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Bolivia extradites former anti-narcotics chief to the US to face drug trafficking charges
1 week, 4 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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Watchdog blasts DEA for not reporting waterboarding, torture by Latin American partners
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Watchdog blasts DEA for not reporting waterboarding, torture by Latin American partners

Associated Press  

MIAMI — A federal government watchdog is blasting the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for failing to timely report human rights violations committed by Latin American law enforcement partners who admitted to waterboarding, suffocating and torturing crime suspects. The management advisory memorandum published Tuesday by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General centers on the DEA’s obligations under what’s known …

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Boba Fett, blue fish, and fettuccine: How L.A. fentanyl sales boomed on Craigslist
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Boba Fett, blue fish, and fettuccine: How L.A. fentanyl sales boomed on Craigslist

LA Times  

At first glance, the items listed for sale on Craigslist seemed benign: Blue socks. “All those barriers that kept a lot of people away from drugs, those have been removed,” said Bill Bodner, former special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Los Angeles field division. In one ad, titled “funFETti cupcakes w/ fun fet frosting,” he offered “several …

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Senate Democrats Urge DOJ To Rescind Trump-Era Legal Memo On Executions
7 months ago

Senate Democrats Urge DOJ To Rescind Trump-Era Legal Memo On Executions

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A group of nine Senate Democrats urged the Department of Justice to rescind a Trump-era legal opinion stating that the Food and Drug Administration cannot regulate drugs intended for use in executions. These drug secrecy laws “shield lethal drug supply chains from oversight by the FDA, DEA, and state boards of pharmacy, creating a ‘regulatory vacuum endangers …

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Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions
7 months ago

Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

Hindustan Times  

In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” chief Anne Milgram made an unusual request of top deputies summoned in March for what she called the “Marijuana Meeting”: Nobody could take notes. Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions Over the next half hour, …

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Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions
7 months ago

Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

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. “DEA has not yet made a determination as to …

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Top US drug agency a notable holdout in Biden’s push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions
7 months ago

Top US drug agency a notable holdout in Biden’s push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

Associated Press  

In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” chief Anne Milgram made an unusual request of top deputies summoned in March for what she called the “Marijuana Meeting”: Nobody could take notes. “DEA has not yet made a determination as to its views of the appropriate schedule for marijuana,” reads a sentence …

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Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 3 years for bribing former colleague to leak intelligence
7 months, 1 week ago

Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 3 years for bribing former colleague to leak intelligence

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 A former U.S. Drug Enforcement …

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Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 3 years for bribing former colleague to leak intelligence
7 months, 1 week ago

Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 3 years for bribing former colleague to leak intelligence

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisor was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for bribing a longtime colleague to leak DEA intelligence to Miami defense lawyers seeking to profit off the timing of indictments and other sensitive information about drug investigations. “He decided to cash in on his connections,” U.S. District Court Judge Paul Oetken …

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Miami attorneys bankrolled DEA bribery scheme, federal prosecutors say
11 months ago

Miami attorneys bankrolled DEA bribery scheme, federal prosecutors say

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Federal prosecutors are expanding their investigation into a bribery scheme involving two former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisors, turning their attention to two Miami defense attorneys suspected of profiting from repeated leaks of confidential DEA information. But federal prosecutors took the unusual step this week of asking a judge to invoke the “crime fraud exception” to this privilege, …

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An Indian official plotted to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York, US prosecutors say
1 year ago

An Indian official plotted to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York, US prosecutors say

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — An Indian government official directed a plot to assassinate a prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York City, United States prosecutors said Wednesday as they announced charges against a man they said was part of the thwarted conspiracy. The Indian government official was not charged nor identified by name in an indictment unsealed Wednesday, but was …

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DEA agent leaked secret information about Maduro ally targeted by US, prosecutor says
1 year, 1 month ago

DEA agent leaked secret information about Maduro ally targeted by US, prosecutor says

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A federal narcotics agent leaked sensitive case information about one of Washington’s top criminal targets in Venezuela as part of a scheme to sell government secrets to defense lawyers seeking to attract deep-pocketed clients, a jury was told this week. “You should not be giving information to assist anybody outside the prosecution team to get clients.” Nadler’s …

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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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Teen girl dead from fentanyl-laced pills at Hollywood school is latest in rash of student overdoses
2 years, 3 months ago

Teen girl dead from fentanyl-laced pills at Hollywood school is latest in rash of student overdoses

LA Times  

Students make their way to Los Angeles’ Helen Bernstein School, where a 15-year-old girl was found dead after an apparent fentanyl overdose. “It’s very easy to acquire and get drugs in high schools in general,” said Natalia Ruiz, 14, a ninth-grader at the school. “Some kid might take it just like that and something bad could easily just happen — …

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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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Maduro ally Saab was DEA informant before arrest, records show
2 years, 10 months ago

Maduro ally Saab was DEA informant before arrest, records show

Al Jazeera  

Alex Saab, an ally of the Venezuelan president, agreed in 2018 to cooperate with the US drug agency, documents show. Alex Saab, a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, cooperated with United States authorities for nearly a year starting in 2018 by forfeiting funds and serving as a confidential source, according to a US court filing unsealed on Wednesday. …

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Alleged Maduro co-conspirator says CIA knew about coup plans
2 years, 10 months ago

Alleged Maduro co-conspirator says CIA knew about coup plans

Associated Press  

MIAMI — A retired Venezuelan army general says U.S. officials at the highest levels of the CIA and other federal agencies were aware of his efforts to oust Nicolás Maduro — a role he says should immediately debunk criminal charges that he worked alongside the socialist leader to flood the U.S. with cocaine. “Efforts to overthrow the Maduro regime have …

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Colombian cop who ran squad vetted by DEA pleads guilty
3 years, 2 months ago

Colombian cop who ran squad vetted by DEA pleads guilty

Associated Press  

MIAMI — A Colombian police captain who oversaw a unit that worked closely with U.S. anti-narcotics agents has pleaded guilty to charges that he sought to betray the Drug Enforcement Administration to the same traffickers they were jointly fighting. Mosquera’s 2018 arrest and subsequent extradition to the U.S. was another overseas embarrassment for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, which has …

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Haiti declares state of emergency after Moise assassination
3 years, 5 months ago

Haiti declares state of emergency after Moise assassination

Al Jazeera  

Amid world outcry, investigation under way of unidentified gunmen who assassinated Moise at his home in Port-au-Prince. 7 Jul 2021 - 17:39 GMT Gunmen claimed falsely to be US DEA agents: envoy Gunmen who assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise falsely identified themselves as agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the Haitian ambassador to the United States said on Wednesday …

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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's congress approves law limiting foreign agents
4 years ago

Mexico's congress approves law limiting foreign agents

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 lower house of Mexico’s …

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Once-standout DEA agent says he conspired with drug cartel
4 years, 3 months ago

Once-standout DEA agent says he conspired with drug cartel

Associated Press  

TAMPA, Fla. — A once-standout U.S. narcotics agent admitted Monday to conspiring to launder money with the same Colombian cartel he was sworn to fight — one of the most egregious betrayals of the badge in the history of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. “I want to move forward.” Irizarry, 45, had been charged with filing false reports and ordering DEA …

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