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Illinois man sentenced to 37 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin

October 05, 2020
NEWARK, N.J. – An Illinois man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for conspiring to transport heroin and cocaine to New Jersey. Daniel Gonzalez Maldonado, 25, of Carpentersville, Illinois, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court to an information charging him...
October 05, 2020
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Twelve San Antonio based Texas Mexican Mafia members and associates arrested -- indicted on federal drug trafficking charges

October 02, 2020
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - Federal, state and local authorities have arrested twelve Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) members and associates on federal drug charges in connection with a methamphetamine/heroin/cocaine trafficking operation in the San Antonio area, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division; U.S...
October 02, 2020
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Multi-Agency Operation Nets more than 70 arrests in Highlands County

October 02, 2020
SEBRING, Fla . – On September 30, 2010, a multi-agency federal, state, and local task force conducted an operation in which more than 70 people were arrested on drug trafficking and gun marcharges. For more than a year, federal, state, and local law enforcement worked on a massive operation dubbed...
October 02, 2020
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Manchester man sentenced to 57 months for drug trafficking

October 01, 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 Eddil Ortez, 27, of Manchester, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for attempted possession of fentanyl and cocaine with intent to distribute. According to...
October 01, 2020
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Federal agencies arrest 10 in drug trafficking ring in St. Louis and Phoenix

September 30, 2020
ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshals Service and Homeland Security Investigations arrested 10 people Tuesday, including seven in the St. Louis area and three in Phoenix, on charges that include conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana. Defendants are expected to be presented in federal court today...
September 30, 2020
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Rewards Offered for Capture of Three Former Venezuelan Officials Charged in Miami Federal Court with Drug Trafficking and Other Crimes

September 29, 2020
MIAMI - Rewards are being offered for information leading to the capture, arrest, and conviction of three former Venezuelan officials who for years have failed to personally appear in the Southern District of Florida to face publicly-filed federal drug trafficking charges. Pedro Luis Martin-Olivares, 53, the former Chief of Economic...
September 29, 2020
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Mexican national sentenced to over 20 years in prison for setting fire to drug smuggling vessel during U.S. Coast Guard interdiction

September 29, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. - Jesus Soto-Martinez (41, Michoacan, Mexico) was sentenced to 21 years and 3 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, forcibly interfering...
September 29, 2020
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Six members of Paterson-based 230 Boys Gang indicted in 29-count indictment

September 25, 2020
NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a federal grand jury has indicted six members of a Paterson street gang on charges of selling heroin and fentanyl...
September 25, 2020
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Members of Cocaine and Fentanyl Conspiracy Indicted

September 24, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. - An indictment charging nine members of a drug trafficking organization based out of Tampa (please see chart below for details). The indictment also notifies the defendants that the United States intends to forfeit a firearm used in the offenses, and any monies traceable to the offenses. According...
September 24, 2020
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Judge sentences St. Louis man to 9 years on cocaine and marijuana distribution charges

September 23, 2020
ST. LOUIS - Juan LaSalle Chase was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison today. The 49-year-old resident of St. Louis previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana. According to the plea agreement, beginning in 2015...
September 23, 2020
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