United States Drug Enforcement Administration

- PHOENIX, AZ - . - Two Mexican nationals have pleaded guilty and a third has been found guilty by a jury in recent days for their roles in a conspiracy to trade drugs and cash for military-grade weapons -- including a Stinger anti-aircraft missile - for use by Sinaloan...

PHOENIX, AZ. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Attorney General Tom Horne today announced that Dr. Corina Hollander, DPM, a podiatrist in Tucson, Ariz. was sentenced to 33 months in the Arizona Department of Corrections stemming from her conviction involving various charges. Hollander also received a...

SAN DIEGO, CA - The final tally is in from the second National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, April 30, 2011. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 29 locations in San Diego County and five locations in Imperial County. Over the course of four hours, 5,890.5...

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...

SAN DIEGO, CA - Alberto Benjamin Arellano-Felix, an alleged leader of the Arellano-Felix (AFO), was extradited today by the government of Mexico to the United States to face racketeering, money laundering and narcotics trafficking charges in the Southern District of California. The extradition was announced by U.S. Attorney Laura E...

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...

SAN DIEGO, CA - Acting Special Agent in Charge William R. Sherman and United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced the arrest of ten individuals and unsealing of a five-count indictment charging those individuals with narcotics and federal firearms violations, and money laundering. A federal grand jury sitting in San...

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...

- WHAT: “STATEWIDE PRESCRIPTION TAKE-BACK EVENT” - WHEN: SATURDAY, APRIL 30th--10 a.m. - 2 p.m. - WHERE: STATEWIDE-over 90 drop-off locations - WHO: DEA and over 40 state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies - DETAILS: - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local and tribal law enforcement partners...

SAN DIEGO, CA - On the heels of our participation in Operation Trail Mix, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) would like to announce that the second National Prescription Take Back will be held on April 30, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. DEA and its law enforcement and community partners...