http://www.mail.com/organizations/36620-us-drug-enforcement-administration.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/36620-us-drug-enforcement-administration.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759814-mexico-riveras-plane-hit-with-terrible-impact.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in a nose-dive at a speed that may have exceeded 600 miles per hour, Mexico's top transportation official said Tuesday. In the first detailed account of the moments leading up to the crash that killed ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759814-mexico-riveras-plane-hit-with-terrible-impact.html 2012-12-12T01:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757460-mexico-tests-dna-jenni-rivera-plane-crash.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities were performing DNA tests Tuesday on remains believed to belong to Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera and six other people killed when her plane went down in northern Mexico. Investigators said it would take days to piece together the wreckage of the plane carrying Rivera and find out why it went dow... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757460-mexico-tests-dna-jenni-rivera-plane-crash.html 2012-12-11T18:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1755760-ntsb-singer-rivera-dead-mexican-plane-crash.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — U.S. authorities confirmed Monday that Jenni Rivera, a U.S.-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash in northern Mexico. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to help investigate the crash, and the board... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1755760-ntsb-singer-rivera-dead-mexican-plane-crash.html 2012-12-11T01:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1636770-man-pleads-guilty-plot-to-kill-saudi-ambassador.html NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, agreeing to hire what he thought was a drug dealer in Mexico last year for $1.5 million to carry out the attack with explosives at a Washington restaurant. Manssor Arbabsiar, 57, entered the plea to two conspiracy charges and a m... Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1636770-man-pleads-guilty-plot-to-kill-saudi-ambassador.html 2012-10-17T17:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1634130-medical-marijuana-advocates-want-drug-reclassified.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Washington is considering whether marijuana should be reclassified from its current status as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use. Last year, the Drug Enforcement Administration rejected a petition by medical marijuana advocates to change the classification, which kept marijuana in the same category a... Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1634130-medical-marijuana-advocates-want-drug-reclassified.html 2012-10-16T16:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1622518-cartels-flood-us-with-cheap-meth.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mexican drug cartels are quietly filling the void in the nation's drug market created by the long effort to crack down on American-made methamphetamine, flooding U.S. cities with exceptionally cheap, extraordinarily potent meth from factory-like "superlabs." Although Mexican meth is not new to the U.S. drug trade, it now accounts for as m... Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1622518-cartels-flood-us-with-cheap-meth.html 2012-10-11T17:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1549614-ngo-disputes-official-report-honduras-shooting.html TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A U.S.-based non-governmental organization on Saturday criticized Honduras' official investigation of a fatal shooting during a drug interdiction operation after its conclusions contradicted reports of witnesses and the group's own investigation into what happened. The probe's findings announced Friday said that two victims we... Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1549614-ngo-disputes-official-report-honduras-shooting.html 2012-09-08T21:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1547038-us-suspends-anti-drug-radar-support-honduras.html TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The United States has suspended sharing of radar intelligence with Honduras because the Central American nation's air force shot down two suspected drug planes in violation of agreements with Washington, the State Department and U.S. military confirmed Friday. The decision came after two separate incidents in July, when civili... Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1547038-us-suspends-anti-drug-radar-support-honduras.html 2012-09-07T19:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1533148-mexico-extradites-eduardo-arellano-felix-to-us.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mexico extradited Eduardo Arellano-Felix to the United States Friday, marking what one U.S. official said was the end of a 20-year investigation into the once-mighty drug cartel headed by his older brother. Arellano Felix, 55, arrived in the United States and will make an initial court appearance Tuesday in San Diego on charges of narcoti... Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1533148-mexico-extradites-eduardo-arellano-felix-to-us.html 2012-08-31T22:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1528466-200-us-marines-join-anti-drug-effort-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A team of 200 U.S. Marines began patrolling Guatemala's western coast this week in an unprecedented operation to beat drug traffickers in the Central America region, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday. The Marines are deployed as part of Operation Martillo, a broader effort started last Jan. 15 to stop drug trafficking along th... Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1528466-200-us-marines-join-anti-drug-effort-guatemala.html 2012-08-29T22:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1503096-drug-charges-dropped-too-evidence.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A fugitive doctor charged in the nation's largest prosecution of Internet pharmacies is getting off in part because there's just too much evidence: more than 400,000 documents and two terabytes of electronic data that federal authorities say is expensive to maintain. Armando Angulo was indicted in 2007 in a multimillion dollar schem... Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1503096-drug-charges-dropped-too-evidence.html 2012-08-15T19:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1477076-number-pot-plants-eradicated-drops-nationwide.html SEATTLE (AP) — Federal data shows the number of live marijuana plants eradicated in outdoor and indoor grow operations has dropped in most states over the past three years, while the amount of bulk processed marijuana seized has doubled in that time. And authorities can't pinpoint exact reasons. One thing is known: California, which provides the lion's sh... Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1477076-number-pot-plants-eradicated-drops-nationwide.html 2012-08-03T18:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1455746-dea-leads-crackdown-sellers-designer-drugs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Drug Enforcement Administration seized more than $36 million in cash and arrested 91 people in a nationwide crackdown against manufacturers, distributors and vendors of synthetic designer drugs. The DEA administrator, Michele Leonhart, said Thursday agents in 31 states also seized 4.9 million packets of synthetic marijuana, material ... Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1455746-dea-leads-crackdown-sellers-designer-drugs.html 2012-07-26T18:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1415830-dea-agents-killed-pilot-drug-flight-honduras.html TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The pilot of a suspected drug flight killed in an anti-narcotics operation in Honduras earlier this month was shot dead by two U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents after he refused to surrender, an agency spokeswoman said Sunday. At the time, Honduran police said the twin-engine plane arriving from Colombia with a load ... Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1415830-dea-agents-killed-pilot-drug-flight-honduras.html 2012-07-09T00:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1385090-dea-honduras-raid-aggressive-drug-strategy.html TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent who killed a suspected drug trafficker during a raid in a remote region of Honduras was part of an aggressive new enforcement strategy that has sharply increased the interception of illegal drug flights. The mission, called Operation Anvil, is run with six U.S. State Department heli... Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1385090-dea-honduras-raid-aggressive-drug-strategy.html 2012-06-25T16:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1384244-dea-agent-kills-suspected-trafficker-honduras.html TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent has shot and killed a suspected drug trafficker during a raid in a remote northern area of Honduras known as a destination for illicit flights carrying cocaine from South America, U.S. officials said Sunday. The incident marked the first time that a DEA agent has killed someone duri... Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1384244-dea-agent-kills-suspected-trafficker-honduras.html 2012-06-24T21:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1381186-identity-alleged-mexican-capos-son-questioned.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — After working months with U.S. intelligence, the Mexican navy said it believed it had nabbed a big prize in a known Guadalajara narco-haven: the son of Mexico's top fugitive drug lord. But it turned out they got the wrong man. The man arrested Thursday as the presumed son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is really Felix Beltran Leon, 23, an... Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1381186-identity-alleged-mexican-capos-son-questioned.html 2012-06-23T01:53:00Z