Witness: El Chapo got police escort after escape

NEW YORK (AP) — When the notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was Mexico’s most-wanted fugitive in 2001 following a prison breakout, he was startled to see a police motorcycle pull in front of a car carrying him as it reached the outskirts of Mexico City. A loyal drug cartel lieutenant behind the wheel... Read More

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El Chapo

November 14, 2018

US trial of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo” gets underway

NEW YORK (AP) — The infamous Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was alternately portrayed at his U.S. trial on Tuesday as a calculating leader of a bloodthirsty smuggling operation that funneled tons of cocaine and other drugs into American cities and a scapegoat for a conspiracy whose actual mastermind bribed... Read More

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El Chapo

November 13, 2018

US trial to tell epic tale of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo”

NEW YORK (AP) — During the height of Mexican drug wars in 1993, an attempted hit on Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman went wrong. A team of gunmen sent to rub out the notorious drug lord instead killed a Roman Catholic cardinal at an airport in Guadalajara, outraging the Mexican public enough to touch off a... Read More

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El Chapo

November 9, 2018

Ex-Mexican officer-turned-cartel mole sentenced in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago handed a more than three-year prison sentence Thursday to a former Mexican intelligence-unit commander on charges he divulged American investigative secrets to cartel bosses in Mexico — a betrayal one DEA agent told the court collapsed drug-trafficking investigations and cost lives. Ivan Reyes Arzate, 46, was a... Read More

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Ivan Reyes Arzate

November 6, 2018

Jury selection begins for El Chapo’s US trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection began Monday for the U.S. trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman with potential jurors, including a self-described professional Michael Jackson impersonator, quizzed about how much they knew about Guzman’s reputation as a ruthless drug lord in Mexico. They were also questioned in Brooklyn’s federal court about their views on... Read More

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El Chapo

November 2, 2018

Colorado jury’s pot verdict may discourage similar cases

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Colorado jury likely threw cold water on future legal challenges against cannabis companies by homeowners who consider filing racketeering lawsuits alleging proximity to pot operations hurts their property values, analysts and industry lawyers said Thursday. A federal jury in Denver on Wednesday rejected claims involving the odor from a pot... Read More

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Colorado, Hope Reilly, Marijuana, Mike Reilly, Pot

November 2, 2018

Family of singer Chris Cornell sues doctor over his death

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family members of Chris Cornell on Thursday sued a doctor they say overprescribed drugs to the rock singer, leading to his death. Cornell’s widow, Vicky Cornell, and their children, Toni and Christopher, are plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging that prescription drugs, especially the anti-anxiety drug... Read More

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Chris Cornell, Soundgarden

October 29, 2018

Pot, property values focus of upcoming Colorado trial

DENVER (AP) — A federal trial in Colorado could have far-reaching effects on the United States’ budding marijuana industry if a jury sides with a couple who say having a cannabis business as a neighbor hurts their property’s value. The trial set to begin Monday in Denver is the first time a jury will consider... Read More

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Hope Reilly, Mike Reilly

October 24, 2018

Family behind drug company sued over toll of opioids

The family that owns a drug company is now being sued over the toll of opioid painkillers in one New York county — and it’s likely to be sued by hundreds more. Well over 1,000 lawsuits filed by state and local governments blame drug companies for a crisis of addiction and overdoses across the country.... Read More

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Opiods

October 23, 2018

Former MLB star Dykstra pleads not guilty to threat charge

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — Ex-Major League Baseball player Lenny Dykstra pleaded not guilty Monday to drug and terroristic threat charges stemming from an altercation with an Uber driver. The three-time All-Star, who played 12 seasons in the majors and was a member of the New York Mets’ 1986 championship team, told reporters as he left... Read More

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Lenny Dykstra

October 19, 2018

Rapper’s motion for drug charge dismissal denied

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A judge in South Dakota has denied a motion to dismiss a drug charge against rapper Chief Keef. The rapper, whose legal name is Keith Cozart, was arrested in June 2017 at the Sioux Falls airport when drugs were found in his carry-on bag after he performed at the University... Read More

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Chief Keef

October 18, 2018

As Canada legalizes pot, other countries likely to follow

SEATTLE (AP) — More than two dozen countries have relaxed their marijuana or other drug laws, and a number could consider legalizing in the not-too-distant future. The South American nation of Uruguay was first to legalize marijuana in 2013. Canada became the second on Wednesday and its size and global standing likely will encourage others... Read More

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Canada, Marijuana, Pot

September 28, 2018

Ex-Colombian councilman sentenced to 14 years in Florida

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former city councilman from Colombia has been sentenced in Florida to 14 years in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine by speedy boats generally used for delivering contraband. A federal judge in Tampa sentenced Aureliano Cuero-Cuero on Tuesday, four months after he pleaded guilty. Federal prosecutors say Cuero-Cuero organized and... Read More

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Aureliano Cuero-Cuero

September 25, 2018

Quebec man sentenced to prison in NY for marijuana smuggling

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A 41-year old Canadian man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle thousands of pounds of marijuana into the United States through the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation in northern New York. Colin Stewart, of Elgin, Quebec, admitted that he and his co-conspirators smuggled thousands... Read More

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Witness: El Chapo got police escort after escape

US trial of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo” gets underway

US trial to tell epic tale of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo”

Ex-Mexican officer-turned-cartel mole sentenced in Chicago

Jury selection begins for El Chapo’s US trial

Colorado jury’s pot verdict may discourage similar cases

Family of singer Chris Cornell sues doctor over his death

Pot, property values focus of upcoming Colorado trial

Family behind drug company sued over toll of opioids

Former MLB star Dykstra pleads not guilty to threat charge

Rapper’s motion for drug charge dismissal denied

As Canada legalizes pot, other countries likely to follow

Ex-Colombian councilman sentenced to 14 years in Florida

Quebec man sentenced to prison in NY for marijuana smuggling

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