DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Head of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Heriberto Lopez-Landeros, 44, of Avondale, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Steven P. Logan to 14 years in prison. Lopez-Landeros pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine on August 5, 2024. Lopez-Landeros was the head of an Arizona-based drug trafficking organization responsible...
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11 Charged Following Takedown of Indianapolis Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced the charging of 11 individuals in a federal indictment alleging a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Indianapolis and elsewhere. The charges follow a...
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Illinois Man Charged with Trafficking Cocaine and Attempting to Traffic Fentanyl in Chicago Area

CHICAGO — Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago, and Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois announced on Aug. 30, 2024, that William R. Busse III, 41, of Homer Glen, Illinois, has been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges for...
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years for Fentanyl Distribution

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Guadalupe Reyes, Jr., 50, a citizen of Mexico living in Elkhart, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge...
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Indiana Man Sentenced to Nearly 16 Years for Drug Trafficking, Gun Offenses

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Alfred Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Tywan Church, 43, of Fort Wayne, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading...
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Suburban Chicago Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Selling Fentanyl-Laced Heroin

CHICAGO — Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Morris Pasqual, acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced that a suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl-laced heroin. Calvin Carter...
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Rhode Island Man Sentenced to 6 1/2 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Jesus Martinez-Salas, 44, of Providence, Rhode Island, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco after pleading...
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Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years for Armed Trafficking of Over 2,000 Fentanyl Pills, Selling 500 While on Bond

INDIANAPOLIS - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Dayten Abram, 22, of Muncie, Indiana, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release...
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Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Angel Valencia-Avendano, 20, of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, was sentenced last week by United States Chief District Judge G. Murray Snow to 84 months in prison. Valencia-Avendano pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. On March 6, 2023, Valencia-Avendano was arrested and charged with fentanyl trafficking...
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Southern Indiana Snapchat Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Jeremial Lee Leach, 20, of Evansville, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised...