HOUSTON ? A 34-year-old Houston resident and felon has been ordered to federal prison for illegal purchase and trafficking of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. A federal jury convicted Jose Abraham Nicanor May 11 on all 13 counts as charged following a three-day trial. He was...

Two Texas men were sentenced to prison for their roles in firearms trafficking to Mexico. ?Traffickers in fully automatic firearms from the United States to Mexico aid in the cartels? efforts to manufacture dangerous drugs and smuggle them into our country,? said Attorney General Merrick B...

At the conclusion of a removal hearing, a federal court in Houston, Texas ordered Elmer Canales-Rivera, aka Crook de Hollywood, a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, aka MS-13, to be transferred in custody to the Eastern District of New York where he and 13 other high-ranking MS-13 leaders...

LAREDO, Texas ? A 37-year-old Laredo resident has been sentenced for possession of a machine gun, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and conspiracy to possess intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Jaime Jesus Esquivel pleaded guilty June 6, admitting...