CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The wife of the former Tabasco, Mexico, Secretary of Finance has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury in Corpus Christi returned its...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 30-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Kristopher George Ardoin was found guilty by...

SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today, 35-year-old Bandido Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO) San Antonio Centro Chapter member Norberto Serna, Jr. (aka “Hammer”) of San Antonio pleaded guilty to a federal charge in connection with the murder of Hells Angel Anthony Benesh in 2006 announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in...

HOUSTON - A native of Louisiana has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jorge Costilla-Sanchez has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana as well as two counts of assault on a federal officer, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Costilla-Sanchez, 46...

DEL RIO, Texas - In Del Rio today, United States District Judge Alia Moses sentenced 33-year-old Adrian Pineda-Orozco, an undocumented alien residing in Houston, to 50 years in federal prison for his role in scheme to smuggle over 43 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine into the United States announced Drug Enforcement...

SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today, 40-year-old Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO) San Antonio Centro Chapter Sergeant at Arms Jesse James Benavidez pleaded guilty to a federal charge in connection with the murder of Hells Angel Anthony Benesh in 2006 announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy...

CEDAR PARK, Texas - DEA’s traveling exhibit “Drugs: Costs and Consequences” will open in Cedar Park, Texas at the Texas Museum of Science & Technology on September 22, 2017. Running through June 30, 2018, the exhibit will explore the science behind drug addiction, drug cartels, narcoterrorism, and the myriad of...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 25-year-old woman has been ordered to prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin through the Sarita checkpoint, announced DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division, Steven Whipple and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Ma Dolores Martinez, of Hurst, pleaded guilty Nov...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested a dozen individuals without incident, including San Antonio Eastside-based ringleader Donavin Sanchez, on federal drug charges stemming from a heroin and methamphetamine trafficking investigation announced DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division, Steven Whipple, United...