The DEA and other law enforcement agencies busted up a number of cells that distributed drugs for a huge Mexican cartel. By Greg Moran San Diego Union-Tribune SAN DIEGO – Federal authorities on Wednesday announced the indictments of 35 members of a half-dozen drug-trafficking cells that shuttled drugs north and cash south through Imperial County….
By CURT ANDERSON The Associated Press MIAMI — Two right-wing paramilitary warlords extradited earlier this year with 12 others with great fanfare from Colombia were ordered Thursday to spend decades behind U.S. bars after pleading guilty to roles in a far-reaching cocaine smuggling conspiracy. U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore imposed the maximum sentences under…
Mexico and Colombia both have a problem. Can it ever be solved? By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s powerful drug cartels are buying drugs directly from Colombia’s main rebel group, a senior Colombian defense official said Tuesday at a hemispheric meeting on crime. The finance chief of the FARC rebel…
A Mexican man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Colorado for illegally importing skins from sea turtles and other endangered animals. Turns out that he had some prominent customers. By The Associated Press DENVER-A man who made boots for President Bush and former Mexican President Vicente Fox has been sentenced to two years in…
An ex-Naval man went around posing as a rear admiral. Problem was, he wasn’t one. By Christian Davenport and Jerry Markon Washington Post Staff Writers ALEXANDRIA, Va. – He wore a short-sleeve Navy summer white uniform, crisp and pressed. Had the black and gold shoulder boards of a rear admiral and a chest full of…
Detroit Pistons star guard Lindsey Hunter could end up in court soon — and not the basketball court. A suburban Detroit man alleges that the hard-working guard was involved in a mortgage scam. Paul Egan The Detroit News DETROIT — A Waterford Township man who alleges veteran Detroit Pistons guard Lindsey Hunter involved him in…
It’s nice to feel wanted. But Kenny “The Rat” O’Donnell’s can’t feel that way. He was accidently released from prison last month. Now he’s wanted by the feds. By Kati Cornell New York Post NEW YORK — The feds are hunting for a former mob informant and lifelong con artist who was mistakenly released on…
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) _ Former U.S. District Judge Howard Munson, who presided over trials involving tax protesters and an early Internet hacking case, died Sunday. He was 84. Munson had served on the federal bench for 32 years, retiring this year. For Full Story
