TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Santana (23, Montego Bay, Jamaica) guilty of conspiracy to possess 500 grams or...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 31, 2014, the Caribbean Corridor Strike (CCSF) intercepted a Zodiac type vessel off the coast of Dorado while attempting to smuggle a load of cocaine into Puerto Rico. Two Venezuelan nationals and 1,774 kilograms of cocaine were seized during the interdiction, announced United...

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - This morning, the Caribbean Corridor Strike (CCSF) dismantled a drug trafficking organization responsible for the importation of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine into Puerto Rico and the transportation of drug money between Puerto Rico-Culebra-St. Thomas announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. On March 27, 2014...

FORT MYERS, Fla. - United States District Judge John E. Steele today sentenced Delmer Holmes (44) and Patricia (74), both of Naples, for their roles in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud that operated from Sunshine Pharmacy in Naples, Florida. Delmer Holmes Parrish, a licensed Pharmacist, was sentenced to...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the culmination of Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Operation "King of the Trap." The operation targeted a drug trafficking...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Magistrate Marcos E. López authorized a complaint charging Raddif Tapia-Rivera and Estevan DeCarlos with conspiracy to import 242 kilograms of cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The U.S. Coast Guard, the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Customs...

MIAMI, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Amos Rojas, Jr., United States Marshal, U.S. Marshals (USMS); Noel Manheimer, Director of Marine Operations, U.S. Customs and Border (CBP); Dan Alexander...

PONCE, Puerto Rico - U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez and Vito Salvatore Guarino, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), DEA Caribbean Division, jointly announced the indictment and arrest of 63 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Richard (45, Viera) with attempting to aid and abet the distribution of cocaine...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United (US) Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announce the arrest of Perry, Florida, physician Eulogio Muncal Vizcarra, 71, yesterday on charges contained in a federal grand jury indictment...