Tag: drug crimes
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Hondurans are glued to their former president’s drug trafficking trial in a New York courtroom
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Hondurans call it the “Trial of the Century,” but it’s occurring in a New York courtroom some 3,500 miles away
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Ex-Honduran president defends himself at New York drug trafficking trial
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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández took the witness stand in his defense at his New York trial, denying that he teamed up with drug dealers to protect them in return for millions of dollars in bribes
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Miami Beach is breaking up with spring break — or at least trying to
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Miami Beach is trying to break up with spring break, but it’s not yet clear whether spring break will take the hint
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Oregon may revive penalties for drug possession. What will the change do?
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Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law
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The Missouri governor shortens the DWI prison sentence of former Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has shortened the prison sentence of former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid for a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a girl
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A movie star, a suicide and a nation’s war on drugs
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun learned he was being investigated for illegal drug use after reading about it in the news. The story that leaked to the South Korean news media was that detectives from the city of Incheon were acting on a tip that Lee had taken ketamine and marijuana.…
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Rare post-trial problem with jurors throws guilty verdicts of ex-premier into question
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MIAMI — Minutes after 12 Miami federal jurors agreed to convict a former British Virgin Islands premier of a drug-trafficking conspiracy, two of them contacted the judge to tell her they really didn’t share the views of the other panelists and changed their minds about the defendant’s guilt. But it was too late. U.S. District…
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Mexican police arrest members of drug gang behind the alleged killing of 8 people in Cancun
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Prosecutors have arrested six members of a drug gang in the Mexican resort of Cancun that allegedly killed and hacked up five people with a machete and dumped three other victims in a shallow grave
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Never mind the mess, Carnival kicks off in Rio de Janeiro with coronation of King Momo
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To thunderous applause, Rio de Janeiro’s mayor coronated King Momo, marking the beginning of the symbolic Carnival monarch’s five-day reign over the revelry
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Drug possession charge against rapper Kodak Black dismissed in Florida
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A drug possession charge against South Florida rapper Kodak Black was dismissed two months after an arrest, though a drug trafficking case from 2022 remains ongoing