United States Drug Enforcement Administration

McALLEN, TX - Six more people have landed in federal prison for their roles in a large scale drug trafficking organization operating out of Starr County, Texas, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Today, U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez sentenced Roel...

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - Jose Angel Yanez III, 30 of Corpus Christi, Texas, has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine in the Corpus Christi area and concealing the proceeds by purchasing and renovating homes and reselling them, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier F...

McALLEN, TX - Eusevio Mendoza, 28, of Brownsville, Texas, has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced...

McALLEN, TX - Two former deputy sheriffs from Duval County, Texas, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Ruben Silva, 35, of Freer, Texas...

HOUSTON, TX - Joselito Flores Mercado, 49, and Jose Alberto DeLeon, 34, have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in connection with a seizure of more than 1,900 pounds of marijuana in the Houston area, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney...

NEWARK, N.J. - -Between November 3 and December 7, 2011, a single patient obtained a four-month supply of oxycodone and methadone by presenting prescriptions, now believed to be forged, to three New Jersey pharmacies on a total of 14 occasions. The patient circumvented the safeguards that pharmacies and insurance carriers...

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 Joan Manuel Pina Dominguez, 20, a/k/a “Christian Colon,” admitted conspiring with others to operate...

McALLEN, TX - A 38-year-old known sex offender from Alton, Texas, convicted of drug trafficking, has been sentenced to federal prison, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. This afternoon, U.S. District Judge Randy Judge Crane sentenced Edward Gene...

LAREDO, TX - Leandro Salas-Galaviz aka Daniel Obregon, 35, has been sentenced to life in prison for his role as a leader/organizer in a drug and money laundering conspiracy engaged in trafficking kilograms of cocaine and marijuana for the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in...

LAREDO, TX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today that Andrew Ayran Alves and Shomari E. Fussell, both 30, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess five kilograms or more of cocaine with the intention of distributing it...