The arrest of Dominic Erineu Soligo alias ”Pingo” last Saturday in Paraguay, has everything to do with the safety of Santa Catarina in Brazil. Considered a leading supplier of drugs in Brazil, he has the South of Brazil as the main market. Trafficking caused a criminal war because of disputes over the sale of marihuana in addition to [...]
A top Colombian drug lord whom the United States has long considered one of the most dangerous smugglers pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to trafficking tons of heroin and cocaine into the U.S.
Francisco Gonzalez-Uribe had been awaiting trial in New York on charges of running a criminal enterprise dating [...]
At least 76 people died to bring him here. Accused Jamaican drug lord Christopher Coke is now on U.S. soil. He made the trip to the U.S. on a private plane that landed at White Plains Airport, outside New York City.
According to a federal indictment, as far back as 1994, Coke, [...]
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A suspected Colombian drug trafficker who operated under the radar for years in Argentina was described Friday as a ringleader capable of giving direct orders to Colombia’s most-wanted cocaine kingpins and with close ties to Mexico’s feared Sinaloa cartel.
Luis Caicedo Velandia was arrested as he walked near a Buenos Aires shopping [...]
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Officials in Quintana Roo, Mexico, have initiated the extradition process in the case of the slain Los Angeles resident and restaurant owner Monica Beresford-Redman, according to the LA Times. The suspect is her husband, reality television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman, who left Mexico against orders during the investigation of his wife’s April murder.
Monica Beresford-Redman was found [...]
When the Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding gave a speech on national television to announce the intention to capture and extradite to the United States the head of the drug kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke, he could not foresee a wave of violence that would burn the suburbs of the capital Kingston, [...]
Lima.- Transparency in political parties financing, multilateral cooperation to follow corrupt actions and an increased participation of the business sector are some necessary tools to fight corruption in the region, said Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) José Miguel Insulza.
“Corruption is in one of the first positions in [...]
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Mexico has extradited a former state governor to the United States to face charges of helping a cartel smuggling cocaine through the resort of Cancun en route to the U.S. market.
Mario Villanueva, who was governor of the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo from 1993 to 1999, was turned over to U.S. authorities Saturday at the [...]
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Colombian druglord Nestor Ramon Caro Chaparro, alias “El Duro,” has been arrested in the upmarket Ipanema neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, in a joint operation between the Brazilian and Colombian police, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration DEA.
Caro Chaparro, known by the aliases “El Duro” or “Felipe,” was wanted in the U.S. for his involvement [...]
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Nicaragua will extradite seven members of the Sinaloa cartel to Mexico. Already, the most dangerous was handed over to Mexican authorities.
The National Police (PN), is in the process to extradite to Mexico, seven members of the Sinaloa cartel, which since April 2007 are being held with other members of the same criminal cartel. “We are taking [...]
