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Mexico 'gang boss' Pozos detained
Mexico City :: Mexico | 9 months ago
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Police in Mexico have arrested the alleged leader and founder of a criminal group known as La Resistencia. Ramiro Pozos Gonzalez, who is accused of drug trafficking and murdering members of rival gangs, was detained in a central Mexico state. Police
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'Cocaine Cowboys' Griselda Blanco, Real-Life 'Female Tony Montana,' Gunned Down in Colombia
Medellín :: Colombia | 10 months ago
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PDT 9/5/2012 by Shirley Halperin The cold-blooded drug lord -- and unequivocal star of the popular HBO documentary series -- reigned terror on Miami in the early 1980s. Griselda Blanco , the real-life drug lord who reigned terror on Miami in the
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King of a massive drug ring
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | 10 months ago
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The Lukut-based Nigerian drug lord nabbed on Saturday is believed to the head of an intricate international distribution network supplying drugs to various countries. According to sources, the 32-year-old mastermind would receive overseas orders for
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Drug baron held in Lukut
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 10 months ago
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A Nigerian living like a king in his little palace hideout in Lukut, Port Dickson, was nabbed by the police on suspicion of running a multi-million ringgit international drug syndicate. After six months of surveillance, police moved in on the 32-year-
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No bail for alleged female drug trafficker
Miami :: FL :: USA | 10 months ago
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A U.S. judge refused Tuesday to grant bail for an alleged Mexican drug trafficker called the "queen of queens" in a narcocorrida drug ballad. Sandra Avila Beltran was extradited this week to Miami, where she is scheduled to be tried for allegedly
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VIDEO: Pablo Escobar: the sticker album
Medellín :: Colombia | 10 months ago
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Concern in Colombia over Pablo Escobar sticker album for children 10 August 2012 Last updated at 10:59 ET In the last few years there has been a resurgence of interest in the life story of Pablo Escobar, with books, films, and television shows coming
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Children's sticker album devoted to drug kingpin sparks row in Colombia
Medellín :: Colombia | 10 months ago
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Luis Eduardo Noriega/EPA In most of the world, children collect stickers of football stars, pop icons or their favourite cartoon characters. In the Colombian city of Medellin, however, children have been filling the pages of an album dedicated to the
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Top Colombian drug lord arrested
Medellín :: Colombia | 11 months ago
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Colombia drug lord 'Sebastian' arrested Sebastian had ties with Mexican drug gangs, such as the Zetas Colombian police have arrested one of the country's main drug lords, Erikson Vargas, who is also known as Sebastian. He was the head of an
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Colombia extradites drug trafficking suspect to...
Bogotá :: Colombia | 11 months ago
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Colombian authorities Tuesday extradited a woman accused of links to Mexico's infamous Sinaloa drug cartel, police announced. Dolly Cifuentes Villa, 48, was handed over to US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) at a military airport in Bogota,
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Military officials tied to organized crime?
Mexico City :: Mexico | 11 months ago
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A former deputy defense secretary was among the officials in a maximum-security prison in central Mexico Wednesday, a day after prosecutors accused them of having cartel ties. One of Mexico's most notorious accused drug lords, Edgar "La Barbie"
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