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Miami News 2003

July 15, 2021
…  OCT 22, 2003 DEA Miami Makes Progress Against Illegal On-Line Pharmacies  SEP 23, 2003 Miami Field Division …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Undercover DEA Agents Stop Meth Distributor from Movie Parking Lot Sales

November 17, 2022
… Undercover DEA Agents Stop Meth Distributor from Movie Parking Lot Sales November 17, 2022 St. Louis … participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Aug. 11 to Oct. 14, 2020. Co-defendants Louis Melvin … Paulson admitted that he purchased methamphetamine from Kingsley and sold bulk quantities to lower level …
November 17, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Fentanyl Trafficker Extradited from Honduras to the United States to Face Federal Charges

August 07, 2024
… Alleged Fentanyl Trafficker Extradited from Honduras to the United States to Face Federal Charges … with others to distribute fentanyl was extradited from Honduras to the United States this week to face charges … an ongoing drug trafficking investigation, special agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) learned …
August 07, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian Businessman Charged with Money Laundering Extradited to the United States from Cabo Verde

October 19, 2021
… with Money Laundering Extradited to the United States from Cabo Verde October 19, 2021 Miami Contact Info Contact … court in Miami, Florida, today after being extradited from the Republic of Cabo Verde. Saab is charged in an … others to launder the proceeds of an illegal bribery scheme from bank accounts located in Venezuela to and through bank …
October 19, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Narco-Terrorists Charged in Federal Indictment with Exchanging Cocaine for Firearms, Explosives in War with Colombia’s Government

May 19, 2025
… a large cocaine-manufacturing ring that trades cocaine to buy firearms to engage in terrorist activity in Colombia, … Nueva Generación (CJNG), and Nueva Familia Michoacana. From March 2023 to March 2024, Idrobo and Palta knowingly …
May 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged narcotrafficker and high ranking cartel member extradited from Uruguay to the United States

May 15, 2020
… narcotrafficker and high ranking cartel member extradited from Uruguay to the United States May 15, 2020 Headquarters … Airport  yesterday evening after being extradited from Uruguay, where he was arrested in April 2016.  The … alleges that Gonzalez Valencia’s criminal conspiracy ran from 2003 to 2016.   “The Department of Justice will never …
May 15, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Trafficking Meth from California to Indiana

September 07, 2022
… Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Trafficking Meth from California to Indiana September 07, 2022 Chicago … Officers learned that Wrought traveled by charter bus from Bloomington, Indiana, and arrived in Fresno, … and exited the bus. Wrought admitted that he was traveling from California to Bloomington and consented to a search of …
September 07, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Florida Resident Pleads Guilty To Fraudulent Shipments Of Synthetic Drugs From Lab In Stockton

May 09, 2016
… Pleads Guilty To Fraudulent Shipments Of Synthetic Drugs From Lab In Stockton May 09, 2016 San Francisco Contact Info … received falsely invoiced raw synthetic cannabinoids from China that they used to manufacture and distribute as …
May 09, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Six month investigation into Trenton gang yields 18 arrests with guns and drugs seized

January 14, 2021
… of H-Block, and through informant information, controlled buys, surveillances and intelligence, authorities were able … officer made arrangements to purchase a quantity of heroin from Joseph Kaite.  After conducting the narcotics … officers followed Deshawn Abner as he traveled by cab from Bond Street in Trenton to the Extended Stay Motel on …
January 14, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Man Charged in Sales of Two Guns and Thousands of Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl in Hell’s Kitchen

March 11, 2022
… officer with 250 fentanyl pills that were missing from the first transaction. On October 28, 2021, Sanchez … On March 9, 2022, the undercover officer arranged to buy another 1,000 fentanyl pills from Sanchez. Members of NYDETF Group T-12 stopped Sanchez …
March 11, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

12 Members of Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted

March 18, 2022
… counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and heroin from Mexico into California, and transporting it to Oregon … the Mazatlán Beauty Salon in Tualatin, Oregon and by buying real estate. The real estate purchases were made with … showed that Barrientos made frequent cash deposits ranging from $10,000 to more than $373,000 into accounts held in her …
March 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Jury Convicts Illegal Alien who Distributed Cocaine and Machine Guns from Home

December 04, 2025
… Illegal Alien who Distributed Cocaine and Machine Guns from Home December 04, 2025 Houston Contact Info Contact Us … Jose Guadalupe Hernandez-Garza, a 26-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, as well as scales, cash in various … young children.  Garcia-Guajardo had been ordered removed from the United States on two occasions, most recently in …
December 04, 2025
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DEA Administrator Cole's Statement on 26 Fugitives from Mexico taken into U.S. Custody

August 13, 2025
DEA Administrator Remarks
… DEA Administrator Cole's Statement on 26 Fugitives from Mexico taken into U.S. Custody DEA Administrator … responsible for trafficking multiple tons of cocaine from South America through Mexico and into the United …
August 13, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Connecticut Man Sentenced to 84 Months of Imprisonment for Drug Distribution from Rutland Apartment

November 28, 2022
… to 84 Months of Imprisonment for Drug Distribution from Rutland Apartment November 28, 2022 New England Contact … also seized over six thousand dollars in cash: $1,880 from Cedano, $2,380 from Mariani, and $2,134 from Wedderburn. According to court …
November 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Southern California Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine from Mexico to Modesto

January 18, 2022
… to 9 Years in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine from Mexico to Modesto January 18, 2022 San Francisco … in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine from Mexico destined for Modesto, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. … partners to work together to prevent this deadly drug from reaching the streets. Prosecuting methamphetamine …
January 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Foreign National Extradited from Mexico to the United States to Face Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

April 23, 2024
… Foreign National Extradited from Mexico to the United States to Face Fentanyl … in Mexico pending his extradition. He was extradited from Mexico to the United States on April 18, 2024. …
April 23, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases 2015 National Heroin Threat Assessment

May 22, 2015
… other drug of abuse, almost doubling between 2007 and 2013-from 161,000 to 289,000-according to the Substance Abuse and … continue to combat heroin trafficking to protect Americans from this severe and growing threat.”  The NHTA is based, in … priorities, and allocate resources. can be viewed online. …
May 22, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Federal jury convicts two men of cocaine conspiracy spanning from Houston to Buffalo

September 02, 2020
… Federal jury convicts two men of cocaine conspiracy spanning from Houston to Buffalo September 02, 2020 New York Contact … defendants purchased last-minute airline tickets to travel from Buffalo to Houston, TX. Defendant Lloyd, who was on … as a result of a prior conviction, never sought permission from his probation officer to travel. The following day, May …
September 02, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Updated Results From DEA’s Largest-Ever Global Synthetic Drug Takedown Yesterday

June 26, 2013
… Updated Results From DEA’s Largest-Ever Global Synthetic Drug Takedown … targeted dangerous new and emerging class of chemicals from overseas WASHINGTON - Yesterday the Drug Enforcement …
June 26, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Fresno Man Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation That Diverted Water From The San Jaoquin River

September 09, 2014
… Man Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation That Diverted Water From The San Jaoquin River September 09, 2014 San Francisco … in Stanislaus County that was irrigated by water diverted from the San Joaquin River. Judge Ishii also ordered …
September 09, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Seizes Fentanyl, 25 Firearms from Suburban Chicago Residences and Storage Unit

June 13, 2025
… DEA Seizes Fentanyl, 25 Firearms from Suburban Chicago Residences and Storage Unit June 13, … kilograms of fentanyl and approximately 25 firearms from their suburban Chicago residences and storage unit. … fentanyl and approximately 850 grams of suspected cocaine from a comforter blanket package that Howard had placed in …
June 13, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

13 Additional Defendants Charged in Fentanyl Distribution Network that Spanned from California to D.C.

November 20, 2023
… Charged in Fentanyl Distribution Network that Spanned from California to D.C. November 20, 2023 Headquarters … hundreds of thousands of fake Oxycodone (M30) pills from California to D.C. Today's announcement was made by DEA … a vast network of traffickers who transported fentanyl from Mexico to L.A. to right here in D.C.,” said DEA …
November 20, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Arden, N.C. Fentanyl and Meth Trafficker is Sentenced to 11+ Years in Prison

May 22, 2025
… of 4-FA, a controlled substance analogue, which was shipped from China. The package actually contained 100 grams of 99 … South Carolina, deputies stopped Fair as he traveled from Atlanta to Western North Carolina. Deputies found … an individual cooperating with law enforcement arranged to buy from Fair $4,400 worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl. …
May 22, 2025
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Detroit News 2009

July 15, 2021
… 1, 2009 Former Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Drugs from Patients November 20, 2009 Suburban Detroit Man … Meth Leads to 11 Years in Federal Prison June 24, 2009 Man from Blue Grass State Pleads Guilty to 5 Kilo Cocaine … Sentenced for Assaulting a Federal Agent and Attempting to Buy Two Kilograms of Cocaine June 5, 2009 Nine Michigan …
July 15, 2021
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Convicted Kilogram Cocaine Trafficker From Kentucky Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison

May 03, 2013
… Convicted Kilogram Cocaine Trafficker From Kentucky Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison May … LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, who used proceeds from trafficking cocaine to purchase houses and vehicles, …
May 03, 2013
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Waterbury Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Charge Stemming From Overdose Death In Winsted

July 12, 2017
… Waterbury Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Charge Stemming From Overdose Death In Winsted July 12, 2017 New England … dead, the victim traveled to Waterbury to purchase heroin from Haskell. The Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner’s …
July 12, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Arizona and Nevada Men Indicted for Conspiring to Distribute Meth

March 20, 2024
… community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about … can be reported to the DEA through this link: RX Abuse Online Reporting (usdoj.gov) . The DEA encourages parents, …
March 20, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Florida Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Distributing Methamphetamine

February 02, 2024
… community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about … can be reported to the DEA through this link: RX Abuse Online Reporting (usdoj.gov) . The DEA encourages parents, …
February 02, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Georgia Meth and Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

January 31, 2024
… community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about … can be reported to the DEA through this link: RX Abuse Online Reporting (usdoj.gov) . The DEA encourages parents, …
January 31, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Prior Convicted Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More than 10 Years in Federal Prison on Meth Offense

January 25, 2024
… community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about … can be reported to the DEA through this link: RX Abuse Online Reporting (usdoj.gov) . The DEA encourages parents, …
January 25, 2024