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Wife of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' arrested at US airport
AFP, Published on 23/02/2021
» WASHINGTON - US authorities arrested the wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on Monday at an airport outside of Washington on narcotics smuggling charges, the Justice Department said.
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America's endless battle against lethal drug fentanyl
AFP, Published on 18/10/2019
» NEW YORK - In a windowless hangar at New York's John F. Kennedy airport, dozens of law enforcement officers sift through packages, looking for fentanyl -- a drug that is killing Americans every day.
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Drug kingpin Guzman's trial puts spotlight on Mexican corruption
AFP, Published on 23/11/2018
» MEXICO CITY - Tales of millions of dollars of bribe money stuffed in suitcases -- told during the trial of notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman -- have shone the spotlight on corruption in the country, which experts say is endemic.
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Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in US prison
AFP, Published on 17/07/2019
» NEW YORK - Once one of the world's most powerful and notorious criminals, Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was jailed for life Wednesday -- the mandatory sentence for a host of crimes spanning a quarter-century.
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Bulgarian ex-weightlifting champ jailed for trafficking
AFP, Published on 04/05/2012
» Former Bulgarian Olympic weightlifting champion Galabin Boevski has been sentenced to nine years and four months in jail in Brazil for cocaine smuggling, state radio BNR said Thursday.
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Jury weighs fate of Mexican drug kingpin
AFP, Published on 05/02/2019
» NEW YORK - A New York jury began deliberating the fate of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Monday after a three month drug trial that laid bare the loves, schemes and escapes of Mexico's most famous drug lord.
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Australian falsely accused in Philippine drug war: court
AFP, Published on 14/10/2016
» MANILA - A Philippine judge dismissed a narcotics trafficking charge against an Australian man after ruling police made up evidence, court documents show, as concerns mount about new President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
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Indonesia jails Russian for 16.5 years for drug smuggling
AFP, Published on 11/05/2015
» DENPASAR (INDONESIA) - A Russian woman who smuggled drugs into Indonesia was sentenced to 16.5 years jail Monday, escaping the death penalty just weeks after seven foreign nationals were executed for trafficking narcotics.
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Bali prosecutors seek 15 years for UK drug accused
AFP, Published on 20/12/2012
» Indonesian prosecutors recommended a 15-year prison term Thursday for a British grandmother accused of trafficking in cocaine on the resort island of Bali.
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Mexico launches drug lord's US extradition process
AFP, Published on 11/01/2016
» MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities launched Sunday the process to extradite drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States, as they also sought to question US actor Sean Penn over their clandestine meeting.
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