DEA Archived Press Releases

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Permian Basin Law Enforcement And Medical Community Getting The Word Out On The Dangers Associated With Designer Drugs

MIDLAND, Texas - Federal, state and local law enforcement and medical authorities in the Permian Basin, led by United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Midland County District Attorney Teresa Clingman and Ector County District Attorney Bobby Bland are getting the word out about the dangers...
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Columbus, OH Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

May 29, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 COLUMBUS, Ohio - Terry Dragash, DO, 59, of Pataskala, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, in Columbus, Ohio, to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Kathy Enstrom, Special...
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El Paso Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charge

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Carlos Jesus Carrasco, 24, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Carlos Carrasco and his co-defendant and cousin, Bernabe Carrasco, 34, also of El Paso...
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Pleads Guilty To Federal Murder Charge In El Paso

EL PASO, Texas - Rigoberto Ruiz-Alatorre, 32, a Mexican citizen living in Denver, CO, faces a maximum of 28 years in federal prison after pleading guilty this afternoon to murdering a member of his drug trafficking organization announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in...
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Santa Fe Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Crack Cocaine And Firearms Charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Robert Romero, 26, of Santa Fe, N.M., pleaded guilty today to federal narcotics trafficking and firearms charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Romero will be sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release. Romero was one of five men...
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Santa Fe Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Crack Cocaine And Firearms Charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Robert Romero, 26, of Santa Fe, N.M., pleaded guilty today to federal narcotics trafficking and firearms charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Romero will be sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release. Romero was one of five men...
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DEA’s Albuquerque Office Spearheads New Mexico’s Multi-Agency Participation In Nationwide Synthetic Drug Takedown

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Yesterday the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Customs and Border (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security (HSI), Federal Bureau of (FBI), Internal Revenue (IRS) and other federal, state, and local partners announced the culmination of Project Synergy Phase II, an ongoing effort targeting every level of the dangerous...
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DEA Sponsors 8th National Prescription Take Back Day

APR 21 - ( SAN DIEGO) - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) would like to announce that the 8th National Prescription Take Back Day will be held on April 26, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. DEA and its law enforcement and community partners will give the public another opportunity...
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Pawan Kumar Jain Arrested On Charges Of Unlawfully Dispensing Prescription Drugs And Health Care Fraud

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Pawan Kumar Jain, 61, of Las Cruces, N.M., with the unlawful dispensing of opioid pain medication and health care fraud charges, announced by Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the DEA’s El Paso Field Division...
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One Suspect Charged As Feds Shutter 2 San Diego-Area Smuggling Tunnels

SAN DIEGO - Over the course of the last four days, members of the San Diego Tunnel Task Force, in collaboration with their enforcement counterparts in Mexico, have uncovered two sophisticated smuggling tunnels connecting commercial buildings in San Diego's Otay Mesa industrial park with warehouses in neighboring Tijuana, Mex. The...