United States Drug Enforcement Administration

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A Missouri man pled guilty on August 24, 2012, in District Court in East St. Louis, IL, on one count of using a telephone to facilitate the commission of an offense, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A leader and two soldiers in the Barrio (BA), a transnational border gang allied with the Juarez Cartel, were sentenced in El Paso, Texas, to life, 30 and 20 years in prison, respectively, announced DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart, and other federal officials. Hector Galindo, 38, aka...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - - The Drug Enforcement Administration DEA today commended House and Senate negotiators for agreeing on legislation to control 26 synthetic drugs under the Controlled Substances Act. These drugs include those commonly found in products marketed as “K2” and “Spice.” The addition of these chemicals to Schedule I...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Luis Gonzalos Hernandez-Barahono, 23, a citizen of Honduras, who is currently in the United States illegally, was sentenced in federal district court in East St. Louis today for his role in an organization responsible for distributing multiple kilogram quantities of cocaine in the Metro-East area...

ST. LOUIS, MO. - The DEA and The United States Attorney’s Office in St. Louis announced today that Gregory L. Loomans pled guilty to one charge of conspiracy to possess and distribute human growth hormone drugs. According to court documents, Loomans was a body-builder who frequented gyms in St. Charles...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Abdu Newby, 29, from Belleville, IL, was sentenced on December 19, 2011 in District Court in East St. Louis, IL, on one count of Possession with the Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine, the DEA announced today. Newby was sentenced to 24 months in prison, 2...

BETHESDA, MD - - Cigarette and alcohol use by eighth, 10th and 12th-graders are at their lowest point since the Monitoring the (MTF) survey began polling teenagers in 1975, according to this year’s survey results. However, this positive news is tempered by a slowing rate of decline in teen smoking...

Seventeen San Antonio-based members of the Texas (TS) have been charged by federal grand jury indictment with conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt (RICO) statute. The announcement was made today by United States Attorney Robert Pitman, DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena, U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte, ATF Special...

The Drug Enforcement Administration has been working collaboratively with the Mexican government to fight money laundering for years. As part of that collaboration, DEA works with Mexican authorities to gather and use information about these criminal organizations to counter the threats they pose to both of our countries. The DEA...