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Treasury Sanctions Mexican Traffickers Tied to Camarena Murder
June 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The DEA today announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated 18 individuals and 15 entities linked to Rafael Caro Quintero, a Mexican drug trafficker. Rafael Caro Quintero is a significant Mexican narcotics trafficker who began his criminal career in the late 1970s when he and others, including Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno (a.k.a. “El Azul”), formed the Guadalajara drug cartel and amassed an illicit fortune. continue reading »
Drug Traffickers Blamed for Massacre of Cops in Guatemala
June 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Drug traffickers were behind the killings of eight police officers in the western province of Quetzaltenango, Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina said Friday. continue reading »
Peruvian Drug War Gets Assistance From U.S.
June 12, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Peru's war on drugs will improve in quality and quantity thanks to the support of the United States, the Andean nation's leader, Ollanta Humala, said here Tuesday after a White House meeting with President Barack Obama. continue reading »
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Argues For Marijuana Legalization
June 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Vicente Fox, who served as Mexico's president from 2000 to 2006, said he would grow marijuana if it was legal, arguing that legalization would benefit the country and hurt drug cartels. continue reading »
Guatemalan Police Confiscate Over a Ton of Cocaine
June 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Drug enforcement agents seized 1,048 kilos of cocaine hidden in a van in Puerto Quetzal, a city in the southern Guatemalan province of Escuintla, but no arrests were made, a police spokesman said Sunday. continue reading »
Police Seize 1.5 Tons of Cocaine in Colombia
May 30, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian police said Wednesday that they seized 1.5 tons of high-quality cocaine that the Los Rastrojos criminal organization was planning to ship to Guatemala. continue reading »
Customs Uncovers Stashed Marijuana Worth $1 Million at Arizona Border
May 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
More than one ton of marijuana hidden in a truck entering the United States from Mexico was seized at the port of entry in Nogales, Arizona, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, said. continue reading »
Custom and Border Protection Seizes $2 Million Worth of Narcotics on Hidalgo International Bridge
May 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge seized over $2,000,000 worth of alleged cocaine, heroin and arrested a woman from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico in connection with the incident. continue reading »
Los Zetas Money Man Apprehended in Northern Mexico
May 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Navy personnel arrested a man suspected of managing financial operations for the fearsome Los Zetas drug cartel, the Mexican government said. Alfonso Zamudio Quijada was nabbed Wednesday as he left a house in Monclova, a city in the northern state of Coahuila, Government Secretariat official Eduardo Sanchez Hernandez said. continue reading »
Spanish Police Discover 34 Tons of Hashish on Melon Truck
May 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spain's Civil Guard intercepted a record 35.6 tons of hashish in this southern port city, authorities said Friday. The seizure took place last Saturday, Civil Guard commanders and a central government representative said during a press conference in Algeciras. continue reading »
Panama Authorities Seize 1.5 Tons of Cocaine
April 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Panama's Senan aero-naval force seized 1.5 tons of cocaine and arrested four Colombians in an operation carried out in the Caribbean Sea 12 nautical miles from El Porvenir, authorities said Monday. continue reading »
Mexican Cabinet Member Accused of Being Corrupt
April 19, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico's main opposition PAN on Thursday urged President Enrique Peña Nieto to dismiss a member of his Cabinet for allegedly planning to use public spending to benefit continue reading »
Mexican Police Discover 14 Thoroughbreds at Illegal Drug Lab
April 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Police found 14 thoroughbreds at an illegal drug lab in Guanajuato, a state in central Mexico, and arrested four suspects, including a person who may be a Canadian citizen, officials said. continue reading »
Border Protection Officers Find 48 lbs of Cocaine in Gas Tank
April 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Andrade port of entry yesterday discovered 48 pounds of cocaine concealed in the gas tank of a vehicle. continue reading »
Colombian Arrested at Mexico Airport, Cocaine Found in Luggage
April 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Colombian man who was trying to smuggle 4.5 kilos of cocaine was arrested on drug charges at the Mexico City International Airport, the Federal Police said. Wilson Javier Moreno Sanchez "appeared extremely continue reading »
Russia, Nicaraguan Navy Seize Large Quantity of Cocaine in Caribbean
April 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Nicaraguan naval forces and Russian drug enforcement agents seized 100 packages of cocaine on the high seas, state media reported, citing military spokesmen. continue reading »
Connecticut Drug Bust Leads to 100 Arrests
April 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In a massive drug enforcement operation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), more than 100 individuals were arrested early Wednesday in five states and Puerto Rico on state and federal charges related to the large-scale trafficking of heroin and cocaine from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico into and around southeastern Connecticut. continue reading »
Puerto Rican Task Force Uncovers Marijuana Laboratory
April 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Recently, the U.S. Marshals Service led Puerto Rico Violent Offenders Task Force uncovered a substantial marijuana laboratory while following-up on a lead pertaining to federal and state fugitive Jose Cosme-Rios aka "Pocholo." continue reading »
Raramuri Indians Pray for Expulsion of Narcos in Mexico
March 31, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Raramuri Indians are using Holy Week to pray for the expulsion of drug traffickers from their lands in northern Mexico's Chihuahua state. continue reading »
Vigilantes Release 18 Hostages, Including 12 Police Suspected of Drug Trafficking Ties
March 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A vigilante group has released the 12 police officers and six civilians it took hostage in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero after cutting a deal with prosecutors, spokesmen for the grassroots organization said. continue reading »
