DEA Archived Press Releases

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Two Men Arrested For Drug Trafficking

BOSTON - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Carmen Ortiz, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts announced a criminal complaint was unsealed today charging two men, from Bourne and New Bedford, with federal narcotics trafficking. The complaint resulted...
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East Hartford Man Sentenced To Eight Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

HARTFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Miguel Alamo, 36, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in...
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California Man Convicted Of Federal Drug Charges

BANGOR, MAINE - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Mark Razo, 23, of El Monte, California, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine; and of...
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High Ranking Gulf Cartel Member Convicted In Washington For Drug Trafficking

WASHINGTON - Aurelio Cano Flores, a Mexican national and high ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, was found guilty today by a federal jury of conspiring to import multi-ton quantities of cocaine and marijuana into the United States, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal...
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Island Pond Man Sentenced To 33 Months For Providing Pseudoephedrine For Methamphetamine Manufacturing

RUTLAND Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Tristram J. Coffin, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that yesterday, Kevin Dodge, 45, of Island Pond, was sentenced to 33 months imprisonment for conspiracy...
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High-Ranking Member Of Mexican “Los Zetas” Cartel Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charges

WASHINGTON - Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar, aka “Mamito” and “Caballero,” a high ranking member of the “Los Zetas” drug cartel, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to import multi-ton quantities of cocaine and marijuana into the United States, announced Administrator Michele M. Leonhart of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Assistant Attorney...
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Third Defendant In Rhode Island’s Largest Cocaine Bust Sentenced To 15 1/2 Years In Federal Prison

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced Andrew Rios, 41, of California, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence to 188 months...
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Head Of New Haven Narcotics Trafficking Ring Pleads Guilty

FEB 01 - ( NEW HAVEN, Conn.) - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Joseph Jackson, also known as “Mighty” and “M.I.,” 37, of New Haven, pleaded...
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Two Men Convicted Of New York To Boston Crack Cocaine Conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and John P. Kacavas, United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire announced that Manuel Trinidad-Acosta, 29, of New York City, and Ed Cogswell, 47, of Bangor, Maine, were convicted in...
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South Shore Drug Traffickers Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

BOSTON - John J. Arvanitis, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Carmen Ortiz, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts announced seven individuals were charged today in federal court with conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone. Charged in a criminal complaint with the...