DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Member And Associate Of Barrio Azteca Gang Plead Guilty To Racketeering Conspiracy

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A member and an associate of the Barrio (BA) gang each pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving, among other things, the March 13, 2010, murders in Juarez, Mexico, of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee...
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New Jersey Man Sentenced To 87 Months In Prison For Possessing Oxycodone For Sale Illegally

CAMDEN, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Rio Grande, N.J., man who traveled to Florida 29 times to illegally...
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Union City Man Found Guilty Of Heroin Mill Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Union City, N.J., man involved in a 2009 conspiracy to process, package...
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DEA Moves To Emergency Control Synthetic Stimulants

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) is using its emergency scheduling authority to temporarily control three synthetic (Mephedrone , 3,4 (MDPV) and Methylone). This action was necessary to protect the public from the imminent hazard posed by these dangerous chemicals. Except as authorized by law, this action...
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New Jersey Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In Illegal Pharmaceutical Drug Distribution Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced Vincent Hsia, a pharmacist and the former proprietor of Lincoln Pharmacy Network in...
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Twin Sisters In Newark, New Jersey Charged With Operating Oxycodone Distribution Ring

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that twin sisters were arrested today at their residence in Newark, N.J. for...
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“Bloods” Leader Arrested, Charged With Possessing Arsenal Of Weapons Tied To Murders And Other Violent Acts In Newark

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced an alleged leader of the Sex Money Murder set of the “Bloods” street...
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High-Ranking Gulf Cartel Leader Extradited To United States

WASHINGTON, DC - - Aurelio Cano-Flores, aka “Yankee” and “Yeyo,” a high-ranking member of the Mexican Gulf Cartel, has been extradited to the United States from Mexico to face drug conspiracy charges, announced Administrator Michele M. Leonhart of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of...
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Mass. Couple Sentenced To 87 Months For Conspiracy To Distribute 17 Kilos Of Cocaine

TRENTON, N.J. - A Worcester, Mass., couple was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for traveling to Newark, N.J., to obtain approximately 17 kilos of cocaine that they planned to distribute in their home state, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Enrique Nunez, 37, and his wife, Rosa...
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Over 30 Arrested In Heroin And Gun Trafficking Sweep

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Peter E. Warshaw , the Prosecutor for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, announced the arrests of numerous members of a racketeering network responsible for the distribution of significant...