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Owner/Promoter of Texas MMA promotion indicted for drug trafficking

On March 24th, the US District Court, Southern District of Texas (Houston Division) indicted Dimas De Leon on multiple counts of ‘Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine'.

De Leon, according to his Facebook page, is the owner/promoter of South Texas Fighting Championships (STFC), an MMA and boxing promotion that stages both professional and amateur bouts around the Texas/Mexico border. According to Sherdog, the promotion has staged 38 mixed-martial-arts events between February 16th, 2008 and their most recent event on February 5th, 2016.

STFC's next boxing card is currently slated for April 23rd and boasts legend Juan Manuel Marquez as a ‘special guest'.