United States Drug Enforcement Administration

DALLAS – A Honduran man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez. Oscar Ruiz Colon, 41, pleaded guilty on Feb. 4, 2021, to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine knowing it would be...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Albert T. Nguyen, M.D., of Oklahoma City, paid $325,000 to settle civil penalty claims stemming from allegations that he violated the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and its regulations. The settlement was announced by Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of the...

DALLAS - A Costa Rican man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced today by the DEA Dallas Field Division. Felipe Espinoza-Cruz, 49, pleaded guilty on Feb. 3, 2021, to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine...

DALLAS – A Guatemalan man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced by DEA Dallas Field Division, Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chavez. Jose Ramon Reyes Villagran, 37, pleaded guilty on Sep. 1, 2020, to conspiracy to import cocaine into...

DALLAS - An oncologist has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for running a pill mill, announced by the DEA Dallas Field Division. Arrested in DEA Dallas’ “Operation Wasted Daze,” Dr. Caesar Mark Capistrano, 61, was convicted at trial in January three counts of conspiracy to dispense a...

OKLAHOMA CITY - On April 30, 2021, a state jury in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma convicted Dr. Regan Nichols of one count of second degree murder in relation to the death of one of her patients. Nichols was originally charged with five counts of second degree murder in relation to the...

DALLAS - Thirteen individuals with ties to a Mexican drug cartel have been sentenced to federal prison following an investigation led by the DEA, announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division. The thirteenth defendant, 30-year-old Jorge Llanas of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced Thursday by...

DALLAS - A Dallas lawyer has been charged with laundering what he believed to be proceeds of narcotics trafficking, announced Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA in Dallas. Rayshun Jackson, the 51-year-old attorney at the helm of The Jackson Law Firm, was arrested Wednesday, charged via...

DALLAS -The Dallas Diversion Program in conjunction with the Texas Academy of General Dentistry and Fort Worth Component, hosted a Virtual Opioid Symposium. This four-hour event was designed to educate Texas Dentists on the following topics: Dental Trends and Opioids, Deterring Substance Abuse with Communication, Texas Prescription Monitoring Program, Standard...

FORT WORTH - Forty-six defendants, including two doctors, a nurse practitioner, and five pharmacists, have been convicted of operating an $18 million pill mill scheme, announced DEA Dallas Field Division Special Agent in Charge, Eduardo A. Chávez. They were arrested in 2020 by the DEA’s Fort Worth Tactical Diversion Squad...