U.S. drug enforcement agents seized more than $10 million in cryptocurrency linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel during raids that also netted massive quantities of fentanyl and other drugs, officials said Tuesday. The Sinaloa cartel is one of six Mexican drug trafficking groups that President Trump has designated as global “terrorist” organizations. The cryptocurrency seizure in…
Facing the threat of tariffs from President Trump after he took office, Mexico bent over backward to comply with his demands. Almost immediately, the government moved to secure its northern border, severely stanching migration to the United States. Then it hunted cartel leaders in a dangerous fentanyl stronghold. And just last week, in a once-in-a-generation…
Cartel leader accused in DEA agent murder pleads not guilty | Full press conference Cartel leader accused in DEA agent murder pleads not guilty | Full press conference 13:25 Cartel leader Rafael Caro Quintero, wanted for the notorious killing of a U.S. DEA agent in Mexico, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday in New…
DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena disappeared in 1985, shortly after he helped bust a billion-dollar marijuana operation in Mexico. Headed to a luncheon with his wife, Mika, on Feb. 7, 1985, Camarena, then 37 years old, was surrounded by five armed men who threw him into a car and sped away, according to the Drug…
The Mexican government on Thursday began sending to the United States nearly 30 top cartel operatives wanted by the American authorities, including one notorious drug lord that U.S. officials had been seeking to bring to justice for 40 years, according to a statement by the Mexican government. The handover of so many significant cartel figures…
President Trump has said part of his motivation for imposing now-paused tariffs on Canada was to force the country to crack down on illicit fentanyl trafficking — but very little of the synthetic opioid enters the U.S. through its northern border. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the tariffs, announced Feb. 1 on Mexico, Canada and…
The Department of Homeland Security has authorized law enforcement agents from across the federal government to partake in “investigating, determining the location of, and apprehending” undocumented migrants, issuing a directive aimed at operationalizing the president’s signature campaign promise on immigration, according to a memo obtained by CBS News. The directive allows federal law enforcement agents…
A man who oversaw a scheme to launder millions of dollars of narcotics money from the U.S. to drug organizations was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Daniel Shaun Zilke, who went by the nickname “the Englishman,” was also fined $50,000 and ordered to pay $150,000 in…
Twelve people are accused of participating in a methamphetamine production and trafficking conspiracy in Walton County. On August 13, a federal search warrant was executed at 2370 Mountain Creek Church Road in Monroe, Georgia. Agents seized a total of 4.3 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, 22 gallons of liquid methamphetamine (approximately equivalent to 377 kilograms of…