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...

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...

BOSTON –Two men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring to distribute fentanyl in Worcester County. Richard Molina-Ovalle, 36, of Worcester and Jose Molina-Ovalle, 27, a Dominican national unlawfully residing in Worcester, were charged in an indictment with conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of...

CONCORD, N.H. – Kittery, Maine resident Trenton Murphy, 28, was sentenced in federal court to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine with a Massachusetts-based drug trafficking organization (DTO), U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. According to court documents and...

BOSTON – A Dominican national unlawfully residing at the Quality Inn Hotel in Revere, Massachusetts pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to possessing over 4.5 kilograms of fentanyl and an assault rifle. Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute more...

MACON, Ga. – The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia, together with law enforcement partners, today announced significant developments in three Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) investigations targeting cartel-linked drug trafficking organizations responsible for the armed distribution of large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine and resulting...

SEATTLE – A 46-year-old Seattle man was sentenced late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking organization that sold cocaine and fentanyl in Seattle homeless encampments and in the Chinatown International District. Sang Su has been in custody...

ALBUQUERQUE – Five defendants face federal charges alleging they used the U.S. mail, interstate travel, and electronic financial transactions to facilitate a large-scale methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution operation spanning New Mexico, Arizona, and California. According to court documents, Cesar Antonio Huerta, 28, is alleged to have led a Hobbs, New...

ALBUQUERQUE - Angel Ramirez, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, faces federal drug trafficking and firearm offenses following her arrest during a DEA-led Homeland Security Task Force investigation. "During this operation, DEA agents working alongside our Homeland Security Task Force partners seized more than 40 kilograms of fentanyl powder, representing over 3...

CONCORD, N.H. – Dominican national Danaury Espinal-Lara, 46, has been sentenced in federal court by U.S. District Court Judge Steven J. McAuliffe to 151 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, announces United States Attorney Erin Creegan. According to court documents and statements made in court, the defendant...