News published on Federal Newswire in October 2021

News from October 2021


Colombian Businessman Charged with Money Laundering Extradited to the United States from Cabo Verde

News Release: Miami, Florida - Alex Nain Saab Moran (Saab), 49, a Colombian citizen, will make his initial appearance in federal court in Miami, Florida, today after being extradited from the Republic of Cabo Verde. Saab is charged in an indictment with laundering the proceeds of violations of the Foreign Corrupt...


News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Helena woman accused of helping to bring pounds of methamphetamine from Las Vegas, Nevada, into Montana admitted to a drug trafficking crime today, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.



DOJ and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington settle claims it failed to provide interpreter service to patients who are deaf and deaf-blind

News Release: Medical provider establishes $1 million claim fund for those whose rights were violated by failure to accommodate disability.


Two Springfield Men Convicted in Large-Scale Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: BOSTON - Two Springfield men were convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Worcester for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking organization supplied by sources in Mexico and spanning at least four states.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - Ronald Gales, 54, of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross and was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison today. Gales previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: Ivan Reyes Arzate Received Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Bribes from a Mexico-Based Cartel.


Release: Summary: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public that we added the Republic of Mali to the list of regions that the APHIS considers to be affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). This action follows our imposition of ...


News Release: MOAB, Utah - EM ’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project shipped more than 1 million tons of mill tailings for disposal in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the largest annual amount since fiscal 2012.


Joint Statement on Mexican – U.S. Engagement on Climate Change

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the United Mexican States on the occasion of Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry’s visit to Palenque, Mexico.


Los Alamos Remediates Waste, Protects Watersheds in Seven Canyons

News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and its cleanup contractor have collected more than 3,100 soil samples and excavated more than 1,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil as they remediate land at the southernmost boundary of Los Alamos National Laboratory impacted by historical weapons research and development.


News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Charles Lee Pingley, of Dunn, North Carolina, was indicted today on bank robbery charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.


Sioux City Woman Pleads to Conspiracy to Distribute Over 42 Pounds of Methamphetamine

News Release: A Sioux City woman who conspired to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine pled guilty on Oct. 18, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken  With María Grazzia Acosta of Teleamazonas

Release: QUESTION: Es un gusto saludarlos desde este espacio, una entrevista en exclusiva con el Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos Antony Blinken. Blinken es el septuagésimo primer Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos, con una amplia experiencia en diplomacia y en materia de seguridad nacional.


EM Deactivates COLEX Equipment, Advances Mercury Cleanup at Y-12

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Crews are nearly finished deactivating the second of three collections of old, mercury-contaminated equipment surrounding the Alpha-4 facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridg e.


Crapo: Americans Should Loudly Reject Intrusive IRS Reporting Regime

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate Floor outlining concerns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) financial account reporting dragnet and rumored changes. Watch Crapo's remarks here.


News Release: NEW ALBANY - An Indianapolis man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the murder and robbery of Scott D. Maxie, a gun store owner near North Vernon, Indiana.


Release: Washington, D.C., Oct. 19, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a pest risk analysis to evaluate the risks associated with importing fresh leaves and stems of garland chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronarium) from Mexico into the continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.


Barrasso Opening Statement at Nominations Hearing

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a nominations hearing.


News Release: Stole Goods Worth More than $3.25 Million from FedEx Shipments and Evaded More Than $660,000 in Federal Income Taxes.