United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 46-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Michael Williams pleaded guilty on...

LAREDO, Texas - Romeo Serna Sr., 52, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions on multiple conspiracies related to the distribution of narcotics within 1,000 feet of school, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Serna pleaded...

MCALLEN, Texas - A Rio Grande City man is now serving a significant sentence for possessing with the intent to distribute marijuana, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson today. Issac Medina, 29, of Rio Grande City, pleaded guilty...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - In San Antonio today, a federal jury convicted 36-year-old Agustin Sergio Deleon Garza for his role in the kidnapping of a Mexican businessman in December 2013 announced Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the DEA’s Houston Division, Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin...

BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that the current head of the Mexican drug trafficking organization, the Gulf Cartel, or Cartel del Golfo, has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in the Eastern...

HOUSTON, Texas - Richard Arthur Evans, M.D., 70, and David D. Devido, R.Ph., 76, both of Houston, have been charged in a 24-count indictment alleging a conspiracy to commit distribution of controlled substances, mail fraud, health care fraud and money laundering, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph...

ATLANTA - Three drug traffickers have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine stemming from their roles in the delivery of liquid methamphetamine to residences in Austell, Ga., and Mableton, Ga. “Methamphetamine continues to ravage many communities in our nation,” said John...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The last of 18 members of a methamphetamine trafficking organization was sentenced on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, to 46 months on drug charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Angela Leigh Wike, of Bryson City was also ordered to serve...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger today sentenced Jackie Lee Rattler, 55, of Cherokee, N.C. 108 months in prison on drug trafficking conspiracy charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Rattler was also ordered to serve three years under court supervision...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Pedro Oscar Dieguez, a/k/a “The Cuban,” was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney to serve 400 months in prison and five years of supervised release on cocaine trafficking and related charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North...