U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
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Federal authorities in the Southern District of Texas have filed 303 cases related to immigration and border security from September 5 to 11, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A truck driver from Orange, Texas, has been sentenced to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than 23 kilograms of cocaine.
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A Corpus Christi man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Missouri City couple has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in a mortgage fraud scheme involving false statements to loan businesses, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Mexican national with a history of felony convictions has been sentenced in Houston for illegal reentry into the United States.
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A Honduran national has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after a previous removal, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A former Corpus Christi police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for enticing a minor, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Mexican national living illegally in the Weslaco area has been sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison for immigration, drug trafficking, and firearms offenses.
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A federal jury in Laredo has convicted a 57-year-old Mexican national, Jose Luis Valverde-Ramos, of conspiracy to import at least 50 grams of methamphetamine.
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A La Villa man has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for conspiring to transport 27 undocumented immigrants in a refrigerated trailer, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Houston man has been convicted on five counts related to a series of robberies at local gas stations, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Vermont man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing child sexual assault material involving a minor from South Texas.
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A 62-year-old resident of Alamo, Texas, Lazaro Rosendo Vega, has pleaded guilty to charges of illegally transporting two Mexican nationals in a tractor-trailer.
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Eight individuals from El Salvador, identified as members of the MS-13 gang and residing illegally in Houston, have pleaded guilty to charges related to a racketeering conspiracy that included multiple murders and acts of witness tampering.
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Canadian man sentenced for operating Houston drug waypoint linked to international cocaine shipmentsA Canadian national has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for his involvement in a transnational drug trafficking organization, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A total of 352 cases involving 356 individuals were filed in the Southern District of Texas from August 29 to September 4, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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Three Guatemalan nationals appeared in federal court in Laredo, Texas, after being extradited from Guatemala to face charges related to a 2021 tractor-trailer crash in Chiapas, Mexico.
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A Brownsville resident has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for attempting to illegally export firearms to Mexico, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Mexican citizen has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for assaulting a Border Patrol agent in Laredo, Texas.
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Two men have received federal prison sentences for their roles in a firearms trafficking conspiracy that moved hundreds of weapons from the United States into Mexico, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.