Masked men claiming to represent Mexico's most powerful drug cartel have taken the unusual step of circulating a video threatening to kill a national television news anchor for what they viewed as unfair coverage. The video circulated Monday showed masked and heavily armed men surrounding a man s...
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MEXICO CITY - The U.S. Treasury Department called Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman "the world's most powerful drug trafficker" Tuesday. The fugitive Sinaloa cartel leader also got a boost from Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo, who said she believed in Guzman more than in the go...
Drug lords. The rise and fall of the Cali cartel. The richest, most powerful crime syndicate in historyby Ron Chepesiuk, Lytham, Milo Books Ltd., 2005, xxii, 360 pp., $12.56 (paperback), ISBN 1-90-385438-51doi:10.1080/17440570903080152...
The oldest and most powerful of thefive New York Mafia crime familieshas always been the "Genovese" clan, now said to be lead byLiborio "Big Barney" Bellomo.With 200 soldiers and a close-knit organization, Bellomo has fulfilled the promise of former Mafia boss, Vincent "The Chin" Gigante...
The arrest came just over a year after the capture of Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, head of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most powerful drug smuggling gangs in the world. It also comes as Mr Pena Nieto seeks to quell outrage over violence, impunity and co...
The murder of journalists was a common occurrence in the Cali cartel’s rise to dominance, but in 1992 its bloody wrath was felt far from Colombia. Manuel de Dios Unanue, the crusading former editor of El Diario La Prensa, had been known for taking a strong stance against corruption and ...
A story of miracles, faith and manipulation, told by people from around the world, who gave up everything for one of the most powerful religious figures of the century. Lured by TB Joshua’s claimed healing powers, they live as disciples in a guarded Lagos compound, cut off from family ...
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Henderson’s first novel, Fourth of July Creek, was one of the most powerful debuts in recent memory. His follow-up, co-authored with Jon Marc Smith, is sure to have thriller readers feeling very encouraged, as he turns to a high-octane world of drug violence, dangerous borders, and gov...