United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today a grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Cesar Galvan Cortes, 39, of Tulare County; and Hector Mariscal, 45, and Jose Luis Esparza, 35, both of Modesto...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Thansoune Volarat, 31; Phonephithack Volarat, 33; and Adam Khamvongsay, 25, all of Fresno, with conspiring to cultivate marijuana...

- PHOENIX, AZ. - Jose Rosendo Segundo-Orellana, 50, of Los Angeles, was found guilty today by a federal jury of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Martone. Sentencing is set for January 13, 2012. On September 25, 2010, Segundo-Orellana drove...

- PHOENIX, AZ. - Luis Nevarez-Meneses, 27, of Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. Chief Judge Roslyn O. Silverto more than 12 years in prison. Nevarez-Meneses pleaded guilty on June 14, 2011, to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Five or More Kilograms of Cocaine. Nevarez-Meneses was one...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, and Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims announced that Bounepheng Savongsy, 50, of Fresno, and Ernson Merisier, 27, of Holbrook, Mass., pleaded guilty today to one count each of conspiring to manufacture...

- PHOENIX, AZ. - PHOENIX - On September 9, 2011, the Drug Enforcement (DEA), in conjunction with the Homeland Security (HIS) Strike Force Group, arrested two individuals and seized 57.2 pounds of Cocaine. A weapon was also found with the drugs. The investigation targeted a Mexican drug trafficking organization that...

- PHOENIX, AZ. - Arnoldo Zazueta-Miranda, 36, of Mexico, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Martone to 20 years in federal prison. A federal jury convicted Zazueta-Miranda of several charges including, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Crack Cocaine, and Heroin; Conspiracy to...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that Eduardo Medina-Mendoza, aka Eduardo Nunez Medina, 49, of Guerrero, Mexico, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for conspiring to manufacture or cultivate, to distribute, and to...

SACRAMENTO, CA-- - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Son Nguyen, 41, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to distributing both methamphetamine and MDMA or (a popular club drug). Nguyen was one of 51 defendants charged in...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Carlos Martinez, 23, of Oaxaca, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana. According to his guilty plea, Martinez admitted...