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Remulla to ICC: Why not probe drug cartels?

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 06:10 PM

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Tuesday urged the International Criminal Court to probe drug cartels instead. Read more »

Spain seizes 5.6 tonnes of cocaine; no arrests made

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 11:05 PM

A Guardia Civil police spokesman in Valencia said the investigation was continuing and there had so far been no arrests. Read more »

Nine bodies found on road in violent Mexican state

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 07:36 AM

Nine bodies were found Friday on a road in eastern Mexico, officials said— the latest gruesome discovery in a country plagued by drug cartel-related violence. Read more »

Mexico to raffle off 'El Chapo' house

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 06 08:07 AM

MEXICO CITY - A house from which drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman fled as police moved in to arrest him in 2014 will be raffled off, Mexico's government said Monday. Read more »

Drug gang shootout leaves 18 dead in Mexico: government

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 26 10:59 AM

A shootout among suspected drug cartel gunmen left 18 people dead Friday in Mexico, a government official said.    Read more »

'El Chapo's' wife to plead guilty to helping him run drug empire: NY Times

Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 09:11 AM

Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican narcotics kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is expected to plead guilty this week to federal charges of helping him run the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Read more »

Police find 12 bodies dumped on road in Mexico's Veracruz state

Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 05:06 AM

MEXICO CITY - Twelve people believed to be members of a self-defense group were killed in the western Gulf Coast state of Veracruz and their bodies dumped on a dirt road, local authorities said on Monday. Read more »

Burner phones and banking apps: Meet the Chinese 'brokers' laundering Mexican drug money

Drazen Jorgic, Reuters
Posted at Dec 03 10:12 PM

Early next year, a Chinese businessman named Gan Xianbing will be sentenced in a Chicago courtroom for laundering just over $530,000 in Mexican cartel drug money. Read more »

14 bodies found by roadside in Mexico

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 27 09:57 AM

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Authorities in Mexico found 14 bodies dumped on the side of a road in northern Zacatecas state, where notorious criminal gangs operate, the regional government said on Friday. Read more »

Duterte renews threat to kill drug dealers after big bust

Reuters
Posted at Jun 05 02:36 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte renewed on Friday a threat to kill drug dealers after police seized 756 kilos of methamphetamines, a haul he said proved the Southeast Asian country had become a transhipment point for narcotics.  Read more »