Authorities raid 5 suspected drug houses in Dallas, 19 indicted
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas hosted Tuesday's press briefing, saying trap houses were found near local parks and community centers.
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The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas hosted Tuesday's press briefing, saying trap houses were found near local parks and community centers.
Federal authorities extradited four alleged drug traffickers from Guatemala to North Texas, including a suspected kingpin known as "The Iceman."
The U.S. military intercepted and sank a vessel that was allegedly being used to support at-sea drug trafficking by the Ecuadorian criminal organization Los Choneros, officials said.
The vessel, which was in international waters near Ecuador, was allegedly used as a floating refueling station for drug boats belonging to the Los Choneros organization.
Two Penn State fraternities are at the center of a cocaine trafficking ring bust, leading to charges against 14 people, authorities said.
At least 207 people have been killed since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in September.
At least 193 people have been killed in the Trump administration's campaign of missile strikes on boats it claims are trafficking drugs in Latin American waters.
A survivor of a recent plane crash near Florida was allegedly found with roughly $30,000 inside a bag labeled with the name of a Bahamian politician.
Chris Young's journey to his college commencement could be a college course on resilience, redemption, righting his wrongs and the wrongs righted for him.
Janos Balla, also known as Daniel Takacs, was taken into custody in the beach resort city of Cancun, officials said.
Police said two people headed the network, including one person considered to be the "narco-architect" and "mastermind of the tunnels."
Since the administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in small vessels last year, at least 148 people have been killed in the strikes.
The series of strikes brought the death toll to at least 145 people since the administration began targeting the small vessels since September.
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.
Nine people were indicted after a drug trafficking organization that imported and distributed cocaine between Maryland and Texas was dismantled, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The United Nations human rights chief says the Trump administration "must halt" strikes on alleged drug boats to prevent "extrajudicial killing."
Colombian President Gustavo Petro gives his side of the story as he engages Trump in a war of words over mounting U.S. boat strikes.
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.
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 ruling is the latest twist in the saga of the former high-flying minister who earned himself the nickname of "supercop" but instead aided and abetted drug traffickers.
The new sanctions against Jalisco New Generation, including its top members, target the group's fuel theft network.
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.
Brothers Miguel and Omar Trevino Morales led one of Mexico's most powerful and feared organized crime groups.
Rubén Oseguera, known as "El Menchito", is the son of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, the fugitive cartel boss of the Jalisco New Generation cartel.
A police source told AFP the gunfights involved opposing factions of a powerful gang called Los Tigerones.
