Woman accused of testing cocaine quality faces charges in U.S.
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.
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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.
Marco Ebben, 32, is listed by Europe's law enforcement agency's "most wanted fugitives" list for international drug smuggling.
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada decided to stick with the lawyer defending him from U.S. drug trafficking charges despite a possible conflict of interest.
A Twin Cities man and 14 others are charged in connection to what federal law enforcement officials call one of the most sophisticated international drug trafficking operations they've ever seen.
Leonard Darnell George allegedly used the money to buy cars and jewelry, and also spent lavishly at a strip club in Tijuana.
He confessed to distributing over 142K counterfeit fentanyl pills marked to resemble hydrocodone and oxycodone.
Court documents say Christian Allen Meers would move from hotel to hotel every few days to avoid being detected by law enforcement.
One of the men is a documented member of the Crips gang.
Violence that broke out Monday in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Michoacan was the latest to hit regions plagued by drug trafficking.
"We have allowed the cartels to amass an army," a former ATF senior special agent told CBS News.
The judge ordered the buoys removed at Texas' expense by Sept. 15.
Gabriel Michael Rendon allegedly possessed 43 pistols, 23 rifles, four shotguns and four revolvers in furtherance of his drug trafficking business.
Before his February arrest, Roy Payne's family and his attorney said he was caught up in a fraud scheme by international drug cartels.
Roy Payne has no previous criminal record, and both his family and attorney say he was caught up in a fraud scheme by international drug cartels.
Stephen Paul Brinson, 18, was the fentanyl supplier for other drug dealers in North Texas.
The rapper was one of six defendants involved in a conspiracy that distributed over 100 kilograms of illicit drugs.
After leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to Mexico, Senator John Cornyn told CBS News Texas this week that the country's president agreed to do more to stem the flow of the deadly drug fentanyl into the U.S.
A Texas woman will spend the next 10 years in federal prison for drug trafficking violations, prosecutors announced Thursday.
