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Cartel kingpin arrests more ‘symbolic' than effective at slowing drug trade: Experts
Research experts say the takedown of two Sinaloa cartel leaders has an impact on how drugs flow across the border. NBC 7’s Jackie Crea reports on July 26, 2024.
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Cartel kingpin arrests more ‘symbolic' than effective slowing drug trade: Experts
The FBI announced Thursday that both Sinaloa cartel founder Ishmael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez — the son of the cartel’s infamous co-founder and former boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman — had been arrested.
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Harris calls Sonya Massey's family
Massey was a 36-year-old Black woman who was shot by a sheriff’s deputy in her Illinois home on July 6.
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11-year-old Virginia boy charged with making swatting calls to Florida schools
Authorities say an 11-year-Virginia boy is charged in Florida with calling in more than 20 bomb or shooting threats at schools.
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Utah Supreme Court overturns death sentence for man convicted of murder in rape cover-up
Utah’s Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence for a man convicted in the murder of a woman to stop her from testifying against him in a rape case.
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Defense accuses prosecution of misconduct in Rancho Peñasquitos murder trial
The public defender in a Rancho Peñasquitos murder trial accused the deputy district attorney of misconduct.
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Rancho Peñasquitos murder trial delves into victim-suspect relationship
Testimony portrayed a history of violence between the accused killer and the victim, dating as far back as 2020. NBC 7 Investigates’ Alexis Rivas explains how this new evidence points to a troubling pattern.
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Texas man vanished from same Bahamas yoga retreat 10 years prior to Chicago woman
Wesley Bell was last seen in 2013 at the same yoga retreat where Taylor Casey vanished. It appears there is no evidence of foul play in either case.
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North Korean charged in cyberattacks on US hospitals, NASA and military bases
The FBI believes the man targeted 17 entities across 11 U.S. states, including NASA and U.S. military bases, as well as defense and energy companies in China, Taiwan and South Korea.
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San Diego lifeguard helps bust beach sex-trafficker
The three women who were victims in the case were forced to go to local beaches to solicit sex work.
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Secret DEA files show agents joked about rape in WhatsApp chat. Then one of them was accused of it.
A group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted in a WhatsApp chat of their “world debauchery tour,” shared lurid images of their latest sexual conquests and at one point even joked about “forcible anal rape.” Within months of that exchange, one of the agents in the chat was accused of that very crime.
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Graphic forensic evidence takes center stage on Day 3 of Rancho Peñasquitos murder trial
The jury in the Rancho Peñasquitos murder trial heard and saw graphic forensic testimony about the death of Connie Dadkhah.
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Man pleads not guilty in deadly shooting of woman during robbery in Talmadge
Investigators say Robert Madden shot and killed Senait Legesse at the Talmadge Gateway Apartments on July 15. Madden pleaded not guilty to murder, as well as being a felon with a firearm. NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes reports on July 24, 2024.
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Graphic forensic evidence takes center stage on Day 3 of Rancho Peñasquitos murder trial
Prosecutors presented the most detailed theory yet in how they believe a Rancho Peñasquitos woman was murdered inside of her condo. Prosecutors said her alleged killer broke into her home and struck her repeatedly until she bled to death. NBC 7 Investigates’ Alexis Rivas reports.
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Man pleads not guilty to shooting woman during robbery in Talmadge
A man accused of fatally shooting a woman during a robbery at a Talmadge-area apartment complex pleaded not guilty to murder.
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New Jersey man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie was trying to carry out fatwa, prosecutor says
A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York was motivated by a Hezbollah leader’s endorsement of a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death, prosecutors said Wednesday in announcing new terrorism charges.
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Tips sought in serious-injury Rancho Peñasquitos hit-and-run
Authorities reached out to the public Wednesday for help identifying a motorist responsible for a hit-and-run that seriously injured a bicyclist last week in Rancho Penasquitos.
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One dead after fatal stabbing at South Bay Trolley stop
The suspect, also a teen or young adult male, ran to a small, dark-colored vehicle after the killing and fled southbound on Hollister Street
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Connecticut woman found dead hours before she was supposed to be sentenced for husband's death
Linda Bigazzi pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection to the death of her husband, Dr. Pierluigi Bigazzi, in March.
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3 arrested in shooting death of man in Oceanside, police say
Three suspects were behind bars Tuesday and facing murder charges in the death of a man who was fatally wounded last month by a gunshot fired into the Oceanside apartment where the victim was staying with friends.