Police sergeant faces dismissal for alleged link to illegal drugs
The internal cleansing process at the Philippine National Police (PNP) continues to grind, and another police officer allegedly linked to ...
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Ex-Mexico drug czar on trial for trafficking
NEW YORK—A once-powerful Mexican government minister who oversaw his country’s war on drug trafficking goes on trial in New York ...
Read moreHong Kong makes biggest ever meth seizure worth $140 million
Hong Kong has made its biggest ever seizure of methamphetamine after uncovering a shipment arriving from Mexico worth more than ...
Read moreVenezuela frees 7 Americans in swap for Maduro wife’s nephews
Caracas on Saturday freed seven detained Americans—including five oil executives—in exchange for the release of two nephews of Venezuela's first ...
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DFA chief pleads Veloso case with Jakarta minister
Jakarta—Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo has taken up the case of jailed Filipino overseas worker Mary Jane Veloso with his ...
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Cartel steps up police attacks as Colombia power transfer nears
"The Clan is offering between $1,000 and $5,000 for each murder of a member of the security forces" By Juan ...
Read morePolice nab 3 members of crime gang in Taguig
Police have arrested three alleged members of a notorious criminal gang engaged in drug trafficking and other criminal activities in ...
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De Lima: Drug charges ‘pure lies, fabrication’
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima maintained Sunday that the dismissal of the illegal drug case filed by the Department ...
Read moreCCW: Witnesses vs. Leila ‘solid, will not recant’
The Citizens Crime Watch (CCW) on Sunday said the vital witnesses in the drug trafficking case against outgoing Senator Leila ...
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Honduras ex-president extradited to US for drug trafficking trial
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited to the United States Thursday to stand trial for allegedly aiding the ...
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