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Questions about lawyers’ fees put El Chapo defense in limbo

NEW YORK – Private lawyers seeking to represent Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in his U.S. drug-trafficking case failed to get assurances Monday that they’ll get paid, leaving the Mexican drug lo...

DATE: Aug 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Attorney general announces indictment of largest marijuana drug ring in state history

Distributed thousands of pounds of illegal pot across state lines

DATE: Jun 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Suspected drug kingpin fails to show up for jury trial

Arizona man charged with trafficking meth, heroin and cocaine

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rural Colorado hard hit by opioid addiction crisis

268 Colorado newborns have withdrawal symptoms in 2015

DATE: Feb 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado surgery tech gets 6.5 years for stealing drug

DENVER – A surgery technician who pleaded guilty to taking fentanyl intended for patients at a suburban Denver was sentenced Monday to more than six years in prison. The theft of ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

In D.C., looking to the dead to help the living

Medical examiner turns once-dysfunctional office into a well-oiled machine

DATE: Jul 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Montezuma County sheriff: Legal pot attractive to drug traffickers

May 6 Mancos bust nabs Kentucky man, $18,000

DATE: May 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Overdose deaths break record in southern Colorado

DENVER (AP) – Drug overdose deaths are reaching record levels in a surprising corner of Colorado: the windswept southern counties where ranchers graze cattle and farmers raise corn. ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Three arrested in Durango during drug ring investigation

Southwest Drug Task Force says it seized about $1.3 million in drugs

DATE: Jan 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sean Penn: Nothing to hide over drug lord interview

MEXICO CITY – Actor Sean Penn said he has “nothin’ to hide,” after images published Monday indicated he was under surveillance when he met with the Mexican actress who led him to Joaquin “El...

DATE: Jan 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mexico: Sean Penn interview helped locate drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

MEXICO CITY – Mexican officials say Sean Penn’s contacts with drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman helped them track the fugitive down – even if he slipped away from an initial raid on the hi...

DATE: Jan 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mexico is willing to extradite recaptured drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

MEXICO CITY – Mexico is willing to extradite drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States, a federal law enforcement official said Saturday. It’s a sharp reversal from the offici...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World