SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On December 18, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against two defendants charged with conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and conspiracy to import and importation of controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On December 12, 2013, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 26 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, crack, cocaine and marijuana, and firearms offenses announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for...

FORT SMITH, Ark. - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, along with DEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown, announced that Esteban Arreola, 29, was sentenced today on charges for possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine and possession of...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ronald W. Sharpe, United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Vito S. Guarino, Special Agent in...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands positively responded to the DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. On Saturday October 26, 2013, the Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Island communities turned over 810.95 pounds of expired and unwanted medications for safe and...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, along with Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd announced that Ulices Quintero-Patino, 30, of Mexico, was sentenced on one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and one count of using a...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On October 23, a federal grand jury indicted a group of longshoremen working at the seaport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a co-owner of a company that provides freight transportation services and their associates, with conspiracy to import and conspiracy to possess with intent to...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Coast Guard and U.S. law enforcement partners seized approximately 1,155 kilograms of (approximately 2,546 pounds), a go-fast vessel and detained three suspected smugglers, during an at-sea interdiction Friday in the Caribbean Sea south of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd announced that Kyle Alexander, age 24 of Bethel Heights, Christopher Randolph, age 19 of Bethel Heights, and Noe Tovias, age 29 of San Benito, Texas, were sentenced today for offenses involving the possession of methamphetamine with the intent to...

SHREVEPORT - , La. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd announced on August 26, 2013 that William Paul Boyter, 76, Michael Paul Boyter, 51, and Antony Reuben Riley, 49, all of Shreveport, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to charges of conspiracy, money laundering...