Mexico shootout leaves 18 dead in Tamaulipas state

" Gunbattles between rival gangs in a north-eastern Mexican town have left 18 people dead, police say. The Tamaulipas state government said shooting erupted in the town of Abasolo but gave few details. Gunmen in trucks and other vehicles had exchanged fire around the town,...

Former Yaletown highflyer now on U.S. drug charges

Rick Bafaro, said to be the mastermind in last April's Canada/USA drug smuggling fiasco in which Bafaro and four of his co smugglers were caught by US authourities.  Bafaro promised ten grand each to his...

Anti-drug efforts beefed up along U.S.-Canada border

Barry Artiste Op/EdGreat Idea, just make sure any Canadian and US Drug Smugglers going to and fro from British Columbia are busted on the US side, cause sure as hell if they are left for the British Columbia...

China showing no mercy to African Nationals smuggling drugs

China is showing no mercy to African Nationals when it comes to drug smuggling. Those convicted are being sentenced to death. " On April 23, Chibuzor Ezekwem, a Nigerian national, was executed for trafficking hard...

LaHood Overhauling Mexican Truck Program

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a National Press Club gathering May 21 that his plan to overhaul the controversial Mexican truck demonstration program is now being vetted by the White House and has the support of “a number of members of Congress.”  If he...

A Case Of Injustice For Compean And Ramos

The Associated Press recently reported that President George W. Bush granted pardons to 14 individuals and commuted the prison sentences of two others convicted of misdeeds ranging from drug offenses to tax...

Malaysian Exquisite Batik Used in Drug-Smuggling Ploy

No one would even dare to link the beautiful batik silk with drugs, to some fierce batik artisans, that is comparable to lighting fire under Karl Lagerfeld's empire.  The Malaysian...

Interesting Drug Smuggler Technique - Drug Smuggling Semi-Submersible

g Captain Tells Us;A Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment intercepts a semi-submersible vessel 375 nautical miles west of the Galapagos Islands on March 1, 2008. Four smugglers were recovered from the sea after...

Border Agent Prosecutor Appears On Glen Beck

Johnny Sutton, the U.S. Attorney whose office prosecuted the Border Control Agents Ramos and Compean, the agents who received lengthy prison sentences (11 and 12 years) for firing at and hitting an illegal-alien,...

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

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Mexico's Cartels Escalate Drug War

Gangs enlist militias, whose tactics include beheadings, in battles over smuggling routes.

jail costs add up for illegal immigrants

Oregon taxpayers are paying millions of dollars every year to incarcerate undocumented immigrants. Federal reimbursement comes up short for state and county.

CIA Front Companies Exposed

"Here are the CIA front companies used for 'rendition', that is the illegal capture, transportation and torture of individuals, in violation of national and international law. "

B.C. drug smuggling tunnel unearthed

SEATTLE (AP-CP) — U.S. government agents have shut down a drug-smuggling tunnel built under the Canadian border between Aldergrove, B.C., and Lynden, Wash. Authorities had been monitoring construction of the...

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