DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Airport Security Screener Sentenced To Prison For Role In A Conspiracy To Obstruct The TSA

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Jessica Scott, an employee of Covenant Aviation (CAS), a private company that contracts with the Transportation Security (TSA), was sentenced today to one year and a day in prison for her role in a conspiracy to defraud the federal government. The sentence was handed down by...
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8 Indicted In Heroin, Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury in Fresno indicted eight defendants today for their participation in a methamphetamine and heroin distribution conspiracy. U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and DEA San Francisco Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin made this announcement today. The indictment charges Jose Luis Zambrano, 33; Juan Carlos...
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GUILTY: Trafficking 30+ Pounds Of Methamphetamine In Tulare County

FRESNO, Calif. - Daniel Rios, 33, of Kern County, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and John J. Marin, DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the San Francisco Division announced. According to court documents, between March 1, 2016, and June 29, 2016, Rios conspired with...
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Two Bakersfield Men Plead Guilty To Distributing Methamphetamine

FRESNO, Calif. - Carlos Gerardo Blanco, 27, and Henry Polin Morales III, 21, both of Bakersfield, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court documents, between November 2014 and December 2015, Blanco conspired with...
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Leader Of Synthetic Drugs Distribution Ring Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A Newport Beach man who orchestrated a wide-reaching conspiracy that smuggled, manufactured and distributed millions of dollars worth of analogue drugs which were used to manufacture synthetic cannabinoids has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison. Sean Libbert, 41, was sentenced late last night by...
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Texas Man Sentenced To Four Years For Bribing Public Official At San Francisco Airport

SAN FRANCISCO - Bobby Napier was sentenced to 48 months’ imprisonment for bribing a public official in order to smuggle drugs through passenger security screening at San Francisco International (SFO). The sentence was announced by Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and Acting United States Attorney...
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 14 Years In Prison

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Raul Guadalupe Monjardin-Iribe was sentenced today to 175 (14 years, 7 months) in prison for his part in a conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was...
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Kern County Poly Drug Traffickers Found Guilty

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against two Kern County residents, charging them in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Mario Alvarez-Muniz, 49, a citizen of Mexico, residing in Taft, and Darrell Leon Jennings, 49, of Bakersfield, were charged with conspiring to distribute...
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10 Years For South Bay Methamphetamine Trafficker

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Anthonio Rueda-Ayala was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable...
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22 Charged, 7 Arrested In Major Los Angeles Strike Force Investigation

LOS ANGELES - A major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was unsealed today as authorities arrested seven defendants charged with drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons offenses. The indictment charges a total of 22 defendants who allegedly were members of a drug...