DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Thirteen Defendants Plead Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges

MIAMI, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division;Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Hugo J. Barrera, SAC, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF), Miami Field Office; and Alysa D. Erichs, SAC, U.S. Immigration and...
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Delaware Doctor Charged With Illegally Selling Controlled Substances On The Silk Road Drug Marketplace

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC) Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), David Dongilli, SAC, DEA, Philadelphia Field (PFD), and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce the arrest and unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Dr. Olivia...
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Caribbean Narcotics Traffickers Found Guilty By A Federal Jury

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent In (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces today that a federal jury found Yugool (61, Guyana) and Desmond (54, Guyana) guilty of two counts of...
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Two Virgin Islands Residents Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges

NOV 20 (WEST PALM BEACH, FL) - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Vito S. Guarino, SAC, DEA, Caribbean Division; and Angel M. Melendez, SAC, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security (ICE-HSI), San Juan and U.S. Virgin Islands; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United...
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Pomona Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Federal Weapons And Drug Offenses In Deal Expected To Bring Sentence Of Up To 17a½ Years

LOS ANGELES - A Pomona man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug trafficking charge for possessing more than one-half pound of methamphetamine that he was planning to distribute. Raymond Anthony Montanez, 24, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of...
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Ocala Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug, Firearm And Theft Charges

OCALA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that William Deboris Gordon, (41, Ocala) pleaded guilty to charges of attempted possession of five kilograms or...
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Waialua Brothers Convicted Of Methamphetamine Trafficking

HONOLULU - After a five day trial in United States District Court in Honolulu, a federal jury today found Jacob Drummondo-Farias, 30, of Waialua, guilty of conspiring to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine between 2011 and January, 2012. Earlier during the trial...
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DEA And Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announce Charges Against Senior South American Counterterrorism Figure For Attempting To Support Hezbollah

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC) Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York today announced the unsealing of a Superseding Indictment against Dino Bouterse, a citizen of Suriname who held himself out as Commander...
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Lakeland Man Found Guilty Of Trafficking In Methamphetamine

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Ricky (Lakeland) guilty of distribution of methamphetamine and possession with intent to...
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Area Residents Turn In Tons Of Unused Medication During DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

LOS ANGELES - Anthony D. Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division, announced today that area residents turned in more than 29,740 (15 tons) of medication as part of the seventh DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Program. This event was held on Saturday, October 26th, and...