Fentanyl Kingpin Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison
The kingpin of a nationwide fentanyl distribution ring was sentenced to 22 years in prison after being convicted on drug trafficking charges, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
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DEA Agent’s Daughter, Dubbed As ‘Adorable Drug Kingpin,’ Has Been Indicted
A DEA agent’s daughter, whose smiling mugshot went viral, has been indicted 11 months after she was arrested on drug charges.
‘Silk Road’ Bust Reveals Challenge of Cracking Secret Internet
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When federal agents swarmed Silk Road founder Ross William Ulbricht at a public library in San Francisco, the arrest of the alleged kingpin did little to curtail others from selling and buying drugs on the Internet’s largely untraceable underground, the Baltimore Sun reports. Silk Road is not the only online drug marketplace….
Leaked Memos: DEA Sought to Assassinate Drug Kingpin in Mexico; President Obama Opposed on ‘Moral Grounds’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New memos leaked by WikiLeaks shows the DEA asked the White House for permission to kill notorious kingpin and fugitive Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Latin Times reports. The messages come from Fred Burton, vice president of intelligence and an expert on Mexican drug cartels. “If the DEA can specifically locate the…
U.S., Mexican Authorities Search for Former Drug Lord, DEA Killer Who Was Released From Prison Early
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com So outraged by the early release of a 60-year-old former drug lord from a Mexican prison, U.S. and Mexican authorities are scrambling to track down the man who brutally killed an American DEA agent, Fox News reports. The U.S. has expressed outrage that a Mexican court would allow Rafael Caro Quintero to…
Atty. Gen. Holder Offers Jamaica Condolences for “Loss of Citizens and Law Enforcement Officials”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. commented Thursday on the deadly effort to extradite Jamaican kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke, and offered condolences to the Jamaican people for “the loss of the citizens and law enforcement officials who have been killed.” “As the Jamaican government seeks to uphold the rule of…
Feds Say Detroit Drug Kingpin Used Mexican Plastic Surgeon to Change Face and Remove Fingerprints
Some drug dealers use fake identities. But Adarus Mazio Black was a little more creative and was willing to travel thousands of miles to throw the feds off track. By Paul Egan The Detroit News DETROIT — Adarus Mazio Black made so many millions from the cocaine he sold and so feared detection of murders…