Penn State frat brothers charged with running cocaine trafficking ring
Two Penn State fraternities are at the center of a cocaine trafficking ring bust, leading to charges against 14 people, authorities said.
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Two Penn State fraternities are at the center of a cocaine trafficking ring bust, leading to charges against 14 people, authorities said.
Eugenio Molina-Lopez is accused of heading up a gang that allegedly trafficked U.S.-bound cocaine from South America to Mexican cartels.
Erick Valencia Salazar, aka "El 85," formed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel with "El Mencho" who was killed by the Mexican army in February.
Authorities in Mexico have seized a large collection of motorcycles believed to be owned by Ryan Wedding, the former Olympian wanted for allegedly running a major drug trafficking operation.
President Trump's controversial pardon came as he is simultaneously ordering the bombing of boats in the Caribbean allegedly carrying drugs.
A man convicted of trafficking drugs from San Joaquin County to the Bay Area was sentenced to eight years in state prison, prosecutors said Friday.
The record seizure follows three other hauls this month totaling nearly 60 kilograms of synthetic cannabis.
The new sanctions against Jalisco New Generation, including its top members, target the group's fuel theft network.
A truckload of cocaine was seized by law enforcement officers in Tracy this week, authorities say.
Rubén Oseguera, known as "El Menchito", is the son of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, the fugitive cartel boss of the Jalisco New Generation cartel.
Two California men were found to be in possession of $36 million worth of drugs during a vehicle inspection in New Jersey, authorities said Friday.
A Sacramento man was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine, prosecutors said Thursday.
The discovery on Dauphin Island came just one day after divers found 25 kilograms of suspected cocaine off Key West.
The Colombian Navy released a video of the seizure, showing an officer cutting open packages and testing the contents in a vial.
Authorities in Ecuador say 8 "terrorists" killed, 27 escapees captured after "war" with drug gangs erupts in deadly mayhem at nation's prisons.
The FDA and drugmaker Novo Nordisk are working to identify thousands of counterfeit Ozempic drugs seized in an ongoing investigation.
"We have allowed the cartels to amass an army," a former ATF senior special agent told CBS News.
The rapper was one of six defendants involved in a conspiracy that distributed over 100 kilograms of illicit drugs.
A Stockton man was sentenced Thursday to a decade in prison for methamphetamine trafficking, prosecutors said.
