According to the Indictment:(1) Between 2024 and 2026, SOALL, HAZAN, SHEETRIT, and their co-conspirators used SI to impersonate the voices and/or images of corporate executives at numerous companies (the “Victim Companies”) and attorneys at major law firms in order to trick…
Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group says it kidnapped Army sub-lieutenant María Camila Pantoja in Saravena, a town in Arauca near the Venezuelan border. The Army says it has activated search protocols, and rescue efforts are under way. The ELN, or National…
He is charged in a second superseding indictment with nine counts of being an accessory after the fact. The United States will request Benítez’s extradition from Colombia. “Crooked public officials, no matter where they are, who assist drug traffickers operating…
Cash seized during the investigation. Meth seized during traffic stop. EUGENE, Ore.— A Mexican national unlawfully residing in the United States has been charged with laundering purported drug proceeds and being an alien in possession of a firearm. Court documents…
A district judge in Mexico has been arrested for allegedly accepting a $2 million payment to let the right-hand man of the ex-Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, Ryan Wedding, go free. Luis Benítez Alcántara, 49, of Mexico City, was arrested on…
Colombian authorities have arrested Mexican judge Luis Benítez, a figure wanted by the United States over allegations that he took a $2 million bribe to free one of Canada’s most powerful drug traffickers. The case puts a spotlight on the overlap…
(CNN) — A Mexican judge is accused of taking a $2 million bribe in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody in an investigation into a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring, U.S. officials said Thursday. Luiz Benítez Alcántara, 49, was arrested…
The charges stem from Andrew Clark's extradition proceedings, the DOJ said. A Mexican judge is accused of accepting a $2 million bribe from a top associate of Ryan Wedding, a former Olympian snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, according to the Department…
A Mexican judge is accused of taking a $2 million bribe in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody in an investigation into a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring, U.S. officials said Thursday. Luiz Benítez Alcántara, 49, was arrested in Colombia…
Luis Benítez Alcántara was arrested in Colombia on Sunday accused of ordering the release of a Canadian lieutenant to accused drug lord Ryan Wedding The October 2024 arrest of Andrew Clark – the alleged second-in-command to a sprawling and murderous international narcotics…
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