Subject:

Drug Trafficking

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Ten Suspects Netted in FBI Heroin Sting

    Members of an FBI task force blanketed the St. Louis metropolitan region during the early hours of yesterday morning in a three-county sting operation in attempt to dismantle a heroin trafficking ring. The roundup resulted in ten arrests in the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Q & A: Local Author Breaks Down New Book About Mexican Drug War

    A few years ago while living out West, Sylvia Longmire, a retired U.S. Air Force captain and former special agent with the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations, noticed that the news media often bollixed its coverage of the Mexican drug war -- a topic she'd been tracking closely for Californ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Dime Stores and Dime Bags

    A post today about the possible sale of heroin near the Starbuck's in Webster Grove's Old Orchard business district elicited a funny from one of our favorite commenters. Writes KittyLitterKing: I heard the sales clerks at the Ben Franklin store around the corner are drug mules, too.

  • News

    September 22, 2010

    Pinalcchio: Forensics experts say a deputy's tale about getting shot by drug smugglers doesn't add up

    A post today about the possible sale of heroin near the Starbuck's in Webster Grove's Old Orchard business district elicited a funny from one of our favorite commenters. Writes KittyLitterKing: I heard the sales clerks at the Ben Franklin store around the corner are drug mules, too.

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Asylum Denied: Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

    A post today about the possible sale of heroin near the Starbuck's in Webster Grove's Old Orchard business district elicited a funny from one of our favorite commenters. Writes KittyLitterKing: I heard the sales clerks at the Ben Franklin store around the corner are drug mules, too.

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Man Arrested in East St. Louis Trafficking 143 Pounds of Cocaine

    Q: What does Tony Montana call 65 kilos of cocaine? A: Breakfast.​Dios mios, that's a lot of coke.  Hilario Medina of Houston has been charged with trafficking cocaine after being caught with 65 kilos (143 lbs.) of the drug in route to Chicago. The Associated Press reports that Medina, 45, wa ... More >>

  • News

    August 11, 2010

    Seized: Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital

    Q: What does Tony Montana call 65 kilos of cocaine? A: Breakfast.​Dios mios, that's a lot of coke.  Hilario Medina of Houston has been charged with trafficking cocaine after being caught with 65 kilos (143 lbs.) of the drug in route to Chicago. The Associated Press reports that Medina, 45, wa ... More >>

  • News

    June 16, 2010

    The Killer of His Daughter's Mother

    A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican cartel soldier and East LA executioner

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Cowboy Down

    Rob Krentz's family talks about the life and death of the murdered Arizona rancher

  • News

    June 2, 2010

    Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

    Rob Krentz's family talks about the life and death of the murdered Arizona rancher

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Smack Is Back, But Did It Ever Really Leave?

    Mexican drug cartels are bringing in new ultra-potency heroin. So what else is new?​You may have seen the story the Associated Press moved the other day, a breathlessly written special report about how Mexican drug cartels are smuggling in cheap "ultra-potent" black tar heroin that's so pur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Marvin Barnes, Rising ABA Star in the 1970s, Tells of Drug Dealing with the St. Louis Mob

    Marvin Barnes as an ABA player​Looking back on his time playing for the Spirits of St. Louis in the 1970s, Marvin Barnes says he was one of the top five basketball players on the planet. He may well have been: As a player in the American Basketball Association, he earned Rookie of the Year honors ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Your Coke Connection Might Be "Cerrado": Ten St. Louisans Busted In Nationwide Sting

    In a two-day bodyslam of the Mexican drug cartel, "La Familia," law enforcers in 19 different states arrested 303 individuals, including 10 from the St. Louis area. ​Five of the locals put in bracelets were Mexican nationals: Wlfrado Navarrete-Hernandez, 36, St. Ann, MOMaria Valazquez, 40, St. Ann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    St. Louis Police Dismantle North City Drug Ring; 15 Members of Gang Indicted

    The U.S. Attorney's Office and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department today announced the indictment and arrest of 15 area people charged with operating a major cocaine operation in St. Louis. The investigation focused on gang-related drug activity in the Jeff Vander Lou area (see map below) o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 14, 2007

    Pour Some (Maple) Sugar on Me

    The U.S. Attorney's Office and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department today announced the indictment and arrest of 15 area people charged with operating a major cocaine operation in St. Louis. The investigation focused on gang-related drug activity in the Jeff Vander Lou area (see map below) o ... More >>

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