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U.S. agent testifies about dramatic 2014 capture of 'El Chapo'
A U.S. investigator says a dramatic raid in 2014 resulted in the capture of the notorious Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo. DEA agent Victor Vazquez testified Thursday at the New York trial of Joaquin Guzman (wah-KEEN' gooz-MAHN') about leading Mexican marines on a ...
'El Chapo' trial witness tells of $100 million bribe drug lord allegedly paid to Pena Nieto
A witness at the U.S. trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman testified on Tuesday that he previously told U.S. authorities the accused Mexican drug lord once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Alex Cifuentes, who has said he was ...
Death penalty for Canadian escalates China-Canada tensions
A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian to death in a sudden retrial of his drug smuggling case, while another Canadian man has been denied diplomatic immunity, ratcheting up the tensions following Canada's arrest of a top Chinese technology executive last month. The Liaoning provincial court ...
U.S. House Democrats announce sweeping investigation of drug pricing
U.S. House Democrats announced a sweeping investigation Monday of the pharmaceutical industry's pricing practices, jockeying for the upper hand with the Trump administration on an issue that concerns Americans across the political spectrum. Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings said he's sent letters to ...
Canadian man facing harsher sentence after China court orders retrial in drug smuggling case
A Canadian man accused of drug smuggling in China faced a new trial Monday after an upper court called for a harsher sentence in a case that could further strain ties between Beijing and Ottawa. Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, who was originally sentenced to 15 years ...
It was supposed to be a great year for marijuana entrepreneur Brian Blatz. When California broadly legalized pot on Jan. 1, the lawyer with a background in banking and health care had been working for a year to set up a trucking company that would ...
French tech start-up offers darknet compass, but not to everyone
For years criminal websites shrouded in secrecy have thrived beyond the reach of traditional search engines. But a group of French engineers has found a way to navigate this darknet — a tool they don't want to fall into the wrong hands. "We insist on ...
A Canadian convicted of drug trafficking in China faces the possibility of more serious charges after a court on Saturday ordered a new trial amid tensions over Canada's arrest of a Chinese technology executive. Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was tried in 2016. But his case has ...
'Like a cancer': Rio's murderous militias may now be a bigger threat to the city than its gangs
The latest scheme works like this: Brazilian paramilitary groups buy boxes of cigarettes in neighboring Paraguay for 14 cents a pack and then smuggle them back home, where prices and taxes are much higher, and sell them for up to $2.15. The cigarettes offer the ...
Nigeria on verge of becoming next narcostate as it morphs from shipper to producer
In the early hours of a humid November morning, a 16-car convoy rolled into the southeast Nigerian village of Obinugwu and stopped outside the iron gates of a nondescript house. More than 50 drug enforcement officials crept through the compound and surrounded the methamphetamine lab ...
Arrest after Japanese tourist lured with travel freebies into smuggling meth
An Iranian man has been arrested after using travel freebies to lure an unsuspecting Japanese tourist into smuggling a bag of clothes laced with crystal meth, Thai police said Monday. The tourist, whose name has not been disclosed, found the deal on a travel website ...
A fisherman in the Marshall Islands has netted 48 kilograms (106 pounds) of cocaine. The white powder, professionally wrapped and taped in plastic bags, has a street value of about $4 million, police said Friday. "We're pretty sure we got all of it," deputy police commissioner ...
