ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Desiree Ulibarri, 31, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty today in federal court to federal prescription opioid conspiracy charges. The plea agreement recommends that she be sentenced to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 57 months followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Federal and state authorities arrested six members and associates of the “Cruces Boys” gang this morning on federal drug trafficking charges and seized 25 firearms announced Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s El Paso Division Will Glaspy; United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Special Agent in Charge...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Yolanda Rodriguez, 50, a U.S. citizen who formerly resided in Mexico, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Rodriguez was convicted on...

LOS ANGELES - A major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was unsealed today as authorities arrested seven defendants charged with drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons offenses. The indictment charges a total of 22 defendants who allegedly were members of a drug...

EL PASO - An El Paso man was sentenced to 293 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute thousands of kilograms of marijuana announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, El Paso Division. In addition to the...

LOS ANGELES - Capping a nearly three-year investigation, federal, state and local law enforcement authorities this morning took into custody a total of 21 members and associates of Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal street gang commonly called MS-13 that was formed in Los Angeles about 30 years ago. Those arrested...

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at...

LOS ANGELES - Two men were arrested Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport and charged in federal court with attempting to smuggle heroin in luggage on two commercial airline flights. Cristian Santos, 21, of Compton, California was arrested by special agents with the Drug Enforcement (DEA) after boarding a Delta...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Twenty-eight individuals are facing drug trafficking and money laundering charges as the result of a federal investigation targeting a Mexican drug trafficking (DTO) responsible for importing large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine from Mexico and distributing the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Kentucky and Illinois...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - This morning Chief U.S. District Judge M. Christina Armijo sentenced Davon Lymon, 36, of Albuquerque, New Mexico for his conviction on federal heroin trafficking and firearms charges. Lymon was sentenced to 216 (18 years) of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. The Chief Judge ordered...