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Federal And Local Law Enforcement Execute Multiple Warrants

December 05, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), and Jerry Demings, Sheriff, Orange County Sheriff's (OCSO), announced the results of an eight month long joint investigation involving a heroin trafficking organization in the Orange County area. Yesterday, DEA and OSCO executed fourteen...
December 05, 2013
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Austin Attorney Marc G. Rosenthal Sentenced To Federal Prison In Connection With South Texas Bribery Scheme

December 04, 2013
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - In Brownsville last night, United States District Judge Andrew Hanen sentenced 51-year-old Austin attorney Marc Garrett Rosenthal to 20 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $13,288,984.00 restitution for his role in a South Texas bribery scheme announced...
December 04, 2013
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Former Governor Of State Of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted In The Southern District Of Texas

December 02, 2013
DEC 02 (BROWNSVILLE, Texas) - - A federal indictment charging Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, the former governor of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been unsealed. The unsealing was announced by United States Attorneys Kenneth Magidson and Robert L. Pitman, of the Southern and Western Districts of Texas, respectively, along with...
December 02, 2013
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Bahamian National Arrested After Boat Capsizes And Marijuana Bales Wash Ashore

November 27, 2013
MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security (ICE-HSI), announce the arrest of Quinton Mitchell...
November 27, 2013
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Two South Texas Men Convicted Of Trafficking Methamphetamine In Houston

November 25, 2013
HOUSTON - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced two men from the South Texas area have pleaded guilty to trafficking approximately five kilograms of methamphetamine in Houston in May...
November 25, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Zeta Commander “Taliban” Facing Trial In The U.S.

November 22, 2013
LAREDO, Texas - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced Ivan Velasquez-Caballero, aka “Taliban” and “50” has been extradited to the U.S. and made his initial appearance this morning in...
November 22, 2013
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Thirteen Defendants Plead Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges

November 22, 2013
MIAMI, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division;Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Hugo J. Barrera, SAC, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF), Miami Field Office; and Alysa D. Erichs, SAC, U.S. Immigration and...
November 22, 2013
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Delaware Doctor Charged With Illegally Selling Controlled Substances On The Silk Road Drug Marketplace

November 21, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC) Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), David Dongilli, SAC, DEA, Philadelphia Field (PFD), and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce the arrest and unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Dr. Olivia...
November 21, 2013
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Caribbean Narcotics Traffickers Found Guilty By A Federal Jury

November 21, 2013
TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent In (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces today that a federal jury found Yugool (61, Guyana) and Desmond (54, Guyana) guilty of two counts of...
November 21, 2013
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Two Virgin Islands Residents Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges

November 20, 2013
NOV 20 (WEST PALM BEACH, FL) - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Vito S. Guarino, SAC, DEA, Caribbean Division; and Angel M. Melendez, SAC, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security (ICE-HSI), San Juan and U.S. Virgin Islands; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United...
November 20, 2013
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