United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ALBANY, N.Y. – Edwin Rodriguez, aka “Chaka,” 31, of Amsterdam, N.Y., pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin mixed with fentanyl. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in...

SAN FRANCISCO – Efrain Torres was sentenced to 102 months in prison for his role in an extensive Bay Area drug trafficking network, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable William...

MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that the leader of MS-13’s Hollywood Clique on Long Island was sentenced today to 24 years to life in prison on murder and conspiracy charges. David Sosa-Guevara...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Abner Peralta 30, and Luis Colon 35, both of Utica, New York, were found guilty of drug trafficking charges yesterday following a five-day jury trial in federal court in Utica, New York, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – New York Attorney General Letitia James, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett, Dermot F. Shea, Commissioner, New York City Police Department, and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations New York Field Office Special...

NEWARK, N.J. – An Illinois man today admitted conspiring to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and 500 grams or more of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jesus Henoc Castaneda Soberanis, 25, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Luis Hernandez-Guzman, 26, and Fernanda Jasmin Ayala-Zamora, 22, both of Bakersfield, charging them with conspiring to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, as well as possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott And...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Albert Veliu was sentenced by United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto to nine years’ imprisonment for his role in a money laundering scheme that resulted in the defendant’s purchase and sale of an anti-tank rocket launcher and AK-47s rifles...

NEW YORK – Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Roger Thomas Clark, aka “Plural of Mongoose,” aka “Variety Jones,” aka “VJ,” aka “cimon,” pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute massive quantities of narcotics, a charge arising out of his...

NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced that German Gomez-Castruita and Benjamin Contreras-Rangel were charged in a criminal complaint in Manhattan federal court with conspiring to import cocaine...