MEDIA ADVISORY DEA ANNOUNCES 5,456 DRUG-RELATED OVERDOSE DEATHS IN PENNSYLVANIA IN 2017 Contact: Supervisory Special Agent Patrick J. Trainor, Public Information Officer, (215) 852-8740 (PHILADELPHIA) – Jon Wilson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Philadelphia Division, announced today that 5,456 drug-related overdose deaths [1] were reported...

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration have proposed a reduction for controlled substances that may be manufactured in the U.S. next year. Consistent with President Trump’s “Safe Prescribing Plan” that seeks to “cut nationwide opioid prescription fills by one-third within three years,” the proposal decreases...

LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities have arrested 12 defendants on federal narcotics and fraud charges stemming from an investigation into the Puente 13 Street Gang. Those arrested last night and this morning are among 17 defendants named in a series of indictments returned by a federal grand jury that allege...

LOS ANGELES - Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Jesus Rodriguez-Jimenez, 47, of Monterrey, Mexico, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison by United States District Judge Katherine B. Forrest in Manhattan federal court. Rodriguez-Jimenez ran an international money laundering...

WEST PALM BEACH , Fla. - Wilfredo Roy Madrigal, a/k/a “Fredo,” a/k/a “Wolfman,” 34, of Palm Beach County was sentenced yesterday by a federal judge to 10 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin...

OMAHA – Matthew R. Barden, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the DEA Omaha Division today announced a hugely successful month within the Omaha Division in the constant battle against drug trafficking. The past month has consisted of prison sentences of almost two decades in federal prison for methamphetamine traffickers...

LOS ANGELES – Capping a three-year investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force, authorities this morning arrested 20 defendants named in a series of indictments that allege the smuggling of large quantities of narcotics from Mexico on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel. Those arrested this morning are among 57 defendants...

EL PASO, Texas - A federal judge sentenced two brothers to decades in federal prison for their roles in an El Paso based drug trafficking organization announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Special Agent in Charge Kyle W. Williamson, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), El Paso Division; and FBI...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that a federal jury convicted Michael Elder, 38, of Tonawanda, N.Y., of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, possession...

SEATTLE - A six month investigation of significant heroin and methamphetamine trafficking in the north Puget Sound region culminated in 11 federal arrests on July 17, 2018. Agents and officers served 33 search warrants which resulted in the seizure of 18 firearms, ten pounds of heroin, 20 pounds of methamphetamine...