MIAMI — A businessman wanted for years in the U.S. for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in […]
Tag: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Colombia captures a suspected Tren de Aragua gang chief as US safety ties deepen
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian security forces captured a suspected senior leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the U.S. Southern Command announced on Friday, […]
Justice Division watchdog to assessment DEA tactic that permitted lethal fentanyl to hit streets
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog on Monday announced a review of a controversial tactic in which federal law enforcement allowed fentanyl to […]
Former DEA agent sentenced to five years in jail for utilizing badge to guard drug trafficking mates
BUFFALO, N.Y. — In two decades of kicking in doors for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Joseph Bongiovanni often took on the risks of being […]
How cocaine and corruption led to the indictment of Maduro
NEW YORK — A newly unsealed U.S. Justice Department indictment accuses captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of running a “corrupt, illegitimate government” fueled by an […]
