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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

Two arrested in BLM land pot grow in Southwestern Colorado

465 pounds of marijuana, 1,200 plants seized along Dolores River

DATE: Nov 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drug incidents in Colorado schools are on the rise

Uneven state data doesn’t reflect legal pot factor

DATE: Feb 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Religious group tied to pot cartel

Mennonite pleads guilty in case of drug smuggling

DATE: Nov 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Drug crime sting earns reward for task force

15-month probe brings 15 arrests

DATE: Oct 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drug bust nets $450K in meth, 14 arrests

Group may have ties to Mexican drug cartels

DATE: Mar 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

DEA raids firm linked to Pagosa spa

Florida aircraft service suspected of drug trafficking, money laundering

DATE: Nov 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Heroin dealer gets 10 years in prison

A Durango man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for dealing heroin. Jonathan Huehl, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of heroin, a felony, in a plea agree...

DATE: Sep 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Taking back from criminals

When authorities confiscate property, should they profit?

DATE: Sep 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

N.M. man gets 12 years in prison for methamphetamine

A Farmington man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Thursday in 6th Judicial District Court for possession of a large quantity of methamphetamine. Teddy Gene Casaver, 61, was arr...

DATE: Jul 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drug agents dismantle southeast county meth lab

The Southwest Drug Task Force announced Wednesday it dismantled an inactive methamphetamine lab in southeast La Plata County. Investigators learned of the lab June 2 from the prop...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News