United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BALTIMORE - - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Lenny Cain, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, on September 27, 2013, to 160 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, and for possession with intent to...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Several individuals have been taken into custody following the return of two separate, but related federal indictments alleging various drug trafficking and money laundering charges, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The first sealed indictment, returned...

LAREDO, Texas - Rigoberto Torres, 39, a legal permanent resident from New Jersey, has been ordered to federal prison as a result of his conviction of possession with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Luis Perez-Barocela, 38, has been ordered to prison for more than 24 years for his participation in a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. A federal jury in Corpus Christi found...

BALTIMORE - - A federal grand jury has indicted nine individuals in connection with a heroin distribution ring that allegedly operated in Cecil County, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York. The indictment was returned on August 7, 2013. The indictment and search warrant affidavits were unsealed upon the arrests of...

LAREDO, Texas - Several members of a large scale drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating out of the Zapata area from approximately 2006 through 2011 have received significant federal prison sentences, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña announced today. The...

GREENBELT, Md. - - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Jose Joaquin Morales, age 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 262 months in prison followed by six years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute heroin and marijuana while he was in prison. Judge Titus enhanced Morales’ sentence upon finding...

McALLEN, Texas - --Alexis Espinoza, 30, has entered a guilty plea to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - -- Pedro Guerra-Ruiz, 34, of Rio Grande City, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute approximately 1.51 kilograms of methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Guerra...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - --A 39-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and U.S. Attorney John M. Balestoday. Jose Eduardo Moreno pleaded guilty on Feb. 4, 2013...