Agents nab man identified in La Familia meth trafficking probe
Agents arrested Gabriel Villarreal on Tuesday at an unknown location in the Rio Grande Valley as part of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration investigation. Its target: about 65 people named in four indictments who purportedly moved methamphetamine between Mexico and Dallas.
Most of the arrests in the case have been centered on Dallas, a hub for Mexican drugs headed north from Texas’ southern border.
Villarreal’s alleged involvement in the meth smuggling ring remains unknown, as is the case with the dozens of other suspects identified in four indictments filed last month in U.S. District Court in Dallas.