DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Twenty-Seven Defendants Charged With Narcotics-Related Offenses

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, Daniel W. Auer, Special Agent in Charge...
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Key Player In Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

- TUCSON, AZ. - Jose Paul Gastellum-Chavez, aka Juan Chavez Rodriguez, 57, of Mexico, was sentenced to 13 years in prison by U. S. District Court Judge Frank R. Zapata. The defendant was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana and one count...
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Pharmacist Sentenced For Forging And Dispensing Fraudulent Prescriptions

TAMPA, FL. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Miami Field Division Special Agent in Charge Mark R. Trouville and United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announce today that United States District Judge Virginia Covington sentenced Adam Nagy, age 30, formerly of St. Petersburg, to 33 months in federal prison for conspiring to...
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34 Suspects Indicted In Drug And Firearms Trafficking Organization

PHOENIX, AZ - . - Grand juries have returned multi-count indictments in five cases against 34 defendants accused of assisting Mexican drug trafficking organizations with illegally trafficking firearms from the United States to Mexico. Beginning earlier this morning, a multi-agency law enforcement task force rounded up and arrested 20 defendants...
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St. Lucie County Resident Sentenced To Prison For Drug Smuggling

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE), Homeland Security (HSI), Miami Field Office, Randy Donnelson, Director of...
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Miami-Dade Mortgage Broker Pleads Guilty To Obtaining Fraudulent Mortgages On Houses Purchased In Palm Beach And St Lucie Counties

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Daniel W. Auer, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, announce today that defendant Hugo Oliva, 47, of...
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Six Charged With Conspiring To Provide Weapons To Terrorist Organization

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE), Homeland Security (HSI), Miami Field Office, announce the indictment...
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Former Colombian Maritime Training Instructor And Co-Conspirator Plead Guilty To U.S. Drug Charges

MIAMI, FL. - A former Colombian maritime training instructor and a co-conspirator have pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport thousands of kilograms of cocaine from various ports along the coast of Colombia to waiting vessels that transported the cocaine to the United States and other countries, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA)...