Louis Milione had retired from the DEA this summer for a second time amid reporting by The Associated Press on potential conflicts caused by his prior consulting for the pharmaceutical industry
The Department of Justice indictments reveal some of the atrocities committed by the Sinaloa Cartel, which include kidnappings, torture, and the bribery of officials
The number of planted hectares went from 204,000 to 230,000 during 2022, while the tonnage of drugs that has been produced reached 1,738, the highest figures ever recorded
Historical capos — such as Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes — have been relegated, as the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration establishes new priorities
More cocaine moves through Ecuador than any other country in the world, meaning cartels like Sinaloa and the CJNG need local criminal organizations to handle transport and logistics
The New York Prosecutor’s Office accuses ex-general Hugo Armando ‘El Pollo’ Carvajal of being a leading member of the Cartel of the Suns, run by military officers and organized crime groups
Samuel Santander Lopesierra, the former smuggler who was extradited to the United States, is back and wants to rule his city
Known on the streets as tranq, it is an animal sedative that causes severe skin wounds. Dealers mix it with the opiate to make it cheaper and to prolong its effects
The Treasury Department alleges that Joaquín Guzmán López trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. He is the fourth son of ‘El Chapo’ to face sanctions
A lawyer for the Guzmán family shared a statement with Mexican television in which the heirs of ‘El Chapo’ claim they are ‘victims of persecution’ because of their notorious father
Organized crime syndicates use vulnerable people in border cities to calculate the dosages of the opioid that they traffic to the United States
Anne Milgram said the criminal organization was operating in more than 40 countries, and had become more ‘ruthless’ since it was taken over by the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán
The DEA spent $4.7 million on “strategic planning and communication” and other contracts to hire people Milgram knew from her days as New Jersey’s attorney general and as a law professor
Lack of access will be the unintended result of a federal move to roll back online prescribing of potentially addictive drugs allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mexican drug traffickers account for seven of the top 10 names on U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s list of priority fugitives
A federal watchdog is investigating whether the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration under chief Anne Milgram improperly awarded millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to hire her past associates
According to leaked documents accessed by ‘The Washington Post,’ authorities in the United States wiretapped conversations between members of the criminal organization, who were suspected of kidnapping the tourists
Much of the 50-page report outlines the agency’s sprawling, 69-country “foreign footprint,” while lauding its efforts to plug gaping holes in the oversight of undercover money laundering operations and special vetted units overseas
U.S. overdose deaths hit a record in 2021, about three-quarters of those from opioids during a crisis that was first spun into the making by drug makers
Nicholas Palmeri’s socializing and vacationing with Miami drug lawyers, detailed in confidential records, brought his ultimate downfall
