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...

CINCINNATI – An ongoing investigation stemming from the May 10 arrest of two Southwest Ohio relatives has led investigators to taking an additional 244 kilograms of suspected cocaine from the alleged drug traffickers. Damian Galan, 31, of Cincinnati, and Diego Galan, 19, of Fairfield, appeared in federal court following their...

CINCINNATI – Two Southwest Ohio relatives were arrested by federal agents for allegedly conducting large-scale cocaine trafficking. Damian Galan, 31, of Cincinnati, and Diego Galan, 19, of Fairfield, will appear in federal court today for initial appearances. According to charging documents, agencies within the Cincinnati Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF)...

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...

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...

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...

San Juan, Puerto Rico — On April 17, 2026, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Caribbean Division, in close coordination with its international and interagency partners, supported a significant narcotics interdiction operation conducted by the Dirección Nacional de Control de Drogas (DNCD) that resulted in the seizure of 1,707 kilograms (1.7...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Caribbean Division announced the successful extradition of Nixon Manuel Marino-Carreño from Colombia to Puerto Rico, where he will face federal drug trafficking charges in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Marino-Carreño was arrested in Colombia...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On March 17, 2026, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 52 gang members from the municipalities of San Juan, Morovis, and Cataño with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, possession and distribution of controlled substances, and...

DETROIT – U.S. District Court Judge Denise Page Hood sentenced an Albania national, Ylli Didani, 48, to 25 years in prison. A federal jury recently convicted him of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to distribute cocaine on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and conspiracy...