‘Amigo!’ Jury hears cheerful El Chapo on tape at US trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Secretly recorded phone calls played Wednesday at the U.S. trial of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman make him sound as if he was enjoying his life as a narco-outlaw. “Amigo!” a cheerful voice identified as Guzman’s says at the start of a 2008 call made by an American... Read More

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El Chapo

December 19, 2018

El Chapo trial becomes New York’s latest tourist attraction

NEW YORK (AP) — There was a time, after a spectacular prison escape, when Joaquin Guzman was the most wanted man in the world. The thrill of being able to see the man known as El Chapo up close — and live to tell the tale — has been drawing curious New Yorkers, fans of... Read More

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El Chapo

December 10, 2018

Serbia court sentences drug lord to 15 years in prison

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Serbian court on Monday sentenced a Balkan drug lord to 15 years in prison for smuggling 5.7 tons of cocaine from South America to Europe. The Organized Crime court ruled that Darko Saric was guilty of leading a criminal organization that smuggled cocaine from Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay to Western... Read More

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December 10, 2018

‘I killed my best friend’: Opioids’ fatal grip on mayor, pal

MOUNT CARBON, Pa. (AP) — Janel Firestone found her son — the 24-year-old, just resigned mayor of the tiny Pennsylvania town of Mount Carbon — in what she assumed was a deep sleep. She tried to wake him for his overnight shift at the local supermarket, but he couldn’t be roused, even after she sprinkled... Read More

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December 5, 2018

‘El Chapo’ consort opens up about cartels’ ruthlessness

NEW YORK (AP) — A key government witness at the U.S. trial of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman spelled out the bloodshed and other cold realities of international drug-trafficking Tuesday without expressing regret or making excuses. Former Colombian kingpin Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia was asked on cross-examination by a lawyer for Guzman... Read More

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El Chapo

December 3, 2018

‘El Chapo’ trial gives inside look at his rise to power

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has offered a screenplay-worthy picture of the lawlessness and excesses during his rise to power as Mexico’s most infamous drug lord. Since the trial got underway on Nov. 13, witnesses have described how Guzman used tunnels dug under the border and fake jalapeno... Read More

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El Chapo

November 30, 2018

Babies born in withdrawal new complication in opioid cases

The expansive court case seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for the nation’s opioid crisis has a new complication: How does it deal with claims covering the thousands of babies born dependent on the drugs? Attorneys representing the children and their guardians want their claims separated from the federal case in Cleveland that involves hundreds of... Read More

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Opioids

November 30, 2018

Drug lord who changed his face testifies against ‘El Chapo’

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Colombian drug lord known for an extreme plastic-surgery makeover meant to hide his identity testified Thursday at a U.S. trial about his lucrative drug-trafficking alliance with notorious Mexican counterpart Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Asked about his distorted facial features, Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia explained that he had undergone at... Read More

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El Chapo, Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia

November 29, 2018

Opioid case has new complication: Babies born in withdrawal

The long-running federal court case seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for the nation’s opioid crisis has a new complication: How does it deal with claims covering the thousands of babies born to addicts? Attorneys representing the children and their guardians want their claims separated from the federal case in Cleveland that involves hundreds of local... Read More

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Opiods

November 27, 2018

Witness: ‘El Chapo’ paid massive bribes to top Mexican cop

NEW YORK (AP) — Back when business was starting to boom, notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman took delight in seeing massive cocaine shipments arriving by air from Colombia, occasions he code-named “parties” that made him so rich he could pay multimillion-dollar bribes to a powerful police commander, a government witness at Guzman’s... Read More

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El Chapo

November 21, 2018

Singh settles anti-doping lawsuit with PGA Tour

Vijay Singh has settled his lawsuit against the PGA Tour over how it investigated his use of deer antler spray, ending more than five years of litigation less than a week before the case was to go to trial in New York. Terms of the settled announced Tuesday were not disclosed. “I’m very happy for... Read More

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Vijay Singh

November 21, 2018

El Chapo trial witness: Ex-Mexico security chief was bribed

NEW YORK (AP) — Mexico’s former top security chief and another law enforcement official who once worked under the country’s new president-elect took millions of dollars in bribes from the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel in the mid-2000s, a witness testified Tuesday at the U.S. trial of kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Former cartel member Jesus... Read More

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El Chapo

November 20, 2018

Witness says bloodshed and bribery rampant under ‘El Chapo’

NEW YORK (AP) — Infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, armed with a diamond-encrusted pistol, relied on rampant bloodshed and bribery to protect his multibillion-dollar drug smuggling operation and his hold on power, a former lieutenant for his cartel testified on Monday at his Guzman’s U.S. trial. During his third day on the... Read More

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El Chapo

November 20, 2018

Ex-LA County deputy sentenced in drug trafficking case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after he was caught in an FBI sting offering to guard shipments of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana. Kenneth Collins of Chino pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to distribute drugs. The U.S. attorney’s office says a... Read More

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Kenneth Collins

‘Amigo!’ Jury hears cheerful El Chapo on tape at US trial

El Chapo trial becomes New York’s latest tourist attraction

Serbia court sentences drug lord to 15 years in prison

‘I killed my best friend’: Opioids’ fatal grip on mayor, pal

‘El Chapo’ consort opens up about cartels’ ruthlessness

‘El Chapo’ trial gives inside look at his rise to power

Babies born in withdrawal new complication in opioid cases

Drug lord who changed his face testifies against ‘El Chapo’

Opioid case has new complication: Babies born in withdrawal

Witness: ‘El Chapo’ paid massive bribes to top Mexican cop

Singh settles anti-doping lawsuit with PGA Tour

El Chapo trial witness: Ex-Mexico security chief was bribed

Witness says bloodshed and bribery rampant under ‘El Chapo’

Ex-LA County deputy sentenced in drug trafficking case

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