BUFFALO (AP) — A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Buffalo, New York, was convicted of corruption Thursday following a second trial on charges
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Cocaine dealer who tried to unload 110 pounds on a DEA agent gets 8 years
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man who offered to sell 110 pounds of cocaine to a federal agent got eight years in prison, authorities said.
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Former Carnival singer Michel Martelly, Haiti’s former president, slapped with U.S. sanctions over role in drug trade
MIAMI — The United States has imposed sanctions on Michel Martelly, Haiti’s former president, “for his role in the global illicit drug trade,” the State
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Venezuelan gets nearly 4 years in prison for smuggling 70 pounds of cocaine
CHRISTIANSTED — A native of Venezuela got 3.8 years in prison for smuggling at least 70 pounds of cocaine into the Caribbean. Jose Reinoza, 33,
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St. Thomas cocaine trafficker gets 25 years in prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man whose first drug trafficking prosecution ended in a mistrial got 25 years in prison the second time around.
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Dominican Republic cocaine smuggler gets nearly 6 years in prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican Republic native who was part of a crew that smuggled at least 1,146 pounds of cocaine was sentenced to nearly
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Federal grand jury indicts St. Thomas man on gun and cocaine possession charges
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who sold cocaine to an undercover DEA agent at Red Hook has been indicted on gun and drug
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Dominican coke don indicted by federal grand jury in St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A recently unsealed case in the U.S. District Court alleges that a Dominican man smuggled cocaine between Road Town, Tortola and St.
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DEA agents joked about rape in WhatsApp chat before one was accused of the crime
MIAMI — In a WhatsApp chat that quickly devolved into depravity, a group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted about their “world debauchery tour”
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Coast Guard seizes 9 suspects, $7.4 million worth of cocaine
SAN JUAN — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. offloaded and transferred custody of 245 kilograms of cocaine and nine suspected smugglers
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