Trial Begins in Heroin-Trafficking Case

Was Jovita's a hub for drug dealing?

"...Pardo and Jorge Carrillo were key to an extensive heroin-trafficking enterprise operating for years out of Jovita's Tex-Mex restaurant..."

Feb. 11, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Pardo and Carrillo Guilty of Heroin Trafficking

After three days of testimony, a verdict

"...both guilty of participating in a conspiracy to traffic heroin...."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Witness Says Pardo Taught Her to Cut Heroin

Huang says she cut six ounces per week for Pardo to sell

"...federal government says were key players in a well-organized heroin trafficking operation based in South Austin...."

Feb. 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Stuff the Cooler – With Black Tar Heroin!

APD trumpets big heroin bust

"...the APD PIO:Investigation results in federal indictments for Austin-area heroin distribution operation Members of the Austin Police Department Narcotics..."

March 12, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Drug Trafficking Gets Intense?

Feds designate Austin as high-intensity drug trafficking zone

"...Austin has recently been designated a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a moniker bestowed on drug distribution hubs or..."

April 5, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: Austin Is 'Command Center' for Drug Trafficking

City could draw federal dollars with new designation

"...Austin is now officially a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a moniker bestowed on drug distribution hubs and..."

April 9, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Taking 'H' Off the Street

APD on a recent heroin ring bust.

"...Interesting press release from APD: DRUG ARRESTS REDUCE HEROIN DISTRIBUTION IN AUSTIN In mid 2005 members of the..."

March 5, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Feds Consider Bond for Jovita’s Defendants – More to Come

Pardo in court on Thursday

"...defendants arrested in last week's bust of an alleged heroin-trafficking ring connected to Amado Pardo – whose family owns..."

June 26, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Amado Pardo, Patriarch of Jovita's, Dead at 64

He would have faced federal drug charges in a February trial

"...trial for his alleged role in a South Austin heroin-trafficking organization, Amado "Mayo" Pardo – the patriarch of Jovita's..."

Jan. 23, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Pardo Denied Bond

Amado and brother will remain in jail

"...allegedly told them simply that "the cure" was more heroin...."

July 10, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

More to the Story

Advocates work to change the conversation around human trafficking

"...the past year of her life a haze of heroin and selling sex to pay for more heroin...."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Naked City

"...drug charges for their alleged connection to an Austin-based heroin-trafficking organization, APD reports. The investigation into the Castro crime..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature

Jovita's Trial Begins

The government seeks to demystify the alleged heroin-trafficking operation

"...Pardo and Jorge Carrillo were key to a vast heroin-trafficking enterprise operating for years out of Jovita's Tex-Mex restaurant..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

More Details Emerge in Jovita's Case

Detention hearing for Amado Pardo set for June 28

"...arrested in last week's federal-state-local bust of an alleged heroin-trafficking ring connected to Jovita's appeared for bond hearings in..."

June 29, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Jovita's Defendant Not a Dealer, Lawyer Says

Tatiana Huang came to Austin to attend UT

"...Huang was among 15 individuals arrested on federal heroin dealing charges as part of the yearlong joint heroin..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Still Bleeding

APD Officer Jeff White's lawsuit against the department gives new life to allegations of corruption and retaliation.

"...praise for White's "monumental work effort" on a joint drug-trafficking investigation that put several major dealers behind bars. That..."

May 31, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Connection

The French-made Connection owes much to The French Connection

"...of one of the most lucrative and longstanding drug trafficking operations of the last century: morphine shipped from Turkey..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

Death and drugs dominated the year for Austin police

"...arrested and charged in connection with an investigation into heroin trafficking. Jovita's, the feds have said, was a longtime..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Jovita's Court Dates Continue

Alleged kingpin will have his hearing July 10

"...charged with conspiracy to possess and intent to distribute heroin as a part of what the police say was..."

July 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Tandy Quits Drugs

After four years at the helm, Drug Enforcement Administration head Karen Tandy announced Oct. 22 that she is leaving the agency

"...Under Tandy, the agency began its international opium and heroin trafficking crackdown, sending agents to Afghanistan to ferret out..."

Oct. 28, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Shapleigh on the Border

El Paso senator lays down the law on what's really important on cross-border crime

"...how "to stem the tide of illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and human smuggling, and to reduce the criminal activities..."

July 9, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...Pardo and Jorge Carrillo for their roles in a heroin trafficking ring that operated in and around Jovita's Tex-Mex..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Feature

Headlines

"...› Amado Pardo, the alleged ringleader of a large heroin-trafficking operation and face of Jovita's restaurant, as well as..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature

'Project Deliverance' Nets Drugs, Cash, Cop

Texas police chief among those popped in drug sting

"...2,200 people as part of a 22-month multi-agency drug trafficking investigation – including the arrest of a Valley area..."

June 11, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Waco's Drug Buster

"...in rural McClennan County to monitoring the surge in heroin trafficking along I-35 after the passage of the North..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...accusations that officers appeared to be actually aiding the trafficking activities of the investigation's main target, Roger López, who..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Traitor

True-life Mafia story inverts the conventions

"...shut when rounded up by the police on drug trafficking charges. Soon, though, the mysterious disappearance of his two..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Fatal Error

Hooked on Drug Money

"...within one of the nation's 21 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas. But the U.S. Border Patrol is JTF-6's main..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Monte Paulsen

Weed Watch

Chronic-pain specialists are just drug dealers in disguise, say federal narcs

"...Hurwitz was found guilty in federal court of drug trafficking and was sentenced to 63 years in prison in..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Supremes Take a Hit

The federalist smoke from medical marijuana reaches the Supreme Court. Can they clear the air on states' rights, pot, and the Constitution?

"...of a physician" is distinct from illegal use and trafficking. The "limited medical use of marijuana ... does not..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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