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April 03, 2020

Georgia rapper Playboi Carti facing drug, traffic charges

Rapper Playboi Carti has been released from custody following his arrest on drug and traffic charges in Georgia.

March 31, 2020

US finds major cross-border tunnel used to smuggle drugs

A large haul of drugs, including opioids, methamphetamine and cocaine, being smuggled from Mexico to California was seized ...

March 27, 2020

US indicts Venezuela's Maduro on narcoterrorism charges

Nicolás Maduro effectively converted Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist ...

March 25, 2020

Review: `Kilo' paints a harrowing picture of cocaine trade

“Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels – From the Jungles to the Streets,” William Morrow/Harper Collins, by Toby Muse ...

March 19, 2020

A snapshot of Mexico's cartel landscape amid rising violence

Another year, another homicide total unseen before in Mexico’s modern history as the country struggles to check rising ...

March 16, 2020

Ex-governor's candidate in Florida says he's entering rehab

Former Florida candidate for governor Andrew Gillum disclosed Sunday that he is entering a rehabilitation facility, saying ...

March 15, 2020

AP Exclusive: Inside massive DEA raid targeting drug cartel

In the darkness, the team suits up quietly, putting on their helmets and tactical gear. Federal agents lug battering rams, ...

March 10, 2020

New York opioid trial postponed due to virus outbreak

The next trial scheduled over the drug industry's liability in the opioid crisis has been postponed because of the ...

March 09, 2020

Police jail woman who paid bail with marijuana-scented cash

A Louisiana woman was arrested on drug charges after police determined the $5,000 cash she used to post an inmate's bail had ...

March 05, 2020

Kim Kardashian West, former prisoners visit White House

Kim Kardashian West visited the White House on Wednesday along with three women who had their sentences commuted by President ...

March 03, 2020

US prosecutors tie Honduras president to drug trafficker

U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday that Honduras' president met a drug trafficker around 2013 and took $25,000 in exchange for ...

March 03, 2020

Drug maker Sandoz Inc. to pay $195M fine in antitrust case

The Justice Department said Monday that pharmaceutical company Sandoz Inc. will pay a $195 million penalty to resolve ...

March 02, 2020

Venezuela, drug trafficking top Trump meeting with Colombia

The crisis in Venezuela and drug trafficking topped the agenda at President Donald Trump's meeting Monday at the White House ...

February 29, 2020

Prosecutors: Hawaii man led meth ring while councilman

A Hawaii councilman pleaded not guilty Friday to charges accusing him of leading a drug-trafficking organization, supplying ...

February 28, 2020

US accuses Mexican ex-governor of corruption, cartel bribes

The U.S. government on Friday announced the public designation of a former governor of the Mexican state of Nayarit under the ...

February 28, 2020

Gun charge yields year in prison for man with neo-Nazi ties

A northern Virginia man with ties to a violent neo-Nazi group was sentenced Friday to a year in prison for weapons violations ...

February 27, 2020

Cartel boss' daughter arrested attending brother's trial

U.S. authorities have arrested the daughter of a fugitive Mexican drug kingpin, who was in Washington to attend her brother's ...

February 27, 2020

Feds cite new evidence against former Mexico security chief

New evidence against Mexico's former top security official has been uncovered since he was charged with taking tens of ...

February 26, 2020

Son of Mexican cartel boss to stay in custody, pending trial

A federal judge on Wednesday declined to release the son of a fugitive Mexican drug kingpin pending the start of the son's ...