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Mexican Citizen Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl in Bakersfield

December 17, 2021
FRESNO, Calif. — Jesus Adrian Pena-Gamez, 33, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon and Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Pena-Gamez is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District...
December 17, 2021
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Sacramento Man Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution

December 17, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Christopher Kegan Williams, 26, of Sacramento, was sentenced on Tuesday by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to 2.5 years in prison for distribution of fentanyl, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon and Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According...
December 17, 2021
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 17, 2021
NEWARK, N.J. – As U.S. overdose deaths reach a devastating new height, claiming a new victim every five minutes, the Drug Enforcement Administration has revealed a direct link between fentanyl-related overdose deaths and criminal drug networks in Mexico. These groups are harnessing social media platforms to bring drugs laced with...
December 17, 2021
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Aryan Brotherhood Member Pleads Guilty to Meth Trafficking

December 16, 2021
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Billings, Missouri, man who belongs to the Aryan Brotherhood pleaded guilty in federal court today to methamphetamine trafficking. Jimmy Jack Pinkley, 44, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. By pleading guilty...
December 16, 2021
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 16, 2021
CHICAGO - As U.S. overdose deaths reach a devastating new height, claiming a new victim every five minutes, the Drug Enforcement Administration has revealed a direct link between fentanyl-related overdose deaths and criminal drug networks in Mexico. These groups are harnessing social media platforms to bring drugs laced with fentanyl...
December 16, 2021
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 16, 2021
Washington, D.C. - As U.S. overdose deaths reach a devastating new height, claiming a new victim every five minutes, the Drug Enforcement Administration has revealed a direct link between fentanyl-related overdose deaths and criminal drug networks in Mexico. These groups are harnessing social media platforms to bring drugs laced with...
December 16, 2021
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Indianapolis Meth Trafficking Leaders Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison

December 16, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS – Michael J. Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers of the Southern District of Indiana announced that an Indianapolis man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James R. Sweeney to over 27 years in prison following his...
December 16, 2021
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Chinese Citizen Charged with Massive Anabolic Steroid and Fentanyl Precursor Chemical Distribution Scheme

December 15, 2021
Dallas - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas has filed federal charges against one of the world’s largest alleged anabolic steroid producers, DEA Special Agent in Charge, Eduardo A. Chávez announced today. Chuen Fat Yip, a 68-year-old citizen of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), was...
December 15, 2021
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Statement from DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on Cheun Fat Yip

December 15, 2021
WASHINGTON – "Today’s designation of Chuen Fat Yip under the U.S. Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program marks the culmination of several years of law enforcement and prosecution efforts against one of the most prolific alleged distributors of illicit and dangerous drugs and precursor chemicals operating in China...
December 15, 2021
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking

December 15, 2021
MADISON, Wis. - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jacob A. Willox, 28, of Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to...
December 15, 2021
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