Drug cartels

U.S. 10/18/21, 16:26

DC Comics is changing Superman's motto after spending more than 80 years championing "Truth, Justice and the American Way." Moving forward the 'Man of Steel' will only act on "global storylines." "Superman’s new motto of ‘Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow’ will better reflect the global storylines that we are telling ...

Opinion 05/12/21, 02:41

Military veterans warn the nation is in serious and immediate danger, and America must do everything in its power to avoid disaster. More than 120 retired generals and admirals have declared an ideological war between constitutional freedom and liberty versus socialism and marxism. "Our nation is in deep peril," they said in ...

U.S. 04/16/21, 15:55

Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar calls attention to the fact that since Vice President Kamala Harris was appointed crisis manager for the unchecked influx of illegal immigrants into the country, she is not coming up with solutions.  "Approximately 20 days ago, you named Kamala Harris as your “crisis manager” (on March ...

Central America 03/15/21, 21:06

A delegation of Republican lawmakers has made a visit to the border to assess the crisis unfolding there, and they are horrified by what they found. After traveling to El Paso, Texas, on Monday, and touring an illegal alien processing venue with Border Patrol agents, the group has made an impassioned ...

Texas 03/10/21, 23:54

A Republican responsible for signing bills passed by the Texas Legislature deployed military reserves to keep the nation safe. Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas National Guard to send 500 troops to the U.S.–Mexico border to prevent foreign criminals from entering the country. "Texas is going to fight for the safety ...

D.C. 01/11/21, 19:50

A Republican from Ohio won the nation's highest civilian honor after continuing to support the president and his policies. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a private ceremony at the White House on Jan. 11. President Donald Trump commended his long-standing supporter for playing a key ...

America 11/07/19, 23:34

As Mexican soldiers stood guard, a mother and two sons were laid to rest in hand-hewn pine coffins in a single grave dug out of the rocky soil Thursday at the first funeral for the victims of a drug cartel ambush that left nine American women and children dead. Clad in ...

America 11/06/19, 04:34

The eight children, some mere infants, who survived the ambush in northern Mexico not only escaped the drug cartel gunmen who killed their mothers but managed to hide in the brush, with some walking miles to get help despite grisly bullet wounds. In a testament to a mother's devotion, one woman ...

U.S. 02/12/19, 19:00

Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a tunnel. Guzman listened to ...

U.S. 02/12/19, 13:58

Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a tunnel. Guzman listened to ...

U.S. 11/30/18, 17:46

A top lieutenant to drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced in a Virginia courtroom Friday to life in prison. Damaso Lopez, a leader in Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, pleaded guilty in September in an Alexandria federal court to drug trafficking charges after being extradited from Mexico earlier this year. The ...

America 11/26/18, 22:55

Lawyers for Joaquin Guzman say another drug lord was actually in charge

U.S. 11/07/18, 16:18

Jury selection at the U.S. trial for Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was completed Wednesday with Guzman waiting for word on whether he can hug his wife for the first time in nearly two years.A jury of seven women and five men are to hear opening statements Tuesday ...

New York 11/04/18, 10:41

He is accused of having a hand in dozens of murders, of using his drug cartel to smuggle more than 200 tons of cocaine into the United States, even pulling off running the massive operation from behind bars. That's when he wasn't busy escaping from jail — twice. The mythical criminal ...

Politics 10/16/18, 17:34

The Justice Department announced 15 indictments against members of one of Mexico's largest drug cartels on Tuesday. Attorney General Jeff Sessions unveiled the charges against members of Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, or CJNG, which is accused of trafficking tons of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin into the U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ...

America 10/15/18, 12:13

Attorney General Jeff Sessions says taking down the brutal MS-13 street gang and three of the world's most notorious drug cartels will be a priority for federal law enforcement.Sessions designated five groups as top transnational organized crime threats.Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein shake hands during ...

America 10/03/18, 14:51

New turmoil has roiled the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's high-profile office in Colombia, where at least three agents have left in recent months amid investigations into alleged misconduct, including accusations that one passed secrets to drug cartels and another used government resources to hire prostitutes.The DEA's top-ranking official in South ...