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Former Chihuahua, Mexico State Police Officer Sentenced to Prison on Federal Racketeering Charge

June 08, 2018
EL PASO – A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced 55-year-old former Chihuahua, Mexico State Police Officer Mario De La O Lopez (aka “Flaco”) to 324 months in federal prison for his role in Sinaloa Cartel narcotics distribution operations. In addition to the prison term, United States District Judge Frank Montalvo...
June 08, 2018
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Bradenton drug dealer sentenced to prison

June 06, 2018
(TAMPA, Fla.) - Tony Marvin Johnson (34, Bradenton) was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. He had pleaded guilty on December 7, 2017. According to court documents, on June 15, 2017, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Tampa District...
June 06, 2018
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Three Additional Members of Heroin Drug Trafficking Organization Plead Guilty

May 30, 2018
(ORLANDO, Fla.) - Harold Omar Vargas-Delgado (33, Kissimmee), Cary Mitchelle Vargas-Delgado (34, Orlando), and Angel Ruben Maldonado, Jr. (42, Orlando) pleaded guilty today to charges related to their involvement in multiple conspiracies to distribute heroin throughout central Florida. In addition, Harold Omar Vargas-Delgado pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent...
May 30, 2018
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Ocala Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Traffic Methamphetamine And Fentanyl

May 23, 2018
(OCALA, Fla.) - Tirso Hernandez-(35, Ocala) was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. A federal jury found him guilty on February 21...
May 23, 2018
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Former National Director Of Anti-corruption In Colombia Extradited To The United States To Face Wire Fraud And Money Laundering Charges Related To Foreign Bribery

May 18, 2018
(WESTON, Fla.) - The former National Director of Anti-Corruption in Colombia and an attorney from Colombia were extradited yesterday to the United States to face wire fraud and money laundering charges related to the promotion of foreign bribery. Luis Gustavo Moreno Rivera, 36, the former National Director of Anti-Corruption in...
May 18, 2018
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Honduran Drug Kingpin Sentenced To Life In Prison

May 18, 2018
(MIAMI) - Honduran national Sergio Neftali Mejia-Duarte - was sentenced today to life in prison for his involvement in a large-scale international narcotics transportation organization. On January 9, 2018, a Miami jury found Mejia-Duarte, 41, guilty of conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine with the knowledge that the...
May 18, 2018
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Midland Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution

May 11, 2018
MIDLAND, Texas United States District Judge David Counts sentenced 27-year-old Kenneth James Barfield yesterday to 30 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Kyle Williamson; and Midland Interim Police Chief Seth Herman. On January 10, 2018...
May 11, 2018
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Four Plead Guilty In Multi-State Drug & Money Laundering Conspiracy

May 08, 2018
(PENSACOLA, Fla.) - Aaron M. Booker, 26, Joseph F. Booker Jr., 28, and Kaishawndra Lyons, 25, all of Pensacola, and Uy Nguyen, 34, of Vallejo, California, have pled guilty to charges arising from a multi-state drug and money laundering conspiracy. Nguyen and the Booker Brothers pled guilty to conspiracy to...
May 08, 2018
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th Annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 04, 2018
WESTON, Fla. - - Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at close to 6,000 sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and...
May 04, 2018
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pill During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 04, 2018
EL PASO - Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at close to 6,000 collection sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal...
May 04, 2018
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