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A new drug called “flakka” has users in south Florida and elsewhere in the United States flocking to street corners for a taste, according to drug abuse officials. The lethal synthetic compound is causing a big stir among users, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1990s.
The leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, "El Chapo", the most wanted man in the world, received a driver's license in California, revealed a confidential report from the DEA.
Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the American Department of Justice held secret meetings with members of Mexican drug cartels, among which is the cartel led by "El Chapo" Guzmán, one of the most wanted men in North America, revealed a Mexican newspaper on Monday.
US President Barack Obama rejected a request from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to kill Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, boss of the Sinaloa Cartel, in Mexican territory, revealed a series of documents from intelligence and security firm Stratfor.
After DEA agent Jaime Zapata was murdered in 2011 in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, the United States government carried out intelligence interventions in Mexico, according to television network Fox and published by Mexican newspaper Milenio.
Mario Núñez Meza, alleged leader of a Sinaloa cartel cell working for Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, was detained on Wednesday, August 28 by Mexican authorities in Ciudad Juárez, the governor of Chihuahua, César Duarte, told the media.
The methodology used by the United States government to locate the presence of Mexican drug cartels in over a thousand American cities presented its results and conclusions based on a questionable methodology, The Washington Post claims.
Police in Colombia have arrested six suspected gang members in the murder of DEA Special Agent James "Terry" Watson.
