DALLAS - Bertha Alicia Garcia, 50, of Channelview, Texas, who pleaded guilty to her role in a pill mill operation that operated during parts of 2013-2015, has been sentenced, announced Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Drug Enforcement Administration division office and United States Attorney...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Victor Manuel Castillo, aka “Victor Manuel Garza,” 44, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 188 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas...

DALLAS - U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater sentenced three defendants, including a doctor, a pharmacist, and the owner of McAllen Medical Clinic, today for their involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Muhammad Faridi, 41, of Murphy, was sentenced...

LUBBOCK, Texas - An investigation into a large scale drug trafficking organization in Hockley and Cochran County, Texas has resulted in federal drug distribution conspiracy charges against seven defendants who are charged in two federal indictments that were returned last week by a grand jury in Lubbock, announced U.S. Attorney...

DALLAS) - Midlothian, Texas high school student won the 3rd Place in the Operation Prevention Video Challenge with a Public Service (PSA) about where you will end up with a prescription medication addiction. The DEA, DEA Educational Foundation, and Discovery Education awarded Nate Trillo of Heritage High (Midlothian School District)...

WASHINGTON) - Three Madison, Connecticut high school students have won the grand prize in the Operation Prevention Video Challenge with a message about how not to let your life get “swallowed up by an opioid addiction.” The DEA, DEA Educational Foundation, and Discovery Education awarded Kyle Citrin, Clay Knibbs, and...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) today identified the Ruelas Torres Drug Trafficking (Ruelas Torres DTO) and its leader, Mexican national Jose Luis Ruelas Torres, as Significant Foreign Narcotics Traffickers pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation (Kingpin Act). The Ruelas Torres DTO...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Cruz Perez, a/k/a “Travieso,” 41, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 327 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Perez, a member...

FORT WORTH, Texas - Jake Lindsey Hardin, a/k/a “Cash,” 33, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 240 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Hardin pleaded guilty to one...

WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), DEA Educational Foundation and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, announced today the finalists of the inaugural Operation Prevention Video Challenge-a peer-to-peer platform for communicating messages about the dangers of opioid misuse. The public...