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Key Leaders Of South American Drug Cartel & Transportation Broker Convicted In Seattle Trial

May 05, 2011
SEATTLE, WA - Three men, who were extradited from Colombia following an undercover investigation led by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), were convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering charges in Seattle following a two week jury trial. The investigation involved a multi-ton cocaine drug trafficking conspiracy. The jury deliberated...
May 05, 2011
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Ten Arrests Made In Connection With Alleged Crystal City Cocaine And Heroin Trafficking

April 29, 2011
CRYSTAL CITY, TX -- - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that federal, state and local authorities have arrested 10 individuals in the Crystal City area on federal drug trafficking charges. Those arrested yesterday include: 24-year-old...
April 29, 2011
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If You’ve ‘Got Drugs’, Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet This Saturday!

April 27, 2011
ANCHORAGE, AK - - Pharmaceutical drugs can be as dangerous as street drugs. The majority of teenagers get pharmaceuticals from family and friends - and the home medicine cabinet. The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its community partners throughout Alaska will provide to the public a safe, free and anonymous...
April 27, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

If You’ve ‘Got Drugs’, Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet This Saturday!

April 27, 2011
SEATTLE - Pharmaceutical drugs can be as dangerous as street drugs. The majority of teenagers get pharmaceuticals from family and friends - and the home medicine cabinet. The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its community partners throughout Washington will provide to the public a safe, free and anonymous way to...
April 27, 2011
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DEA Urges Idaho Residents To Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet!

April 27, 2011
BOISE - Pharmaceutical drugs can be as dangerous as street drugs. The majority of teenagers get pharmaceuticals from family and friends - and the home medicine cabinet. The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its community partners throughout Idaho will provide to the public a safe, free and anonymous way to...
April 27, 2011
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-Media Advisory-

April 26, 2011
Acting Special Agent In Charge Thomas Hinojosa will be participating in a National Prescription Take Back Press Conference, April 27, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., at the DEA Houston Field Office, located at 1433 West Loop South, in the 1 st floor training room. He, along with invited guest Harris County...
April 26, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

If You’ve ‘Got Drugs’, Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet This Saturday!

April 26, 2011
PORTLAND, ORE. - - Pharmaceutical drugs can be as dangerous as street drugs. The majority of teenagers get pharmaceuticals from family and friends - and the home medicine cabinet. The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its community partners throughout Oregon will provide to the public a safe, free and anonymous...
April 26, 2011
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Anchorage Trafficker Sentenced To Life In Prison

April 22, 2011
A NCHORAGE, AK - On April 22, 2011, Ricky Alan Reese, 52, a resident of Anchorage, was sentenced to life in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and attempted possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Reese was convicted by a trial jury in February 2011. At the time...
April 22, 2011
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Former Police Chief Of Sullivan City Sentenced To Prison

April 21, 2011
SULLIVAN CITY, TX - Former Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for drug-trafficking, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. United States District Judge Randy Crane sentenced...
April 21, 2011
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Large Scale Colorado Springs And Pueblo Drug Trafficking Organization Dismantled

April 20, 2011
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. - On April 14 and 15, federal agents led by the DEA, working closely with local and state law enforcement, arrested 15 people from Southern Colorado who had been named in four separate indictments by a federal grand jury in Denver for drug trafficking offenses. The arrests...
April 20, 2011
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