From U.S. Attorney'S Office - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales

announced Tuesday  that 28 individuals have been arrested and charged with federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.

On June 29, 2010, a combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies began arresting individuals named in a 35-defendant indictment returned by the federal grand jury on June 3, 2010, charging them with being involved in a methamphetamine and cocaine distribution ring in the Eastern District of Texas. At this same time, 13 state arrest warrants for methamphetamine trafficking offenses were issued.

The following individuals were indicted. Those in federal custody and will appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Giblin for initial appearances:

· Rogelio Dominguez Pineda, 39, of Houston;

· Jonathan A. Cuadros-Zabala, 25, of Houston;

· Samuel Pineda, 28, of Houston;

· Rodolfo Dominguez Pineda, 33, of Houston;

· Raul Pineda, 43, of Houston;

· Enrique Pineda, 35, of Houston;

· Aurelio Pineda-Moreno, 29, of Houston;

· Jesus Pineda-Espinoza, 30, of Houston;

· Juan Carlos Soto, 26, of Houston;

· Neil Indravadan Desai, 36, of Houston;

· Mohammad Zahid, 54, Houston;

· Amando Garcia-Duarte, 34, of Houston;

· Jorge Duarte-Garcia, 28, of Houston;

· John Anthony Molenda, 28, of Houston;

· Lester Edwen McCoy, 44, of Houston;

· Aldo Alber Maldonado-Herrera, 27, of Houston;

· Kenneth Patrick Collins, 43, of Houston;

· Jaime Buenaventura Pineda, 33, of Houston;

· German Rios Gomez, 26, of Houston;

· David Ruiz, 31, of Hearne, Texas;

· Orlando Pineda-Espinoza, 25, of Houston;

· Joshua Haynes, 28, of Nederland, Texas;

· Vanessa A. Cutbill, 32, of Houston;

· Alejandro G. Garcia, 46, of Houston;

· Julian Duarte-Molina, 25, of Houston;

· Christopher Shannon Miguez, 31, of Katy, Texas;

· Heather Marie Smith Peveto, 34, of Vidor, Texas;

· Trish Lynne Taylor, 28, of Houston;

· Brandon Wayne Russell, 28, of Tomball, Texas;

· Sarrah Elizabeth Youseff, 27, of Montgomery, Texas;

· Patrick Fernand Brupbacher, 33, of Houston;

· Ashley Michelle Henry, 24, of Sugar Land, Texas;

· Jose Carmen Duarte-Bautista, 49, of Houston;

· Joshua Lynn Bland, 22, of Orange, Texas; and

· Vincent Troy Bertrand, 46, of Winnie, Texas.