Europol takes down cocaine ‘super cartel’
Police in six countries have teamed up to take down a “super cartel” said to be controlling a third of Europe’s cocaine trade, leading to dozens of arrests and large-scale … Read More
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Latino SFPD cop branded ‘racist’ for arresting Hispanic drug dealers
The San Francisco Public Defender’s office has accused a Latino police officer of racially discriminating against Latino drug dealers in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood. According to public defense attorneys for … Read More
How fentanyl became ‘a weapon of mass destruction’ in US
In the dark hours before dawn, there’s no busier place than the Hunts Point produce market in The Bronx, where throngs of chefs, grocers and deli owners jockey each morning … Read More
Journalist Fredid Román shot dead in southern Mexico
A Mexican journalist who published an online local news program was shot and killed Monday in southern Mexico — the 15th member of the media to be murdered in the … Read More
US Consulate Tijuana advised shelter-in-place as chaos, violence erupt
The U.S. Consulate in Tijuana warned the public and government employees to avoid the area and seek shelter as violence and unrest erupted. The U.S. Consulate tweeted that vehicles are … Read More
Mexico captures fugitive drug lord wanted in 1985 DEA agent murder
A fugitive Mexican drug lord was busted Friday to face extradition in the notorious 1985 torture and murder of an undercover US Drug Enforcement Administration agent. Rafael Caro Quintero, a … Read More
