Fourteen Mexican marines died, and another was injured when a navy Blackhawk helicopter crashed during the operation to capture drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero on Friday. The navy said it appeared to have been an accident, with the cause remaining under investigation. Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said in a statement late Friday that Caro Quintero…
Helicopter Crashes During Mexico Drug Lord Capture, Killing 14
Fourteen Mexican marines died, and another was injured when a navy Blackhawk helicopter crashed during the operation to capture drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero on Friday. The navy said it appeared to have been an accident, with the cause remaining under investigation. Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said in a statement late Friday that Caro Quintero…
David Ortiz Was Targeted by Dominican Drug Lord in 2019 Shooting, Private Investigators Find
By Joseph Wilkinson From New York Daily News Private investigators hired by retired Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz say the Hall of Famer was targeted by a drug kingpin when he was shot in the Dominican Republic in 2019, a news report said Saturday. Former Boston police commissioner Ed Davis and ex-CIA official Ric…
Mexico’s Military Arrests Wife of Powerful Drug Lord ‘El Mencho’
MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s military on Tuesday arrested the wife of drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho,” in the western state of Jalisco, sparking concerns about possible violent reprisals by his gang, Mexican officials said. Rosalinda Gonzalez Valencia was caught in Zapopan, part of the conurbation of the city of Guadalajara, in a “a significant…
Appeals Court Hears Claims of Jury Bias at ‘El Chapo’ Trial
NEW YORK—An appeals court should overturn the U.S. conspiracy conviction of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman because of claims that his anonymous jury flouted warnings to avoid media accounts of the case, a lawyer for Guzman urged a three-judge panel on Monday, catching the attention of at least one judge. In oral…
Colombia’s Most Wanted Drug Lord Captured in Jungle Raid
BOGOTA, Colombia—Colombian security forces have captured the country’s most wanted drug trafficker, a rural warlord who stayed on the run for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right. President Iván Duque likened the arrest Saturday of Dairo Antonio Úsuga to the capture three decades…
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