Texas DPS arrests dozens of suspects in West Texas drug investigation
The Texas Department of Public Safety Monday announced the arrests of 38 suspects in connection to multi-agency drug trafficking investigation in West Texas.
Officials said the investigation was initiated earlier this year and focused on suspects accused of engaging in organized criminal activity, delivery and possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, and probation violations.
While executing several search warrants, DPS special agents also seized six firearms, cash, narcotics and drug paraphernalia.
The following individuals were arrested and booked into various jails:
Mathew Marquez, 33, Alpine (Presidio County Jail) Jose Guadalupe Martinez, 39, Marfa (Presidio County Jail) Abel Lee Baeza, 26, Marfa (Presidio County Jail) Levi Cade Gardner, 21, Alpine (Presidio County Jail) Juan Carlos Rivera, 42, Ft. Stockton (Pecos County Jail) Humberto Compean-Ramirez, 29, Ft. Stockton (Released to U.S. Border Patrol) Gibramm Compean-Ramirez, 27, Ft. Stockton (Released to U.S. Border Patrol) Gabriella Fuentes-De La Rosa, 27, Ft. Stockton (Released to U.S. Border Patrol) Jorge Licona-Luria, 45, Ft. Stockton (Released to U.S. Border Patrol) Troy Lynn Lawson, 26, Alpine (Presidio County Jail) Jaime Albert Primera, 38, Ft. Stockton (Pecos County Jail) Hector Castillo, 24, Ft. Stockton (Pecos County Jail) Everett Alexander Hall Jr., 29, Alpine (Milam County Jail) Cordrick Oneal Mobley, 28, Alpine (Presidio County Jail) Jacqueline Pearl Quintela, 28, Ft. Stockton (Pecos County Jail) Theodore Michael Brewster, 64, Van Horn (Presidio County Jail) Elloy Garcia Tavarez, 34, Odessa (Ector County Jail) Gustavo Ontiveroz Garcia, 53, Marfa (Presidio County Jail) Sarkeithian Shakur Thomas, 20, Alpine (Presidio County Jail) Jason Michael Poe, 44, Ft. Davis (Hudspeth County Jail) Andrea Marie Estrada, 34, Alpine (Presidio County Jail) Glenn Charles Madrid, 57, Marfa (Presidio County Jail) Mindy Tarango Villarreal, 33, Marfa (Presidio County Jail) James William-Thomas Lewis, 38, Marfa (Presidio County Jail) Royce Fivecoat, 58, Sanderson (Terrell County Jail) Brenda Fuentes Cano, 37, Marfa (El Paso County Jail) Bryan Ramos, 25, Horizon City (El Paso County Jail) Maria Hernandez-Garcia, 26, Ft. Stockton (Pecos County Jail) Quintin Thomas Robledo, 34, Ft. Stockton (Pecos County Jail) Penny Jane Simpson, 42, Ft. Stockton (Pecos County Jail) Yvonne Dennette Martinez, 42, Ft. Stockton (Pecos County Jail) Johnny Demund Stewart, 27, Alpine (Brewster County Jail) Antonio Seymour, 35, Van Horn (Culberson County Jail) Victoria Pernell, 21, Van Horn (Culberson County Jail) James Everett Posch, 23, Alpine (Presidio County Jail) Lenore Alexis Booth, 35, Ft. Davis (Hudspeth County Jail) Selene Leyva Hernandez, 40, Ft. Stockton (Pecos County Jail) Manuel Hernandez Ontiveros, 23, Marfa (Presidio County Jail)
