Mexican drug kingpin extradited to U.S. to face racketeering, drug conspiracy charges
The Mexican government Friday extradited to the U.S. drug kingpin Benjamin Arellano Felix, the former leader of one of Mexico’s most feared and powerful organized crime groups, whose ruthless reign transformed northern Baja California into a major drug trafficking corridor into the U.S.
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Two Mexican Mafia members found guilty of racketeering, murder
share: digg facebook twitter Two members of the Texas Mexican Mafia face life in federal prison after a federal jury in Del Rio found them guilty late Wednesday of racketeering acts, including murder....
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Duo charged in alleged murder conspiracy
With an individual in “imminent danger,” Calgary police apprehended two individuals earlier this week suspected of conspiring to commit murder.Irricana residents Ronald William Weiting, 50, and...
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4 Charged With Drug Conspiracy; 1 Also Accused Of Selling Steroids
Federal drug agents have charged four men — two of whom, authorities say, are associated with organized crime groups — in a Danbury-based conspiracy to sell as much as 400 pounds of marijuana...
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93-year-old Mafia relic is sentenced in NY to 8 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy
NEW YORK - A New York judge has given an eight-year prison sentence to a 93-year-old mob boss. John "Sonny" Franzese is so old that his recent extortion trial became nap time — even when his...
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93-year-old Mafia relic is sentenced to 8 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A New York judge has given an eight-year prison sentence to a 93-year-old reputed Mafia boss. John "Sonny" Franzese is so old that his recent extortion trial became nap time â€â€...
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Israeli mob bosses extradited to U.S.
Meir and Yitzhak Abergil, who head Israel's most infamous organized crime family, were transferred to Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday and put on a flight to the United States, where they are to stand...
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Mafia boss extradited from Albania to Italy
Albino Prudentino being escorted by Italian police. One of the suspected leaders of the Sacra Corona Unita organised crime syndicate was extradited from Albania to Italy to face charges of drug trafficking...