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She defended 'El Chapo.' Now this lawyer is using her narco-fame to launch a music career
Read full article: She defended 'El Chapo.' Now this lawyer is using her narco-fame to launch a music careerMariel ColĆ³n spent years working as a defense lawyer for JoaquĆn āEl Chapoā GuzmĆ”n while he faced trial in U.S. court.
Mexican drug cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas
Read full article: Mexican drug cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada makes a court appearance in TexasA powerful Mexican drug cartel leader has made his second appearance in federal court in Texas after being taken into U.S. custody last week.
Son of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges in Chicago
Read full article: Son of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges in ChicagoA son of notorious drug kingpin āEl Chapoā has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges in a Chicago courtroom days after an astonishing capture in the U.S. JoaquĆn GuzmĆ”n LĆ³pez was dressed in an orange jumpsuit and shackled at the feet Tuesday as federal prosecutors detailed a five-count indictment including drug trafficking and weapons charges.
Attorney for cartel leader 'El Mayoā Zambada says his client was kidnapped and brought to the US
Read full article: Attorney for cartel leader 'El Mayoā Zambada says his client was kidnapped and brought to the USThe lawyer of a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who is now in U.S. custody is pushing back against claims that his client was tricked into flying into the country.
A look at 'El Mayo' Zambada, the kingpin of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel who is now in US custody
Read full article: A look at 'El Mayo' Zambada, the kingpin of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel who is now in US custodyIsmael āEl Mayoā Zambada has eluded the reach of U.S. enforcement for decades as the top leader and co-founder of Mexicoās powerful Sinaloa cartel.
Powerful cartel leader 'El Mayoā Zambada was lured onto airplane before arrest in US, AP source says
Read full article: Powerful cartel leader 'El Mayoā Zambada was lured onto airplane before arrest in US, AP source saysA U.S. law enforcement official says a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who has eluded authorities for decades was duped into flying into the U.S., where he was arrested alongside a son of JoaquĆn āEl Chapoā GuzmĆ”n.
With some laughs, some stories, some tears, Don Winslow begins what he calls his final book tour
Read full article: With some laughs, some stories, some tears, Don Winslow begins what he calls his final book tourAuthor Don Winslow has announced that his new novel, āCity in Ruins,ā will be his last.
Mexico's arrest of cartel security boss who attacked army families' complex was likely personal
Read full article: Mexico's arrest of cartel security boss who attacked army families' complex was likely personalThe U.S. government has thanked Mexico for arresting a hyper violent, alleged Sinaloa cartel security chief this week.
El Chapo's wife released from US custody after completing 3-year prison sentence
Read full article: El Chapo's wife released from US custody after completing 3-year prison sentenceThe wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin āEl Chapoā Guzman has been released from federal custody after completing a three-year sentence for helping him run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire.
New York City suggests housing migrants in jail shuttered after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide
Read full article: New York City suggests housing migrants in jail shuttered after Jeffrey Epstein's suicideNew York City Mayor Eric Adamsā administration wants to house migrants in a notorious federal jail that was closed after disgraced financier Jeffrey Epsteinās suicide there led to its squalid conditions being deemed unsafe for humans.
El Chapo's son, Sinaloa members face sanctions over fentanyl
Read full article: El Chapo's son, Sinaloa members face sanctions over fentanylThe United States has sanctioned a son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin āEl Chapoā Guzman, three members of the Sinaloa cartel and two Mexican-based firms, alleging they trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. Tuesday's sanctions came the day Mexican President AndrĆ©s Manuel LĆ³pez Obrador talked with President Joe Biden about immigration and the fentanyl crisis.
El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US
Read full article: El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by USThe Justice Department has charged 28 members of Mexicoās powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin āEl Chapoā Guzman, in a sprawling fentanyl-trafficking investigation.
US sanctions Mexicans linked to powerful Sinaloa drug cartel
Read full article: US sanctions Mexicans linked to powerful Sinaloa drug cartelThe Treasury Department has sanctioned a group of people and firms connected to Mexicoās Sinaloa drug cartel, including a sibling involved in the family-run Valenzuela drug trafficking organization.
'Forgotten' US victims of Mexican drug lord want justice
Read full article: 'Forgotten' US victims of Mexican drug lord want justiceWhen fugitive 1980s Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested in Mexico last week, it stirred up old, terrible memories for Lannie Walker, the daughter of American writer John Clay Walker.
EXPLAINER: Ex-Honduras leader long in US prosecutors' sights
Read full article: EXPLAINER: Ex-Honduras leader long in US prosecutors' sightsFormer Honduras President Juan Orlando HernĆ”ndez was arrested at the request of the United States on drug trafficking charges Tuesday and a Honduran judge will decide if he is eventually extradited to stand trial in the U.S. While HernĆ”ndez was president, he was untouchable for Hondurasā co-opted justice system and successive U.S. administrations made no move alienate him.
Mexican governor denies drug links after photo with capos
Read full article: Mexican governor denies drug links after photo with caposThe governor of Mexico's Morelos state is denying any links to drug traffickers after a 3-year-old photo surfaced showing him posing with three men identified as local drug gang leaders.
Wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' gets 3 years on US charges
Read full article: Wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' gets 3 years on US chargesThe wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin āEl Chapoā Guzman was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire.
The jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself is crumbling
Read full article: The jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself is crumblingOnce hailed as a prototype for a new kind of federal jail and the most secure in the country, New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center has become a blighted wreck.
US closing troubled NYC jail where Epstein killed himself
Read full article: US closing troubled NYC jail where Epstein killed himselfThe U.S. government says it is shutting down an embattled federal jail in New York City after a slew of problems that came to light following Jeffrey Epsteinās suicide there two years ago.
Wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' pleads guilty to US charges
Read full article: Wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' pleads guilty to US chargesThe wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin āEl Chapoā Guzman has pleaded guilty to charges in the U.S. that alleged she helped her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire.
El Chapo's wife expected to plead guilty to US charges
Read full article: El Chapo's wife expected to plead guilty to US chargesThe wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin āEl Chapoā Guzman is expected to plead guilty to federal criminal charges after she had been charged in the U.S. with helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire.
Mexico worries about scorn if another drug lord is released
Read full article: Mexico worries about scorn if another drug lord is releasedMexican President AndrĆ©s Manuel LĆ³pez Obrador is worried that yet another shadowy release of a drug lord is about to make Mexico a target of international ridicule.
Growers fret as Mexico moves to legalize marijuana
Read full article: Growers fret as Mexico moves to legalize marijuanaFor the first time that MarĆa can remember, half of her last marijuana harvest is still sitting in storage on her ranch months after it should have sold here in the mountains of Mexicoās Sinaloa state.
Mexico president justifies release of kingpin targeted by US
Read full article: Mexico president justifies release of kingpin targeted by USMexican President AndrĆ©s Manuel LĆ³pez Obrador has defended the 2013 ruling that freed one of the drug lords most wanted by U.S. authorities, even though Mexicoās Supreme Court later ruled it was a mistake.
US wants life in prison for brother of Honduras president
Read full article: US wants life in prison for brother of Honduras presidentāThe defendant was a Honduran congressman who, along with his brother Juan Orlando HernĆ”ndez, played a leadership role in a violent, state sponsored drug trafficking conspiracy,ā prosecutors wrote. AdThe U.S. government wants Tony HernĆ”ndez to give up $138.5 million in āblood moneyā from his drug trafficking and pay an additional $10 million fine. They say he also sold weapons to drug traffickers, some of which came from Hondurasā military, and controlled drug laboratories in Colombia and Honduras. They allege that among those bribes was $1 million from notorious Mexican capo Joaquin āEl Chapoā Guzman to Juan Orlando HernĆ”ndez. In those, Fuentes admitted knowing drug traffickers but denied having paid any money to president HernĆ”ndez.
Drug trafficker says he bribed Honduras president
Read full article: Drug trafficker says he bribed Honduras presidentFILE - In this Jan. 14, 2020, file photo, Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez arrives for the swearing-in ceremony for Guatemala's new President Alejandro Giammattei at the National Theater in Guatemala City. AdThe accusation came in the third day of testimony in the trial of alleged drug trafficker Geovanny Fuentes RamĆrez. U.S. prosecutors have made it clear that allegations against President HernĆ”ndez would arise during the trial, though he has not been charged. During that trial, the president was accused of accepting more than $1 million from Mexican drug trafficker JoaquĆn āEl Chapoā GuzmĆ”n. Alvarez said that he had never taken money from Rivera Maradiaga, who called the politicians he allegedly bribed ānarco-politicians.āAdāI donāt have anything to hide,ā Alvarez wrote.
US prosecutors allege Honduras president helped move drugs
Read full article: US prosecutors allege Honduras president helped move drugsāThey plotted to send as much cocaine as possible to the United States,ā Gutwillig said of the president and Fuentes RamĆrez. But much of the prosecutorsā artillery appears aimed at HernĆ”ndez, who they said helped Fuentes RamĆrezās drug trafficking along with other high-ranking officials. Prosecutors have previously said that Fuentes RamĆrez paid HernĆ”ndez $25,000 to be allowed to move drugs through the country without interference. He says that the allegations against him come from drug traffickers seeking revenge and looking to lighten their sentences. He has said Fuentes RamĆrez had weapons and body guards because Honduras is a dangerous country.
Judge says wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' must stay in jail
Read full article: Judge says wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' must stay in jailThis photo provided by the Alexandria Adult Detention Center shows Emma Coronel Aispuro. She is the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo Guzman and is accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. (Alexandria Adult Detention Center via AP)WASHINGTON ā A U.S. judge ordered the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin āEl Chapoā Guzman to remain behind bars Tuesday after she was charged with helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire. As Mexicoās most powerful drug lord, Guzman ran a cartel responsible for smuggling cocaine and other drugs into the United States during his 25-year reign, prosecutors say. Months earlier, the U.S. Treasury had announced financial sanctions against her father for his alleged drug trafficking.
Wife of drug kingpin El Chapo arrested on US drug charges
Read full article: Wife of drug kingpin El Chapo arrested on US drug chargesShe is the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo Guzman and is accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. (Alexandria Adult Detention Center via AP)WASHINGTON ā The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin āEl Chapoā Guzman was arrested in the United States and accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. She is a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico. Her arrest is the latest twist in the bloody, multinational saga involving Guzman, the longtime head of the Sinaloa drug cartel. After Guzman was rearrested following his escape, Coronel lobbied the Mexican government to improve her husbandās prison conditions.
US motions expand drug claims against Honduras president
Read full article: US motions expand drug claims against Honduras president(UNTV via AP)NEW YORK ā U.S. federal prosecutors have filed motions saying that Honduran President Juan Orlando HernĆ”ndez took bribes from drug traffickers and had the country's armed forces protect a cocaine laboratory and shipments to the United States. The documents quote HernĆ”ndez as saying he wanted to ā'shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos' by flooding the United States with cocaine." The motions filed Friday with the U.S. Southern District of New York do not specifically name the president, referring to him as āCC-4,ā or co-conspirator No. During that trial, the president was accused of accepting more than $1 million from Mexican drug trafficker JoaquĆn āEl Chapoā GuzmĆ”n ā an accusation repeated in the new motions. At this time, CC-4 was pursuing election as the President of Honduras as a member of the Partido Nacional de Honduras (the āNational Partyā),ā the motion said.
Mexico's president reaches the people with morning show
Read full article: Mexico's president reaches the people with morning showMexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his regularly scheduled morning press conference known as "La Maanera" at the National Palace in Mexico City, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Also in Mexico City, Amalia MelĆ©ndrez tunes in after her morning bath. LĆ³pez Obrador, 67, has never once left the stage, or even sat down, when others are speaking. In the morning talks, LĆ³pez Obrador has shown off the amulets he claims protect him from evil and the coronavirus. āThe president made it clear that he had to take this head-on,ā said the presidentās press representative, JesĆŗs RamĆrez.
UK judge to rule on US extradition for WikiLeaks' Assange
Read full article: UK judge to rule on US extradition for WikiLeaks' AssangeWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out Monday Jan. 4, 2021, whether he can be extradited from the U.K. to the U.S. to face espionage charges over the publication of secret American military documents. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)LONDON ā WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out Monday whether he can be extradited from the U.K. to the U.S. to face espionage charges over the publication of secret American military documents. U.S. prosecutors indicted the 49-year-old Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse that carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison. His legal team argued that Assange would, if extradited, likely face solitary confinement that would put him at a heightened risk of suicide. Assange and his legal team will be hoping that developments in the U.S. bring an end to his ordeal if the judge grants the U.S. extradition request.
Arrest of former Mexican defense minister shakes military
Read full article: Arrest of former Mexican defense minister shakes militaryFILE - In this Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, file photo, Mexico's Defense Secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda gestures as U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens during a reception ceremony in Mexico City. Mexico's top diplomat says the country's former defense secretary, Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, has been arrested in Los Angeles. Mexico's defense secretary is not just another Cabinet post. The president doesnāt just choose a defense secretary ā he chooses from a list of acceptable candidates that the generals submit. Mexicoās Defense Department had no immediate reaction to Cienfuegosā arrest.
In Mexico women inmates find education chance amid pandemic
Read full article: In Mexico women inmates find education chance amid pandemicWomen prisoners attend an online course on writing at the Santiaguito prison in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Diego Delgaldo)ALMOLOYA DE JUAREZ Prison inmates in Mexico have suffered from coronavirus infections at a higher rate than the country as a whole, and pandemic lockdowns have reduced their already limited contact with the outside world. But one group of women inmates at a prison west of Mexico City have managed to benefit, as the lockdown spurred a wave of professionals with time on their hands to donate online classes. About 10,000 prison inmates in Mexico are women, and women have been among the biggest donors to Plan B so far. You read the emails and the videos that are sent in, and it is beautiful.For me, they are sensational, Lpez Herrera said of the online classes.
Hypocrisy gone viral? Officials set bad COVID-19 examples
Read full article: Hypocrisy gone viral? Officials set bad COVID-19 examplesFrom U.S. President Donald Trump to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, global decision-makers have frequently set bad examples, whether it's refusing to wear masks or breaking confinement rules aimed at protecting their citizens from COVID-19. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said normally she would fire Clark but that the country couldnt afford massive disruption in its health sector while it was fighting the virus. He and others didnt wear masks during those meetings, and Putin also didnt cover his face for events marking Nazi Germanys defeat in World War II. The prime minister has respected all guidelines, according to a statement read by a spokesman. And as such the prime minister was with her during her last night."