PLANO, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that 17 alleged members of a Colombian drug trafficking organization have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas. The indictment, which was returned by a federal grand jury on Feb. 27, 2013, and unsealed...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On July 29, 2013, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned three separate indictments against 139 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District...

LUBBOCK, Texas - A pilot and his passenger, who belly landed their Beechcraft plane at the Yoakum County Airport on April 30, 2013, appeared this morning before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings and pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge. Pilot Gregory Thomas, 50, of Sacramento, California, and his...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On June 27, 2013, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against four defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine and (commonly known as Percocet), announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Yesterday a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 15 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The indictment is the result...

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) - - The Drug Enforcement Administration with the support of the Puerto Rico Police Department “Oficina de Información Criminal de San Juan” directed by the Lieutenant Ivan Bahr, and in coordination with the U.S. Marshals Service, Puerto Rico, arrested Julio Marquez-Alejandro also known as "Chino Montero"...

DALLAS - Today, Acting Special Agent in Charge Daniel R. Salter, of the Dallas Field Division’s Drug Enforcement (DEA), announces the local component of the 6th nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back” initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. The DEA, along with its law enforcement partners, will be...

DALLAS - CVS Pharmacy, Inc., and Oklahoma CVS Pharmacy, L.L.C., (collectively “CVS”), have agreed to pay $11,000,000 to the United States to settle civil penalty claims for record-keeping violations under the Controlled Substances Act and related regulations, announced Administrator Michele M. Leonhart of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Sanford C...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 20, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted 62 individuals in four separate indictments as the result of investigations led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today by United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The United States Postal...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 7, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted 31 individuals as a result of an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today by United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The defendants are charged in a five-count...