An Iowa man who obtained and distributed methamphetamine was sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison. Cody Richard Reisner, age 42, from Decorah, Iowa, received the prison term after a December 2, 2025, guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine after a prior...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Caribbean Division joined the Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Sara Carter, and federal and state law enforcement partners to discuss Operation Path to Zero, a...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney, in conjunction with our partner agencies in the Homeland Security Task Force (“HSTF”) announce the following investigative and prosecutorial results for the week of May 11 through May...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The DEA Caribbean Division, working through the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) and alongside federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, announced today the return of a federal indictment charging 23 alleged members and associates of the violent criminal enterprise known as La Familia Nunca...

Richard Martinez, 30, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing and aiding and abetting another’s possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Martinez pled guilty on July 24, 2025. Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that on...

OMAHA, Neb. – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) joined 4,306 law enforcement agencies across the country in collecting 642,410 pounds of unneeded and expired medications at the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, April 25. Of the nationwide total, more than 19,000 pounds were collected from 159 Take...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Willie York, 47, from Mason City, Iowa, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. York pled guilty on May 11, in federal court in Sioux City. York was...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Caribbean Division, in coordination with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, led by United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow, alongside federal, state, and local partners assigned to the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF), announced significant...

MIAMI – The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean Division reaffirmed its strong partnership with the Dominican Republic during a high-level strategic meeting held at DEA’s Miami Field Division headquarters, underscoring the continued commitment between U.S. and Dominican authorities to combat transnational criminal organizations operating throughout the Caribbean region. The meeting brought...

PONCE, Puerto Rico — The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Caribbean Division, in coordination with Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) partners, announced the seizure of approximately 1,418 pounds (643.3 kilograms) of cocaine and the arrest of three Venezuelan nationals following a maritime interdiction operation conducted southeast of Puerto Rico. This interdiction...