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Violent street gang: US targets finances of MS-13

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration declared the ultra-violent street gang MS-13 to be an international criminal group on Thursday, an unprecedented crackdown targeting the finances of the sprawling U.S. and Central American gang infamous for hacking

AP IMPACT: Cartels flood US with cheap meth

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By JIM SALTERAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Mexican drug cartels are quietly filling the void in the nation's drug market created by the long effort to crack down on American-made methamphetamine, flooding U.S. cities with exceptionally cheap, extraordinarily potent meth from factory-

Hearing in Chicago for 2 alleged cartel leaders

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By MICHAEL TARMAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge in Chicago held a hearing Tuesday for two reputed lieutenants from one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels who are accused of playing key roles in an alleged $1 billion conspiracy to traffic drugs in Chicago and other U.S.

10 Things to Know for Today

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT): 1. WHEN SANDUSKY LEARNS HIS SENTENCE Even his lawyers say the 9 a.m. hearing will likely result in a penalty that sends the ex-Penn State assistant

Mexico capo killed, then body stolen by gunmen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and E. EDUARDO CASTILLOAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - The death of the founder and leader of Mexico's brutal Zetas cartel in a firefight with marines outside a baseball game near the Texas border was perhaps the biggest coup of President Felipe Calderon's war

8 of the richest gangsters of all time

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By Manish Sahajwani

Crime at the US-Mexico border goes corporate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 29th

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - When a regional manager for the Mexican Gulf cartel moved his operation to a more lucrative territory on the border, he took along not only his armored trucks and personal army, but also his department heads and a team of

Jury convicts Gulf cartel manager in drug case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A federal jury seated just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican Gulf cartel's historic base of power convicted one of its bosses Friday on charges of conspiring to import and distribute marijuana and cocaine. Juan Roberto

2 men get life for acid deaths in San Diego

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two men were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday for their roles in a Mexican drug gang that dissolved victims' bodies in acid. Jose Olivera, 38, got five consecutive life terms and David Valencia, 42, got

Taiwan co. fined $500 million for LCD price fixing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By PAUL ELIASAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Taiwanese company was fined $500 million Thursday and its former president and executive vice president were each sentenced to three years in prison for their leading roles in a global LCD screen price-fixing conspiracy. The sentences handed