DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Overdose Investigations Lead To Heroin And Cocaine Distribution Charges Against Bethel Man

DEC 29 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Paul Mignani, 51, of Bethel, was arrested on cocaine and heroin distribution offenses. The...
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Fentanyl And Heroin Distributor Pleads Guilty

DEC 28 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Emily Gray Rice, United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced that Luis Martin Carvajal Gonzalez, also known as Wilfredo Laboy, pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl...
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Eight Years For New Haven Heroin Trafficker

DEC 22 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Elio Delima, also known as “Victor Cuevas” and “Ely,” 39, of New Haven, was sentenced by...
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Former Law Enforcement Official Sentenced To 25 Years For Drug Trafficking

McALLEN, Texas - A former Drug Enforcement (DEA) task force officer/Mission Police Department investigator has been sentenced for his convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S...
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Investigation Leads To Sentencing Of Significant Connecticut Cocaine Trafficker

DEC 21 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that Tyshawn Welborn, also known as “Black,” 38, of Bloomfield, Connecticut was sentenced by U.S. District...
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UH Professor Convicted In Relation To Massive Synthetic Narcotics Case

HOUSTON - A 37-year-old resident of Sugar Land has entered a guilty plea to aiding and abetting an unlicensed money transmitting business, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Law enforcement identified Omar Al Nasser during a multi-year, multi-agency...
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Mexican Man Sentenced For Roles In Drug Trafficking/Money Laundering Conspiracies Dating Back To 2002

HOUSTON - Richard Garcia-Sanchez, 42, a member of a drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating out of Mexico from 2002-2008 has been ordered to federal prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Garcia-Sanchez, of Mexico City, Mexico...
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Ledyard Man Who Distributed Heroin Involved In Overdose Death Pleads Guilty

DEC 20 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Timothy Paprocki, 33, of Ledyard, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To Nearly Seven Years In Federal Prison For Role In Heroin Distribution Ring

DEC 20 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Victor Rivera, 44, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Victor A...
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Several Charged With Trafficking Marijuana For Cartel Members In Mexico

McALLEN, Texas - A total of nine people are in custody following law enforcement actions in multiple cities that began on Thursday involving a drug trafficking organization operating throughout South Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Those...