WACO, Texas - In Waco today, a federal jury convicted 38-year-old Juan Francisco “Kiko” Trevino Chavez, nephew of Los Zetas leaders Miguel Angel Trevino Morales (Z-40) and Oscar Omar Trevino Morales (Z-42), of drug trafficking, firearms and money laundering charges, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Houston DEA Special...

LAREDO, Texas - A 31-year-old resident of Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, has been ordered to prison following his conviction for conspiracy with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Rolando Garcia-Fuentes pleaded guilty March...

NEWARK, N.J. – Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and Gregory W. Ehrie, Special Agent-in-Charge of the FBI’s Newark Field Office announced three members of the New Jersey set of the violent street gang...

PAULSBORO, N.J. – Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Charles A. Fiore, Gloucester County Prosecutor, announced that 21 suspects have been charged with operating an extensive drug trafficking network in Paulsboro, New Jersey. The majority of the arrests, along with...

TRENTON, N.J. – Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced an Edison, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to...

NEW YORK – Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Judy Ramos, the Acting Inspector in Charge of the New Jersey Office of the United States Postal...

(BEAUMONT, Texas) - A 56-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Eugenio Cerda pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with...

(TRENTON, N.J.) – Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced two California men were arrested in Mercer County, New Jersey, with over 50 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and nine kilograms...

(Newark, N.J.) – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today at a press conference that the City of Newark has been designated to be part of a comprehensive law enforcement, diversion control, and community outreach/prevention “360 Strategy” to help cities dealing with the heroin and prescription drug abuse...

HOUSTON - A 52-year-old Mexican citizen who illegally resided in Houston was ordered to federal prison for 30 years for his conviction of trafficking a kilogram of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Arturo Hernandez-Villegas pleaded guilty...