DEA Archived Press Releases

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Federal Prison Sentences Handed Down In El Paso In Connection With Horizon City Kidnapping/Murder Investigation

EL PASO, TX -- - Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of DEA’s El Paso Division, and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that in El Paso this afternoon, Senior US District Judge David Briones sentenced 23-year-old Cesar Obregon-Reyes, a Mexican citizen residing in Tornillo, Texas, to life...
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Hartford Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To 75 Months In Federal Prison

HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONALD PARKER, 47, of Van Block Avenue, Hartford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Mark R...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack

NEW HAVEN, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Javon Moorning, also known as “Lil Red,” 32, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior United...
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Members Of Ghana-Based Heroin Smuggling Ring Charged

ALEXANDRIA, VA. - The leader and members of an international heroin trafficking ring have been charged with using couriers to smuggle heroin from Ghana into the United States, a sign of the growth of West Africa as a major hub for international drug trafficking. Today’s charges were made public after...
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Yakima Valley Vineyard Investigation Results In Federal Arrests And Over $3 Million In Assets Subject To Forfeiture

YAKIMA , WASH. -- - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Law Enforcement Against Drugs Task (LEAD), and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington announce the culmination of “Operation Green Jam”. The three-year investigation targeted a drug trafficking organization who concealed marijuana grow operations within Yakima Valley...
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Southern Nevada HIDTA Task Force Makes Record Seizure Of Methamphetamine

LAS VEGAS, NV -- - Law enforcement officials announced today the seizure of 208 pounds of methamphetamine, 4.3 pounds of heroin, approximately $280,000.00 in U.S. Currency, nine vehicles, five handguns and one shotgun as part of an investigation targeting an international drug trafficking organization operating in the Las Vegas Area...
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Oregon Man Sentenced In Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

BOISE - Gregory Norman Josi, 43, of Hillsboro, Oregon, was sentenced in federal court today to 30 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. Josi was also ordered to forfeit...
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Three Idaho Men Sentenced For Drug Trafficking

BOISE - Mark Thomas, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Seattle Field Division, announced that Jose Cirilo-Duran, 62, of Weiser, Juana Salto-Vivanco, 29, of Caldwell and Juan Ramirez- Bolanos, 39, of Caldwell, were sentenced to federal prison in early July for drug trafficking. According to court records, on...
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Dispatcher In Dial For Dope Tacoma Heroin Case Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison

SEATTLE - Mario Gonzalez Rubio Garcia, aka “Johnny,” 36, of Tacoma, Washington, was sentenced today to ten years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Rubio Garcia was indicted along with 25 other defendants as part of “Project Deliverance,” a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...
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37 Alleged Members And Associates Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate ArrestedDefendants Charged With Trafficking Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Prescription Drugs, And Laundering Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Narcotics Proceeds

BROOKLYN, NY. - An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging 37 members and associates of an international drug trafficking syndicate led by ethnic Albanians located in the United States, Canada and (the “syndicate”). According to the indictment and a detention letter filed today by...