indictment also alleges that Fletcher … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
April 18, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Large Hexane Hash Oil Extraction Lab Seized in El Cajon

December 03, 2021
… Sandoval Divsersion.SAN@dea.gov Drums of Hexane Seized From Hexane Hash Oil Lab Drums of Hexane Seized From Hexane Hash Oil Lab Hexane Hash Oil Lab Hexane Hash Oil …
December 03, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Dentist and TOBAY Worker Charged in 136-Count Indictment for Opioid Prescription Scheme

November 18, 2022
… to sell opioid prescriptions during a four-year period from 2017 to 2021.  Dr. Jason DiBlasi, 49, with a home … of five and a half years in prison.   Marco Cotto, 52, from Farmingdale was also arraigned today before Judge … Between May 2021 and September 2021, investigators from the NCDA and DEA conducted dozens of interviews of …
November 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 30 Years

June 21, 2023
… Conspiracy Resulted in Several Overdose Deaths from Fentanyl Laced with Xylazine SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A … the conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Greene County from Jan. 31, 2019, to May 18, 2020, and to one count of … transported at least 300 grams of fentanyl by vehicle from either St. Louis, Mo., or Chicago, Illinois, to …
June 21, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Bronx Man Admits Role in Distributing Heroin and Fentanyl, Causing Death of 15-Month-Old Child

January 17, 2024
… admitted distributing heroin and fentanyl into New Jersey from two drug mills in the Bronx, which resulted in the … him with one count of distributing heroin and fentanyl from a drug mill in the Bronx in December 2018. Capellan … or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl from a separate drug mill in the Bronx in February 2019. Six …
January 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Staten Island Man Sentenced for Distributing Heroin and Fentanyl

May 24, 2022
… Doe-1’s phone indicated that he had purchased narcotics from Charles the night before his death. On April 23, 2019, … Department of Justice, in 2019, nearly 71,000 people died from drug overdoses, making it a leading cause of …
May 24, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Queens pharmacist indicted for illegal distribution of oxycodone and filing false tax returns

January 23, 2020
… over $1 million in cash earnings, most of it generated from his oxycodone distribution scheme. More than a dozen … hundreds of thousands of dollars Russo allegedly pocketed from the charged scheme, but the resulting human misery in … and prosecute medical professionals who seek to profit from the opioid epidemic.” “Income earned from the sale of …
January 23, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Crisp County Residents Plead Guilty in Armed Meth Trafficking Case

September 18, 2024
… criminal pasts pleaded guilty to federal charges resulting from an armed drug trafficking investigation conducted by … use any resource necessary to remove these career criminals from our streets.”  “Repeat convicted felons who illegally … video surveillance, the GBI agent purchased methamphetamine from Black.   On Nov. 2, FBI, DEA and GBI agents met with …
September 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Dayton Men Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of DEA Task Force Officer

September 17, 2024
… Jorge DelRio. While attempting to prevent federal agents from seizing approximately half-a-million dollars in … Jorge DelRio, who was working to keep our community safe from dangerous drug traffickers,” stated Daryl S. McCormick, … basement of the residence, immediately came under gunfire from the basement, and was struck and killed. As the …
September 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Member of Violent Gang Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Drug Trafficking Offenses

June 02, 2024
… and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were allegedly seized from 11 of the defendants.     Lopes was identified by … cooperating witnesses as a member of Cameron Street. From 2019 through 2020, Lopes regularly received large …
June 02, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Bridgeport Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Federal Prison

May 16, 2024
… made four controlled purchases of heroin and fentanyl from Frank Best.  The investigation, which included … to a Home Depot parking lot in San Diego and purchased from their suppliers 1.1 kilograms of fentanyl, cut with … conspirators arranged to purchase five kilograms of heroin from their Mexican suppliers.  On February 10, 2020, four …
May 16, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

New Britain Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine

May 14, 2024
… search of one package, which had been mailed from California, revealed approximately one kilogram of … had an associate who used a van to transport narcotics from California, or another location in the southwestern … 2022, investigators observed Ramos-Acevedo unloading items from the van in New Britain. On September 7, 2022, the …
May 14, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Dallas Attorney Charged in Narcotics Money Laundering Scheme

April 16, 2021
… launderers, who enable criminal organizations to profit from those who find themselves addicted to controlled … them on how to further violate the law and profit from the devastation of our nation’s opioid epidemic, lining … agent admitted. “I don’t care where the money comes from,” the attorney responded. The pair allegedly negotiated …
April 16, 2021