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…
Prison breaks
52 dead, 12 injured in riot at northern Mexico prison
By PORFIRIO IBARRA and MARK STEVENSON A brutal fight between rival factions killed 52 inmates and injured 12 at a prison in northern Mexico on Thursday, the state governor said.…
Officials: Man who led escape had help from jail teacher
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and ROBERT JABLON he probable mastermind in the brazen escape of three inmates from a California jail had help from a woman whose English classes he was…
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…
Mexican drug lord flown to Sinaloan mountains after escape
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was flown to a mountainous region of his home state of Sinaloa following his daring July 11 escape from…
NY Gov. Cuomo: Captured convict ‘critical but stable’
By MICHAEL BALSAMO The escaped murderer who was shot by a state trooper near the Canadian border is in “critical but stable” condition at an Albany hospital, New York Gov.…
Across US, over 130 prison escapees on the loose
By JENNIFER PELTZ Somewhere out there are an admitted killer who crawled through a Texas prison’s ventilation ducts, a murderer who apparently escaped from an Indiana institution in a garbage…
EGYPT AIRS WHAT IT CLAIMS IS TERROR CONFESSION
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this July 13, 2012 file photo, then Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to reporters at the presidential palace in Cairo. An Egyptian judge says…