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49 headless corpses left on Mexico highway

El Traficante — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:22:13 +0000

Official: 49 bodies left on Mexico highway
Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in what appeared to be the latest blow in an escalating war of intimidation among drug gangs.

DEA moves against two Florida pharmacies, distributor over pill sales

El Traficante — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:07:53 +0000

DEA moves against two Florida pharmacies, distributor over pill sales
Agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency raided two CVS pharmacies in central Florida over the weekend, removing controlled substances and suspending the stores’ ability to handle or distribute drugs such as painkillers oxycodone and hydrocodone.

Top Colombian warlord arrested in Venezuela

El Traficante — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:06:35 +0000

Top Colombian warlord arrested in Venezuela
Venezuela says it has arrested on murder and drug trafficking charges the last major Colombian far-right paramilitary warlord still at large.

Glacier thief arrested in Chile

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:21:35 +0000

Glacier thief arrested in Chile
Police in Chile have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing five tonnes of ice from the Jorge Montt glacier in the Patagonia region to sell as designer ice cubes in bars and restaurants.

Treasure hunter says he found $3B WWII wreck

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:10:52 +0000

Treasure hunter says he found $3B WWII wreck
A treasure hunter said he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during World War II while carrying what he claims was a load of platinum bars now worth more than $3 billion.

Print you own counterfeit trainers: Is 3D piracy closer than we think?

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:09:19 +0000

Print you own counterfeit trainers: Is 3D piracy closer than we think?
‘Stealing’ trainers by downloading a blueprint then covertly printing out a ‘copy’ at home may seem like the work of science fiction - but a site already offers the blueprints, and printers already exist

Top officials weren’t behind botched gun probe, Democrats say

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:08:14 +0000

Top officials weren’t behind botched gun probe, Democrats say
Democrats say a House committee has found no evidence showing that top Justice Department officials were behind a gun-trafficking probe that let hundreds of high-powered weapons reach Mexican drug cartels.

Homeland Security Wants To Spy On 4 Square Miles At Once

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:07:46 +0000

Homeland Security Wants To Spy On 4 Square Miles At Once
The Department of Homeland Security wants to take a cue from the military’s experience with wartime surveillance. It’s looking for a camera that can spy on four square miles — entire neighborhoods — at once, just like the military has. Only the people the military snoops on aren’t protected by the Constitution.

Mexican strike on Sinaloa cartel

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:06:59 +0000

Mexican strike on Sinaloa cartel
Soldiers in Mexico arrest alleged members of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel and kill one of its regional leaders, Luis Alberto Cabrera Sarabria.

Supreme Court rules warrant needed for GPS tracking

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:05:54 +0000

Supreme Court rules warrant needed for GPS tracking
The court reversed the cocaine-trafficking conviction of a Washington, D.C., nightclub owner who police had tracked via GPS.

US offers $5M for Colombian drug lord

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:05:01 +0000

US offers $5M for Colombian drug lord
The U.S. government offers $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Colombian drug lord “Mechas.”

Marijuana: World’s first cannabis-based prescription drug to relieve cancer pain could soon hit U.S pharmacies

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:04:31 +0000

Marijuana: World’s first cannabis-based prescription drug to relieve cancer pain could soon hit U.S pharmacies
A British company is conducting landmark trials which could see a mouth spray derived from cannabis that eases cancer pain approved by the FDA by the end of 2013

Mexico officials: ‘Chapo’ Guzman aide killed in gunfight

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:04:11 +0000

Mexico officials: ‘Chapo’ Guzman aide killed in gunfight
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican officials say members of an army special forces unit fatally shot a high-ranking aide to the country’s most-wanted drug dealer in a gunfight in the northern state of Durango.

‘Blind mules’ ferry drugs, unaware

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:03:53 +0000

‘Blind mules’ ferry drugs, unaware
Some holders of a special pass from U.S. Customs and Border Protection are victims of a Mexican drug cartel smuggling plot, U.S. officials say.

Narco Wars Part 1

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:03:18 +0000

Narco Wars Part 1
CNN’s Kaj Larsen embeds with police operations that barely hold the line against powerful street gangs.

Narco Wars Part 2

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:03:04 +0000

Narco Wars Part 2
CNN’s Kaj Larsen embeds with police operations that barely hold the line against powerful street gangs.

Narco Wars Part 3

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:02:50 +0000

Narco Wars Part 3
CNN’s Kaj Larsen embeds with police operations that barely hold the line against powerful street gangs.

13 killed, 8 at funeral, in violent Mexico state

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:02:23 +0000

13 killed, 8 at funeral, in violent Mexico state
Police say eight men were killed in an attack on a funeral in a rural area of Guerrero, part of a death toll of 13 over the weekend in the southern state plagued by drug violence.

Late FARC founder rich in land: Santos

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:01:38 +0000

Late FARC founder rich in land: Santos
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday that “Manuel Marulanda,” the late leader and co-founder of the FARC owned 57 ranches in two departments alone.

Megaupload story of Dotcom boom and bust

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:30 +0000

Megaupload story of Dotcom boom and bust
REUTERS - Among the roll-call of hip-hop artists and other celebrities plugging Megaupload.com’s digital storage services in an online promotional video, a cameo from the website’s founder would have gone unnoticed by many.

Filmmaker focuses on violence in Mexico in documentary

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:07 +0000

Filmmaker focuses on violence in Mexico in documentary
AUSTIN — Filmmaker Charlie Minn didn�t originally plan to make a film about the surging violence in Ciudad Ju�rez, where the death toll related to drug violence has surpassed 10,000 since 2007. But after an initial 2009 stop on the border for…

McAllen police seize 3 tons of pot

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:59:46 +0000

McAllen police seize 3 tons of pot
McALLEN — McAllen police seized about three tons of marijuana in a series of raids Saturday morning that began with a report of a suspicious vehicle. Five people were arrested after patrol officers were called to a report of suspicious activity…

Thai police find 3.8 million methamphetamine pills

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:59:05 +0000

Thai police find 3.8 million methamphetamine pills
Police have seized 3.8 million methamphetamine tablets in Thailand’s largest drug bust in years.

Bolivia signs anti-drug agreement

El Traficante — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:58:09 +0000

Bolivia signs anti-drug agreement
Bolivia signs an agreement with the US and Brazil for technical assistance to help reduce the production of illegal cocaine.

Mexico gang seen ramping up meth in Guatemala

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:49:34 +0000

Mexico gang seen ramping up meth in Guatemala
Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa drug cartel appears to be extending its massive production of methamphetamine into neighboring Guatemala, as hundreds of tons of precursor chemicals stream into the Central American nation.

US targets money laundering activity for cartels

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:45:46 +0000

US targets money laundering activity for cartels
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has hit two men with sanctions for allegedly laundering money on behalf of…

Head of ‘Blondies’ cartel arrested in Mexico City

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:44:52 +0000

Head of ‘Blondies’ cartel arrested in Mexico City
Federal police say one of the United States’ most-wanted drug traffickers has been arrested at Mexico City’s airport.

Drug gangs strike back in Rio pacified slums

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:44:12 +0000

Drug gangs strike back in Rio pacified slums
A police programme to restore law and order to the city�s violent favelas has had its successes but a lack of resources is undermining it

Tweeting the word ‘drill’ could mean your Twitter account is read by government spies

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:42:19 +0000

Tweeting the word ‘drill’ could mean your Twitter account is read by government spies
The Department of Homeland Security could be watching Facebook and Twitter accounts for ‘danger’ words including ‘virus’, ‘illegal immigrant’ and ‘drill’ - and then seeking out the ‘real’ identity of posters

Dough! smuggler at JFK

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:41:53 +0000

Dough! smuggler at JFK
The money was funny, but the criminal charges are no laughing matter. A Colombian woman was busted at JFK with nearly $300,000 of counterfeit US currency in her luggage, federal officials said yesterday. Karol Andrea Chilito Solarte, 29, who flew here from Medellin, was arrested on Dec. 15 after…

Police find 7 bodies in northern Mexico

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:41:37 +0000

Police find 7 bodies in northern Mexico
Police in the northern Mexico state of Nuevo Leon said Tuesday that information provided by arrested members of a kidnapping gang has led them to at least seven bodies found buried in shallow graves or dumped in a well.

Argentina hunts snake smugglers

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:41:20 +0000

Argentina hunts snake smugglers
Argentina investigates a suspected animal trafficking ring after a man tries to carry nearly 250 snakes and other animals onto a plane bound for Spain.

Mexican hit man a hit

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:40:59 +0000

Mexican hit man a hit
After 20 years in which he killed, tortured and kidnapped for a Mexican drug cartel, a sicario hit man tells all in the documentary El Sicario, Room 164. The unnamed mans gruesome confession pours forth in a nondescript motel room No. 164, to be exact along the US-Mexican border…

Mexico cop gets 10-year sentence for drug ties

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:40:30 +0000

Mexico cop gets 10-year sentence for drug ties
A former high-ranking federal police official has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Mexico for helping the Sinaloa drug cartel.

Radio Zeta: How Mexico’s Drug Cartels Stay Networked

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:40:03 +0000

Radio Zeta: How Mexico’s Drug Cartels Stay Networked
Forget about making drug deals on your cellphone. When you’re part of the Zetas, one of Mexico’s violent drug cartels, you have your own encrypted radio network to move your deadly product. And Mexican soldiers and cops aren’t able to get Radio Zeta off the airwaves.

Aide to top drug lord arrested in Mexico

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:38:31 +0000

Aide to top drug lord arrested in Mexico
A security chief for Mexico’s most wanted drug lord is arrested in Sinaloa. CNN’s Rafael Romo reports.

Mexico’s cartels build own national radio system

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:38:11 +0000

Mexico’s cartels build own national radio system
When convoys of soldiers or federal police move through the scrubland of northern Mexico, the Zetas drug cartel knows they are coming.

Mexico troops discover 13 bodies

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:37:39 +0000

Mexico troops discover 13 bodies
Mexican troops discover 13 bodies of suspected victims of violence between rival drug cartels in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas.

Colombia seizes 300 kilos of cocaine off Caribbean coast

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:37:14 +0000

Colombia seizes 300 kilos of cocaine off Caribbean coast
Colombia’s Navy says it has seized more than 300 kilos of cocaine on a peninsula close to the Caribbean coastal city of Cartagena.

Mexico says it captures drug-lord security chief

El Traficante — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:36:43 +0000

Mexico says it captures drug-lord security chief
Investigators in Mexico say they have arrested a security chief for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, an alleged drug kingpin who is one of Mexico’s most wanted men.

Gangster in Italy Arrested After 16-Year Manhunt

El Traficante — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:55:17 +0000

Gangster in Italy Arrested After 16-Year Manhunt
The capture of Michele Zagaria, a powerful leader in the Camorra crime organization, was regarded as major victory for the police.

Man had 2kg of coke in stomach

El Traficante — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:54:47 +0000

Man had 2kg of coke in stomach
BRITISH man caught in Brazil trying to smuggle two-kilo coke haul worth �300k in belly

NarcoLeaks criticizes White House response to drug report

El Traficante — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:54:07 +0000

NarcoLeaks criticizes White House response to drug report
NarcoLeaks releases a statement criticizing the U.S. government’s response to their report on international cocaine trafficking, for underestimating both cocaine distribution in the U.S. and Colombia’s level of production.

Police: 14 killed in Juarez attacks

El Traficante — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:53:24 +0000

Police: 14 killed in Juarez attacks
Authorities in this violence-plagued border city Thursday were investigating a series of attacks the day before that left 14 people dead, including four people who were slain aboard an ambulance.

VIDEO: Who is winning Mexico’s drugs war?

El Traficante — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:52:52 +0000

VIDEO: Who is winning Mexico’s drugs war?
Where do Mexican cartels get their guns and their money from?

Drug case involves DEA money laundering

El Traficante — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:51:20 +0000

Drug case involves DEA money laundering
A two-year drug investigation that spanned five countries and involved U.S. federal agents laundering millions of dollars in narcotics money on behalf of a drug lord connected to the Sinaloa cartel has been quietly working its way through San Diego federal court.

Police find FARC manual

El Traficante — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:49:56 +0000

Police find FARC manual
Colombia police authorities say they have found FARC manuals on how to handle hostages and carry out attacks on infrastructure.

Mexico drug gangs up ante with high-tech tunnels

El Traficante — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:49:20 +0000

Mexico drug gangs up ante with high-tech tunnels
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) - When architect Felipe de Jesus Corona built Mexico’s most powerful drug lord a 200-foot-long tunnel under the U.S.-Mexican border with a hydraulic lift entrance opened by a fake water tap, the kingpin was impressed.

Ex-Panama strongman Noriega returns home to prison

El Traficante — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:47:52 +0000

Ex-Panama strongman Noriega returns home to prison
GAMBOA, Panama (Reuters) - Manuel Noriega, Panama’s drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, was extradited back to the country on Sunday and taken straight to prison to serve a 20-year sentence for the murders of opponents during his rule.

Colombian drug lord ‘RQ’ extradited to US

El Traficante — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:46:56 +0000

Colombian drug lord ‘RQ’ extradited to US
Former leader of the Norte Valle Cartel (NVC), Ramon Quintero Sanclemente, alias “RQ,” is extradited to the United States to answer for drug trafficking crimes.

Happy 10th Bday, TSA! Thanks For, Uhh, Nothing?

El Traficante — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:34:45 +0000

Happy 10th Bday, TSA! Thanks For, Uhh, Nothing?
Have you been celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Transportation Security Administration? We sure have!

Gun battle erupts on US-Mexico border…

El Traficante — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:58:28 +0000

SWAT teams dispatched as gun battle unfolds near EscobaresGunmen crossed the Rio Grande into the United States near a shootout between where the Mexican military and a group of gunmen was taking place.

Gangsters with AK-47 blast cash display case at casino…

El Traficante — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:54:24 +0000

Gangsters with AK-47 blast cash display case at casinoFour gunmen robbed Barona Casino early Wednesday…

Bolivia rules out US DEA return

El Traficante — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:31:08 +0000

Bolivia rules out US DEA return
Bolivian President Evo Morales insists US anti-drug agents will not be allowed back, despite an agreement to restore diplomatic ties with Washington.

Canadian smuggler claims ‘nothing wrong with’ drug trafficking

El Traficante — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:30:19 +0000

Canadian smuggler claims ‘nothing wrong with’ drug trafficking
A Canadian sailor who was caught off the Colombian coast smuggling cocaine tells U.S. authorities to “mind their own business” as “there is nothing wrong with cocaine trafficking.”

Police seize 1.5 tons cocaine in central Colombia drug lab

El Traficante — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:29:51 +0000

Police seize 1.5 tons cocaine in central Colombia drug lab
Colombian police confiscate 1.5 tons of cocaine from a cocaine laboratory suspected to belong to left wing guerrilla group FARC and a paramilitary criminal gang.

Smugglers try to hide cocaine in artichokes, fail

El Traficante — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:29:31 +0000

Smugglers try to hide cocaine in artichokes, fail
Drug smugglers failed to ship 470 pounds of Colombian cocaine hidden in a load of artichokes into Spain.

Mexico says key figure in Tijuana drug gang caught

El Traficante — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:28:49 +0000

Mexico says key figure in Tijuana drug gang caught
MEXICO CITY - One of the main operators in a drug cartel war that devastated the border city of Tijuana was captured…

VIDEO: Footage of ‘bombed Farc leader camp’

El Traficante — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:28:31 +0000

VIDEO: Footage of ‘bombed Farc leader camp’
Colombian authorities released surveillance video footage of the fallen commander of the Farc rebel group camp.

Gang sets fire to newspaper office in Mexico

El Traficante — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:28:15 +0000

Gang sets fire to newspaper office in Mexico
VERACRUZ, Mexico - More than a dozen people barged into the offices of a newspaper in central Mexico on Sunday,…