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Eight-Year Operation Busted by Federal Authorities. In a case that underscores the challenges of combating international drug trafficking, four flight attendants have pleaded guilty to smuggling nearly $7 million in drug money to the Dominican Republic over an eight-year period. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced the guilty pleas, marking the end of a significant investigation.

New York: Four flight attendants plead guilty to smuggling $7 million in drug money to Dominican Republic

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The capture of SInaloa Cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada has dominated the public conversation both in the U.S. and Mexico, not only due to the magnitude of the arrest, but also the murky and contradicting details of the event. "El Mayo" has linked what he has described as his...

Full Letter: Read Sinaloa Cartel leader El Mayo's claim that Mexican officials are disputing with damning video evidence

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Two sons of the notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán – one in prison in the US, the other free in Mexico – carved out an agreement together before one took a consequential flight last month from Mexico to El Paso, Texas, according to a Mexican security official.

Two sons of ‘El Chapo’ made agreement before one flew to the US and was arrested, Mexican official says

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One of Mexico's most-feared drug lords has been released from a US prison.

Notorious Mexican Drug Lord Released From US Prison

A source from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reportedly informed Mexican newspaper El Universal that Ovidio Guzmán, son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, has entered the U.S. Witness Protection Program under the custody of the U.S. Marshals. The source added that Guzmán will not be presented publicly as his case is classified.

DEA Source reportedly confirms Ovidio Guzmán, El Chapo's son, entered U.S. Witness Protection Program

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A reputed Peruvian gang leader suspected in nearly two dozen killings in his home country was arrested Wednesday in New York by U.S. immigration authorities.

Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, the leader of “Los Killers” who is wanted for 23 killings in his home country, was arrested in Endicott, New York, about 145 miles (233 kilometers) northwest of New York City, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday. 

He is being held at a federal detention facility near Buffalo pending an immigration hearing, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.



Torres-Navarro, 38, entered the U.S. illegally at the Texas-Mexico border on May 16. 

He was arrested the...

Reputed Peruvian gang leader arrested in NY as suspect wanted for 23 killings in his home country

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A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

CBS Sacramento

The United States managed to arrest Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors - and the president — now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over.It's part of the long, strange saga of Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, who unexpectedly appeared on a flight that landed near El Paso, Texas, in July. That private plane flight was arranged by another drug capo who decided to turn himself in.U.S. officials say Joaquín Guzmán López — a son of imprisoned cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán — flew to the United States to turn...

Sinaloa cartel leader's case takes strange twist after U.S. arrest

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Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny six-pound dog named Alistair who is looking for his forever home. At only one year old, this little boy is a sweet dog who is thought to be a Maltese, "but we can’t make any guarantees that he would be suitable for those with allergies," explains the nonprofit animal rescue.

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SEATTLE - Mexican law enforcement officials in the border state of Chihuaha continue to see a large number of potential gang members passing through on their way to the U.S. Authorities say the people, who they believe are members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan-born criminal organization, are using the El Paso, Texas-Juarez, Mexico corridor to enter the United States illegally.

Tren de Aragua gang members continue to cross into the U.S. through Texas, Mexican authorities warn

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A man out on probation for drug charges less than a year ago and a woman from Douglas were recently arrested following a search at a local apartment. On August 7, 2024, at around 1:00 PM, Detectives from the Coffee County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit were conducting a proactive narcotics patrol in Douglas. During their patrol, a detective spotted 30-year-old Christopher Lamar Hawkins, who had outstanding warrants for fleeing police and methamphetamine possession, driving a white 2021 Kia Sorento. Hawkins was stopped in front of apartment 203/204 on N Wheeler Ave, where two detectives approached him. Breanna Henderson, 33, then came out of apartment 203 to "investigate what was going on with Hawkins" and appeared to whisper with Hawkins during his arrest. The report states that Henderson, who temporarily lived with Hawkins, began whispering with him "presumably about nefarious activities due to Hawkins's previous history with drug distribution and evading law enforcement."

Douglas Man and Woman Arrested Following Drug Bust and Search at Apartment

Alaska State

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The leader of an extensive transnational drug trafficking organization was sentenced to 28 years in prison on Wednesday for running a conspiracy that trafficked vast amounts of dangerous drugs to Alaska. According to court documents, Miguel Baez Guevara, a.k.a. “Javi,” 41, a U.S. citizen who was...

"Drug Kingpin" Gets 28 Years For Trafficking Drugs From Mexico To Alaska

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  The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United States in July just got stranger.The Mexican government now says it is bringing charges against Joaquín Guzmán López, but not because he was a leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel founded by his father, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.Instead, Mexican prosecutors are bringing charges against the younger Guzmán for apparently kidnapping Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada — an older drug boss from a rival faction of the cartel — forcing him onto the plane and flying to an airport near El...

Mexico to bring charges against capo, not for drugs, but for turning over another drug lord to US

Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican prosecutors said on Wednesday they were investigating the disappearance of two bodyguards the same day as last month's dramatic U.S. arrest of one of the founders of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel, alongside the son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

Mexico probes disappearance of arrested drug lord's bodyguards

Salem, OH

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Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

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Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

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A video released by the Mexican Sinaloa State Attorney General's Office has stirred significant controversy in the country as it directly contradicts statements made by Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, one of the most powerful leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel. The video, which shows the assassination of Culiacán Mayor Héctor Melesio...

Video released by Mexican authorities debunks 'El Mayo' Zambada's account of his own capture

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The Biden administration is reopening an updated version of a migrant sponsorship program it paused abruptly earlier this summer due to concerns about fraud, Department of Homeland Security officials said Thursday.First set up in late 2022 and expanded in early 2023 as a way to divert migrants away from the U.S.-Mexico border, the initiative allows up to 30,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to fly to the U.S. each month if U.S.-based sponsors successfully apply to support them.The program, coupled with Mexico's move to take back citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who cross into the U.S....

U.S. to reopen migrant sponsor program with new vetting process to curb fraud

Denver, CO

The violent Tren de Aragua gang, running rife across the Big Apple, is expanding its reach across the US — and is being tied to a brutal Colorado jewelry store heist in which two female staffers were pistol-whipped and threatened with death.

The Venezuelan prison gang was tied to the caught-on-camera Denver heist from June 25 when a suspect, Jean Torres Roman, 21, was arrested in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and turned over to the Denver County Sheriff’s Office last week.

Roman crossed the border illegally in 2023 — but was only identified as a member of Tren de Aragua early last...

Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua eyed in Denver jewelry store robbery as group expands reach across US

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Lawsuit accuses two Queens pharmacies of selling fake HIV drugs

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