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FBI releases video of arrested Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin

Nation Jan 26

Ex-Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding pleads not guilty to running drug smuggling ring

By Amy Taxin, Associated Press

World Jan 23

FILE PHOTO: Ryan Wedding of Canada in Olympic snowboard parallel giant slalom practice in 2002
WATCH: FBI's Kash Patel announces ex-snowboarder Ryan Wedding arrest

Wedding, 44, is accused of running a drug trafficking operation, and officials say he orchestrated several killings to further the drug crimes.

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Mike Balsamo, Amy Taxin, Associated Press

Politics Jan 09

The first Turning Point summit since the death of Charlie Kirk takes place in Phoenix
Vivek Ramaswamy's family bodyguard arrested on drug trafficking charges

Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed alarm that a man who worked as his family's bodyguard is facing federal drug trafficking charges.

By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

World Dec 23

FILE PHOTO: Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley
U.S. strikes another alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific, killing 1 person

At least 105 people have been killed in 29 known strikes since early September.

By Associated Press

Politics Dec 09

Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announces charges against Ghislaine Ma...
Watch 5:33
News Wrap: Federal judge approves motion to unseal records in Ghislaine Maxwell probe

In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal judge allowed a request to unseal records from the grand jury investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell, President Trump considers expanding U.S. military operations against drug trafficking targets, Honduras seeks the arrest of the country's…

Oct 30

2 Mississippi sheriffs, 12 officers charged in drug trafficking bribery scheme, officials say

By Sophie Bates, Associated Press

Federal authorities on Thursday announced indictments against 20 people, including 14 current or former Mississippi Delta law enforcement officers, that allege the officers took bribes to provide safe passage to people they believed were drug traffickers.

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Sep 25

Drug enforcement is rarely a focus of the U.N. General Assembly. This year is different

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Barbs between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro laid bare, on global diplomacy's biggest stage, the world's wide and pointed differences over how to deal with drugs.

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Sep 04

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U.S. military strikes on suspected drug smugglers spark legal and diplomatic concerns

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi

The Trump White House is signaling a new war on drug cartels. On Monday, the president released video of what the administration says was a strike on a drug-running boat off the coast of Venezuela. Nick Schifrin takes a closer…

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Jun 26

Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years for helping drug traffickers get cocaine into U.S.

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sentenced for enabling drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help get tons of cocaine into the U.S.

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Feb 01

Mexican president suggests U.S. talks on migration and trafficking may suffer after drug money allegations

By Associated Press

Mexico's president has suggested that talks with the U.S. government on migration and drug trafficking could suffer after media reports of a U.S. investigation into alleged drug money donations for his 2006 campaign.

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