STORY

DEA Remembers Those We Lost During the Oklahoma City Bombing

April 11, 2025
… putting their own lives and safety in danger to save others from perishing. In the aftermath of the bombing, DEA employees from throughout the region descended on Oklahoma City to … victims of this act of terrorism. DEA sent personnel from the Tulsa, McAlester, Dallas, Tyler, Lubbock, St. …
April 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Zapata Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization Convicted

… organization operating out of the Zapata, Texas, area from approximately June 2006 through June 2011 has pleaded … marijuana and methamphetamine and laundering proceeds from drug sales. At his plea hearing a short time ago, … for transporting numerous loads of controlled substances from the Zapata area to other parts of Texas and beyond. …
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Western New York to Puerto Rico drug trafficking network dismantled

… area. The conspiracy received bulk quantities of cocaine from suppliers in Puerto Rico via the United States Postal … a suspicious postal parcel being mailed by Lavon Parks from a post office in San Juan to an address in Niagara … who was driving, was questioned outside the vehicle away from the passengers. He stated that he was heading back to …
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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera Faces Charges In New York For Leading A Continuing Criminal Enterprise And Other Drug-Related Charges

… New York, following his extradition to the United States from Mexico, alleging that he was operating a continuing … and money laundering relating to the bulk smuggling from the United States to Mexico of more than $14 billion in …
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“Operation SLO Ride” Dismantles Major Drug Trafficking Organization in Tulare County

… “Dedicated law enforcement officers built this case from the ground up, using old fashion police work, following … Attorney Talbert. "The targets of this operation ranged from dealers to the Mexican source of supply. We will work … in Tulare County and elsewhere. He is currently a fugitive from justice. Alfonso Ortiz, 37, of Tulare, is alleged to be …
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Nassau Doctor Charged with Five Counts of Murder for Depraved Prescription Abuse

… sends a strong message to any doctor seeking to profit from vulnerable patients’ addiction: we will hold you … directly held accountable for their actions as they profit from individuals that are suffering from addiction.  I congratulate the investigators of the …
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Floridian Fuzz Guilty Of Hauling Cocaine Through East Texas

Floridian Fuzz Guilty Of Hauling Cocaine Through East Texas May 09, 2011 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally M. Sparks Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a …
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2 Mobile Doctors Get Long Sentences For Running “Pill Mills”

… illegal workers comp kickbacks, receiving illegal kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics, more no052617_fig1.jpg … they caused. These sentences will protect the community from these convicted felons and hopefully deter other …
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Four Defendants Arrested on Charges They Conspired to Illegally Obtain and Distribute Oxycodone Out of a Pharmacy in Warren County

… pills – known as “blues” – were illegally diverted from the pharmacy through the criminal scheme.  The … 9 and yesterday, February 23.   The charges resulted from an investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice … in analyzing prescription records, including data from the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program …
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Colombian Paramilitary Leader Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Narco-Terrorism

… of State-designated foreign terrorist organization. From the mid-1990s through 2007, Jimenez-Naranjo led the … responsible for exporting thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia to Central America, Mexico and the United …
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DEA announces arrest of former Honduran congressman and brother of current President of Honduras for drug trafficking and weapons charges

… to protect drug shipments, and solicited large bribes from major drug traffickers. Thanks to the ongoing work of … courts.” As stated in the unsealed indictment resulting from DEA’s investigation, from at least in or about 2004, up …
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Seven Men Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 McALLEN, TX - Six men from Texas and one from Ohio have all been sentenced to prison on drug … Avila, 52, Seferino Avila, 44, Alejandro Avila, 38, all from Mission, Texas; Carlos Javier Gomez, 38, Cristelo …
STORY

U.S. and Bulgaria Join Forces to Stop Deadly Fentanyl Flow

September 18, 2025
… DEA Senior Forensic Chemist Jonathan Duffy trained chemists from the Ministry of the Interior and the National Customs … Bulgarian partners’ ability to prevent dangerous narcotics from entering the country – or being shipped to other …
September 18, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Washington Division participates in National Night Out

January 22, 2025
… Night Out WASHINGTON, D.C., – DEA Washington Division staff from offices all around D.C., Maryland, and Virginia joined … National Night Out events in neighborhoods across the DMV. From Norfolk to D.C. to Baltimore and beyond, DEA’s local …
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Physician Pleads Guilty To $1 Million Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… City, Mo., and others to distribute OxyContin and oxycodone from July 2006 to January 2010. Cummings and Womboldt have … training, but bought into the Mobile Physicians business. From July 2006 through January 2010, Baker issued …
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Angleton Man Hammered With 35-Year Sentence For Trafficking Meth

… methamphetamine in and through the Houston, Texas area from 2010 to 2012, announced Drug Enforcement Administration … five-year-term of supervised release following his release from prison. At the time of his guilty plea, Gallegos admitted to conspiring with several other persons from 2010-2012 to possess with intent to distribute certain …
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Five More Sentenced To Federal Prison In Operation Sooner Or Later

… operation targeted international cocaine trafficking from Mexico to the Middle District of Florida and Oxycodone trafficking from the Middle District of Florida to Kentucky.  Out of the …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Nationwide events will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SEATTLE - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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The Pacific Northwest Collects 16 Tons At The Latest DEA National Drug Take-Back Day

… removing significant amounts of unused pharmaceutical drugs from unintended circulation,” said DEA Special Agent in … have removed over 300,328 (150.2 tons) of medication from circulation.  The following are the results broken down by state: Washington - 13,800 (6.9 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 3,068 (1.5 tons) removed from …
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24 In Arkansas Charged In Nationwide Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

… Special Agent in Charge Azzam said. “Today, more people die from opioid-related causes than from gun homicides. This unprecedented collaboration between … stopping the criminal doctors and medical professionals from writing medically unnecessary prescriptions, and by …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of A Leader Of A Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization And Three Other International Narcotics Traffickers

… with cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking extradited from Mexico; two defendants charged with cocaine trafficking extradited from Colombia MANHATTAN, N.Y. -   Brian R. Crowell, Special …
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Nicolás Maduro Moros and 14 current and former Venezuelan officials charged with narco-terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking and other criminal charges

… use the U.S. banking system to move their illicit proceeds from South America nor further their criminal schemes.”  “ … Administration will continue to protect the American people from ruthless drug traffickers – no matter who they are or …
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Community Event
August 19, 2019 - August 20, 2019
August 19, 2019 - August 20, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conference

12:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EDT)
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Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conference August 19 & 20, 2019 DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown Manchester, NH 03101 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, August 19, and Tuesday, August 20, 2019. The same conference will be held both days...
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Over 100 Pounds of Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Fentanyl, Oxycodone and Heroin Seized in Bronx Pizzeria

… 682-6256 Sophisticated Drug Trafficking Operation Across from Public School Over 100 pounds of cocaine and other drugs seized from Pizzeria.jpg Over 100 pounds of cocaine and other drugs seized from Pizzeria NEW YORK CITY –    As part of an ongoing …
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DEA – LAPD HIDTA Investigation Targets South L.A. Gangs Controlled By Incarcerated Mexican Mafia Member And His Daughter

… named in three federal grand jury indictments stemming from Operation Roman Empire, a 2½-year investigation into … to engage in criminal conduct, including collecting “taxes” from businesses and gangs that are funneled back to Danny … Danny Roman’s daughter and her husband receive orders from the imprisoned Mexican Mafia member during trips to …
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Weymouth Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… 951-2900 Defendant distributed over 44 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico BOSTON – A Weymouth man has been sentenced … conspiracy that distributed prodigious amounts of cocaine from Puerto Rico, which he and a co-conspirator obtained via … that funneled more than $1 million worth of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts,” said United States …
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Lee’s Summit Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,000 Kilos of Cocaine

… to the government, which represents the profit he made from the sale of illegal drugs. On Aug. 6, 2020, Walters … conspiracy and a money-laundering conspiracy from October 2013 to Nov. 15, 2018. His wife, Nina Walters, … of marijuana. In total, he profited at least $976,862 from the sale of illegal drugs. “This defendant profited off …
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Washington Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Shooting in Tri-Cities and Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl-Laced Pills

… serve 5 years of federal supervision after he is released from custody. During the sentencing hearing, Judge Shea … enforcement partnerships, we were able to remove Mr. Ard from the community where he has repeatedly distributed … person in the leg. Ard then retrieved drug-related items from the car and went into his house; he neither alerted …
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Indictment targeting massive international cocaine conspiracy unsealed with arrival in U.S. of extradited Colombian kingpin

… is in custody in Southern California after being extradited from Colombia last night on charges that he conspired to transport cocaine worth hundreds of millions of dollars from South America to Mexico for eventual sale in the United States. The extradition resulted from a coordinated, international law enforcement operation …
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Pharmaceutical distributor and executives, pharmacists charged with unlawfully distributing painkillers

… prescription pills to be illegally sold and dispensed from their facilities,” said DEA Assistant Administrator … pharmacies in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Tennessee. From 2008 until 2015, the company generated more than $173 …