DEA

• Quebec man on trial for 2020 kidnapping of American couple

  Gary Arnold of Hinchinbrooke, Que., is facing seven charges including two counts each of kidnapping, illegal confinement and extortion of a New York couple.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2023
  
• Extradition process to U.S. begins for infamous Mexico drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero

  Drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, captured by Mexican forces, was notified this weekend that a process to extradite him to the United States.

  Crime

  Jul 17, 2022
  
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• Mexico’s capture of infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero could be signal to U.S.

  On Friday, three days after Lopez Obrador and U.S. President Joe Biden met in the White House, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's most wanted target was in Mexican custody.

  Crime

  Jul 16, 2022
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• Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero captured by Mexican forces: reports

  Caro Quintero, the former leader of the Guadalajara cartel, walked free in 2013 after 28 years in prison when a court overturned his 40-year sentence for the murder of a DEA agent.

  Crime

  Jul 15, 2022
• Montreal man pleads guilty in cocaine plot tied to couple’s abduction

  A Montreal man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday in Vermont to being part of an effort to smuggle 1,500 kilos of cocaine from Peru to Vermont and then to Canada.

  Crime

  Nov 4, 2021
• From Colombia to Lebanon to Toronto: How a DEA probe uncovered Hezbollah’s Canadian money laundering ops

  Canada missed an early chance to fight professional money launderers.

  Crime

  Mar 25, 2019
• Testimony at El Chapo trial suggests Trump’s border wall won’t hinder drug traffickers

  Testimony provided by a senior cartel member at El Chapo's trial suggests that drugs tend to enter the United States through legal ports of entry, rather than unwalled sections of the border.

  World

  Jan 23, 2019
• Shoes, Gorilla Glue and Smoke Canada: DEA releases list of drug slang terms

  Some of the terms were unheard of by many, while other were laughable.

  World

  Jul 12, 2018
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• Tom Marino, Donald Trump’s pick for nation’s drug czar, withdraws

  Rep. Tom Marino is withdrawing from consideration following reports that he played a key role in weakening the federal government’s authority to stop companies from distributing opioids.

  World

  Oct 17, 2017
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• U.S. to reject call to remove marijuana’s ‘dangerous drug’ designation

  The Obama administration isn't going to reclassify marijuana and remove it from the list of the most dangerous drugs.

  World

  Aug 11, 2016