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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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Mexico cracks down on drugs and migrants. Will it be enough to stop Trump tariffs?
1 week, 6 days ago

Mexico cracks down on drugs and migrants. Will it be enough to stop Trump tariffs?

LA Times  

In recent days, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has touted her country’s largest-ever seizure of fentanyl and highlighted multiple crackdowns on migrants headed toward the United States. An elated Trump reported after the call on social media that Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop Migration through Mexico” and had committed to “effectively closing our Southern Border.” Sheinbaum disputed that, saying that Mexico’s …

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COP29: $300 billion climate deal pushed through despite stiff opposition
1 month ago

COP29: $300 billion climate deal pushed through despite stiff opposition

New Indian Express  

BAKU: The United Nations climate summit in Baku on Sunday concluded amidst high drama with the adoption of a controversial agreement to triple climate finance for developing countries to $300 billion annually by 2035. Chandni Raina, adviser to the Department of Economic Affairs and part of India’s negotiating team, criticised the agreement for failing to address the urgent needs of …

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Black Mafia Family co-founder Big Meech is seen inside Miami halfway house after release from federal prison
2 months ago

Black Mafia Family co-founder Big Meech is seen inside Miami halfway house after release from federal prison

Daily Mail  

Big Meech, the infamous co-founder of the Black Mafia Family crime syndicate, has been spotted inside a Miami halfway house following his release from federal prison. Demetrius 'Big Meech' Flenory was arrested in October 2005, when the Drug Enforcement Agency took down his and his brother's nationwide drug trafficking operation The now 56-year-old was pictured Saturday wearing an all-black outfit …

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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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What's the fallout of Mexican drug lords' capture?
4 months, 4 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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What is Nikhil Gupta’s role in Pannun ‘murder plot’? What happens now that he is extradited to US?
6 months ago

What is Nikhil Gupta’s role in Pannun ‘murder plot’? What happens now that he is extradited to US?

Firstpost  

Nikhil Gupta was extradited to the United States on 14 June after a go-ahead from Czech justice minister Pavel Blazek. US prosecutors have accused the 53-year-old of working with an Indian official to direct an assassination plot against Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun Nikhil Gupta, 53, was extradited to the US on Friday from the Czech Republic following his arrest …

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Indian national pleads not guilty in plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York City
6 months, 1 week ago

Indian national pleads not guilty in plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York City

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — An Indian national extradited to the United States pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges arising from an alleged failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York. In November, U.S. prosecutors announced that a plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York City, had been thwarted in …

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Vice President Harris and rapper Fat Joe team up for discussion on easing marijuana penalties
9 months, 1 week ago

Vice President Harris and rapper Fat Joe team up for discussion on easing marijuana penalties

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris and rapper Fat Joe led a White House discussion Friday on easing marijuana penalties, with Harris saying it’s “absurd” that the federal government classifies marijuana as more dangerous than fentanyl, the synthetic opioid blamed for tens of thousands of deaths annually the United States. Harris, a former state prosecutor in California, also criticized the …

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GOP pressures Biden to release evidence against Maduro ally pardoned as part of prisoner swap
10 months, 4 weeks ago

GOP pressures Biden to release evidence against Maduro ally pardoned as part of prisoner swap

Associated Press  

MIAMI — A group of Senate Republicans on Thursday urged the Justice Department to release its investigative file on a key fixer for Venezuela’s socialist government pardoned by President Joe Biden ahead of trial on money laundering charges. Alex Saab, 52, was released from federal prison in Miami last month as part of a prisoner swap and was immediately welcomed …

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In botched murder plot, a few tough questions
1 year ago

In botched murder plot, a few tough questions

Hindustan Times  

Unless you believe the recently unsealed American Superseding Indictment is a work of fiction, we need to be concerned about what it reveals. He’s an “identified Indian government agency employee who has variously described himself as a “senior field officer” with responsibilities in “security management” and “intelligence”. CC-1 recruited a certain Nikhil Gupta who’s “an international narcotics trafficker”. Fifth, hours …

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"Matter of concern": MEA on indictment filed in US against Indian national, hits back at Trudeau's opportune statement
1 year ago

"Matter of concern": MEA on indictment filed in US against Indian national, hits back at Trudeau's opportune statement

Op India  

The Ministry of External Affairs has responded to the indictment filed by the US Justice Department against an Indian national for his alleged involvement in a foiled plot to assassinate US-based Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York. The US Justice Department has claimed that an Indian government employee, who was not identified in the indictment filed in a …

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Indian 'govt employee' offered $100,000 to an undercover 'hitman' to get terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun killed, claims US govt
1 year ago

Indian 'govt employee' offered $100,000 to an undercover 'hitman' to get terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun killed, claims US govt

Op India  

The United States Justice Department has filed an indictment against an Indian national for his alleged involvement in a foiled plot to assassinate a US-based Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York. The US Justice Department has claimed that an Indian government employee, who was not identified in the indictment filed in a federal court in Manhattan, recruited an …

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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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'It's US, not India that hesitated to...': Foreign Minister S Jainshankar on defence deal | WATCH
1 year, 4 months ago

'It's US, not India that hesitated to...': Foreign Minister S Jainshankar on defence deal | WATCH

India TV News  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday addressed the India-Japan Forum in New Delhi in the presence of his Japanese counterpart FM Yoshi Hayashi. While addressing the event, he touched upon the India-US defence deal, saying it was not India but the United States which hesitated to supply military equipment to us for many many years. The other was the …

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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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Sons of Mexico’s El Chapo: We don’t make fentanyl — or feed victims to tigers
1 year, 7 months ago

Sons of Mexico’s El Chapo: We don’t make fentanyl — or feed victims to tigers

LA Times  

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, head of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, is escorted at Mexico City’s airport after his capture in 2016. “We are victims of persecution and have been made into scapegoats.” Those are among the assertions in a startling letter to the media from “Los Chapitos,” sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — the notorious ex-kingpin of the Sinaloa cartel …

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Who's running for president of the United States in 2024? Here's your guide to the candidates
1 year, 8 months ago

Who's running for president of the United States in 2024? Here's your guide to the candidates

ABC  

The 2024 US presidential election campaign is well underway, with both major parties preparing to hand their nominations to the early primary frontrunners, each of whom already have a term in the White House on their resume. Background: Former vice-president of the United States, former governor of Indiana, former congressman Home state: Indiana Age on election day 2024: 65 After …

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Mexico's president has some advice for U.S. on moral decay
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico's president has some advice for U.S. on moral decay

LA Times  

Then-President Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, left, attend an event at the White House Rose Garden in July 2020. “López Obrador gets a free pass from Washington,” said Jorge Castañeda, a former Mexican foreign secretary and critic of the president. “He’s gotten a very good deal from both Biden and Trump, basically for doing their dirty work …

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US Justice Department announces charges against 28 Sinaloa Cartel members, including El Chapo's sons
1 year, 8 months ago

US Justice Department announces charges against 28 Sinaloa Cartel members, including El Chapo's sons

Firstpost  

Washington: In a broad fentanyl trafficking investigation, the Justice Department on Friday announced charges against more than two dozen members of Mexico’s renowned Sinaloa Cartel, including the sons of infamous drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered the three district indictments targeting the cartel’s global network while flanked by the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, …

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El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US
1 year, 8 months ago

El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday announced charges against more than two dozen members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in a sprawling fentanyl-trafficking investigation. The three Guzman sons charged — Ovidio Guzmán López, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Sálazar — are known as the Chapitos, or …

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Tainted pills from Mexican pharmacies kept killing Americans even after U.S. knew of threat
1 year, 8 months ago

Tainted pills from Mexican pharmacies kept killing Americans even after U.S. knew of threat

LA Times  

There was the teenager from Texas. He said he “can almost guarantee” that there are numerous cases of travelers killed by fentanyl-tainted pills purchased from Mexican pharmacies that will never be known. A notebook found among Ryan Bagwell’s belongings after he died identifies three clear goals: “take over my father’s business,” “get better grades” and “catch a 30+ inch trout.” …

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US arrests four suspects linked to assassination of Haiti’s Moise
1 year, 10 months ago

US arrests four suspects linked to assassination of Haiti’s Moise

Al Jazeera  

Officials say, while ex-President Jovenel Moise was killed in Port-au-Prince, plot against him was mostly planned in US. US Justice Department officials announced on Tuesday charges of “conspiracy to kidnap or kill outside the United States, resulting in death” against Florida residents Antonio “Tony” Intriago, Arcangel Pretel Ortiz and Walter Veintemilla. “While the murder of President Moise occurred in Port-au-Prince, …

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Why 2023 will be a banner year for drug research
1 year, 11 months ago

Why 2023 will be a banner year for drug research

Salon  

American drug policy suffers from a tremendous, harmful Catch-22: we don't know how dangerous or beneficial some drugs are because they aren't studied enough. Since the days of President Nixon's War on Drugs, which spawned the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, illicit substances have been placed into different categories or "schedules" based on their perceived harms and medical benefits. "Despite …

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