Tag: Drug-related crime
Turkish mafia boss dishes dirt, becomes YouTube phenomenon
ANKARA, Turkey — From alleged drug trafficking and a murder cover-up to weapons transfers to Islamic militants, a convicted crime ringleader has been dishing...
Former NBA star works to end solitary confinement in prisons
Caron Butler can easily point to the lowest moment in his life — the days he spent as a teenager locked in a solitary...
Jails emptied in the pandemic. Should they stay that way?
It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the coronavirus pandemic brought...
Attacks occur in Brazil Amazon city after trafficker death
RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian Amazon’s biggest city on Monday suspended classes and public transport amid a wave of vandalism and destruction in...
Mexico’s midterms raise question of López Obrador’s legacy
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president depicts Sunday’s congressional, state and local elections as the last opportunity to keep conservatives from returning to power, while...
Ex-officer pleads guilty in connection with fatal drug raid
HOUSTON — A former Houston police officer has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a 2019 drug raid that killed both homeowners.
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Pardoned Kentucky man faces new federal charges in slaying
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky man convicted of reckless homicide in a 2014 home invasion and then pardoned two years later by then-Gov. Matt...
More US citizens apprehended for moving drugs over border
PHOENIX — An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. since the...
In Mexico, cartels are hunting down police at their homes
MEXICO CITY — The notoriously violent Jalisco cartel has responded to Mexico’s “hugs, not bullets” policy with a policy of its own: The cartel...
Marijuana legalization prompting police K-9 retirements
RICHMOND, Va. — Asking dogs to follow their noses won't work anymore in states that have legalized marijuana.
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