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El Paso Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 293 Months In Federal Prison

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...
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Two Charged And Two Sentenced In Scheme To Sell Narcotics On Dark Web

MAY 11 - MIAMI, Fla. - Joshua J. Kelly, aka “Ustous,” 32, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., was charged by criminal complaint today with one count of conspiracy to distribute in narcotics, in and one count of conspiracy to launder money. Kelly becomes the fourth defendant in separate but related cases...
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Eight Violent Drug Traffickers Charged With Six Murders And Multiple Trafficking, Firearms And Racketeering Offenses

MAY 02 - MIAMI, Fla. - Eight members and associates of La Organizacion de Narcotraficantes (La ONU) were named today in an unsealed indictment charging them with six murders and multiple counts of racketeering, drug trafficking, and firearms offenses. Adolphus P. Wright, the Special Agent in Charge of the Miami...
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DEA-Led Investigation Of Mexican DTO Results In Charges Against 28

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...
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38 Years For Lymon On Firearms, Heroin Trafficking Charges

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...
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35 Years For Leader Of Major Marijuana Trafficking Operation

EL PASO, Texas - A federal judge sentenced 38-year-old Adan Reyes to 35 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his leader ship role of an organization responsible for trafficking thousands of kilograms of marijuana announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr.; Special Agent-in-Charge Will Glaspy...
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Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Trafficking Chargest

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M - Joshua Greene, 19, of Albuquerque, pled guilty today in federal court to heroin trafficking charges. Greene’s plea agreement includes a recommendation that Greene be sentenced within the range of 60 to 87 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by...
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Boynton Beach Doctor Arrested For Writing Unlawful Prescription

APR 05 - BOYNTON BEACH, FLA. - On April 5, 2017, Dr. Peter Katz, a licensed physician practicing in Boynton Beach, Florida, was arrested at his residence in Boynton Beach, on state charges of willingly and unlawfully writing a prescription for hydrocodone/acetaminophen, a Schedule II controlled substance for which there...
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Samuel Velasco Gurrola Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder-For-Hire Plot

EL PASO, Texas - Samuel Velasco Gurrola, 41, was sentenced to life in federal prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot. The sentence was announced by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Homeland Security (HSI) Special Agent in...
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Life In Prison In Connection With Murder-For-Hire Plot

EL PASO, Texas - Emmanuel Velasco Gurrola, 30, was sentenced to life in federal prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot. The sentencing was announced by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Homeland Security (HSI) Special Agent in...

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