United States Drug Enforcement Administration

EL PASO - Christopher Chavez, 40, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a cocaine trafficking organization that transported large amounts of cocaine into Connecticut. Chavez also was ordered to pay a $25,000 fine...

LOS ANGELES - Two Colombian drug kingpins have been extradited to Los Angeles on federal charges of overseeing shipments of thousands of pounds of cocaine from Colombian laboratories to Central American distribution hubs, ultimately destined for sale in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the United States, including more than $70...

EL PASO - A Barrio (BA) gang associate was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy and drug trafficking offenses. Luis Humberto Hernandez Celis, aka Pac, 32, of El Paso, was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone of the Western District of...

LOS ANGELES - John S. Comer, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today an indictment charging Alejandro Javier Rodriguez-Jimenez, Jesus Rodriguez-Jimenez, Eloy Cardenas-Moreno, Sergio Urbina...

LOS ANGELES - Two doctors who each operated medical offices in Lynwood have been arrested on federal drug charges that allege they issued prescriptions for narcotics and sedatives without a medical purpose. The doctors - Sonny Oparah, 75, of Long Beach, and Edward Ridgill, 64, of Ventura - surrendered to...

EL PASO - Today, federal, state and local authorities arrested seven individuals in the El Paso area based on federal drug trafficking and weapons charges. An eighth defendant was arrested back in June 2016. Those arrested today include: Manuel Almanzar ,44, San Elizario, TX Oralia Almanza, 43, San Elizario Adrian...

EL PASO - A Barrio (BA) gang member pleaded guilty today for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy, Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) El Paso Field Division; Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Richard L...

ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel Jiron, 41, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to heroin and methamphetamine trafficking charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Jiron will be sentenced between 72 to 96 months to prison followed by five years of supervised release. The guilty plea was announced...

ALBUQUERQUE - Destiny Stephenson, 35, of Roswell, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges. Stephenson is one of 41 individuals charged in Sept. 2015, with drug trafficking offenses as a result of an eight-month multi-agency investigation by the FBI, the DEA, Chaves...

EL PASO - This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested a Sureños gang member and an associate charged in connection with methamphetamine trafficking in El Paso announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., 34th Judicial District Attorney Jaime Esparza...