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Federal authorities arrest El Paso Police Officer for providing assistance to drug dealer

December 04, 2020
In El Paso today, federal authorities arrested 23-year-old El Paso police officer Monica Garcia for allegedly helping a local drug distributor to further his criminal enterprise, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Kyle Williamson, El Paso Division; and El Paso Police Chief...
December 04, 2020
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Interagency operation nets indictments in drug conspiracy

November 20, 2020
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson today announced the federal indictments of 18 individuals in the Roswell, New Mexico, area on charges ranging from distribution of methamphetamine to money laundering. The charges are contained three separate indictments totaling 66 counts. According to the indictments and other court records...
November 20, 2020
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35 defendants to include the ring leader charged in major take down of international drug trafficking organization based in Lane County

October 29, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. - Members of a major international drug trafficking organization, including one of its ringleaders and sources of supply from Mexico, have been charged with distributing methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl into Oregon between 2018 and 2020. A federal grand jury in Eugene has returned a one-count indictment charging Victor...
October 29, 2020
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Twenty-Three indicted in large-scale heroin ring

October 07, 2020
DENVER – United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn alongside the Denver Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that 23 individuals have been indicted with 37 counts for their role in running a large-scale, Denver-based heroin trafficking organization. According to information contained in the indictment as well as...
October 07, 2020
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Springfield paramedic charged with conspiring to distribute controlled substances

September 30, 2020
EUGENE, Ore. - A Eugene Springfield Fire Department paramedic has been charged with illegally obtaining controlled substances from a local pharmacy and using them to drug and rape multiple female victims. Edward Augustus Blake, 44, a resident of Cheshire, Oregon, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with conspiring to...
September 30, 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 ELN members and associates charged with narco-terrorism and international cocaine distribution conspiracy

September 21, 2020
HOUSTON – A total of three Colombian nationals associated with the National Liberation Army(Ejército de Liberación Nacional aka ELN), a paramilitary group designated as a foreign terrorist organization, have been taken into Colombian custody at the request of the United States on charges alleging a 20-year international drug conspiracy. “When...
September 21, 2020
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Federal jury convicts two men of cocaine conspiracy spanning from Houston to Buffalo

September 02, 2020
,strong>BUFFALO, N.Y. U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that following a two week trial, a federal jury has convicted Henry Lloyd, 34, and Roman Dunnigan, 41, both of Buffalo, NY, of conspiracy to distribute...
September 02, 2020
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Third major takedown of drug trafficking ring nets 14 arrests

September 01, 2020
SEATTLE - The third major drug ring takedown resulted in 14 arrests today. U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran and DEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Weis announced the culmination of these three wiretap investigations. “Even during this Covid-19 crisis, these alleged drug traffickers preyed on Washingtonians, using extraordinary violence to...
September 01, 2020
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Twenty one defendants face federal methamphetamine and cocaine conspiracy charges

August 28, 2020
AUSTIN, TX - Over the past two weeks, federal, state and local authorities have arrested 21 individuals in connection with a cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking operations based in the Austin area, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John F...
August 28, 2020
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