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Two Men Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Sentences For Their Roles In A Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

February 13, 2018
AMARILLO, Texas - Miguel Angel Bravo-Farias, 41, an illegal immigrant, and Hector Terrazas, 25, of Amarillo, Texas, were sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 180 months and 156 months in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge...
February 13, 2018
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Farmer Branch Man Sentenced To Serve A Total Of 128 Months In Federal Prison On Drug Charges

February 12, 2018
DALLAS - Jose Humberto Solis, 39, of Farmers Branch, Texas, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to serve a total of 128 months in federal prison following his guilty pleas in January 2016 and September 2017 to drug offenses as charged in two Northern District...
February 12, 2018
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Amarillo Man Convicted On Drug And Firearm Charges Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

February 12, 2018
AMARILLO, Texas - Moises Jimenez, 39, of Amarillo, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to life in federal prison. Jimenez was convicted of felony drug and firearm offenses in August 2017, following a four-day jury trial. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge...
February 12, 2018
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Final Defendant In San Antonio-based Synthetic Marijuana Distribution Ring Sentenced To Federal Prison

February 08, 2018
SAN ANTONIO - A federal judge sentenced 33-year-old Ashak Victor Nasief Wesa to 150 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a synthetic marijuana distribution scheme based in San Antonio, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, Federal Bureau of (FBI) Special...
February 08, 2018
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Young Undocumented Alien Sentenced For Smuggling Drugs

February 07, 2018
LAREDO, Texas - A 26 year old undocumented alien from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to prison following his conviction of conspiracy to import methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Eduardo Sanchez-Obregon pleaded guilty Oct...
February 07, 2018
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Greenville Man Sentenced To 84 Months In Federal Prison For Role In Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

February 07, 2018
DALLAS - Julio Cesar Torres, 52, of Greenville, Texas was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 84 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in September 2017 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute a schedule II controlled...
February 07, 2018
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Two Convicted Of Conspiring To Rob Drug Money From Undercover Agent

February 06, 2018
McALLEN, Texas - Two illegal aliens residing in Pharr have entered guilty pleas to conspiring to interfere with commerce by threats or violence and to carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and...
February 06, 2018
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Mission Resident Sentenced To Prison For Cocaine Possession

February 01, 2018
McALLEN, Texas - A lawful permanent resident who was residing in Mission has been ordered to prison for possessing with the intent to distribute approximately 50 kilograms of cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A McAllen federal...
February 01, 2018
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Lubbock Man Involved In Furanyl Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Charge

February 01, 2018
LUBBOCK, Texas - A Lubbock, Texas man, Steven Lawrence Forcum, 32, appeared yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant Jr. and pleaded guilty to a federal offense stemming from his role in a large-scale furanyl fentanyl distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the...
February 01, 2018
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Houston Man Gets Significant Sentence For Trafficking Meth

January 30, 2018
HOUSTON - A 46-year-old resident of Houston has been ordered to federal prison for his conviction of trafficking nearly six kilograms of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Marco Antonio Aparicio-Santos pleaded guilty Aug. 12, 2016. Today...
January 30, 2018
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