• Man with police and cartel ties sentenced for drug trafficking

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After being extradited to the U.S., 41-year-old Carlos Arturo Quintana has been sentenced to 60 months in prison. Quintana pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms and more of a mixture containing marijuana, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The case goes back to 2011, when a confidential informant ordered []

  • Queenpin Of Guatemalan Drug Cartel Sentenced Over International Trafficking Conspiracy

    Queenpin Of Guatemalan Drug Cartel Sentenced Over International Trafficking Conspiracy Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Queenpin of the Lorenzana drug trafficking network has been sentenced to 33 years in prison and forced to forfeit $27 million for charges related to international drug trafficking. The U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington on June 28, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times) According to the Department of Justice,...

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    Pharr man gets sentenced to 21 years for repeated drug trafficking

    MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Pharr resident has been sentenced for attempting to distribute cocaine, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. Gilberto Eloy Ramirez, 63, pleaded guilty on Oct. 1, 2020, to possession with intent to distribute 24 pounds of cocaine. In May 2019, authorities conducted a traffic stop and Ramirez was found with two plastic []

  • Mexican man sentenced for drug trafficking as senator targets southern border

    (The Center Square) - A federal judge sentenced a man from Mexico to five years in federal prison for trafficking marijuana into the United States. Carlos Arturo Quintana, 41, of Namiquipa, Chihuahua, Mexico, received the sentence this week, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico. The man was extradited to the United States from Mexico in August 2022. In March 2011, a confidential informant ordered 600 kilograms of...

  • Hong Kong ex-police officer sentenced to nearly 24 years in jail for supplying confiscated drugs to trafficker

    A former Hong Kong police sergeant has been sentenced to 23 years and 10 months in prison for supplying more than 24 kilograms of methamphetamine seized during an operation to a dealer with whom he was having an affair. Ex-Sergeant Hui Sze-hon, 45, and Wong Yeuk-nam, 32, appeared in the High Court on Wednesday, local […]

  • No, marriage isn’t a death sentence for men

    Marriage is a terrible deal for men. This is the message we’re getting from the red-pill right, right-leaning online influencers who cater to men, especially teenagers and men who have had bad luck or no luck with the opposite sex when it comes to love or marriage. The statistics need not leave us hopeless about marriage. In fact, they can be a guide to what works for those whose marriages go the distance. Take Andrew Tate, the biggest voice from the red-pill right. “The problem is,...

  • What's on TV this week—We Were The Lucky Ones and American Rust

    Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, March 24 to Thursday, March 28. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.] The biggies We Were The Lucky Ones (Hulu, Thursday, 12:01 a.m.) Joey King is back on Hulu after The Act with another limited series. Based on Georgia Hunter’s novel of the same name, We Were The Lucky Ones follows siblings Halina Kurc (King) and Addy (Logan Lerman), who survive...

  • Trafficked Cambodian teenage girl returns from China

    She posts a video on Facebook thanking those who facilitated her rescue and return.

  • Man accused of drug trafficking in Pike County

    WESTFALL TOWNSHIP, PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — According to Pike County District Attorney (D.A.) Ray Tonkin police arrested a man on Saturday, March 16, in Westfall Township for allegedly selling drugs. Members of the Pike County Drug Tassau officers identified Eric Mosher, 44, of Port Jervis, New York, and charged him with three felony counts of []

  • Death of a great American pianist, 95 - Slippedisc

    The death has been communicated of Byron Janis, one of the most respected

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    China former football chief sentenced to life for bribery

    A former president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Chen Xuyuan,

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    Peñitas man sentenced for deadly shooting during drug exchange

    PENITAS, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Peñitas man was sentenced to prison Thursday in connection to a deadly shooting during a drug transaction. Hector Javier Gonzalez was sentenced to 25 years in state jail on a charge of murder in connection to the fatal shooting of Edgar Treviño in 2022, Hidalgo County records show. According to []