Tag: cartel
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Shootout in Mexico’s Sinaloa state kills 19, local cartel leader arrested
MEXICO CITY — A shootout near the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state killed 19 suspected gang members, while one local cartel leader was arrested, Mexico’s defense ministry said on Tuesday, as intra-cartel violence intensifies. The deadly altercation on Monday took place about 7 miles outside the Sinaloa capital of Culiacan, when a group of more…
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Mexico ex-drug czar sentenced to more than 38 years in U.S. prison over cartel bribes
Genaro Garcia Luna, who for several years led Mexico’s fight against the country’s violent drug trade, was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 38 years in U.S. prison for accepting bribes from the cartels he was supposed to fight. U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan announced the sentence at a hearing in Brooklyn federal court. Prosecutors…