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McALLEN — Sullivan City’s former police chief and nine other co-defendants have pleaded guilty in a federal drug case that was part of a nationwide sweep aimed nailing those involved with helping Mexican drug cartels smuggle drugs into the United States. Hernan Guerra Jr. pleaded guilty Friday to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, court records state. Nine other co-conspirators accepted the plea deal with prosecutors, which dropped seven other counts on federal drug charges. FBI agents arrested Guerra in June 2010 as part of “Project Deliverance,” a nationwide sweep...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration says officers arrested 29 people and seized $1.4 million in Colorado Springs from an operation accused of smuggling drugs from Mexico. Federal officials say the arrests are part of a nationwide investigation dubbed "Project Deliverance," which targets U.S.-based cells suspected of smuggling drugs across the Mexican border. The project has led to 2,266 arrests...

Note: Photos included. NOTE The following text is a quote: DEA-Led Operation Delivers Over 2,000 Arrests FBI, ICE and Mexican Govt. also take part in “Project Deliverance” which leads to the seizure of $154 million and 74.1 tons of drugs, as well as the arrest of a high-priority target DEA Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart Announces Project Deliverance JUN 10 - (WASHINGTON) – DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart joined Attorney General Eric Holder to announce the arrest of 2,266 individuals on narcotics-related charges in the United States and the seizure of more than 74.1 tons of illegal drugs as part...

NOTE The following text is a quote: Third Man Sentenced for Distribution of Methamphetamine in North Idaho Michael Ray Opland, 52, of Shoshone County, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 188 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and failure to appear, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge also ordered Opland to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term. Opland pleaded guilty to the charges in September 2009. Co-defendant Paul Dean Hartman, 44, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, had previously been sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Lynn B. Winmill in January 2010...