By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The leader of the violent Mexican drug cartel, accused of importing more than 200 tons of cocaine into the U.S., got hit with a 27-year sentence on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Gilberto Salinas Doria, leader of the Juarez Cartel, pleaded guilty in 2008 to narcotics conspiracy charges for…
This isn’t exactly new, but maybe it’s important to say publicly from time to time to remind the American people that they can’t become complacent about the potential threats of terrorism. By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Al-Qaeda followers are inside the United States and would like to attack targets here…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John Gotti Jr. had a little different childhood than most. On Wednesday, the man who just escaped conviction for the fourth time when a judge declared a mistrial in his racketeering case, explained why he joined the mob. Newsday’s Sophia Chang reports in an interview with Gotti, 45, that he recalled…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The wife of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson marked the 1,000th day of her husband’s disappearance in Iran Thursday by talking about the anguish and pleading for help from the Iranian government to find out about his whereabouts. “Today, Thursday, December 3rd, marks the 1,000th day since my husband,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Despite all the speculation and rumor as to who will be the next chief of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, word has it that the acting chief Michele Leonhart is still on track to get the nod from the White House for the top post. Leonhart, whose title is acting…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A reputed Chicago gang member was charged Tuesday with killing an ATF informant in 2006, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Spencer Martin, 32, a member of the Vice Lords, is accused of fatally shooting Earl Willis, 26. Willis’ body was found in a van on the city’s South side. The paper reports…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com One juror in the John “Junior” Gotti racketeering trial put it succinctly on Tuesday after the jury was hopelessly deadlocked and the judge declared a mistrial. “The evidence was just not there to prosecute the guy,” said one of the jurors, who remained anonymous, according to the New York Times. A…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An undercover FBI employee posing as an inmate’s brother, helped bust two D.C. corrections officers and a Maryland woman on federal bribery charges for allegedly smuggling cellphones and iPods to prisoners in exchange for cash payments, the Washington Post reported. Authorities on Tuesday arrested corrections officers Thomas Ford, 35,…
