The Latest: Lawyer for El Chapo: No evidence of wrongdoing
The Latest on Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman facing drug trafficking and other charges in the United States (all times local): 3:40 p.m. A U.S. lawyer for Mexican…
Drug trafficking
Mexico: Sean Penn interview helped locate drug lord
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and KATHERINE CORCORAN Mexican officials say Sean Penn’s contacts with drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman helped them track the fugitive down — even if he…
Homeland Security taking to the sky in drug smuggling fight
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL As soon as the aging P-3 surveillance plane rumbles off the island runway, a crew of three agents for U.S. Customs and Border Protection begins hunting…
91-year-old Sydney man charged with importing cocaine
A 91-year-old retired surgeon has been charged with importing cocaine hidden in soap into Australia, prompting police to warn travelers to beware they are not tricked into becoming drug mules.…
Police break up US-Italy drug ring run out of NYC pizzeria
FRANCES D’EMILIO By night, the Calabrian immigrant family served up piping-hot pizza. After hours, Italian and U.S. authorities say, the restaurant in the New York borough of Queens was busy…
Venezuela’s No. 2 distances himself from defecting bodyguard
The powerful head of Venezuela’s congress moved Wednesday to distance himself from a bodyguard who defected to the United States and reportedly has implicated his former boss as head of…
Indonesia rejects foreign appeals, executes 6 drug convicts
By NINIEK KARMINI Indonesia brushed aside last-minute appeals by foreign leaders and executed by firing squad six people convicted of drug trafficking, including five foreigners, sending a message that the…
Meth pours into Central California as liquid
By SCOTT SMITH In this November 2012 photo provided by PARC Environmental, a traffic stop on Interstate 5 led to the seizure of multiple tequila bottles disguising liquid methamphetamine near…