As the U.S. grapples with a surge in drug overdoses linked to synthetic opioids, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has launched an initiative to disrupt the fentanyl supply chain.
As the U.S. grapples with a surge in drug overdoses linked to synthetic opioids, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has launched an initiative to disrupt the fentanyl supply chain.
Stripped of her jewelry, luxury clothes and Louis Vuitton heels, Emma Coronel was unrecognizable as she appeared in a blue and green prison jumpsuit at a virtual court hearing in the United States. Coronel, the third wife of Mexican drug trafficker JoaquÃn âEl Chapoâ Guzmán Loera was denied bail by a judge after being charged last February with international trafficking of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana. Known as the âKardashian of Sinaloa,â Coronel also stands accused of helping her husband escape from prison in 2015 in a madcap jailbreak that involved a mile-long tunnel dug from his shower.
If convicted of all charges, she faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a fine of $10 million (â¬8.25 million), as well as the prospective humiliation of losing a life spent in a blur of yachts, luxury brands and photo shoots. Coronel now spends 22 hours a day in a prison cell in Alexandria in the state of Virginia, in conditions denounced b
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US prosecutors declare Honduras a “narco-state”
On Thursday, the former leader of the Honduran drug cartel Los Cachiros, Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga, testified before the US District Court for the Southern District of New York that he had bribed three successive Honduran presidents in exchange for protection and government contracts to launder drug proceeds.
Juan Orlando Hernández (Credit: Alan SantosPR)
According to his testimony, the bribes include hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to the current President Juan Orlando Hernández (2015-today) through his siblings, and to his Vice-President Ricardo Álvarez, when he was mayor of Tegucigalpa. He said he paid half a million dollars to President Manuel Zelaya (2006-2009) and carried out several deals with President Porfirio Lobo (2010-2014) during their tenures.