Organized crime
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Mexico
Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada pleads not guilty in New York City court
Accused Sinaloa Cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges during a brief appearance…
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Northeast Cartel head ‘Bola Treviño’ arrested near US border
Carlos Alberto Monsiváis “Bola” Treviño, reported by some news outlets as the No. 1 man in the powerful Northeast Cartel,…
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Man turns himself in, claiming to be behind deadly knife attack, German police say
SOLINGEN, Germany — A 26-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker turned himself into police, saying he was responsible for the Solingen knife attack…
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Mexico
Tired of extortion, producers organize lime strike in Michoacán
Organized crime is once again strangling the lime industry in the state of Michoacán as five lime-packing houses decided to…
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16 killed in Christmas-season shootings in central Mexico state of Guanajuato
MEXICO CITY — Gunmen attacked a Christmas season party early Sunday, killing a dozen people in the town of Salvatierra…
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Mexico’s arrest of cartel security boss was likely personal
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government thanked Mexico for arresting a hyper violent alleged Sinaloa cartel security chief, but according…
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Blast strikes Shiite mosque during Friday prayers in Afghanistan’s north
An Afghan police spokesman says a suicide bomber blew himself up during Friday prayers at a Shiite mosque in northern…
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Suicide bomber detonates a device in the Turkish capital. A second assailant is killed in a shootout
ANKARA, Turkey — A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday…
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2 explosions rip through dwellings in Sweden; one reportedly connected to gang feud
STOCKHOLM — Two powerful explosions have ripped through dwellings in central Sweden, injuring at least three people and damaging buildings,…
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1 killed, 4 wounded in shooting in Copenhagen’s Christiania neighborhood, police in Denmark say
Danish police say a 30-year-old man has been killed and four other people inured in a shooting in a Copenhagen…
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