Tag: Organized crime
Mexican border governor impeached for alleged tax evasion
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s congress voted Friday to impeach the current governor of the border state of Tamaulipas on charges of tax evasion, money...
Cartel gun battle with armored trucks kills 8 in Mexico
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A raging gun battle between rival Mexican drug gangs near the U.S. border left eight people dead and a string...
2 to stand trial for making exploding drones in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico said Saturday that two men have been ordered to stand trial for allegedly making explosive-laden drones of the...
Papal Nuncio visits Mexico town hit by drone, cartel attacks
MEXICO CITY — Papal Nuncio Mons. Franco Coppola paid a visit Friday to a remote mountain hamlet in southern Mexico that has been ravaged...
Turkey probes cryptocurrency exchange for possible $2B fraud
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation into a cryptocurrency exchange Thursday over allegations it may have defrauded some 390,000 investors of an...
US seeks seizure of Mexican homes linked to drug lord
A U.S. judge on Thursday authorized the seizure of real estate in Mexico that prosecutors said was purchased by a notorious fugitive drug lord...
Mexico detains cartel leader, local politician in 2 raids
MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors say they have detained one of the leaders of the Gulf Cartel, and in a related raid at a...
Mexican soldiers accused in 2014 massacre re-arrested
MEXICO CITY — Seven Mexican soldiers who were accused in the 2014 army killings of 22 drug cartel suspects but later freed have been...
Fugitive Italian mobster is arrested in Lisbon COVID clinic
ROME — A Italian fugitive, convicted in his homeland of ordering the revenge killing of a mobster’s wife, was arrested in Portugal on Monday...
Albania: 2-year prison term sought for former top prosecutor
TIRANA, Albania — Albanian prosecutors on Friday sought a 2-year prison sentence for the country’s former chief prosecutor, who's on trial over allegedly illegally...