DEA Archived Press Releases

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Coarsegold Cannabis Cultivator Sentenced

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that Eduardo Medina-Mendoza, aka Eduardo Nunez Medina, 49, of Guerrero, Mexico, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for conspiring to manufacture or cultivate, to distribute, and to...
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Two Mexican Nationals Plead Guilty To Cocaine Conspiracy Charges In Kentucky

BOWLING GREEN, KY - Two Mexican Nationals pled guilty in United States District Court on August 26 to charges of possession and conspiracy to possess five kilograms or more of cocaine, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. Dagoberto Garcia-Guillen, age 21, and his...
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Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty In Multistate Drug Conspiracy

SACRAMENTO, CA-- - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Son Nguyen, 41, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to distributing both methamphetamine and MDMA or (a popular club drug). Nguyen was one of 51 defendants charged in...
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Madera Pot Farmer Pleads Guilty

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Carlos Martinez, 23, of Oaxaca, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana. According to his guilty plea, Martinez admitted...
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Drug Distribution Investigation Uncovers Massive Health Care Fraud

An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Detroit was unsealed today, charging 26 individuals for their participation in a large-scale health care fraud and drug distribution scheme, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in her announcement by Special Agent in Charge Robert L...
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63 Federal Convictions Stemming From Multi-Agency Operation Trident

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced the entry of guilty pleas and one sentencing in three separate marijuana-cultivation cases stemming from Operation Trident, a multi-agency marijuana enforcement effort in Madera, Fresno, and Tulare Counties in...
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Oroville Men Charged In Interstate Marijuana Cultivation And Distribution Scheme

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that yesterday a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging Kenneth George Eaton, age 55; William Joseph Bohac, age 62; Thomas Eugene Ganey, age 51; and Jonathan Dale...
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Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Prison

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, and Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims announced that Javier Lopez-Estrada, aka Jose Esquivel Torres, age 27, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced today to 12 years and three months in prison...
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Fresno Man Pleads Guilty To Interstate Drug Shipments

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, and Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims announced today that Phousangkhy Phanthadeth, aka Phou, age 38, of Fresno, pleaded guilty to conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana...
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Kentucky “Black Mafia Family” Member Convicted Of Distribution Of Up To 100 Kilos Of Cocaine

LOUISVILLE, KY - David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, and Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Detroit Field Division announced today that a member of the “Black Mafia Family” has been convicted of possession and distribution of...