United States Drug Enforcement Administration

WACO, Texas - Federal, state and local authorities arrested 11 individuals in connection with a crystal methamphetamine trafficking operation in the Waco area, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division; Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw; McLennan...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old Buffalo, New York, man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Roosevelt Appleton, Sr., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Leon Conaway, 56, of Carlsbad, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to charges arising out of the sale and offering for sale of drug paraphernalia. Conaway’s plea agreement recommends a sentence of three years of probation. Conaway, the owner and operator...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division and Chief James Gimler of the Hatch Police Department announced that Jesse Denver Hanes, who shot and killed Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez on Aug. 12, 2016, was sentenced today to...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 29-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Gerardo Federico Rodriguez pleaded guilty on July...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 29-year-old Beaumont, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Heather Nichole Lugo pleaded guilty on Oct...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Esmeralda Dominguez, 33, of Glendale, Ariz., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges. Dominguez and co-defendant Frank Lara, 45, of Albuquerque, N.M., were charged by criminal complaint in July 2017, with methamphetamine trafficking offenses. According to the complaint, Dominguez...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Jeremy W. Gough, 41, of Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Gough and seven other residents of Lea County, N.M., including four Mexican...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Candy May Gonzales, 33, of Canutillo, Texas pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to cocaine trafficking charges arising from the seizure of 4.06 (8.95 pounds) of cocaine at the U.S. Border Patrol Checkpoint near Las Cruces. The DEA arrested Gonzales and...

LAREDO, Texas - Two Laredo men have been arrested for conspiracy to violate interstate communications by demanding money prior to releasing two hostages, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. John Daniel Pavon, 21, and Juan Manuel Ancira, 21...