United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 33-year-old South Texas man has been ordered to federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to sell crystal methamphetamine and using a firearm to facilitate that crime, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick...

Federal and state authorities arrested 22 individuals for their alleged roles in a narcotics distribution activities in the Waco and Killeen areas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division Will Glaspy; United States Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and...

Two “Rip Crew” affiliates head to prison McALLEN, Texas – Two additional defendants involved with a rip crew responsible for multiple home invasions and carjackings to steal narcotics in Hidalgo County have been ordered to federal prison, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and...

Beaumont Residents Guilty in Federal Drug Trafficking Case BEAUMONT, Texas – The final six defendants in a Jefferson County drug trafficking conspiracy have pleaded guilty to violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D...

PHOENIX - Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and the Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced the conviction of 63-year-old Alphonso Taylor for Conspiracy, Illegally Conducting an Enterprise, and Transportation of Marijuana for Sale. DEA’s investigation into Taylor began in June 2013, when detectives and agents with the agency’s West Valley...

TUCSON – Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman announces last week’s sentencing of Valentin Guizar, 27, of Tucson, Ariz., to 92 months’ imprisonment for his role in a drug trafficking and money laundering organization. Guizar had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Aaron M. Booker, 27, Joseph F. Booker Jr., 29, and Kaishawndra Lyons, 25, all of Pensacola, and Uy Nguyen, 35, of Vallejo, California, have been sentenced for charges arising from a multi-state drug and money laundering conspiracy. Joseph Booker was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison...

(PHOENIX) - The DEA announced the arrest of two individuals as a result of a two-year investigation into a Douglas area drug trafficking ring. Agents from the DEA’s Sierra Vista Resident Office coordinated a multi-agency enforcement operation today, serving three state of Arizona authorized warrants at two residences and one...

WACO, Texas - In Waco today, a federal jury convicted 38-year-old Juan Francisco “Kiko” Trevino Chavez, nephew of Los Zetas leaders Miguel Angel Trevino Morales (Z-40) and Oscar Omar Trevino Morales (Z-42), of drug trafficking, firearms and money laundering charges, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Houston DEA Special...

BROWNVILLE, Texas - A 38-year-old South Texas man has been sentenced for his involvement in a multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy that had been trafficking marijuana and cocaine since 2003, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Arnaldo Bermea, of Rio Grande City, pleaded...