Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the former prison on an island off the coast of California. In a message on his Truth Social site on Sunday, President Trump said that “for too long America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat criminal offenders”. The reopening of…
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, London Will Grant Mexico Correspondent Government of Mexico Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was previously arrested in San Simon in July 2022 Mexico has extradited 29 alleged drug cartel members to the United States – including high-profile gang leaders. Those extradited include notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero who has…
One of the founders of the Medellin drug cartel has returned to Colombia after serving more than 20 years in jail in the US for drug trafficking. Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, now 67 years old, was deported by the US government and landed in Bogota on Monday a free man. Ochoa was one of the founding…
