Plea near for Cali drug cartel bosses
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The two brothers accused of running Colombia's Cali cocaine cartel are nearing an agreement to plead guilty in exchange for guarantees that other family members won't face charges and will have access to some of the $2.1 billion the government wants to seize, The Associated Press has learned.
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By Craig Tenbroeck, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.
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The entire police force of the Mexican city of Tijuana is under investigation for links with organised crime.
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Seven hostages held by Colombian rebels for as long as nine years appealed in a video released on Tuesday for the government to reach a deal with their guerrilla captors to win their release.
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Mexican authorities said Monday that Gilberto Higuera Guerrero was arrested early Sunday in the northern border city of Mexicali. He is among Mexico&#39;s most wanted drug traffickers.
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A Mexican drug kingpin extradited to Texas last month pleaded innocent on Friday to charges he led a cartel that shipped cocaine and marijuana into the United States.
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The leader of Mexico's most infamous drug cartel pleaded guilty in a federal court on Monday to charges of running a criminal enterprise and money laundering in a plea bargain with U.S. authorities that will spare him the death penalty.
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MEXICO CITY -- President Felipe Calder&#xF3;n pledged "a hard and difficult battle" against gangs yesterday, a day after gunmen wounded the top security official in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco and killed his driver.
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Seventeen Mexican drug agents were picked up last week for alleged involvement in trafficking in Canc&#250;n.
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Brazen daylight killings by presumed drug smugglers just up the hill from Acapulco Bay are worrying business leaders that increasingly bloody drug wars will cripple Mexico's critical tourism industry.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Crown prosecutors have performed accounting contortions to try to secure a multimillion-dollar fine against two Hells Angels members convicted of trafficking drugs, a defence lawyer suggested Tuesday.
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Two brothers who headed Colombia's powerful Cali cocaine cartel pleaded guilty yesterday to drug trafficking charges in Miami and agreed to turn over billions in assets.
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The Colombian government is pursuing a relentless campaign to seize drug traffickers' assets.
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By Chuck Mueller, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 6 -- Faced with growing complaints about alleged human rights abuses, Mexican President Felipe CalderÃÂ¿n said Wednesday he would consider using the military less to fight drug cartels.
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MEXICO CITY, Jan. 4 -- Drug cartels are trying to influence the outcomes of major elections in Mexico by kidnapping and threatening candidates, according to Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora.
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CULIACAN, Mexico  - From the lush mountain valleys of Peru to America's toughest streets, ruthless Mexican gangs are grabbing control of the multi-billion dollar cocaine and crystal meth smuggling trade.