Ginger Thompson
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:51
In December, 2009, Harouna Touré and Idriss Abdelrahman, smugglers from northern Mali, walked through the doors of the Golden Tulip, a hotel in Accra, Ghana. They were there to meet with two men who had offered them an opportunity to make millions of dollars, transporting cocaine across the Sahara.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 00:00
Of course, Mr. Guzman's arrest could weaken the cartel on many fronts, leaving it open to challenges from rivals, division from within or additional prosecution if he cooperates.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 00:00
"So do we get to polygraph you?" one incoming Mexican official asked his American counterparts.
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 00:00
Throughout the 1990s, Mr. Lopez worked closely with them both. He served as a senior adviser to the powerful general who was appointed Mexico's drug czar. And he was an informant for the D.E.A.
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 00:00
The puzzlement over what sort of leader Mr. Maduro will prove to be extends to Washington, where American policy makers have been feeling out Mr. Maduro for months, years even.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 00:00
That back-channel communication provides a rare glimpse into the United States government's deep involvement in Mexican security affairs.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 00:00
The Trevino brothers might have kept their operation quiet, given the criminal connection, but their passion for horses and winning apparently proved too tempting
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 00:00
American drug enforcement agents posing as money launderers secretly helped a powerful Mexican drug trafficker and his principal Colombian cocaine supplier move millions in drug proceeds around the world, as part of an effort to infiltrate and dismantle t
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 00:00
Congressional Republicans said Monday that they would open an investigation into undercover operations by the Drug Enforcement Administration in which agents have laundered and smuggled millions of dollars in drug money
Monday, December 5, 2011 - 00:00
The agents, primarily with the Drug Enforcement Administration, have handled shipments of hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal cash across borders, those officials said, to identify how criminal organizations move their money