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Ten Arrests Made In Connection With Alleged Crystal City Cocaine And Heroin Trafficking

CRYSTAL CITY, TX -- - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that federal, state and local authorities have arrested 10 individuals in the Crystal City area on federal drug trafficking charges. Those arrested yesterday include: 24-year-old...
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Over $1.5 Million In Heroin Seized From A Packaging Mill In Fort Lee, NJ: Drug Workers Transported From New York City

MANHATTAN, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement ("DEA"), New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor BRIDGET G. (“SNC”) and Passaic County Prosecutor CAMELIA M. VALDES announced today the arrests of 10 members of a narcotics trafficking ring at a...
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Three Members Of Robbery Crew Charged With Kidnapping And Murder Crew Netted Over 750 Kilograms Of Cocaine And $4 Million In Drug Proceeds In More Than 100 Robberies – Decedent Was One Of Many Victims Kidnapped And Tortured By The Crew

BROOKLYN, NY. - A superseding indictment was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging Sergio Alejo, also known as “Viejo,” Wendell Alomar-Cabrera, also known as “Gregorio,” and Gabriel Pabon, also known as “Jose,” with the October 16, 2006, murder of Luis Sifuentes in Durham, North Carolina. These charges...
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Park Slope Heroin Rings Dismantled In Operation Sin City

NEW YORK, NY. - New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and John P. Gilbride, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the indictment and arrest of 12 narcotics traffickers...
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-Media Advisory-

Acting Special Agent In Charge Thomas Hinojosa will be participating in a National Prescription Take Back Press Conference, April 27, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., at the DEA Houston Field Office, located at 1433 West Loop South, in the 1 st floor training room. He, along with invited guest Harris County...
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Former Police Chief Of Sullivan City Sentenced To Prison

SULLIVAN CITY, TX - Former Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for drug-trafficking, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. United States District Judge Randy Crane sentenced...
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Sixteen Members Of Cocaine Trafficking Ring Operating In Yonkers And Bronx, New York, Charged In White Plains Federal Court

WHITE PLAINS, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement ("DEA") and PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging 16 members of a drug trafficking ring...
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Fifteen Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Operating Marijuana Grow Houses Over Twenty Million Dollars Worth Of Marijuana Seized

WHITE PLAINS, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the arrest of ELSA RODRIGUEZ, MAINOR GOODY-BERNAL, IVAN ENRIQUE BARRAZA-TORRES, JACQUELINE MIRELLA ROCA...
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Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Drug And Money-Laundering Charges Defendant’s Organization Allegedly Trucked Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine Across The Texas-Mexico Border

BROOKLYN, NY. - Alleged Mexican drug kingpin Esteban Rodriguez-Olivera was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Friday, March 11, 2011, and will be arraigned later today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on charges contained in a superseding indictment returned on...
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Two Men Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Operating A Marijuana Grow House

WHITE PLAINS, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and PREET BHARARA, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest yesterday of LAWRENCE C. HERZ and MICHAEL J. SZTROPKALYI for operating a marijuana...