EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Apowerful Mexican drug cartel leaderon Thursday made his second appearance in federal court inTexasafter being taken into U.S. custody last week. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, 76, used a wheelchair for the hearing before U.S. District...
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was apprehended when he was duped into getting on a flight that landed in Texas, while Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of drug lord “El Chapo,” was secretly flown to Chicago. July 27, 2024 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live Pres. Biden receives briefing...
Mexican Drug Cartel Leader Extradited to US to Face Drug Conspiracy Chargespresumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.If convicted, Cano-Flores faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum penalty oflife in prison.The case is...
By 2010, the Zetas had formed their own cartel, spreading terror-style attacks across Mexico as far south as Tabasco until their top leaders were killed or arrested in 2012 and 2013. An offshoot of the Zetas, the Northeast cartel, continues to control the ...
drug trafficking organizations in the world. While investigating, the Mexican police found out about his involvement in some high profile kidnapping and extortion cases executed in the last decade or so. In 2015, he was extradited to the U.S., along with many high profile cartel leaders. ...
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Alleged Mexican Drug Cartel Boss Charged in California More SAN DIEGO (AP) — An alleged top lieutenant of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel has been accused of helping smuggle tons of methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin and other drugs into the United States, federal authorities said Wednesday. A 2018...
Mexican drug cartel claims responsibility for nightclub shooting---Members of Mexico's Zetas drug cartel presumably claimed responsibility for the nightclub shooting that killed five people in the Caribbean resort of Playa del Carmen, local media reporte
The Arellano Felix cartel emerged as a drug trafficking powerhouse in the 1980s in Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, though its influence is widely believed to have waned in recent years as its leaders have been killed or captured. ...
A Mexican drug cartel was so bold in operatingfrauds that target elderly Americansthat the gang's operators posed as U.S. Treasury Department officials, U.S. authorities said Thursday. Thescam was describedby the department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC. The agency has been ch...