11 killed in anti-cartel operation in northwest Mexico: Official

[ad_1] MEXICO CITY: Eleven presumed gunmen were killed in an anti-cartel military operation in northwestern Mexico, officials said on Thursday.The Public Security Secretariat said the operation was carried out by Mexican Marines in the conflict-ridden state of Sinaloa, where government forces raided homes tied to the Sinaloa cartel faction allied with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. […]

Two Indian-origin Canadians charged in US led cartel crackdown; alleged to have helped fugitive druglord in murder, bribery

[ad_1] A sweeping US led crackdown on an international drug trafficking network has resulted in the arrests of 10 people, including two Indian-origin Canadians, after investigators linked the group to a brutal witness killing in Colombia earlier this year. According to a press release by the Justice Department, The case centres on Ryan James Wedding, […]

Narco-crackdown: Sinaloa cartel co-founder ‘El Mayo’ Zambada pleads guilty; faces life in prison

[ad_1] “El Mayo” Zambada speaks to Judge Brian Cogan (not pictured) in Brooklyn federal court, as his defence attorney Frank Perez looks on, in New York. (Picture credit: AP) Ismael Zambada García, the elusive Mexican drug lord known as El Mayo, pleaded guilty in a New York courtroom on Monday to drug trafficking charges, marking […]

‘Wage war’: Trump order Pentagon to draft military response to Latin America drug cartels; Mexico President insists on ‘no invasion’

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump (Image credits: AP) US President Donald Trump secretly signed an executive order, directing the Pentagon to prepare for possible military action against Latin American drug cartels, following Washington’s earlier move to classify several narcotics trafficking groups as “terrorist” organizations earlier this year.The New York Times, citing state media, reported that […]

Ovidio Guzmán Lópe: Drug lord ‘El Chapo’s’ son pleads guilty; admits to drug trafficking charges

[ad_1] Ovidio Guzman Lopez (AP image) Ovidio Guzman Lopez, the son of notorious Mexican drug lord “El Chapo” pleaded guilty on Friday (local time) to drug trafficking charges in the United States. He is the first of El Chapo’s sons to agree to a plea deal with US prosecutors.Prosecutors say Ovidio and his brother, Joaquín […]

Ovidio Guzman Lopez: Drug lord ‘El Chapo’s’ son pleads guilty; admits to drug trafficking charges

[ad_1] Ovidio Guzman Lopez (AP image) Ovidio Guzman Lopez, the son of notorious Mexican drug lord “El Chapo” pleaded guilty on Friday (local time) to drug trafficking charges in the United States. He is the first of El Chapo’s sons to agree to a plea deal with US prosecutors.Prosecutors say Ovidio and his brother, Joaquín […]

Son of El Chapo to Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Charges

[ad_1] Ovidio Guzmán López, one of four sons of the infamous Mexican crime lord known as El Chapo, plans to plead guilty this summer to sprawling federal drug charges, according to court papers filed on Tuesday. If the plea goes through as planned on July 9 in Chicago, Mr. Guzmán López would become the first […]

Kristi Noem: ‘You’re not scaring me with your croc’: Kristi Noem dodges kick during immigration raid

[ad_1] File photo: Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem (Picture credit: AP) Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday found herself in a tense moment during an early morning immigration raid in Phoenix, Arizona, as she dodged a kick from a suspect while she helped federal agents arrest three undocumented migrants with serious criminal records.According to […]