DEA Archived Press Releases

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-Media Advisory-

Acting Special Agent In Charge Thomas Hinojosa will be participating in a National Prescription Take Back Press Conference, April 27, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., at the DEA Houston Field Office, located at 1433 West Loop South, in the 1 st floor training room. He, along with invited guest Harris County...
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Former Police Chief Of Sullivan City Sentenced To Prison

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...
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Arizona Hosts Second Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day April 30th

- WHAT: “STATEWIDE PRESCRIPTION TAKE-BACK EVENT” - WHEN: SATURDAY, APRIL 30th--10 a.m. - 2 p.m. - WHERE: STATEWIDE-over 90 drop-off locations - WHO: DEA and over 40 state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies - DETAILS: - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local and tribal law enforcement partners...
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DEA And Partners Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

EL PASO, TX - This spring, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2...
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Drug Trafficking Ring Taken Down

TUCSON, AZ - . - Federal authorities have broken up a drug trafficking organization operating along the United States-Mexico border. The organization is allegedly responsible for trafficking kilo quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine into the United States from Mexico, according to a case unsealed on Thursday. On Wednesday, agents...
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Three Men Sentenced For Cocaine Distribution

- TUCSON, AZ. - Federal District Judge David C. Bury sentenced David Alejo-Martinez, Victor Manuel Bermudez-Chavez, and Abelardo Grajeda-Encinas each to 188 months imprisonment following their convictions at trial on May 13, 2010 for conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms of cocaine and for distribution of cocaine. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s...
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Federal And Local Law Enforcement Round Up Methamphetamine Manufacturing And Distribution Rings

EL PASO, TX -- - United States Attorney John E. Murphy and DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit announced the arrests of 11 El Paso area residents charged with conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine. The 11 defendants are charged in two separate indictments returned by the Federal Grand Jury...
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Cocaine & Meth Dealer Sentenced To 12 Years

PHOENIX, AZ. - Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee sentenced Rogelio Anton Perez on Tuesday to 12 years in the Bureau of Prisons. Perez, 30, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty to the charge of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Cocaine. “The drug trade has...
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Medical Doctor Surrenders License, Pays $700,000 Restitution For Prescription Drug/Money Laundering Scam

PHOENIX, AZ. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Attorney General Tom Horne today announced that Albert Yeh, a medical doctor who practiced in Golden Valley, Arizona has surrendered his medical license in both Arizona and Nevada and will pay nearly $700,000 in restitution for...
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Police Chief, Mayor And Village Trustee Of Columbus, New Mexico Indicted In Federal Firearms Trafficking Case

LAS CRUCES, NM- - DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph A. Arabit, ICE Special Agent in Charge Manuel Oyola-Torres, ATF Special Agent in Charge William Newell, and United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales for the District of New Mexico announced today that a federal grand jury in New Mexico has...