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Pasco County man responsible for numerous overdoses at Pasco County jail sentenced to 27 years in federal prison

March 12, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. - Timothy CathCart (33, Pasco County) was sentenced yesterday to 27 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute a substance containing detectable amounts of fentanyl and norfentanyl, the use of which resulted in serious bodily injury to multiple individuals. CathCart...
March 12, 2020
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

March 11, 2020
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Python, a DEA-led multilateral interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related disruption activities targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) . This announcement marks the successful conclusion of six months of investigative...
March 11, 2020
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Operación dirigida por la DEA que tiene como blanco al Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación genera más de 600 arrestos

March 11, 2020
MIAMI –El Departamento de Justicia y la Agencia Antidrogas de los E.U. (DEA, por sus siglas en inglés), anunciaron hoy los resultados del “Proyecto Python”, una operación interagencial y liderada por la DEA que abarcó todas las investigaciones globales que tienen como meta la interrupción de las actividades criminales y...
March 11, 2020
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

March 11, 2020
MIAMI – The Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Python, a DEA-led multilateral interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related disruption activities targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). This announcement marks the successful conclusion of six months of investigative...
March 11, 2020
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East Hartford man sentenced to 87 months for trafficking heroin cut with horse tranquilizer

March 10, 2020
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Alexander Pena, 28, of East Hartford, Connecticut was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 87 months of...
March 10, 2020
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Springfield man sentenced to 15 years for conspiring to distribute heroin

March 10, 2020
BOSTON – A Springfield man was sentenced in federal court in Springfield in connection with his role in a large-scale drug conspiracy that trafficked dozens of kilos of heroin into Springfield, Massachusetts from Bronx, N.Y. and the Dominican Republic. Alberto Marte, 35, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after...
March 10, 2020
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Lawrence man sentenced to 40 months for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

March 06, 2020
CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Jared Gil, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court to 40 months for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and...
March 06, 2020
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Colombian submarine manufacturer pleads guilty to cocaine smuggling charges

March 06, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. - Alexander Giraldo Santa (48, Colombia) has pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine while aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. According to...
March 06, 2020
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New York resident supplied by Waterbury drug trafficker sentenced to federal prison

March 06, 2020
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that James Tyrone Hayes, also known as “Ty,” 50, of Newburgh, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet C...
March 06, 2020
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Dominican National sentenced to five years for fentanyl and heroin conspiracy and distribution

March 06, 2020
BOSTON – A Dominican National was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts for distributing fentanyl and heroin. Erotides Mendez, 50, a Dominican National previously residing in New York City, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Hillman to five years in prison to be followed by...
March 06, 2020
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