Family business in Texas indicted in Mexican drug cartel oil scheme
Prosecutors say a family operating an oil terminal in Texas received 2,881 shipments of smuggled oil connected to…
The shadowy rise of Trump’s favorite ally: El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele
Bukele rose to near-total control of El Salvador on a tide of support from the very gang he’s…
The personal secretary and adviser to Mexico City’s mayor are shot dead
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City’s mayor were shot dead Tuesday,…
Trump proposes deploying U.S. troops to Mexico to fight drug cartels
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s leader said Saturday that she rejected an offer by President Trump to send U.S. troops into…
Alleged leader of MS-13 street gang on East Coast arrested in Virginia
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — The alleged leader of the violent MS-13 street gang on the East Coast has…
Fear in Finland as Swedish gangs ‘target country next’ | World | News
The people of Finland are traditionally wary of what dangers might arise from its border with Russia. Though…
Swedish crime ring sanctioned by US for Iran-backed violence
[Ryan Robertson] A VIOLENT EUROPEAN CRIMINAL NETWORK WITH TIES TO IRAN IS NOW FACING U.S. SANCTIONS. THE TREASURY…
Gangs attack a neighborhood in Haiti that’s home to the country’s elite
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavily armed gangs in Haiti have attacked a neighborhood that’s home to most of…
In France, Drug Traffic Spreads to Small Towns
For centuries in Morlaix, a city of cobblestones and creperies on the Breton coast of France, the best-known…
TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Dec. 13, 2024
Thirteen items, appropriately, for your Triskaidekaphobia Day consideration. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads…
An Israeli airstrike killed journalists covering the war in Lebanon as they slept
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed three journalists as they slept at a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon…
Malaysia charges 22 members of an Islamic business group, including its CEO, for organized crime
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Twenty-two members of an Islamic business group, including its CEO, were charged Wednesday for…