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Major drug bust reveals heroin addiction in local kids Play Video
August 24, 2012 12:53 AM
A major drug bust announced by the Colorado Springs Police Department on Thursday took more than $5.65 million dollars worth of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana off the streets of southern Colorado. Fourteen people are behind bars, accused of drug trafficking across seven states and Mexico; seven of the people... more » -
Trial opens in California for alleged drug gang members
February 22, 2012 5:49 PM
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two members of a breakaway Mexican drug gang dissolved their victims' corpses in vats of acid in a gruesome display of Mexican cartel tactics played out on U.S. soil, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday. The defendants held two kidnap victims for weeks in the bedroom of... more » -
Wife in border lake shooting back in Colo.
October 24, 2010 8:23 AM
LA SALLE, Colo. (AP) - The wife of a man believed gunned down as he jet skied along the Mexico border says she intends to speak out about the violence plaguing that region. Tiffany Hartley spoke to reporters after arriving back in La Salle Saturday evening. She told... more » -
Drug kingpin sentenced to 17 years
February 4, 2010 2:14 PM
A Mexican drug kingpin who led a fearsome cartel for more than a decade has been sentenced in Denver to 17 years in prison for marijuana and racketeering. Miguel Angel Caro Quintero was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty last fall. Caro Quintero pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering... more »
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