Colombian drug kingpin found shot to death
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The boss of Colombia's biggest remaining cocaine cartel was shot dead in neighboring Venezuela in an apparent settling of scores among drug gangs, authorities said on Friday.
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A U.S. man was shot and killed on the Caribbean coast of Honduras while trying to save a neighbor whose house was being robbed, authorities said Wednesday.
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A leader of one of Rio's premiere samba parade groups was shot to death early Wednesday, just days before the city's famed Carnival celebrations.
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ATLANTA, Nov. 22 -- Authorities said police were searching for a man who sold drugs to an undercover agent when they burst into the home of an elderly woman, sparking a shootout in which three officers were wounded and the woman was killed.
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BOGOTA  - One of the 12 drug dealers most sought by the United States was captured yesterday, police said. Dagoberto Florez Rios, for whose capture the United States had offered US$5 million, was arrested
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Colombian troops backed by planes have killed a top guerrilla commander in an assault on his jungle camp, delivering a serious blow to the country's largest rebel group, authorities said on Thursday.
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A Colombian businessman kidnapped by leftist rebels died in a military rescue attempt on Thursday, illustrating the dilemma the government faces over thousands of hostages languishing in secret guerrilla jails.
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KARACHI, Pakistan - Paramilitary police killed a suspected top al-Qaida operative, wanted for alleged involvement in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, during a four-hour shootout Sunday at a southern Pakistan house, the information minister said. At least two other men were arrested...
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Brazilian police investigate the murder of a drug lord who achieved notoriety in a dramatic 1980s jail-break.
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A former army commander twice accused of plotting to overthrow Haiti's government was shot to death in an upscale suburb of the capital, police said Friday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Marxist rebels killed a  Colombian mayor while he supervised construction work on  Wednesday in his small town in the center of the country,  police said.
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Six prison workers were shot to death and left outside a lockup in this border city, officials said Thursday, following a crackdown against drug gangs at jails across the nation.
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Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death
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One of the world's most sought after cocaine kingpins was hunted down and captured in Colombia yesterday in the toughest blow against the country's drugs trade in more than a decade.
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The bodies of nine people, including three federal agents, were discovered Thursday at a pair of sites outside Cancun, famous with tourists for its white-sand beaches, but also important to drug smugglers who carry Colombian cocaine through Mexico&#39;s
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. (antiMUSIC) Medical examiners have found that rapper Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard died from an accidental overdose of cocaine and a prescription pain medication.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. 10 -- A reputed cocaine kingpin who is among the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives was captured Monday in an army operation that is being hailed by government officials as a major blow against drug trafficking in this Andean country.