Tag: cartel
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Mexican cartel leader who faked own death to “live a life of luxury” in U.S. is arrested in California, feds say
A high-ranking Mexican cartel leader who faked his own death to “live a life of luxury” in California has been arrested and charged with drug trafficking, U.S. officials said Thursday. Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa was arrested in Riverside, California, on Tuesday, the Justice Department said in a statement. Gutierrez-Ochoa is the son-in-law of Nemesio Oseguera-Cervantes, 58,…
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Boy last seen in kidnap video posted by drug cartel among 11 found dead in pickup truck in Mexico
Among the many horrifying videos posted online amid Mexico’s drug cartel violence, few have been as profoundly shocking as that of a 14-year-old boy kidnapped in late October along with about a dozen family members in the country’s south. In the video, posted by his captors, the skinny, shoeless boy is seen sitting against a…