Ovidio Guzman Lopez, a son of former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced in a statement.
A former high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was extradited from Mexico to the U.S. to face charges of international drug trafficking, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
The wife of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday for helping her husband run his cartel and aiding his 2015 escape from a Mexican prison.
A former Border Patrol agent who was indicted multiple drug trafficking charges and threatening a federal agent with bodily harm has been sentenced to 166 months prison.
A former DEA task force officer in Louisiana who previously admitted stealing drugs and money while on the job found himself in federal court in another case in which he’s accused of distributing more than five kilograms of cocaine.
A Pittsburgh man accused of shooting an ATF agent during a raid at his home in June has been charged with assault on a federal employee and violating federal firearms laws.
Authorities found more than $680,000 the house, vehicle, and safe deposit box of a Border Patrol agent who has been charged with drug trafficking, federal court documents show.
A 16-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested after Border Patrol agents said he was transporting methamphetamine across the border using a remote-controlled car.
