McAllen, Texas – A 35-year-old local man has been ordered to prison for trafficking $33 million in marijuana, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Adan Ontiveros Jr. pleaded guilty April 24 to conspiring to...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 56-year-old Mexican citizen residing in the Brownsville area has been sentenced following his conviction for conspiracy with intent to deliver cocaine, heroin and fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani...

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Carl Wayne Hite, Jr., 40, pleaded guilty to...

LAREDO, TEXAS – Two Texas men are charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and conspiracy to do so, announced U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. A federal grand jury has returned a...

McAllen, Texas – A 23-year-old man has been sentenced for drug trafficking, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Jesse James Gonzalez pleaded guilty Sept. 27, 2023. U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez has now ordered...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A dozen Kansas City metropolitan area men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, which resulted in at least one death, and to illegally possessing firearms. Justin D. Rivera, also known as “JD,” 20, Yael Figueroa...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Friday sentenced a man who was caught by police after a shipment of 15 pounds of methamphetamine and four and one-half pounds of cocaine was intercepted to 11 years and two months in prison. On March 24, 2022, Damon L...

ST. LOUIS – A jury Wednesday evening convicted a man from Belleville, Illinois, of a charge related to his sale of fake Percocet pills that killed a man in St. Louis County in 2022. A jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis found Deontae’ Tre’Von Overall, 28, guilty of...

BEAUMONT, Texas – An Orange, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Lawrence Duguett Hardin, Jr., 38, pleaded guilty...

WICHITA, Kan. – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Texas man with charges related to drug trafficking. According to court documents, Mario Guerrero, Jr, 33, of Houston is charged with one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and one count of possession...