DEA Archived Press Releases

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Alleged High Ranking Member Of Los Zetas Cartel Arrested

LAREDO, Texas - Jose Manuel Saldivar-Farias aka “Z-31” or “El Borrado” has been charged with conspiracy to possess marijuana allegations after illegally entering the U.S., announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Saldivar-Farias, 27, is alleged to be a...
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Investigation Into Drug Trafficking Organization In Carrol County Results In Six Defendants Being Sentenced To A Total Of Over 50 Years

FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that six individuals have been sentenced this week to a combined total of over 50 years in prison for drug-trafficking offenses stemming from...
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DEA Issues Nationwide Alert On Fentanyl As Threat To Health And Public Safety

WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) today issued a nationwide alert about the dangers of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues/compounds. Fentanyl is commonly laced in heroin, causing significant problems across the country, particularly as heroin abuse has increased. This alert was issued through the multi-agency El Paso Intelligence (EPIC)...
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Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Doctors And Owner Of Pain Management Clinic Charged With Illegally Distributing Controlled Substance Prescription Drugs

DETROIT - The owner, office manager and three doctors associated with a pain management clinic located on the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti border were indicted yesterday for illegally distributing prescription pills, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Joseph P. Reagan...
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Portland Man Sentenced To Over Nine Years For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

(PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that David Jones - , 30, of Portland, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to...
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13 Indicted In Wellsville Meth Roundup

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned three separate indictments charging 13 defendants with conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute and to distribute...
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Former Fugitive Narcotics Trafficker Handed Hefty Sentence

McALLEN, Texas - Jose Urbano Cortinas, 29, has been ordered to prison for nearly 23 years following his conviction of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Cortinas, of Memphis...
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Many Resident Sentenced To More Than 6 Years In Prison For Distribution Of Methamphetamine

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a man from Many, La was sentenced to 78 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine. Marcus Johnson, 38, of Many, La., was sentenced by U.S. District...
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Akron, Ohio Doctor Is Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription Painkillers

CLEVELAND - An Akron physician was sentenced to more than five years in prison for illegally distributing tens of thousands of doses of prescription painkillers, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug...
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Milton Woman, Stephanie Schump, Sentenced To 22 Months In Prison For Conspiring With Bronx Drug Dealer To Distribute Heroin And Cocaine In Vermont

(BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Eugenia A.P. Cowles, the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, stated that Stephanie Schump, of Milton, Vermont, was sentenced on March 13, 2015 by Chief United States...