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Colombian national sentenced to more than 24 years for conspiring to send more than 12,000 kilograms of cocaine to the Sinaloa Cartel

January 10, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. - Jimmy Riascos-Riascos, 44, Colombia, South America, was sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine on board vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Riascos-Riascos had pleaded guilty on July 18, 2019. According to court records, Riascos-Riascos was...
January 10, 2020
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Minnesota man sentenced to five years on methamphetamine charge

January 07, 2020
MADISON, Wis. - DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell and United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that William Huff, 54, of St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to five years in federal prison...
January 07, 2020
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Champaign man sentenced to 13 years in prison for trafficking

January 06, 2020
URBANA, Ill. – U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm today sentenced a Champaign, ll., man, Stephan Caamano, to 13 years in federal prison for trafficking at least 4.3 million counterfeit Xanax pills throughout the country and laundering the proceeds. Caamano has been ordered to pay more than $2.1 million he...
January 06, 2020
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Winter Garden man with numerous felony convictions sentenced to 12 years in federal prison

January 06, 2020
ORLANDO, Fla. - Kenneth Bernard Smith, 55, of Winter Garden, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for possessing a loaded firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon, and for possessing with the intent to distribute heroin and cocaine. Smith had previously pleaded guilty to the offenses. According to...
January 06, 2020
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Indiana, California drug-trafficking organizations dismantled

December 19, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS – DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Michael Gannon and United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that two drug-trafficking organizations with fifteen total members were indicted by a grand jury for charges of drug-trafficking, unlawful use of a communication facility and being a felon in possession...
December 19, 2019
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La Crosse Man Sentenced to 48 months in prison

December 18, 2019
MADISON, Wis. - United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that James A. Conner III, 44, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 48 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Conner pleaded guilty to this charge...
December 18, 2019
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Attorney General William P. Barr announces launch of Operation Relentless Pursuit

December 18, 2019
MILWAUKEE -- Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Operation Relentless Pursuit, an initiative aimed at combating violent crime in seven American cities – including Milwaukee – through a surge in federal resources. Joined at a press conference in Detroit, Michigan, by ATF Acting Director Regina Lombardo, DEA...
December 18, 2019
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Three men sentenced to federal prison for smuggling nearly $200 million of cocaine on board a semi-submersible submarine

December 18, 2019
TAMPA, Fla. - Carlos Chavez-Aguirre, 35, Yesid Caicedo Asprilla, 50, and David Hurtado Vallecilla, 45, all Colombian nationals, were sentenced to 20, 12, and 11 years, respectively, in federal prison terms for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while...
December 18, 2019
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South Florida doctor sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone

December 17, 2019
MIAMI - Dr. Rodolfo Gonzalez Garcia, 65, of Weston, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to eight years in prison, after previously pleading guilty to conspiring to dispense a controlled substance, Oxycodone. According to the court record, including the agreed upon factual proffers in support of the defendants’ guilty pleas, from November...
December 17, 2019
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South Bend man sentenced to 34 years in prison

December 16, 2019
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Brandon Edelman, 33, of South Bend, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr., for armed drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Mr. Edelman was sentenced to 408 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Mr...
December 16, 2019
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