British authorities have charged five Mexican nationals with operating a methamphetamine laboratory allegedly concealed on farmland in a quiet corner of rural England, a case that underscores how far cartel-linked drug production has spread beyond the Western Hemisphere. Alejandro Ambriz Dimas, 45; Victora Ramirez, 47; Fausto Beltran, 33; Lioncio Moso Borja, 37; and Jose Nunez […] The post Five Mexican nationals charged with running hidden meth lab on rural English farmland appeared first on American Almanac .
British authorities have charged five Mexican nationals with operating a methamphetamine laboratory allegedly concealed on farmland in a quiet corner of rural England, a case that underscores how far cartel-linked drug production has spread beyond the Western Hemisphere. Alejandro Ambriz Dimas, 45; Victora Ramirez, 47; Fausto Beltran, 33; Lioncio Moso Borja, 37; and Jose Nunez Angolo, 44, all denied involvement in the alleged drug operation at a hearing at Warwick Crown Court on Thursday. Prosecutors say the five conspired "together and with others" to produce methamphetamine, classified as a Class A drug under British law, the most serious category, over a period stretching from February 6 to August 14. The alleged lab was hidden on…Open
Rosie O'Donnell publicly posted a photo and text messages exchanged with her incarcerated daughter Chelsea, offering a window into a relationship the comedian says went silent for a decade. O'Donnell, 64, shared the photo from a June reunion at Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Wisconsin, where Chelsea O'Donnell, 28, is serving an 18-month sentence after her […] The post Rosie O'Donnell shares photo and texts with daughter Chelsea as she serves prison sentence in Wisconsin appeared first on American Almanac .
Rosie O'Donnell publicly posted a photo and text messages exchanged with her incarcerated daughter Chelsea, offering a window into a relationship the comedian says went silent for a decade. O'Donnell, 64, shared the photo from a June reunion at Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Wisconsin, where Chelsea O'Donnell, 28, is serving an 18-month sentence after her probation was revoked last October. She followed it with a screenshot of text messages between the two, mundane exchanges about books, nail care, and Chelsea's plans for release, that the Daily Mail reported on Thursday. The posts mark the latest step in a reconciliation that O'Donnell has described as long overdue. She told PageSix in July that the June visit "was the first…Open
Two 2nd Infantry Division soldiers have been indicted in connection with a $10 million methamphetamine smuggling case involving the U.S. military postal service, officials said Wednesday.
A federal prosecutor says tests on a substance found in the van of a man shot by immigration officers in Texas last month showed it was not methamphetamine.
Mexican special forces captured a senior leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel accused of ordering the contract killing of 23-year-old beauty influencer Valeria Márquez, shot dead inside her own salon while thousands watched on TikTok. Ramon Nagel Alvarez Ayala, known by the alias "El R1," was taken into custody during a raid that left […] The post Mexican authorities arrest CJNG cartel figure accused of ordering influencer's killing during TikTok livestream appeared first on American Almanac .
Mexican special forces captured a senior leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel accused of ordering the contract killing of 23-year-old beauty influencer Valeria Márquez, shot dead inside her own salon while thousands watched on TikTok. Ramon Nagel Alvarez Ayala, known by the alias "El R1," was taken into custody during a raid that left one member of his security team dead. Federal security secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch identified Ayala as a top figure in the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, or CJNG, one of Mexico's most powerful criminal organizations. Prosecutors now accuse him of ordering the hit on Márquez after his son's romantic relationship with her ended. The killing itself, carried out last May inside Márquez's beauty…Open
A federal judge sentenced Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada to life in prison for co-founding the Sinaloa cartel and flooding American communities with cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine for nearly four decades. U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan imposed the mandatory life sentence Monday in a Brooklyn courtroom, also ordering Zambada to forfeit $15 billion in drug-trafficking profits, […] The post Sinaloa cartel co-founder 'El Mayo' Zambada sentenced to life in federal prison, ordered to forfeit $15 billion appeared first on American Almanac .
A federal judge sentenced Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada to life in prison for co-founding the Sinaloa cartel and flooding American communities with cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine for nearly four decades. U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan imposed the mandatory life sentence Monday in a Brooklyn courtroom, also ordering Zambada to forfeit $15 billion in drug-trafficking profits, money federal prosecutors concede they have yet to locate. The 76-year-old cartel boss, dressed in tan prison garb and flanked by a Spanish-language interpreter, sat expressionless at the defense table before rising to read from a prepared statement. The sentencing caps a yearslong federal effort to dismantle the leadership of one of the world's most violent…Open
Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Amir said that over the course of three decades, Zambada employed torture and murder, including the killing of his own nephew, to flood the U.S. with cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and other drugs.