United States Drug Enforcement Administration

WICHITA, KAN. – A New Mexico man was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison for concealing 40 pounds of methamphetamine in his fuel tank. Miguel Angel Ramirez, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of interstate travel in furtherance of drug trafficking and one count of using a telephone...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 28-year-old resident of Los Fresnos has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for large-scale meth trafficking, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Samuel Martinez pleaded guilty Aug. 29, 2019. Today, U.S. District Judge David...

HOUSTON – An alleged associate of one most serious transnational organized criminal organizations has landed in the United States on charges of distributing kilogram quantities of cocaine from Colombia, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jhony Fidel...

ST. LOUIS – United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Romando E. Welch, Sr. to 60 months in prison. Welch, a 45-year-old resident of Ferguson, Missouri, pleaded guilty to three counts of being in possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. As part of their criminal investigation...

ST. LOUIS – This week, the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division and U.S. Marshals Service arrested 15 people in three states linked to an organized multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy. According to the previously sealed indictment, returned on September 16, 2020, this was a long-running drug distribution conspiracy operating throughout...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The owner of the Rockstar Burgers restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, is among 18 defendants indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute more than 150 kilograms of methamphetamine and more than 10 kilograms of heroin, valued at more than...

ST. LOUIS – United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Shannon Rennee Bradley to 132 months in prison and ordered her to pay restitution jointly with the co-defendant in the amount of $8,500. The 26-year-old Washington, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl...

ST. LOUIS – Armond Calvin, of St. Louis City, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and one count of using a firearm to commit murder in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Calvin, 22, appeared before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry. According to...

WICHITA, KAN. – A woman from Los Angeles was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for transporting 60 pounds of methamphetamine to Kansas. Maria Alvarez-Buenrostro, 47, Los Angeles, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In her plea, she admitted that the...

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - Federal, state and local authorities have arrested twelve Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) members and associates on federal drug charges in connection with a methamphetamine/heroin/cocaine trafficking operation in the San Antonio area, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division; U.S...