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Bolivia extradites former anti-narcotics chief to the US to face drug trafficking charges
1 week, 5 days ago

Bolivia extradites former anti-narcotics chief to the US to face drug trafficking charges

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s former anti-narcotics chief was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court. Authorities said that Maximiliano Dávila, who served as anti-narcotics chief in the final months of Evo Morales ’ 2006-2019 administration, helped facilitate planeload shipments of cocaine to the United States. Morales expelled the …

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Trump’s own unorthodox rise, focus on loyalty loom large as nominees face headwinds
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump’s own unorthodox rise, focus on loyalty loom large as nominees face headwinds

LA Times  

For weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has faced a barrage of criticism over his nomination of Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary. In a statement to The Times, Karoline Leavitt, a Trump transition spokeswoman, said that Trump “was re-elected by a resounding mandate from the American people to change the status quo in Washington,” and “has chosen brilliant and highly-respected outsiders” whom …

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'Kash Patel is dangerous', clamour rises against Trump's FBI pick as he faces rocky path to US Senate approval
2 weeks, 6 days ago

'Kash Patel is dangerous', clamour rises against Trump's FBI pick as he faces rocky path to US Senate approval

Hindustan Times  

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated MAGA loyalist Kash Patel to lead the FBI. Kash Patel, who has worked as the chief of staff to the interim defense secretary and a member of the National Security Council during Trump's first term, has always been vocal against the President-elect's enemies. During his first term, Trump even proposed to appoint Patel as deputy …

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As heroin in Afghanistan dries up, Europe could face an overdose crisis like the U.S.
2 months ago

As heroin in Afghanistan dries up, Europe could face an overdose crisis like the U.S.

Salon  

For anyone living in America, the nightmarish shift in a contaminated drug supply is all too familiar. “The heroin market seemed to have been prepared for the first year of the Taliban ban: there was enough heroin in circulation and stocked up to dampen any supply shocks,” explained Andre Gomes, head of comms for the British charity Release, which provides …

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Matthew Perry's doctors charged in connection with his death have ability to prescribe medications REVOKED - but they're still licensed
4 months ago

Matthew Perry's doctors charged in connection with his death have ability to prescribe medications REVOKED - but they're still licensed

Daily Mail  

Dr. Salvador Plascencia could face up to 120 years in federal prison if convicted Perry's two doctors had their registrations to prescribe canceled last week Two doctors charged in connection with the death of Matthew Perry can no longer prescribe medications. Dr. Mark Chavez and Dr. Salvador Plascencia had their registrations to prescribe medications revoked last week, the US Drug …

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Colombia’s congress considers ban on Pablo Escobar souvenirs
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Colombia’s congress considers ban on Pablo Escobar souvenirs

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Souvenirs depicting the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar could be banned in Colombia if legislators approve a bill introduced this week in the nation’s congress. “I think it’s a dumb law,” said Rafael Nieto, a street vendor who sells magnets, and t-shirts with Pablo Escobar’s face on them, as well as more traditional souvenirs. “Many people …

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US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it’ll remain controlled substance
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it’ll remain controlled substance

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. “Today, the Attorney General circulated a proposal to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III,” Justice Department director of …

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The widow and aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are indicted in his killing
10 months ago

The widow and aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are indicted in his killing

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others, according to a report obtained Monday. Charles could not be immediately reached for comment, and Martine Moïse’s attorney did not …

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Cowboys great Randy White crusades against opioids with help from 2 defensive greats
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Cowboys great Randy White crusades against opioids with help from 2 defensive greats

New York Times  

Randy White planned to be in grandfather mode by now. “I didn’t want to be Dad.” Jesse Dempsey, his son-in-law, died in 2018 at age 42 after ingesting a single pill that he thought was an approved painkiller, White said. “We need to get the word out,” White says more than once, “because there’s no telling how many lives we …

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Brother of powerful Colombian senator pleads guilty in New York to narcotics smuggling charge
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Brother of powerful Colombian senator pleads guilty in New York to narcotics smuggling charge

Associated Press  

New York — The brother of a powerful leftist senator in Colombia pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal narcotics charges as part of a sting in which he offered to introduce U.S. drug informants to dissident guerrillas who could help smuggle huge quantities of cocaine to New York. Piedad Córdoba has been a harsh U.S. critic who, under previously conservative Colombian …

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Suspects in Bronx day care overdoses face federal drug charges
1 year, 3 months ago

Suspects in Bronx day care overdoses face federal drug charges

CNN  

New York CNN — Two people were charged with federal drug crimes in the overdose death of a 1-year-old boy and the hospitalization of three other children at a day care in the Bronx, according to a complaint filed in the Southern District of New York on Monday. Mendez called 911 to report the unresponsive children around 2:40 p.m. on …

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Fentanyl: The new face of the US war on the poor
1 year, 7 months ago

Fentanyl: The new face of the US war on the poor

Al Jazeera  

The US government is trying to blame the fentanyl crisis on drug trafficking but it is a disaster of its own making. At an April 14 news conference in Washington, DC, Drug Enforcement Agency chief Anne Milgram sounded the alarm about the country’s latest appointed public enemy number one: four Mexican guys known as “Los Chapitos”, the sons of imprisoned …

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U.S. issues warning about Mexican pharmacies selling tainted, counterfeit pills
1 year, 9 months ago

U.S. issues warning about Mexican pharmacies selling tainted, counterfeit pills

LA Times  

The U.S. State Department issued a warning Friday for Americans to “exercise caution” when buying medications from drugstores in Mexico, posting the health alert a week after a letter from two lawmakers and an investigation by The Times. “The U.S. Department of State is aware of recent media reports regarding counterfeit pharmaceuticals available at pharmacies in Mexico, including those tainted …

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Mexico’s former top cop on trial in New York, accused of working for Sinaloa cartel
1 year, 11 months ago

Mexico’s former top cop on trial in New York, accused of working for Sinaloa cartel

LA Times  

Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna, shown in 2010, is on trial in the U.S. on federal charges of conspiring to traffic cocaine. García Luna frequently met with top U.S. security officials while in office and was often portrayed as the public face of Mexico’s drug war. “We knew Chapo was dirty,” Soriano said, “but Chapo is …

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EXPLAINER: 37 years later, Mexican drug lord to face justice
2 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: 37 years later, Mexican drug lord to face justice

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 Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The capture of fugitive drug …

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Colombian man extradited to US to face narco-terrorism case
2 years, 7 months ago

Colombian man extradited to US to face narco-terrorism case

ABP News  

New York, Apr 29 : A Colombian man was brought to New York to face charges on Friday that he tried to broker deals for weapons with known drug dealing terrorist groups and hoped to murder a US agent as a trophy. In court documents, authorities said Melo from September 2019 to December 2019 tried to buy explosives and firearms, …

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Colombian man extradited to US to face narco-terrorism case
2 years, 7 months ago

Colombian man extradited to US to face narco-terrorism case

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A Colombian man was brought to New York to face charges Friday that he tried to broker deals for weapons with known drug dealing terrorist groups and hoped to murder a U.S. agent as a trophy. They said Melo didn’t realize that the individuals he thought were arms traffickers were actually U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration confidential sources. …

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Businessman close to Maduro was DEA informant, records show
2 years, 10 months ago

Businessman close to Maduro was DEA informant, records show

Associated Press  

MIAMI — A businessman described as the main conduit for corruption in Venezuela was secretly signed up by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as a source in 2018, revealing information about bribes he paid to top officials in President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government. The stunning revelation was made public following a heated closed door hearing Wednesday in Miami federal court …

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Britain's miraculous, life-saving garden shed
2 years, 10 months ago

Britain's miraculous, life-saving garden shed

BBC  

Britain's miraculous, life-saving garden shed Science History Images/Alamy With the invention of the vaccine, along came the world's first anti-vaxxers Before the pandemic, Dr Jenner's House – where the world's first vaccine was given – was an obscure tourism site. You can step into the garden shed where Edward Jenner gave the world's first vaccination to his gardener's eight-year-old son …

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Off-duty DEA agent arrested on Capitol riot charges
3 years, 5 months ago

Off-duty DEA agent arrested on Capitol riot charges

Associated Press  

An off-duty Drug Enforcement Administration agent posed for photographs in which he flashed his DEA badge and firearm outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, according to a court filing Tuesday following the agent’s arrest. A video posted on the internet also showed Mark Sami Ibrahim carrying a flag bearing the words “Liberty or Death” outside the Capitol, …

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U.S. rebukes Mexico for releasing evidence in drug case against former defense minister
3 years, 11 months ago

U.S. rebukes Mexico for releasing evidence in drug case against former defense minister

LA Times  

Retired Mexican Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos was arrested in the U.S. on drug charges last year, but the case was dropped and he was returned to Mexico, presumably to face charges there. On Friday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that Cienfuegos would not face charges in Mexico and accused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of fabricating a case against …

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Mexico exonerates ex-defense chief implicated in scrapped U.S. drug prosecution
3 years, 11 months ago

Mexico exonerates ex-defense chief implicated in scrapped U.S. drug prosecution

LA Times  

Defense Secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, now retired, and Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto, right, during an Independence Day parade in 2016 in Mexico City. The Mexican attorney general’s office said it had found no proof to sustain U.S. allegations against retired Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, 72, who served as defense chief from 2012 to 2018 in the administration of ex-President …

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Critics Want Sacklers To Face Criminal Charges For Role In Opioid Crisis
4 years, 1 month ago

Critics Want Sacklers To Face Criminal Charges For Role In Opioid Crisis

NPR  

Critics Want Sacklers To Face Criminal Charges For Role In Opioid Crisis Enlarge this image toggle caption Toby Talbot/AP Toby Talbot/AP Updated at 7:20 p.m. ET Newly public documents paint a detailed and often damning portrait of the role played by members of the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, during years when the privately owned drug company launched criminal …

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Former Mexican defense chief will return home a free man after U.S. drops drug charges
4 years, 1 month ago

Former Mexican defense chief will return home a free man after U.S. drops drug charges

LA Times  

Less than a week after a former Mexican defense secretary was arrested on drug trafficking charges at Los Angeles International Airport last month, Mexican authorities summoned the U.S. ambassador to express their dismay — an action followed by a formal note of protest to Washington. In explaining the extraordinary decision to suddenly end a multiyear investigation, U.S. authorities said in …

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