US sentences Colombian drug kingpin to 30 years

"Manuel Felipe Salazar-Espinoza, also known as "Hoover," was convicted in June in federal court of heading an international drug trafficking ring that laundered millions of dollars and smuggled cocaine by the ton aboard speedboats between Colombia and Panama.The drugs were...

Mexico captures 'Queen' of drug trafficking

Mexico has caught and detained one of its most notorious female drug traffickers, commonly known as La Reina de Pacifico (Queen of the Pacific). Sandra Avila Beltran and her boyfriend Juan Diego Espinosa Ramirex, know as El Tigre (the Tiger) were both captured on Friday by...

Manatee libraries block MySpace

"John Cole III, of Holmes Beach, has been using the computers at the Island Branch Library to keep in touch with his friends and family. Cole's favorite communication tool is the popular social networking Web site MySpace.com. But when he went to the library Monday, he found...

family paid for their 7 year old child to be driven across the Mexican border...

"I didn't speak English, I didn't know where I was, I was scared out of my mind"