Tag: Drug-related crime
Rio’s deadly police shootout prompts claims of abuse
RIO DE JANEIRO — A bloody, hourslong gunbattle in a Rio de Janeiro slum echoed into Friday, with authorities saying the police mission successfully...
Corruption, economic woes spark deadly protests in Colombia
BUCARAMANGA, Colombia — Kevin Anthony Agudelo wanted to live in a country where corruption was not part of everyday life. That dream motivated the...
Rio: At least 25 deaths during a police operation in a slum
RIO DE JANEIRO — Police targeting drug traffickers raided a slum in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday and at least one officer and 24...
Mexico holds drug lord temporarily for investigation
MEXICO CITY — A judge in Mexico ordered drug lord Hector “El Güero” Palma held for 40 more days in non-prison custody pending investigation...
‘DWI Dude’ attorney sentenced for scamming drug traffickers
SHERMAN, Texas — A Texas lawyer known as the “DWI Dude” has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for falsely...
Supreme Court skeptical of low-level crack offender’s case
WASHINGTON — Crack cocaine trafficking kingpins convicted more than a decade ago can ask courts to reduce their prison terms under a 2018 federal...
Customs: Woman hid cocaine in shoes at Atlanta airport
ATLANTA — A Georgia woman was caught trying to smuggle $40,000 worth of cocaine in multiple pairs of shoes through the Atlanta airport, according...
Rap rhythm from Rio de Janeiro’s favelas causing a stir
RIO DE JANEIRO — First, Vitor Oliveira sold the ground floor of the bare-bones brick building he constructed near the top of his sprawling...
Mexico worries about scorn if another drug lord is released
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador worried Monday that yet another shadowy release of a drug lord is about to make...
