ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Sam Eylicio, Jr., 37, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to participating in a cocaine base trafficking conspiracy. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Eylicio will be sentenced to 125 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release. Eylicio was one of...

HOUSTON - A multi-count federal indictment has been unsealed following the arrest of 11 individuals throughout south Texas and the Houston areas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Brian M. Moskowitz, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security (HSI)...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Connie Coble, 52, of Alamogordo, N.M., pleaded guilty this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to participating in a conspiracy to obtain prescription drugs by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception and subterfuge by filling fraudulent prescriptions at retail pharmacies. Coble and her co-defendant Sharon Carter, 57...

LAREDO, Texas - A total of 24 alleged members of a cocaine, crack and marijuana trafficking network have been arrested and charged in an indictment with multiple violations of federal law, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A 25th...

ODESSA, TEXAS - Federal, state and local authorities have arrested 29 individuals--24 who face federal and five who face state charges--in connection with an Odessa-based methamphetamine distribution operation announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jose Angel Marichalar, 33, Phillip Cross, 56, and Yisnel Garcia Gonzalez, 30, have all entered guilty pleas in a trial set to begin today, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Marichalar, from Mission, pleaded guilty shortly...

MIDLAND, Texas - Federal, state and local law enforcement and medical authorities in the Permian Basin, led by United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Midland County District Attorney Teresa Clingman and Ector County District Attorney Bobby Bland are getting the word out about the dangers...

WASHINGTON - DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and United States Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York today announced that 21 citizens of the Dominican Republic have been charged with conspiring to impersonate United States law enforcement officers, extortion, and wire fraud. Beginning two weeks ago, authorities...

LAREDO, Texas - A total of seven people are headed to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to transport five kilograms or more of cocaine and international money laundering, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Juan Ramon Ibarra...

LAREDO, Texas - Carlos Contreras, 33, and his wife Ana Rosa Contreras, 31, have entered guilty pleas in relation to a massive drug trafficking and money laundering case involving members of the Texas Mexican Mafia prison gang, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United...