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LA jury awards $4.5 million to Filipino teachers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 18th

By ROBERT JABLONAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal jury awarded $4.5 million to Filipino teachers who paid large fees to obtain U.S. jobs through a placement agency. Jurors on Monday found that Los Angeles-based Universal Placement International Inc. and its owner, Lourdes Navarro,

Ala. officer improving after shooting, chase

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By JAY REEVESAssociated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Authorities said an east Alabama police officer shot and seriously wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a homicide suspect was improving Sunday as investigators tried to verify the identities of three people whose slayings sparked a two

Family of slain Border Patrol agent sues officials

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - The family of a slain Border Patrol agent has sued federal officials over the botched "Fast and Furious" gun operation, claiming they should have known it created a risk to law enforcement authorities. Agent Brian Terry was mortally wounded

2 dozen charged in Mexico-US meth smuggling scheme

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - More than two dozen people were charged in what authorities said Friday was a window into an emerging Mexican drug cartel's efforts to smuggle massive amounts of methamphetamine into California. The charges were part of a 21-month

Mixed verdicts in Arkansas drug-corruption case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal jury convicted a former Arkansas police officer Friday on extortion and drug charges linked to a sweeping investigation into corruption and drug trafficking in east Arkansas. Former Helena-West Helena police officer Marlene Kalb was convicted of extortion and

Ex-Colombian general gets 13 years in bribe scheme

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A former top Colombian police general has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for taking bribes from a right-wing paramilitary group that the U.S. considers a terrorist organization. Mauricio Santoyo Velasco was sentenced Friday in federal court in Virginia after pleading

Feds: 4 Texas officers guarded cocaine shipments

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press MCALLEN, Texas (AP) - Three South Texas lawmen, including the son of a prominent county sheriff, were due in court Friday on charges alleging that they and another officer accepted thousands of dollars in bribes to guard shipments of cocaine. Mission

Owner of Rivera plane denies drug connections

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - The man who runs the business that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera says he has never been involved in drug trafficking and that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has dogged him for more than two

Fast and Furious gun buyer sentenced to prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A man who purchased two rifles found at the scene of the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent north of the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in federal prison. Jaime Avila Jr., 25, received a sentence of 57

AP Interview: Mexico leader to continue drug fight

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 11th

By By KATHERINE CORCORANAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - Newly elected President Enrique Pena Nieto says he will continue combatting all illegal drug production and trafficking in Mexico, including marijuana, despite its legalization in two U.S. states and liberalized use for medical