MACON, Ga. – Two investigations of dark web drug traffickers in the Middle District of Georgia were announced as part of Operation TorNado, a coordinated, multi-agency and international law enforcement effort targeting criminal enterprises that use dark web markets to traffic fentanyl, opioids, and other illicit drugs. The announcement was...

Atlanta – Michael Antonio Cruz was arraigned earlier today in federal court on drug trafficking charges related to the discovery of nearly 60 pounds of fentanyl in a shed behind one of his alleged residences. “Fentanyl continues to devastate families and communities across this country,” said Michael J. Connolly, Acting...

Note: Relevant court documents can be found here. Today, the Department of Justice, through the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team, joined Europol to announce the results of Operation TorNado: a coordinated, multi‑agency and international law enforcement effort targeting criminal enterprises that use Dark Web markets to traffic...

RAPID CITY - A Tucson, Arizona, man, Francisco Siquieros-Valenzuela, also known as “Pancho,” 32, was sentenced November 9, to 14 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Siquieros-Valenzuela was indicted for Conspiracy to...

Seattle – A 36-year-old Mexican national, who was tending a drug stash house in Everett and making drug deliveries for a large drug trafficking organization, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to five years in prison. Sylvestre Ramos was arrested October 28, 2025, following a year-long investigation...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Justice Department today announced that 36 individuals, nine of whom are illegal aliens, have been charged in a multi-state Homeland Security Task Force investigation involving drug trafficking and money laundering that spans international borders. During the course of the investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seized...

LAS VEGAS – A Colombian national pleaded guilty Monday to selling thousands of Fentanyl-laced pills in the Las Vegas area. “Transnational drug trafficking networks believe they can operate with impunity inside our borders, but this plea proves otherwise,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of...

LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by United States District Judge Cristina D. Silva to 84 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and to launder thousands of dollars of...

HARTFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WINIFER ACOSTA JIMENEZ, 32, of the Bronx, New York, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 72 months of imprisonment and two years of supervised release for a...

STAMFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that BRANDON TURNER, also known as “Bizz,” 32, of Stamford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sarah F. Russell in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release for...