Drug Lord

• What we know about Ryan Wedding, Canadian Olympian and accused drug lord

  Ryan Wedding has caught the world’s attention after the FBI alleged he was the head of a cocaine ring and had been ordering hits in his home country of Canada.

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  Oct 18, 2024
  
• 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.

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  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.

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  Jul 15, 2022
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• Most wanted Colombian drug lord captured after more than a decade on the run

  President Ivan Duque likened the arrest Saturday of Dairo Antonio Úsuga to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar.

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  Oct 24, 2021
• Former ‘El Chapo’ lieutenant testifies that drug lord tried to have him killed

  Miguel Angel Martinez testified that he was a loyal servant of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's, helping him arrange massive shipments of cocaine flown in from Colombia.

  World

  Nov 28, 2018
• Mexico judge says drug lord ‘El Chapo’ can be extradited to U.S.

  The federal Judiciary Council said Monday the judge had agreed that the legal requirements laid out in the extradition treaty between the two countries had been met.

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  May 9, 2016
• Colombia deports Peru’s most-wanted drug lord

  Colombian police have announced the capture of a man described as Peru's most-wanted drug trafficker.

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  May 1, 2016
• Rifle found at El Chapo hideout tied to Fast and Furious ATF operation

  The U.S. Justice Department has confirmed that one of the guns found at the hideout of E Chapo is associated with the Fast and Furious franchise.

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  Mar 16, 2016
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• El Chapo wants extradition to US after Mexican guards won’t let him sleep

  Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's lawyer says his client now wants to be extradited the U.S. asap because Mexican prison guards won't let him sleep.

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  Mar 2, 2016
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• Drug lord’s wife says ‘El Chapo’ is ill because he’s not sleeping well in prison

  The common-law wife of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman says his health problems have gotten "a lot worse" because guards at a maximum-security prison rouse him for head counts, interfering with his sleep.

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  Feb 29, 2016