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Son of ‘El Mago,’ Sinaloa cartel legend killed in L.A., seeks new family legacy
3 weeks, 6 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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Mexico’s ex-security czar gets 38 years for cartel bribes. Is he the first of many?
2 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s ex-security czar gets 38 years for cartel bribes. Is he the first of many?

LA Times  

In the history of narco-corruption in Mexico, no higher-ranking official than Genaro García Luna has ever faced justice in the United States. “You cannot parade this series of awards… it doesn’t wash, it doesn’t add up.” Cogan, who also presided over the case of El Chapo, told the former security chief: “You have the same kind of thuggishness as El …

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One day along the Texas-Mexico border shows that realities shift more rapidly than rhetoric
2 months, 4 weeks ago

One day along the Texas-Mexico border shows that realities shift more rapidly than rhetoric

Associated Press  

As midnight nears, the lights of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, fill the sky on the silent banks of the Rio Grande. “This is the dream for most Cubans: Come to the United States to work and help your family back home.” 5 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9 Hundreds of miles away near McAllen, Border Patrol agents Christina Smallwood …

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One day along the Texas-Mexico border shows that realities shift more rapidly than rhetoric
2 months, 4 weeks ago

One day along the Texas-Mexico border shows that realities shift more rapidly than rhetoric

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Greg Abbott and other elected …

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Meth worth $6M found in fake watermelons seized at US-Mexico border
4 months ago

Meth worth $6M found in fake watermelons seized at US-Mexico border

New Indian Express  

Mexican cartels are increasingly using everyday fruits and vegetables as a cover to smuggle drugs into the United States, according to recent seizures of methamphetamine. The US Customs and Border Protection officials at the San Diego, California, port of Otay Mesa recently intercepted around two tonnes of methamphetamine, commonly known as crystal meth, cleverly disguised as bright green watermelons. This …

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Kohrra To Squid Game: 12 Binge Worthy Series On Netflix
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kohrra To Squid Game: 12 Binge Worthy Series On Netflix

ABP News  

OTT platform has transformed the way we consume content, offering an endless buffet of content that can be both exhilarating and overwhelming. Stranger Things Stranger Things is a horror, drama, and fantasy TV series created by the Duffer Brothers for Netflix, set in the 1980s in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. The show follows a group of tween and …

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What's the fallout of Mexican drug lords' capture?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

What's the fallout of Mexican drug lords' capture?

India Today  

Sinaloa drug cartel were arrested by US agents in Texas during a dramatic operation and without the involvment of Mexican authorities. Impact on Sinaloa cartel US Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram said Zambada's arrest "strikes at the heart of the cartel that is responsible for the majority of drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, killing Americans from coast to coast." …

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Takeaways from AP's investigation into DEA corruption, agent accused of rape
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Takeaways from AP's investigation into DEA corruption, agent accused of rape

Hindustan Times  

MIAMI — Thousands of secret law enforcement documents obtained by The Associated Press offer a never-before-seen window into a culture of corruption among U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents who parlayed the agency's shadowy money laundering operations into a worldwide pursuit of binge drinking and illicit sex. Takeaways from AP's investigation into DEA corruption, agent accused of rape Among the documents …

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Takeaways from AP’s investigation into DEA corruption, agent accused of rape
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Takeaways from AP’s investigation into DEA corruption, agent accused of rape

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Thousands of secret law enforcement documents obtained by The Associated Press offer a never-before-seen window into a culture of corruption among U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents who parlayed the agency’s shadowy money laundering operations into a worldwide pursuit of binge drinking and illicit sex. Among the documents is a recovered WhatsApp chat, in which a group of agents …

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Secret DEA files show agents joked about rape in a WhatsApp chat. Then one of them was accused of it
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Secret DEA files show agents joked about rape in a WhatsApp chat. Then one of them was accused of it

Associated Press  

Editor’s note: This story contains graphic language and descriptions. The DEA has refused for years to discuss its handling of the arrest, instead telling The Associated Press in response to its questions that “the alleged misconduct in this case is egregious and unacceptable and does not reflect the high standards expected of all DEA personnel.” The details of the case …

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Sikh assassinations: Are the US and Canada raising the heat on India?
6 months ago

Sikh assassinations: Are the US and Canada raising the heat on India?

Al Jazeera  

A year after Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder, court cases in Canada and US focusing on alleged Indian overseas murder plots is testing New Delhi’s ties with Ottawa and Washington. A year after Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed outside a community shrine near Vancouver, a series of diplomatic and legal measures is sharpening the scrutiny on …

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Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in drug trafficking bust
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in drug trafficking bust

LA Times  

Authorities have arrested 15 people, including a Riverside County correctional deputy, in connection with a Sinaloa, Mexico, drug trafficking network in the Inland Empire. Culminating a yearlong investigation dubbed “Hotline Bling,” authorities in Riverside County have seized millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs and arrested 15 people suspected of helping a Sinaloa, Mexico, cartel’s drug trafficking network, including a …

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Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 4 years for leaking intelligence in Miami bribery conspiracy
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 4 years for leaking intelligence in Miami bribery conspiracy

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent to four years in prison for leaking DEA intelligence to defense lawyers in a $100,000 bribery scheme that prosecutors said jeopardized drug cases and the lives of confidential informants. He worked in supervisory roles in Miami and later at DEA headquarters outside Washington, D.C. “Costanzo …

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Jury convicts former DEA agent of obstruction but fails to reach verdict on Buffalo bribery charges
8 months, 1 week ago

Jury convicts former DEA agent of obstruction but fails to reach verdict on Buffalo bribery charges

Associated Press  

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A federal jury on Friday convicted a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi said prosecutors will seek to retry Bongiovanni as soon as possible on the corruption charges that hung the jury, including allegations the agent shielded a sex-trafficking strip club outside Buffalo, …

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In a Secret Game of Prisoner Swaps, Putin Has Held Most of the Cards
8 months, 3 weeks ago

In a Secret Game of Prisoner Swaps, Putin Has Held Most of the Cards

Live Mint  

There were no aides and no note-takers in the Oval Office—just President Biden and his German guest. “Putin will take more and more Americans," said Fiona Hill, who sat across the table from Russia’s president as the top Russia adviser for President Trump. The president and his national security team feared Putin would sense weakness if the U.S. started eagerly …

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Hondurans cheer a rare win over their corrupt politicians, far from home
9 months, 1 week ago

Hondurans cheer a rare win over their corrupt politicians, far from home

Al Jazeera  

New York City, New York – The defendant, greying and pale after two years in a jail cell, lowered his head in a final prayer as the verdict was read. For almost three weeks, defence lawyers for former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez had tried to persuade jurors in a federal courtroom here that the state’s witnesses of convicted drug …

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California seized enough fentanyl last year to kill everyone in the world ‘nearly twice over’
9 months, 3 weeks ago

California seized enough fentanyl last year to kill everyone in the world ‘nearly twice over’

LA Times  

Border Patrol agents found nine packages of blue pills in the roof of a Ford Expedition on May 18 after a traffic stop in San Diego County. The total amount of the potent synthetic opioid seized last year “is enough to potentially kill the global population nearly twice over,” Gov. In 2023, the California National Guard supported other law enforcement …

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‘Little dark secret': DEA agent on trial accused of taking $250K in bribes from Mafia
10 months ago

‘Little dark secret': DEA agent on trial accused of taking $250K in bribes from Mafia

Associated Press  

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The way prosecutors tell it, Joseph Bongiovanni went to work for years with a “little dark secret.” Behind the veneer of a veteran U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, they alleged, was a turncoat on the take from the Buffalo Mafia, offering an “umbrella of protection” that derailed investigations of his childhood friends, covered for a sex-trafficking strip …

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Mexican president suggests U.S. talks on migration and drugs may suffer after drug money allegations
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexican president suggests U.S. talks on migration and drugs may suffer after drug money allegations

LA Times  

Mexico’s president suggested Thursday that talks with the U.S. government on migration and drug trafficking could suffer after media reports of a U.S. investigation into alleged drug money donations for his 2006 campaign. “I don’t accept this, what I want is for the U.S. government to take a stand,” López Obrador said at his daily morning press briefing. López Obrador …

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US secretly spied on Venezuelan officials and President Maduro, flouting international law
10 months, 3 weeks ago

US secretly spied on Venezuelan officials and President Maduro, flouting international law

New Indian Express  

MIAMI: A secret memo obtained by The Associated Press details a yearslong covert operation by the US Drug Enforcement Administration that sent undercover operatives into Venezuela to surreptitiously record and build drug-trafficking cases against the country's leadership – a plan the US acknowledged from the start was arguably a violation of international law. "It is necessary to conduct this operation …

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‘Greed and corruption': Federal jury convicts veteran DEA agents in bribery conspiracy
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Greed and corruption': Federal jury convicts veteran DEA agents in bribery conspiracy

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A federal jury convicted two longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisors Wednesday of leaking confidential information to defense attorneys as part of a bribery conspiracy that prosecutors say imperiled high-profile cases and the lives of overseas drug informants. The Manhattan jury found John Costanzo Jr. and Manny Recio guilty of bribery and honest-services wire fraud after a …

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Shadowy snitch takes starring role in bribery trial of veteran DEA agents
1 year, 2 months ago

Shadowy snitch takes starring role in bribery trial of veteran DEA agents

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In his two decades as a professional drug snitch, Jorge Hernández was a master of the double cross. Hernández, a beefy, bald-headed figure known by the Spanish nickname Boliche – bowling ball – made secret recordings for the FBI and is expected to play a key role this month in the Manhattan federal court trial of former …

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DEA investigated for hiring agents who failed lie detector tests, report says
1 year, 4 months ago

DEA investigated for hiring agents who failed lie detector tests, report says

LA Times  

The Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed dozens of job applicants to become special agents and perform other work despite failing a lie detector test during the hiring process, according to a new federal watchdog report, which describes the agency’s polygraph unit as facing pressure to pass “legacy” candidates related to senior officials. In another case described in the Office of …

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El Chapo's sons claim they are NOT the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel
1 year, 7 months ago

El Chapo's sons claim they are NOT the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel

Daily Mail  

The sons of notorious kingpin Joaquín 'El Chapo distanced themselves from flooding the streets of the United States with fentanyl and claimed they are not the leaders of the transnational criminal organization their jailed father co-founded. The Drug Enforcement Administration announced on April 13 a $10 million reward for information that leads to the arrest and/or conviction of Jesús Alfredo …

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