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January 13, 1993
THE THAI CONNECTION
PROSECUTORS WILL SAY NARCOTICS PLAYED NO ROLE IN THE TEMPLE MURDERS. THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS OTHERWISE.
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March 20, 1997
Symington Family Partner Under Suspicion
U.S. authorities suspect a Mexican vegetable grower with business ties to the Symingtons is involved in drug trafficking
News
March 20, 1997
Inspectors Can Do Little to Stem Tide of Smuggling
U.S. authorities suspect a Mexican vegetable grower with business ties to the Symingtons is involved in drug trafficking
Music
May 7, 1998
Immigrant Songs
Los Tigres del Norte continue to document the complex lives of Mexicans in America
News
February 11, 1999
Drug Lord
The bandit Jesus Malverde has been dead for nearly a century. He's still wanted on both sides of the border.
Blogs
February 25, 2009
Janet Napolitano Meets with Congressional Hispanic Caucus Thursday: Let's Hope They Grill Her Fat Ass
photo courtesy of Eduardo Barraza at Barriozona.comThe Congressional Hispanic Caucus needs to turn her fanny into virtual ground round till Nappy yanks Arpaio's 287(g).The congressional daily The Hill is reporting that Department of Homeland Security czar Janet Napolitano will be meeting privately f ... More >>
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March 3, 2009
Phoenix FBI Office Gets Experienced New Boss, Nathan Gray
Nathan Gray, a veteran lawman with experience in counter-terrorism and big-time drug smuggling, has been selected to head up the FBI's Phoenix office. The FBI didn't put out a picture of Gray, but posted a bio of him today on its Web site. Gray previously worked here in 2002 as an assistant spec ... More >>
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April 17, 2003
Border Boyz
As narcocorridos - Mexican drug ballads - get nastier, the crowds in Phoenix get bigger and bigger
News
February 14, 2002
The Lesser of Three Evils
Mexico and U.S. authorities finally captured Arizona's leading drug kingpin. Good work, guys. Now let him go.
News
December 30, 1999
City of Coke
Cocaine from Mexico is the currency that drives gangster economics
Blogs
October 7, 2009
Face-Changing Drug Dealer to be Sentenced in November
www.coverbrowser.comPeople will do just about anything to avoid the long arm of the law. You know, a cool police chase, hiding out in a friends garage, or how about going to Mexico to have full facial reconstructive surgery and a fingerprint removal procedure.No, this is not the plot of some crap ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Ohio Lawyer Admits to Taking Money From Arizona-Based Drug Ring
A lawyer in Ohio pleaded guilty yesterday to money laundering charges stemming from money he received from the leader of a drug ring based in Phoenix. Authorities say 40-year-old Kyle Hunter received more than $100,000 from convicted drug king-pin Leonard Barnhouse. Payment for services rend ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
George Iknadosian, Accused of Supplying Mexican Cartels With Guns, Sues Arizona, City of Phoenix and Terry Goddard
A Phoenix firearms dealer once accused of supplying ruthless Mexican drug cartels with guns is suing the state, city of Phoenix and Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard for malicious prosecution. Last spring, state and federal authorities thought they had nailed George Iknadosian, (right), o ... More >>
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April 2, 2010
Terry Goddard Backs Off Assertion That Rancher Was Murdered by Mexican Cartel; Says it's "His Opinion"
Attorney General Terry GoddardArizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, the likely Democratic candidate for governor, believes that the murder of Douglas rancher Robert Krentz was probably the act of a scout working for a Mexican drug cartel, despite little, non-circumstantial evidence sugges ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
Ex-Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Deputy Arrested for Smuggling Cocaine and Gun Charges
www.sodahead.comA former sheriff's deputy in Santa Cruz County, and another man were arrested on federal drug smuggling and gun charges yesterday.Federal authorities say 29-year-old Jesus R. Contreras -- a former Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputy -- and 38-year-old Ernesto Castro were arrested y ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Badlands: For Those Living in the Arizona County That's Ground Zero for Drug and Human Trafficking Along the Border, the Illegal Immigration Crisis Is Personal
www.sodahead.comA former sheriff's deputy in Santa Cruz County, and another man were arrested on federal drug smuggling and gun charges yesterday.Federal authorities say 29-year-old Jesus R. Contreras -- a former Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputy -- and 38-year-old Ernesto Castro were arrested y ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
Heroin-Filled Hiking Boots Earn Mexican Doctor Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nrainsights.comTwo Mexican men, one a medical doctor, were sentenced to prison yesterday for their participation in a heroin-trafficking conspiracy that stretched from a drug cartel in Colombia, through Arizona, and all the way to New York City.Dr. Jose David Portillo-Lopez, 39,&nb ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Cowboy Down: Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher
www.nrainsights.comTwo Mexican men, one a medical doctor, were sentenced to prison yesterday for their participation in a heroin-trafficking conspiracy that stretched from a drug cartel in Colombia, through Arizona, and all the way to New York City.Dr. Jose David Portillo-Lopez, 39,&nb ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
Hit Man Trained by Mexican Cartels
www.nrainsights.comTwo Mexican men, one a medical doctor, were sentenced to prison yesterday for their participation in a heroin-trafficking conspiracy that stretched from a drug cartel in Colombia, through Arizona, and all the way to New York City.Dr. Jose David Portillo-Lopez, 39,&nb ... More >>
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July 28, 2010
Cuban Drug Dealers Found Guilty After Trying to Buy 22 Pounds of Cocaine
www.popartuk.comWhen we hear about large amounts of cocaine and Cuban guys we're instantly compelled to make some lame reference to saying hello to "my little friend." The story of two Cuban nationals who tried to buy 22 pounds of cocaine near Tucson last year isn't nearly as sexy as the na ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Seized: Inside the Brutal World of America's Kidnapping Capital
www.popartuk.comWhen we hear about large amounts of cocaine and Cuban guys we're instantly compelled to make some lame reference to saying hello to "my little friend." The story of two Cuban nationals who tried to buy 22 pounds of cocaine near Tucson last year isn't nearly as sexy as the na ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Asylum Denied: Unlike Refugees from Other Troubled Countries, Only a Fraction of Mexicans Seeking U.S. Asylum Are Accepted -- No Matter Their Wounds or Stories
www.popartuk.comWhen we hear about large amounts of cocaine and Cuban guys we're instantly compelled to make some lame reference to saying hello to "my little friend." The story of two Cuban nationals who tried to buy 22 pounds of cocaine near Tucson last year isn't nearly as sexy as the na ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Pinalcchio: Renowned Forensics Experts Say a Pinal County Deputy's High-Profile Tale About Getting Shot After Encountering Drug Smugglers Doesn't Add Up
www.popartuk.comWhen we hear about large amounts of cocaine and Cuban guys we're instantly compelled to make some lame reference to saying hello to "my little friend." The story of two Cuban nationals who tried to buy 22 pounds of cocaine near Tucson last year isn't nearly as sexy as the na ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
KPHO Goes After Wife of Phoenix Officer Who Witnessed Police Shooting of Unarmed Man
www.amazon.comKPHO ran story last night about the criminal history of the wife of the cop who witnessed Phoenix Police Officer Richard Chrisman allegedly go berserk in a Phoenix trailer earlier this month, ultimately killing a dog and an unarmed man.That officer, Sergio Vergillo, was heralded by ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Border Agents Find 22 Pounds of Heroin in Truck Engine
www.icanhascheezburger.comWe don't claim to be well-versed in the black tar heroin trade, but a pound of heroin seems like a lot. That said, 22 pounds of heroin seems like a shit load -- and that's exactly how much of it border agents found in the engine of a pickup truck that tried to cross into ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Cops Find 85 Pounds of Cocaine in Peoria Home. Three Arrests Made
Department of Public Safety"Cocaine's a hell of a drug" - Rick JamesTo the right is what 85 pounds of cocaine looks like. This pile of coke, as well as about $28,000 in cash, was found in a Peoria home yesterday by officers from the Department of Public Safety. The home, at 8014 W. Yucca Road i ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Atlanta Customs Agent, Devon Samuels, Thought He was Shipping Illegal Firearms to Arizona, Feds Say
An airport-based agent with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Atlanta, Georgia, believed he was shipping drug money and illegal guns to Mexican cartel members in Arizona, officials said Thursday. Agent Devon Samuels, 45, was among 13 people arrested today on suspi ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Mexico Drug Violence Increasing, Officials Says; 30,196 Killed in Past Four Years
Violence in Mexico seems to be increasing, with wars between drug gangs claiming a record 12,456 lives from January to November of this year, a top Mexican official said today. All told, said Mexican Attorney General Arturo Chavez, 30,196 people have died in the drug wars since President Fe ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
Deputy Louie Puroll Fired by Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu Over Comments Made to New Times Reporter
Pinal County Sheriff's Deputy Louie Puroll is out of the job.The Pinal County Sheriff's Office confirmed today what New Times first reported last night: Deputy Louie Puroll has been fired over comments he made to New Times reporter Paul Rubin following Rubin's story on Puroll's account of w ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
President Obama Signs Anti-Border Corruption Act Into Law; Requires All Prospective Border Agents to Undergo Polygraph Test
President Obama has signed into law a measure that requires that all prospective Customs and Border Protection employees undergo a polygraph test.It seems like a no-brainer, especially considering that federal officials who investigate corruption within the agency say that polygraph ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Louie Puroll Firing Put in Second Place by Chandler Mall Standoff
The best thing that happened to Louie Puroll and the Pinal County Sheriff's Office yesterday was the standoff out at the Chandler Mall, a made-for-TV incident that put the deputy's firing deep into second place, news-wise. Still, by now everyone who follows local news knows Pinal County S ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
Louie Puroll Gets Fired for Lying
The best thing that happened to Louie Puroll and the Pinal County Sheriff's Office yesterday was the standoff out at the Chandler Mall, a made-for-TV incident that put the deputy's firing deep into second place, news-wise. Still, by now everyone who follows local news knows Pinal County S ... More >>
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January 19, 2011
Filmmaker Bringing Documentary on Drug-Cartel Violence to Arizona
When independent filmmaker Charlie Minn saw the news of the Tucson shooting rampage on January 8, it drew an ominous likeness to what he's seen in Juarez, Mexico. "What happened in Tucson a couple of Saturdays ago happens in Juarez every day," Minn says. "Every day." Minn is unleashing a new ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
Federal Grand Jury Indicts 34 in Gun and Drug Trafficking Ring
www.world.guns.ruA federal grand jury has indicted 34 people in a massive drug and firearm trafficking ring. The indictment, unsealed this morning, alleges that defendants were helping supply Mexican drug cartels with weapons bought in Arizona. The indictment alleges that between September 2009 a ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
Jan Brewer's Quest to Find Headless Cartel-Linked Bodies in Desert Finally Yields Fruit...in a Chandler Home
www.allhiphopsports.comRemember last year when Arizona Governor Jan Brewer crowed about all the headless bodies littering the Arizona desert?"Law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert either buried or just lying out there that have been beheaded," the gaffe-prone governor squawked. ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 24, 2011
www.allhiphopsports.comRemember last year when Arizona Governor Jan Brewer crowed about all the headless bodies littering the Arizona desert?"Law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert either buried or just lying out there that have been beheaded," the gaffe-prone governor squawked. ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Pinal County Sheriff's Office Suspects Deadly Shooting Near Interstate 8 Related to Mexican Drug Smuggling
One man is dead and another wounded after they were shot in Pinal County while smuggling marijuana from Mexico, according to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office. PCSO spokesman Tim Gaffney tells New Times that six individuals believed to be in the "rip crew" -- a gang that rips off drug ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
Arizona Cops Spend the Day Learning How to Combat Voodoo Used by Mexican Drug Cartels
catalog.comIn case you're wondering what 350 Arizona police officers were up to today, they were learning how to deal with any voodoo, witchcraft, or demonic possession that Mexican drug cartels might try to cast on law enforcement. According to the East Valley Tribune, Robert Almonte, the U.S. ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Border Agents Killed by Train Were Tracking "Drug Traffickers," According to AG Tom Horne -- Which is News to Border Patrol Authorities
James KingTom Horne apparently knows something Border Patrol doesn't. That or he's making things up.Two Border Patrol agents were killed this morning when their unmarked SUV was hit by a train near Gila Bend, and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is already implicating illegal drug traffickers i ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Border Agents Killed in Train Wreck Identified. Drugs Found on Group Sought by Agents -- AG Tom Horne Apparently Did Know Something Border Patrol Didn't
Border Patrol Agents Eduardo Rojas and Hector ClarkThe identities of the two Border Patrol agents killed this morning when their SUV collided with a train have been released. In addition to the release of the agents' identities, it turns out Attorney General Tom Horne was right -- members o ... More >>
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May 24, 2011
Joe Arpaio Serving Warrants on MCSO Employees Allegedly Involved in Drug and Human Smuggling, County Sources Say *UPDATED*: MCSO Confirms Arrests
UPDATE: the MCSO confirms to New Times that three sheriff's deputies have been arrested. Click here for details.The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office served search warrants at three west Valley locations this morning, and county sources tell New Times the boys in beige are investigating some of th ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Lieutenant Mike Stauffer, Joe Arpaio Opponent, Says MCSO Officers Investigated for Ties to Cartels Should be Put on Leave
Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer wants Sheriff Joe Arpaio's job.As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio continues to take it on the chin for various acts of mismanagement and corruption within his department -- which now includes Mexican drug cartels infiltrating the MCSO -- the man who wants hi ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
Drug Cartel Infiltration of MCSO: Four of Seven Officers Cleared of Criminal Wrongdoing; Face Internal Investigation
Four employees have been cleared, but drug cartels have still infiltrated the office of America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff."Four of the seven Maricopa County Sheriff's Office employees suspected of having ties to a drug-and human-smuggling operation have been cleared of any criminal cond ... More >>
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June 3, 2011
Two Former Pima County Sheriff's Deputies Charged for Allegedly Ripping Off Drug Dealers
The United States Department of Justice announced today that two former Pima County Sheriff's deputies have been indicted on charges that they used their positions as law enforcement officials to help three other men rip off drug dealers and steal government-seized narcotics.Francisco J. Jimenez, ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
MCSO Infiltration by Mexican Drug Cartel Apparently a Touchy Subject for Joe Arpaio
Kholood Eid This is the face Joe Arpaio makes when you ask him about Mexican drug cartels infiltrating his office.Don't mention how the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office was infiltrated by a Mexican drug cartel to Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- unless, of course, you want to watch him hijack a press ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Seventy Percent of Guns Used in Mexican Crimes Traced Back to United States
CNN¡Viva el gun industry!As Sheriff Joe Arpaio brags on his office for arresting six immigrants heading for the southeast, a group of United States Senators are releasing a report noting 70 percent of captured guns used by drug cartels in Mexico originated in the United States. One of these smu ... More >>
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October 31, 2011
Authorities: Mexican Drug Cartel Suffers "Death Blow;" Billion-Dollar Trafficking Ring Busted Up by Law Enforcement Agencies
ICEFederal, state, and local law enforcement agencies claim to have delivered a "death blow" to a Mexican drug trafficking ring that was running $33 million worth of drugs through Arizona every month.Authorities announced this morning the results of "Operation Pipeline Express," a 17-month invest ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Mexican Smugglers Exploit the Corrupt Reputation of U.S. Border Officers
ICEFederal, state, and local law enforcement agencies claim to have delivered a "death blow" to a Mexican drug trafficking ring that was running $33 million worth of drugs through Arizona every month.Authorities announced this morning the results of "Operation Pipeline Express," a 17-month invest ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Sinaloa Drug Cartel Now Short $7.8 Million, 435 Pounds of Meth, and 650 Pounds of Weed -- Compliments of Arizona Law Enforcement Agencies
WikipediaJoaquin Guzman-Loera is the head of the Sinaloa Cartel. He's also one of the richest men in the world.The Sinaloa drug cartel recently suffered what local law enforcement agencies are considering a "significant blow" -- a 15-month investigation has led to the arrest of more than 200 peop ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Border Agent, Corrections Officer Charged With Helping Traffickers Smuggle Drugs Into U.S.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent and a corrections officer with the Arizona Department of Correction were arrested yesterday on charges that they helped a drug trafficking organization (DTO) smuggle drugs into the United States.Ivhan Herrera-Chiang, 29, a U.S. Border Patrol agent stationed in Yuma, and ... More >>
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