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US deports Mexico drug kingpin Guillen back home after 25-year sentence in American prison – Firstpost
6 days, 12 hours ago

US deports Mexico drug kingpin Guillen back home after 25-year sentence in American prison – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Cardenas Guillen was captured in 2003 and extradited four years later to the United States, where he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking, money laundering and extortion U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement police officers hold drug lord Osiel Cardenas Guillen, who was deported and handed to Mexican authorities in Tijuana. Reuters Mexican drug kingpin Osiel Cardenas Guillen, former leader of the …

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Who is Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, dreaded drug lord known as 'friend killer'
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6 days, 18 hours ago

Who is Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, dreaded drug lord known as 'friend killer'

India Today  

Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, the notorious drug lord and former leader of the Gulf Cartel, has returned to Mexico after serving a 14-year prison sentence in the United States, CBS News has reported. Known by his chilling nickname, El Mata Amigos, Cárdenas Guillén is infamous for his brutal methods and leadership of one of Mexico’s most violent criminal organizations. Under Cárdenas …

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US deports ex-Gulf Cartel chief known for hyper-violent tactics to Mexico
6 days, 18 hours ago

US deports ex-Gulf Cartel chief known for hyper-violent tactics to Mexico

India Today  

The US government deported drug lord Osiel Cardenas on Monday, transferring custody of the ex-Gulf Cartel chief known for hyper-violent tactics to Mexican authorities at the border city of Tijuana, two federal government officials told Reuters. Prior to his capture in a 2003 gun battle, Cardenas presided over some of the bloodiest gang violence in Mexico's turbulent past, blamed for …

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The $5 Billion drug cartel that made Assad powerful and terrorists unstoppable
1 week, 4 days ago

The $5 Billion drug cartel that made Assad powerful and terrorists unstoppable

India Today  

A regime toppled, a battlefield of chaos, and a drug that fueled war itself. The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship in Syria has shattered a brutal regime and exposed the dictator's $5 billion 'drug jihad' in West Asia. Captagon, the so-called 'poor man’s cocaine' didn’t just line Assad’s coffers, it fuelled fighters, prolonged wars, and destabilised an entire region. Militias …

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Oil Holds Drop as OPEC Decision on Supply Takes the Spotlight
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Oil Holds Drop as OPEC Decision on Supply Takes the Spotlight

Live Mint  

-- Oil steadied after a decline, with traders looking ahead to an OPEC meeting on Thursday that’s expected to see the cartel again defer a move to revive output in an already well-supplied market. While commercial stockpiles shrank more than 5 million barrels for the biggest weekly drop since August, nationwide oil production hit a record in a reminder of …

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Legendary Medellin cartel drug lord released from US prison after serving 25 years
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Legendary Medellin cartel drug lord released from US prison after serving 25 years

Associated Press  

MIAMI — One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a U.S. prison and is expected to be deported back home. Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was released Tuesday after completing 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence. Ochoa was first indicted in …

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Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

CNN  

CNN — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily …

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Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

CNN  

CNN — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily …

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Fear and loathing in Culiacan, Sinaloa
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Fear and loathing in Culiacan, Sinaloa

Al Jazeera  

‘The situation’ in the home city of one of Mexico’s most notorious cartels is explosive and likely to get much worse with Trump’s return to power. As the US Council on Foreign Relations noted in August, shortly after El Mayo’s detention, Mexico “has seen more than 431,000 homicides since 2006, when the government declared war on the cartels” with US …

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US says a drug cartel is behind the longstanding problem of illegal fishing in the Gulf of Mexico
3 weeks, 5 days ago

US says a drug cartel is behind the longstanding problem of illegal fishing in the Gulf of Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — For years, U.S. authorities and fishermen have been complaining about illegal fishing for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, and now it’s been revealed who is behind the lucrative trade: a Mexican drug cartel. “Apart from their use for IUU fishing in U.S. waters, lanchas are also used to move illicit drugs and migrants into the …

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Son of ‘El Mago,’ Sinaloa cartel legend killed in L.A., seeks new family legacy
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Son of ‘El Mago,’ Sinaloa cartel legend killed in L.A., seeks new family legacy

LA Times  

Eddie Escobedo Jr. is carrying on the hibachi restaurant business started by his father, a convicted Sinaloa cartel marijuana trafficker known as “El Mago,” who was killed Nov. 23, 2023. The oldest, Eddie Escobedo Jr., says he knows he will always be known first and foremost as “El Mago’s son,” though his dad never wanted his children to follow him …

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A Mexican cartel leader arrested in the US faked his death and assumed a phony name, prosecutors say
1 month ago

A Mexican cartel leader arrested in the US faked his death and assumed a phony name, prosecutors say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A high-ranking leader of a Mexican drug cartel who lived in the U.S. under a phony identity after faking his own death has been arrested on federal charges, the Justice Department said Thursday. Cristian Fernando Gutierrez Ochoa — the son-in-law of the fugitive Jalisco New Generation cartel boss known as “El Mencho” — was arrested this week on …

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International drug cartel busted in Delhi, huge cache of MDMA and Ecstasy tablets seized
1 month ago

International drug cartel busted in Delhi, huge cache of MDMA and Ecstasy tablets seized

Live Mint  

The Delhi Police on Thursday busted an international drug cartel and arrested two people involved in the racket. On November 15, about 700 kg of drugs were seized in a joint operation by anti-narcotics agencies and eight foreign nations were arrested from Indian territorial waters off the Gujarat coast around Porbandar. "Pursuing PM Shri @narendramodi Ji's vision for a drug-free …

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It’s hard to pin down the music of ‘Emilia Pérez’
1 month ago

It’s hard to pin down the music of ‘Emilia Pérez’

LA Times  

“Emilia Pérez” is not what most would conjure when thinking of a movie musical. They crafted a suite of songs in a spectrum of genres, including two that demonstrate the film’s range: the self-actualization pop ballad “Mi Camino,” performed by Gomez, as the wife of the cartel boss, via karaoke; and the showstopping, rock-rap denunciation of poisonous hypocrisy, “El Mal,” …

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Drug cartels in India use ex-US presidents' names to mask their identities
1 month, 1 week ago

Drug cartels in India use ex-US presidents' names to mask their identities

Hindustan Times  

John F Kennedy, Franklin D Roosevelt, Bill Clinton – a clutch of names more commonly associated with the White House have, over the past year, found themselves relegated to the relatively ignominious ranks of India’s drug-trading circles. Operatives working with offshoots of Mexican drug cartels in India have started using aliases of former US presidents, American TV show characters, and …

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Trans-border narco, arms cartel busted, two held in Amritsar
1 month, 1 week ago

Trans-border narco, arms cartel busted, two held in Amritsar

Hindustan Times  

Punjab Police busted a trans-border narco smuggling and arms cartel and apprehended two people with 8.275 kg heroin, 6kg opium, 13.1kg chemical and cache of weapons on Friday. Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said on Friday that the Amritsar commissionerate police have busted a trans-border narco-smuggling and arms cartel and apprehended two persons. State director general of police Gaurav Yadav said, …

Sadiq recruited drivers to run drug cartel overseas: ED
1 month, 1 week ago

Sadiq recruited drivers to run drug cartel overseas: ED

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Jaffer Sadiq, the alleged kingpin in the multi-crore drug trafficking case, has actively scouted individuals with international road permits and stationed them in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Dubai, and Malaysia to work as drivers and clandestinely handle his drug trade there, the ED investigation has found. ED found that Sadiq tried to send three men, two from …

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Car bombs. Massacres. A cartel turf war. Mexico’s new president confronts a wave of violence
1 month, 1 week ago

Car bombs. Massacres. A cartel turf war. Mexico’s new president confronts a wave of violence

LA Times  

Mourners attend a Mass on Oct. 20 alongside the coffin of Roman Catholic priest Marcelo Perez, who was killed in San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico’s Chiapas state. As a candidate, Sheinbaum vowed to continue the strategy of her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who expanded the military’s reach but sought to avoid direct confrontations with cartels, and insisted …

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Horrifying moment gang of four masked gunmen shoot dead 10 people in bloody bar room massacre before fleeing in a pick-up truck and setting it alight
1 month, 1 week ago

Horrifying moment gang of four masked gunmen shoot dead 10 people in bloody bar room massacre before fleeing in a pick-up truck and setting it alight

Daily Mail  

This is the horrifying moment a gang of four masked gunmen killed 10 people in a bloody massacre, before fleeing in a pick-up truck and setting it on fire. At least 10 people - seven men and three women - were killed and 13 others injured, two seriously, according to Public Security official Juan Luis Ferrusca Ortiz. The gunmen arriving …

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Mexico appears to abandon its ‘hugs, not bullets’ strategy as bloodshed plagues the country
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mexico appears to abandon its ‘hugs, not bullets’ strategy as bloodshed plagues the country

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — For the last six years, Mexico bragged about its oft-questioned “hugs, not bullets” strategy, in which its leaders avoided confrontations with drug cartels that were gradually taking control of large parts of the country. Sheinbaum has studiously avoided using the “hugs, not bullets” slogan popularized by her predecessor and mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who …

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Mexican Cartel Connection to the Greater Noida Meth Lab Bust
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mexican Cartel Connection to the Greater Noida Meth Lab Bust

Firstpost  

A Mexican cartel connection to the Greater Noida meth lab bust has been revealed. Teams from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Delhi Police Special Cell raided a facility, seizing around 95 kg of methamphetamine. The lab's operations involved a Tihar Jail warden, a Delhi businessman, and a Mumbai chemist. Investigations are now focused on tracing the financial assets …

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Mexican Drug Cartel Busts in Noida, 5 Arrested Including Tihar Jail Warden
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mexican Drug Cartel Busts in Noida, 5 Arrested Including Tihar Jail Warden

Deccan Chronicle  

A meth lab has been busted in Noida, with five people, including a Tihar Jail warden and two Delhi-based businessmen, arrested in connection with it. The lab was found in the Kasna industrial area and contained 95 kg of methamphetamine, a synthetic drug. The NCB is investigating the drug network's footprints across several places in the National Capital Region, with …

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Mexican Cartel Links Meth Lab in Noida, Arrests Key Players
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mexican Cartel Links Meth Lab in Noida, Arrests Key Players

ABP News  

Another meth lab has been busted in Noida, India, leading to the arrest of five people, including a Tihar Jail warden and two Delhi-based businessmen. The lab was found in the Kasna industrial area and contained 95 kg of methamphetamine, along with other chemicals and machinery used in the production of the drug.

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Meth Lab Busts in Greater Noida, 95 kg Drugs Seized, Tihar Jail Warden Arrested
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Meth Lab Busts in Greater Noida, 95 kg Drugs Seized, Tihar Jail Warden Arrested

India Today  

A meth lab has been busted in Greater Noida, with 95 kg of drugs being seized. The operation was conducted after intelligence about a clandestine laboratory involved in the production of synthetic drugs for both domestic use and export was received. The raid resulted in the arrest of four suspects, including a Delhi-based businessman, a Mumbai-based chemist, and a Tihar …

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