TUCSON, Arizona, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Reynaldo Parra-Villagrana, 27, of Tucson, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 33 months in federal prison, followed by 60 months of supervised release, for his role in a cross-border narcotics distribution conspiracy. Parra-Villagrana pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine on December 18, 2023. In May   more

SEATTLE, July 20 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: Brandon Aaron Dana, 36, a co-conspirator in a large drug trafficking conspiracy, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for distributing over 7,000 fentanyl pills in Idaho's Magic Valley. According to court records, in the summer of 2023, law enforcement officers identified Dana while investigating a drug trafficking organization le  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: A female Mexican wolf was captured north of Interstate 40 on U.S. Forest Service lands near Flagstaff, Arizona, last week. The wolf (F2979) was collared and released back into the wild in support of efforts to locate and capture an additional wolf known to be in the area. The Arizona Game and Fish Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initiated capture efforts  more