DENVER, CO - Earlier this week the Drug Enforcement (DEA)-led Southwest Drug Task Force and the 22 nd Judicial District Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force arrested five people responsible for trafficking highly pure methamphetamine in the Cortez area, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and Acting Special Agent in Charge Kevin Merrill announced...

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - Edward Mata, 27, Richard Scott Patton, 40, Luis Andres Longoria, 39, and Servando Guerra, 61, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, Javier F. Peña and U.S. Attorney Kenneth...

MISSOULA, MT. - - The United States Attorney for the District of Montana, Michael W. Cotter, announced today the culmination of a 12‑month multi‑agency investigation into the drug trafficking activities of a criminal enterprise operating in the State of Montana. A total of 12 criminal search warrants were executed on...

LAREDO, TX - Five men have been arrested following the return of a sealed indictment alleging ties to the Zeta drug cartel and charges of money laundering, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The indictment, returned Nov...

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX- - Jose Antonio Ortiz Jr. of Corpus Christi, 32, has been found guilty for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The verdict was returned just minutes ago after four...

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - An Indiana man has entered a guilty plea to possessing with intent to distribute more than 2,300 kilograms of marijuana, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas E. Hinojosa announced today. James Henry, 40, of Michigan City, Ind...

McALLEN, TX - Six men from Texas and one from Ohio have all been sentenced to prison on drug trafficking and money laundering charges as a result of an investigation that began more than five years ago, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in...

HOUSTON, TX - Thomas E. Hinojosa, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), along with United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today that three individuals were arrested on Thursday following the execution of search warrants at several locations and the discovery of grow operations of hydroponic marijuana...

McALLEN, TX - A San Juan, Texas, resident convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to possess marijuana and being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of federal law will be spending the next five years and 10 months in federal prison without parole, announced Drug Enforcement...

DENVER, CO. - Four Denver men were charged based on a Criminal Complaint for the distribution and possession with intent to distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants, United States Attorney John Walsh and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Kevin Merrill announced today. The four defendants are Ha...