2 BRITISH WOMEN HEADING TO JAIL TO AWAIT TRIAL
William Reid, father of British Melissa Reid, second from right, arrives to the court where his daughter will be formally charged for drug trafficking in Callao, Peru, Tuesday, Aug. 20,…
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DRUG LORD’S RELEASE PAINFUL FOR VICTIMS’ RELATIVES
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN In this undated photo provided by Keely Walker Muse, her father, journalist John Clay Walker poses for a portrait at an unknown location. Mexican drug lord Rafael…
PARAGUAY’S NEW PRESIDENT WAS TARGETED BY THE DEA
By PEDRO SERVIN and MICHAEL WARREN Paraguay’s new President Horacio Cartes, left, receives the presidential sash from Congress President Julio Cesar Velazquez during Cartes’ swearing-in ceremony at Palacio de Lopez…
MEXICO DRUG CARTEL LAUNCHES RARE PUBLICITY PUSH
By MARK STEVENSON FILE – In this July 29, 2013 file photo, masked members of the Purepecha Indian community guard unit, from the town of Los Reyes in Michoacan, Mexico,…
HOLDER PROPOSES CHANGES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
By PETE YOST This Oct. 4, 2010 file photo shows Attorney General Eric Holder speaking during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Holder is calling for major…
DEALERS NOW BEING CHARGED IN DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS
By KATIE ZEZIMA Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato listens to a question Wednesday Aug. 7, 2013, in Toms River, N.J. With the number of heroin overdoses skyrocketing nationwide, a…
US ANGRY OVER RELEASE OF MEXICAN DRUG LORD
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and MARK STEVENSON The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking. A Mexican court…
MEXICO DRUG KINGPIN CARO QUINTERO ORDERED RELEASED
By MARK STEVENSON The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking. A Mexican court has ordered the release…