BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jorge Costilla-Sanchez has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana as well as two counts of assault on a federal officer, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Costilla-Sanchez, 46...

HOUSTON - A native of Louisiana has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting...

SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today, 40-year-old Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO) San Antonio Centro Chapter Sergeant at Arms Jesse James Benavidez pleaded guilty to a federal charge in connection with the murder of Hells Angel Anthony Benesh in 2006 announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy...

DEL RIO, Texas - In Del Rio today, United States District Judge Alia Moses sentenced 33-year-old Adrian Pineda-Orozco, an undocumented alien residing in Houston, to 50 years in federal prison for his role in scheme to smuggle over 43 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine into the United States announced Drug Enforcement...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Four defendants are being transported to Columbus, Ohio, today for federal prosecution in the Southern District of Ohio after being charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute approximately 720 kilograms of cocaine. The defendants were apprehended in August near the Galapagos Islands, making this the...

CEDAR PARK, Texas - DEA’s traveling exhibit “Drugs: Costs and Consequences” will open in Cedar Park, Texas at the Texas Museum of Science & Technology on September 22, 2017. Running through June 30, 2018, the exhibit will explore the science behind drug addiction, drug cartels, narcoterrorism, and the myriad of...

CINCINNATI - Phillip Watkins, 32, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin laced with carfentanil. Carfentanil is a controlled substance 10,000 times more powerful than morphine, and caused serious physical harm to people who bought the drugs. Watkins also pleaded guilty to attempting to murder a witness he...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Seventeen people were indicted in federal court for their role in a conspiracy to purchase large amounts of powder cocaine, cook the drug into crack cocaine and then sell it in and around Medina County, law enforcement officials said. Indicted in federal court are: Troy Bankhead, 47...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that his office sought, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Phillip J. Green issued last Friday and earlier today, arrest warrants for 18 separate defendants charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine in the areas of Grand Rapids...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - David McShan, 39, of Steubenville, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 74 months in prison and eight years of supervised release for his role in running a Steubenville-area heroin-trafficking ring. McShan and his brother, Frederick A. McShan, 37, were each convicted following a weeklong jury...