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• Too big to jail? Execs avoid laundering charges

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — When the Justice Department announced its record $1.9 billion settlement against British bank HSBC last week, prosecutors called it a powerful blow to a dysfunctional institution … 1

• Owner of Rivera plane denies drug connections

  December 15, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — The man who runs the business that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera says he has never been involved in …

• Owner of Rivera plane being investigated by DEA

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — The company that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera is under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the … 1

• Owner of Rivera plane being investigated by DEA

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — The company that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Mexican pop superstar Jenni Rivera is under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the …

• Parents fight for release of son jailed in Mexico

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida family is fighting to get their son, a Marine veteran, released from a prison in a dangerous area in Mexico while facing charges that … 1

• Tijuana architect was an unlikely drug courier

  December 9, 2012 in Nation/World SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eugenio Velazquez doesn’t fit the mold of the down-on-his luck, uneducated, underemployed courier who ferries drugs to the U.S. for Mexican drug cartels. The dual citizen …

• Feds: Imprisoned murderer ran gang network

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — While behind bars for three decades, a convicted murderer and member of the Mexican Mafia controlled a network of Los Angeles street gangs that sold drugs, … 1

• Texas lawyer pleads not guilty to aiding cartel

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World EL PASO, Texas (AP) — In public, Marco Antonio Delgado was a philanthropist, a prominent El Paso businessman and a trustee at Carnegie Mellon University. But secretly, investigators say, he …

• Texas lawyer pleads not guilty to aiding cartel

  November 8, 2012 in Nation/World EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas lawyer and former Carnegie Mellon University trustee pleaded not guilty Thursday to laundering more than $600 million for a Mexican drug cartel. Marco …

• Pot votes in 2 states challenge US drug war

  November 7, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — First came marijuana as medicine. Now comes legal pot for the people. Those who have argued for decades that legalizing and taxing weed would be better than … 1

• ‘Little czar’ in Ohio school drug ring gets prison

  October 22, 2012 in Nation/World LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — A teenager convicted of selling up to $20,000 worth of high-grade marijuana a month to high school students in southwestern Ohio was sentenced Monday to serve …

• Teen in OH drug ring gets at least 6 months

  October 22, 2012 in Nation/World LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio teenager considered by authorities to be one of the most prolific drug dealers in the Cincinnati area was sentenced on Monday to between six …

• Teen who helped run OH drug ring faces sentencing

  October 22, 2012 in Nation/World LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio teenager considered by authorities to be one of the most prolific drug dealers in the Cincinnati area is to be sentenced in a juvenile …

• Daughter offers no clues on Mexican drug lord

  October 16, 2012 in Nation/World SAN DIEGO (AP) — The daughter of one of the world’s most sought-after drug lords didn’t share information that might lead to her father’s capture after she was detained on …

• Daughter of Mexican drug lord held in San Diego

  October 16, 2012 in Nation/World SAN DIEGO (AP) — The daughter of one of the world’s most sought-after drug lords has been charged with trying to enter the United States on someone else’s passport, U.S. …

• APNewsBreak: Daughter of Mexican drug lord held

  October 15, 2012 in Nation/World SAN DIEGO (AP) — The daughter of one of the world’s most sought-after drug lords has been charged with trying to enter the United States on someone else’s passport, U.S. …

• Violent street gang: US targets finances of MS-13

  October 11, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration declared the ultra-violent street gang MS-13 to be an international criminal group on Thursday, an unprecedented crackdown targeting the finances of the sprawling U.S. …

• AP IMPACT: Cartels flood US with cheap meth

  October 11, 2012 in Nation/World ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mexican drug cartels are quietly filling the void in the nation’s drug market created by the long effort to crack down on American-made methamphetamine, flooding U.S. …

• Crime at the US-Mexico border goes corporate

  September 29, 2012 in Nation/World BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — When a regional manager for the Mexican Gulf cartel moved his operation to a more lucrative territory on the border, he took along not only his …

• Ex-Mexican law official sentenced in San Diego

  September 10, 2012 SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former Mexican law enforcement official who worked closely with U.S. authorities on cross-border criminal investigations was sentenced Monday to more than eight years in prison …

• Ex-Mexican official to be sentenced in San Diego

  September 10, 2012 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jesus Quinonez traveled often to San Diego to discuss cross-border investigations of organized crime with U.S. law enforcement officials. He didn’t know he was the target …

• Mexico extradites Eduardo Arellano Felix to US

  August 31, 2012 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mexico extradited Eduardo Arellano-Felix to the United States Friday, marking what one U.S. official said was the end of a 20-year investigation into the once-mighty drug …

• Suspect in ID theft scheme, wife arrested in Florida

  February 11, 2011 in City on Page A8 A Spokane fugitive accused of orchestrating an elaborate identity theft scheme was arrested Wednesday in Florida. A federal task force in north central Florida spotted Ronald R. Foreman, 45, stepping …

• Suspect denies leading fraud ring

  March 6, 2010 in City on Page B1 A convicted methamphetamine maker accused of masterminding a multistate check fraud ring that bilked Spokane businesses out of thousands of dollars strongly denies the allegations. “I understand what they’re accusing …

• Massive check fraud ring uncovered in Valley

  March 5, 2010 in City on Page A8 A multi-state check fraud ring police say was masterminded by a convicted methamphetamine maker led to the SWAT-team arrest of the suspect Thursday night. 2

• 20 suspects arrested in marijuana ring

  February 27, 2009 in City on Page A5 An organized crime task force has arrested 20 suspects and is looking for six more in what authorities describe as a major marijuana growing and distribution ring that’s operated in … 1

• Former bank swindler back behind bars

  October 9, 2008 in City on Page B3 A convicted Spokane con man and key figure in the multimillion-dollar collapse of a Montana bank was sent back to federal prison for three more years Wednesday after he declined …

• Gotti Yields To Avoid Bloodletting

  November 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 John Gotti, who has reportedly continued to rule the Gambino crime family from prison, has agreed to give up his powerful post, the Daily News reported Sunday. Gotti will give …