Category: drug trafficker

Port Jervis Major Trafficker Commits New Crime in Jail, Sentencing Postponed

Port Jervis major drug trafficker Richard McInturff, while awaiting his sentencing in jail, committed a new crime, according to a court hearing at Orange County Courthouse on Sept. 22. At the request of prosecutors, his sentencing date is postponed to Oct. 18. According to a police source, McInturff committed an assault in jail. McInturff is…


Mexican Drug ‘Godfather’ Wanted for Killing US DEA Agent Arrested

A fugitive Mexican drug trafficker who was behind the death of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agent in 1985 was apprehended by Mexican authorities on Friday. Rafael Caro Quintero was found hiding in the town of San Simon in Sinaloa state during a joint operation between Mexico’s navy and the Attorney General’s Office, Associated…


Sydney Freight Worker Charged Over Meth Import

A Sydney freight worker will face court accused of involvement in the attempted importation of 100 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden inside a dough mixer. Australian Federal Police will allege the 39-year-old from Beecroft used his role at a freight forwarding company to facilitate importing the drugs from Canada. He is the third Sydney man charged…


Sinaloa Cartel Operatives Sentenced to Prison in Southern District of California

A major drug trafficker and money launderer for the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel was sentenced to 188 months in prison for supervising the smuggling of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin from Mexico into the United States. through Southern California and smuggling drug proceeds back to Mexico. His prison term follows the sentencing of at…


Spanish Police Seize Luxury Cars and Jewels as Arrest Drug Suspect

MADRID—Spanish police said on Friday they had arrested an internationally wanted drug trafficker suspected of using the proceeds from importing tonnes of hashish and cocaine to splash out on luxury cars, yachts and high-end watches. After a two-year investigation, Moroccan national Fikri Amellah was arrested in a dawn raid on his Barcelona apartment on Tuesday…


$500,000 Stolen From ‘Drug Dealer’ Using Apple Watch as Tracker

By Entrepreneur Staff As if it were a Hollywood story. Some subjects in the United States used an Apple Watch as a tracker and managed to steal $500,000 (approximately 10,205,375 Mexican pesos) from an alleged drug trafficker. According to a motion by the United States Department of Justice, which opposes the request for bail from the leader…


Amazon City Shuts Down Amid Attacks Over Trafficker’s Death

RIO DE JANEIRO—The Brazilian Amazon’s biggest city ordered schools closed and suspended public transportation Monday amid a wave of vandalism and violence that has followed the death of an alleged leader of a drug trafficking ring in a shootout with police. Dozens of buses, public buildings, banks and personal vehicles in Manaus were targeted by…


Mexico Publishes Heavily Edited Probe of Exonerated General

MEXICO CITY—One day after Mexico angered U.S. officials by publishing an entire 751-page U.S. case file against former Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos, the Mexican prosecutors who exonerated him released their own version—but with so many pages wholly blacked out it was almost impossible to tell what they’d found. The report released Sunday by the Mexican…


Mexico Publishes Heavily Redacted Probe of Exonerated General

MEXICO CITY—One day after Mexico angered U.S. officials by publishing an entire 751-page U.S. case file against former Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos, the Mexican prosecutors who exonerated him released their own version—but with so many pages wholly blacked out it was almost impossible to tell what they’d found. The report released Jan. 17 by the…


US Executes Virginia Gang Killer Despite COVID-19 Infection

TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—The U.S. government executed a drug trafficker Thursday for slaying seven people in a burst of violence in Virginia’s capital in 1992, with some witnesses in the death-chamber building applauding as the 52-year-old was pronounced dead. Corey Johnson’s execution went ahead after his lawyers scrambled to stop it on grounds that the lethal…