United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SULLIVAN CITY, TX - Former Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for drug-trafficking, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. United States District Judge Randy Crane sentenced...

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. - On April 14 and 15, federal agents led by the DEA, working closely with local and state law enforcement, arrested 15 people from Southern Colorado who had been named in four separate indictments by a federal grand jury in Denver for drug trafficking offenses. The arrests...

LAREDO, TX - After a two-day trial, a federal jury has found a Donna, Texas, man guilty of conspiring to and possessing with intent to distribute marijuana, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent In Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. The verdicts were returned...

BEAUMONT, TX - A 29-year-old Warren, Texas, woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Elizabeth Imogene Smith pleaded guilty on Jan. 6, 2011...

United States Attorney Barbara McQuade and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Robert L. Corso announced today a settlement between the government and Harvard Drug Group, LLC, which resolves allegations that Harvard violated the Controlled Substances (CSA). Harvard is alleged to have violated the CSA by failing to...

HOUSTON, TX - Dr. Gerald RATINOV, was arrested along with 18 co-conspirators for violating criminal provisions of the Texas Occupations Code and other Texas laws pertaining to the legal operation of Pain Management Clinics. RATINOV, a licensed and registered Texas physician, has maintained a medical license since December 1965. Since...

HELENA, MT. - The United States Attorney for the District of Montana, Michael W. Cotter, announced today the culmination of a 18-month multi-agency investigation into the drug trafficking activities of criminal enterprises operating throughout the State of Montana. In furtherance of that investigation, a total of 26 criminal search warrants...

BEAUMONT, TX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special in Agent in Charge Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a 45-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to being involved in a major drug conspiracy in the Houston area. Lester Edwen McCoy pleaded guilty to conspiracy to...

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - Two men charged separately in related cases have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and launder the drug proceeds, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent In Charge Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Senior...

HOUSTON, TX - - As part of Operation Fallen Hero-Operation Bombardier, Houston area federal, state, and local law enforcement officials have joined forces in a series of coordinated strikes against Mexican drug cartels and their associates who operate across the United States as well as in Central America, Colombia, and...