PRESS RELEASE

Two MS-13 Leaders Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders

November 24, 2021
… these violent gang members to keep our communities safe from the threat of MS-13. We will continue to work to bring … convictions will prevent these MS-13 leaders from inflicting brutality on our communities. DEA is … March 2017, a member of the Sailors Clique who was hiding from law enforcement in the Lynchburg, Virginia, area had a …
November 24, 2021
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Italian national implicated in international money laundering and narcotics conspiracy extradited to the United States

June 18, 2018
… indictment (the “Indictment”). Magni was extradited from Italy to the United States on June 14, 2018, and … Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein. Manci’s extradition from Italy remains pending.  The Indictment, which was … 2017, Rodriguez-Jimenez pleaded guilty to offenses stemming from his leadership role in the organization, and for …
June 18, 2018
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Eleven members of Lakeland Drug Trafficking Organization plead guilty to causing four overdose deaths, overdose resulting in serious bodily injury, and heroin and fentanyl trafficking

August 10, 2018
… organization have pled guilty to charges stemming from conspiracy to distribute more than one kilogram of … bodily injury to a victim. The defendants face penalties from 10 years to life in federal prison. A sentencing date … Pearson received controlled substances via packages shipped from New Jersey. They then distributed the drugs, packaged …
August 10, 2018
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Federal indictment targets South Bay street gang involved in drug trafficking, including smuggling meth into a California state prison

November 15, 2018
… federal narcotics trafficking and firearms charges stemming from an investigation that led to a number of seizures, … the threat of violence to run a drug distribution network from the South Bay of Los Angeles to Colorado and even … – along with cocaine, MDMA and other drugs – from a stash house maintained by Merejil and his associates. …
November 15, 2018
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Six individuals indicted in $48 million health care fraud conspiracy at drug rehabilitation centers in Northern Ohio

February 07, 2019
… and Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 CLEVELAND - Six people from Ohio were indicted in federal court for their roles in … houses” for individuals attempting to maintain abstinence from drugs and alcohol. As part of being a certified … numerous financial transactions involving money derived from unlawful activities, including health care fraud and …
February 07, 2019
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Prison sentences for California-based drug trafficking ring that shipped methamphetamine to northeastern Wisconsin

February 04, 2020
… to arrive by car couriers and postal shipments from northern California to northeastern Wisconsin. Tou Lee … system, used contraband phones to orchestrate shipments from sources in California. Blia Lor and Gwen Biersteker, … funding for the endeavor, and transported methamphetamine from Milwaukee to the Appleton area. Xiong traveled from …
February 04, 2020
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Norteno gang leader and drug trafficker sentenced to 20 years in federal prison

January 13, 2021
… by a 10 year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison.  Stine had previously pleaded guilty on … With the Court’s significant sentence, Stine is now removed from the community and the public is protected from his continued criminal activities – and the inevitable …
January 13, 2021
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Former member of Venezuelan National Assembly charged with narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons offenses

May 27, 2020
… that the Cártel de Los Soles sought to recruit terrorists from Hizballah and Hamas to assist in planning and carrying … as a go-between.  Allegedly, El Zabayar obtained from the Middle East a cargo planeload of military-grade … with the FARC, obtained anti-tank rocket launchers from the Middle East for the FARC as partial payment for …
May 27, 2020
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Doctor Who Illegally Distributed Prescription Painkillers And Laundered Proceeds Sentenced To 160 Months In Federal Prison

March 14, 2018
… case is the direct result of this defendant’s profiting from prescribing narcotics to persons he knew to be addicts … made by undercover operatives who obtained prescriptions from Cham and found that the doctor was “essentially at that … receiving controlled substance prescriptions” previously from Cham. On another occasion, Cham prescribed oxycodone …
March 14, 2018
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Santa Fe Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Crack Cocaine And Firearms Charges

May 13, 2014
… in April 2013, while Romero and Anaya were transferred from state custody to federal custody in July 2013. Today … to his plea agreement, Jaramillo purchased crack cocaine from co-defendants Mirabal and Anaya and then resold it to … and the HIDTA Region III Drug Task Force, with assistance from the 1st Judicial District Attorney’s Office for the …
May 13, 2014
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Santa Fe Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Crack Cocaine And Firearms Charges

May 15, 2014
… in April 2013, while Romero and Anaya were transferred from state custody to federal custody in July 2013. Today … to his plea agreement, Jaramillo purchased crack cocaine from co-defendants Mirabal and Anaya and then resold it to … and the HIDTA Region III Drug Task Force, with assistance from the 1st Judicial District Attorney’s Office for the …
May 15, 2014
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Six Michigan Residents Plead Guilty To Marijuana Trafficking, Mortgage Fraud, Arson And Money Laundering

November 07, 2011
… in July 2011, charged that Linda Abdullah aka Linda Holt, from August 18, 2006 through February 27, 2009, devised and … on March 14, 2007. The indictment also charged that from June of 2008 through August of 2009, five defendants … were part of a drug organization that shipped marijuana from Arizona to the Detroit area, typically using United …
November 07, 2011
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Dozens Indicted On Charges Of Violating Drug And Firearms Laws In Warren, Ohio

April 17, 2013
… large quantities of heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine from Detroit to Warren, Ohio; another that brought heroin from Columbus to Warren and Dayton; others that sold … removal of the drugs, guns and the people who sell them, from the streets of Warren is a significant victory for law …
April 17, 2013
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McKesson Settlement: Pays $150 Million, Largest Fine In DEA History

January 17, 2017
… 362-0443 McKesson to suspend sales of controlled substances from Washington Courthouse Distribution Center LEXINGTON, … requires McKesson to suspend sales of controlled substances from its Washington Courthouse Distribution Center and …
January 17, 2017
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High-Ranking Gulf Cartel Leader Extradited To United States

August 23, 2011
… Gulf Cartel, has been extradited to the United States from Mexico to face drug conspiracy charges, announced … shipments of cocaine and marijuana by motor vehicles from Mexico to cities in Texas for distribution to other … activities of the Gulf Cartel. According to the indictment, from June 2006 until his arrest, Cano-Flores’s role was to …
August 23, 2011
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Two Defendants Admit Roles In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

November 21, 2013
… including Social Security numbers and dates of birth, from unwitting individuals, who often reside in the … task force in New Jersey composed of investigators from the IRS and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, along with the U.S. Secret Service, and with assistance from the Drug Enforcement (the “New Jersey Task Force”). An …
November 21, 2013
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Staten Island Woman Admits Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

July 31, 2014
… including Social Security numbers and dates of birth, from unwitting individuals, who often reside in the … task force in New Jersey composed of investigators from the IRS and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, along with the U.S. Secret Service and with assistance from the Drug Enforcement (New Jersey Task Force).   An …
July 31, 2014
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Doctor Arrested On Charges He Conspired To Illegally Distribute Thousands Of Highly Addictive Oxycodone Pills By Writing Fraudulent Prescriptions For People He Never Treated Or Examined

January 21, 2015
… General John J. Hoffman announced that a medical doctor from Union County, NJ has been arrested on charges he … dangerous substance by fraud.  He waived extradition from New York, and was transported yesterday to New Jersey, … made up of special agents of the DEA, Task Force Officers from local police departments, and Diversion Investigators. …
January 21, 2015
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24 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking

May 20, 2014
… or couriers in order to transport kilograms of cocaine from the Luis Muñoz Marín International (“LMMIA”), located … or cause others to travel in commercial airline flights, from Puerto Rico to the continental United States, carrying … and the same containers to transport the profits generated from the drug sales back to Puerto Rico. They invested part …
May 20, 2014
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DEA, Coast Guard, Customs And Border Protection, And Homeland Security Investigations Partner To Interdict $29 Million Cocaine Shipment, Detain 13 Smugglers

February 10, 2015
… on board the delivery vessel after it was launched from the 268-foot St. Vincent and Grenadines-flag coastal … of the citizens in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands from this threat.” While on a routine patrol Tuesday night, … vessel.  Their actions prevented the delivery vessel from making landfall. The CBP MPA maintained constant …
February 10, 2015
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Twenty-Four Defendants Facing Federal Drug Charges For Transporting Heroin And Cocaine To Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

October 27, 2016
… Amtrak trains to transport heroin and cocaine to Chicago from California. One of the defendants is an Amtrak employee … wholesale quantities of heroin and cocaine were obtained from traffickers in Mexico and southern California, and transported from Los Angeles to Chicago aboard Amtrak’s commercial train …
October 27, 2016
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Columbia Man Admits To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

June 27, 2014
… presented in court:  In May 2010, using information from the Bartow/Cartersville Drug Task Force, multiple … with over 98 % of their patients traveling to the clinic from surrounding states, the majority from Kentucky and Tennessee.  Many of those visiting had …
June 27, 2014
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DEA Kicks Off Red Ribbon Campaign

October 17, 2016
… Officially, Red Ribbon Week will be celebrated nationally from October 23-31; however, communities and school … a Red Ribbon during the last week in October, Americans from all walks of life demonstrate their opposition to … of teenagers abusing prescription drugs get the drugs from family, friends, and the home medicine cabinet; Whereas …
October 17, 2016
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Brothers Who Led Mexican Mafia-Backed Puente-13 Street Gang Sentenced To Life In Prison As Result Of Federal Racketeering Case

March 06, 2013
… that included a brutal stabbing designed to deter victims from cooperating with law enforcement and plotting to murder … other members of Puente-13 to collect “tax” payments from area drug dealers on Rafael’s behalf, and warded off …
March 06, 2013
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Alleged PCP Distributor Who Shot A DEA Agent Arraigned On Federal Narcotics And Assault Charges

December 02, 2014
… Banks transported chemicals used to manufacture PCP from the Atlanta, Ga., area to Robinson, who stored the … allegedly transported chemicals used to manufacture PCP from South Carolina to other jurisdictions.  On July 6, … The indictment alleges that Robinson fired four shots from his bedroom. Then, he walked out of his bedroom into …
December 02, 2014
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 07, 2017
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles.  Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States prevents misuse …
November 07, 2017
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Second Major Cross-Border Drug Tunnel Discovered South Of San Diego This Month

November 30, 2011
… of marijuana with an estimated street value of anywhere from $30 million to $35 million. Two other suspects linked … Task Force. The Task Force is made up of representatives from ICE HSI, U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) Border Patrol, … a variety of techniques to detect cross-border tunnels, from state-of-the-art electronic surveillance to old …
November 30, 2011
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Members Of Queens-Based Drug Trafficking Crew Indicted For Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy, Kidnapping, And Firearms Offenses

August 04, 2016
… arrested while picking up a parcel containing heroin sent from Ecuador through John F. Kennedy International Airport into Queens, New York. The crew member was released from law enforcement custody later that day. The following … of a drug trafficking organization that imported heroin from Ecuador through John F. Kennedy Airport and distributed …
August 04, 2016
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Nephews Of First Lady Of Venezuela Found Guilty Of Conspiring To Import Cocaine Into The United States

November 18, 2016
… an effort to dispatch large loads of cocaine via aircraft from Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia, … cocaine-laden aircraft with legitimate-seeming flight plans from Venezuela to Honduras.  On or about October 3, 2015, … to discuss sending hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Juan Manuel …
November 18, 2016
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Steroid-Trafficking Defendants Sentenced

January 12, 2015
… of multiple parcels containing raw steroid materials from China and the collection of bulk currency and wire transfers from the organization’s customer base. "These sentences send … that the DEA does not discriminate: if you are profiting from selling drugs in our community, we will identify, …
January 12, 2015