U.S., Ecuador carry out joint anti-drug strikes, video shows
U.S. and Ecuadoran forces conducted "lethal kinetic operations" inside Ecuador to combat drug trafficking in the South American country, SOUTHCOM said.
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U.S. and Ecuadoran forces conducted "lethal kinetic operations" inside Ecuador to combat drug trafficking in the South American country, SOUTHCOM said.
The U. S. is offering $5 million each for information on Rene Arzate Garcia and his brother Alfonso Arzate Garcia.
Since the administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in small vessels last year, at least 148 people have been killed in the strikes.
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "El Mencho," had a $15 million U.S. bounty on his head.
The series of strikes brought the death toll to at least 145 people since the administration began targeting the small vessels since September.
Video shows Coast Guard vehicles pursuing a go-fast vessel that appeared to have multiple people aboard.
Pedro Inzunza Coronel, alias "Pichon," was wanted by the U.S. on accusations of trafficking large amounts of fentanyl and cocaine.
The cocaine, stored in dozens of 110-pound sacks inside a warehouse, was "camouflaged" in a mixture with plaster, officials said.
Two "priority targets" of the U.S. DEA as well as suspected members of the Italian mafia were among 20 people detained, police said.
Authorities in the Dominican Republic said they have confiscated cocaine transported by a speedboat that was destroyed recently by the U.S. Navy.
The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded a record 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana in what officials called the largest drug seizure in its history.
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The ring is suspected of using 11 speedboats to pick up drugs from larger "mother ships" in different points and then bring them to the Canary Islands, police said.
The Coast Guard said one of its crews seized roughly 10,000 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $74 million, from a boat in the Atlantic Ocean.
Police did not say how many packages were found, or what they were worth.
Police released video of the operation, showing the vessel loaded with orange packages as well as four suspects with their faces blurred out.
Irma Elvira Cruz, a 60-year-old woman known as "Madre," has been extradited from Mexico to face federal charges, according to the Justice Department.
Colombian police apprehended a 40-year-old man attempting to smuggle several bags of cocaine concealed beneath a meticulously attached toupee.
Cocaine "is no worse than whiskey" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whose nation is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter.
The U.S. State Department offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to Maximiliano Dávila's conviction.
Navy ships arrived to intercept the boat, which was carrying 102 packages filled with bricks of cocaine, authorities said.
The trove of drugs, washed ashore by Hurricane Debby, was found by a good Samaritan, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Thirteen sharks tested for cocaine and benzoylecgonine were found to have the illicit drug in their muscles and livers.
The drug ring would appeal to a witchdoctor "to receive his blessing and for the success of its cocaine transportation," police said.
Police said the suspect admitted to shooting his grandmother inside her apartment and then dragging her body to the patio.
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The case gained attention last year after Arlington PD said UT-Arlington criminology students helped ID the suspect.
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Police said the suspect admitted to shooting his grandmother inside her apartment and then dragging her body to the patio.
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The case gained attention last year after Arlington PD said UT-Arlington criminology students helped ID the suspect.
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The Trump administration has been strategizing methods and options to secure or extract Iran's nuclear materials, according to multiple sources, as the military campaign against Tehran enters a more uncertain phase.
The separate narco-trafficking investigations, based out of New York's Southern and Eastern districts, didn't set out to target Petro, but his name has come up during the course of the probes, one source said.
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The McKinney Fire Chief already has AED's placed in all police and fire vehicles.
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The WNBA and its players' union reached a verbal agreement on a transformational new collective bargaining agreement early Wednesday morning, both sides said.
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