http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/drug+trafficking drug+trafficking news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020413_mexico_vigilantes/can-vigilante-justice-save-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020413_mexico_vigilantes/can-vigilante-justice-save-mexico/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com With law and order stretched thin in Mexico, citizen posses have stepped up, rounding up accused drug dealers and other criminals. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012013_mexican_police_arrested/mexican-police-arrested-over-alleged-links-drug-cartels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012013_mexican_police_arrested/mexican-police-arrested-over-alleged-links-drug-cartels/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Over 150 police in the northern Mexican state of Durango have been arrested on suspicion of protecting drug traffickers. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120412_us_weapons_mexico/us-weapons-help-fuel-mexican-gang-violence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120412_us_weapons_mexico/us-weapons-help-fuel-mexican-gang-violence/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Lax regulation and corruption enable a flood of small arms to reach Mexico’s deadly drug cartels. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120312_mexican_missing/mexico-drug-war-leaves-25000-missing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120312_mexican_missing/mexico-drug-war-leaves-25000-missing/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Government documents show that nearly 25,000 adults and children have gone missing in the past six years of Mexico’s drug war. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/113012_calderon_legacy/mexico-calderons-legacy-blood-and-busts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/113012_calderon_legacy/mexico-calderons-legacy-blood-and-busts/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Despite his military offensive, outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderon couldn’t destroy the drug cartels. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101012_cartel_kingpins/capturing-and-killing-mexicos-cartel-kingpins-qa/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101012_cartel_kingpins/capturing-and-killing-mexicos-cartel-kingpins-qa/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com “How can we control the madness of drug distribution and infiltration into the United States? The obvious answer is to stop US drug consumption,” said Dr. Alex del Carmen, professor of Criminology. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100812_cartel_leader_arrested/mexico-arrests-drug-boss-linked-over-300-killings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100812_cartel_leader_arrested/mexico-arrests-drug-boss-linked-over-300-killings/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexico has arrested Los Zetas drug cartel leader ‘The Squirrel,’ who is allegedly linked to migrant massacres and the murder of a US tourist in 2010. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092412_cartel_police_links/mexico-35-police-officers-arrested-drug-cartel-links/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092412_cartel_police_links/mexico-35-police-officers-arrested-drug-cartel-links/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The Mexican navy arrested 35 police officers on Monday for alleged links to the Zetas drug cartel. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091012_mexico_violence/mexico-16-bodies-found-dumped-truck-guerrero/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091012_mexico_violence/mexico-16-bodies-found-dumped-truck-guerrero/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Police found 16 bodies dumped in a truck in Guerrero, Mexico, which showed signs of torture and are suspected to be drug violence related. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062312_mexico_wrong_man/mexico-admits-captured-sinaloa-cartel-drug-lord-car-salesman/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062312_mexico_wrong_man/mexico-admits-captured-sinaloa-cartel-drug-lord-car-salesman/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Authorities in Mexico have admitted they got the wrong guy when they claimed to have arrested the son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, head of the Sinaloa cartel and the country’s most wanted drugs lord. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062212_mexico_chapo_son/mexican-marines-arrest-son-sinaloa-cartels-el-chapo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062212_mexico_chapo_son/mexican-marines-arrest-son-sinaloa-cartels-el-chapo/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexican authorities have arrested one of the sons of the country’s most-wanted drug trafficker, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, who is the leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062012_cbp_watermelons_pot/border-officers-find-25m-worth-pot-disguised-as-melons/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062012_cbp_watermelons_pot/border-officers-find-25m-worth-pot-disguised-as-melons/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers got a surprise Saturday afternoon when they inspected a shipment of watermelons and discovered nearly 5,000 pounds of marijuana disguised as the fruit mingling with the produce. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062012_pot_growing/12m-pot-growing-operation-found-northwest-side-home/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062012_pot_growing/12m-pot-growing-operation-found-northwest-side-home/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Two men were arrested Monday on charges of growing marijuana valued at more than $1.2 million in a Northwest Side residence. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061412_zetas_horse_racing/cartel-accused-laundering-money-through-us-horse-racing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061412_zetas_horse_racing/cartel-accused-laundering-money-through-us-horse-racing/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com U.S. authorities have accused 14 members of the Mexican Zetas drug cartel of hiding millions of dollars of drug proceeds in a horse racing and breeding operation in the United States. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061112_guerenas/sheriffs-detectives-search-2-accused-guerena-probe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061112_guerenas/sheriffs-detectives-search-2-accused-guerena-probe/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is looking for two men in connection with a drug trafficking organization investigation in which a Marine veteran was fatally shot by SWAT officers in May 2010. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061112_mexico_bodies/14-dismembered-bodies-found-mexican-city-hall/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061112_mexico_bodies/14-dismembered-bodies-found-mexican-city-hall/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Fourteen dismembered bodies were found in a truck parked outside city hall in the Mexican town of Ciudad Mante. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052912_mex_sabritas_cartel/pepsicos-sabritas-attacked-by-drug-cartel-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052912_mex_sabritas_cartel/pepsicos-sabritas-attacked-by-drug-cartel-mexico/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexican potato chip company Sabritas, a subsidiary of U.S. food giant PepsiCo, was the target of a drug cartel this weekend when its delivery trucks and warehouses were firebombed. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_zetas_elizondo/zetas-cartel-leader-arrested-killings-49/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_zetas_elizondo/zetas-cartel-leader-arrested-killings-49/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Daniel Elizondo, a leader of the Zetas drug cartel in Mexico, was arrested in connection to the killings of 49 people whose decapitated and dismembered corpses were found dumped next to a highway last week. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_officers_cartel/fourth-army-officer-held-mexico-drug-cartel-probe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_officers_cartel/fourth-army-officer-held-mexico-drug-cartel-probe/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A fourth high-ranking Mexican military officer has been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged army links to drug cartels. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mexico_journalist_killed/mexican-police-find-slain-journalist-car-trunk/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mexico_journalist_killed/mexican-police-find-slain-journalist-car-trunk/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Another journalist has been killed in Mexico, this time in the central state of Morelos. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_heroin_sentence/san-luis-teen-pleads-guilty-heroin-smuggling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_heroin_sentence/san-luis-teen-pleads-guilty-heroin-smuggling/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com An 18-year-old San Luis man pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling heroin into the United States from Mexico. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_ortega_ruano_pleas/5-plead-guilty-drug-trafficking-charges/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_ortega_ruano_pleas/5-plead-guilty-drug-trafficking-charges/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Five men accused of being part of a drug-trafficking organization pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of methamphetamine. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-more-than-1200-lbs-pot-arrest-4/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-more-than-1200-lbs-pot-arrest-4/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four people and seized more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana valued at $633,500 in separate incidents Friday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_latin_america_reporters/journalists-missing-killed-latin-america/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_latin_america_reporters/journalists-missing-killed-latin-america/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com It’s been another week of chilling reminders of the high risks for journalists in parts of Latin America, with two killings turning the news lens on reporters. Now, a possible kidnapping in Colombia has put the danger further into focus. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_cbp_pot/265-pounds-pot-found-hidden-van/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_cbp_pot/265-pounds-pot-found-hidden-van/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A 40-year-old Agua Prieta, Son., man was arrested Saturday for trying to smuggle more than 265 pounds of marijuana in the United States. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-nearly-17m-worth-marijuana/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-nearly-17m-worth-marijuana/#When: 15:03:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized almost 3,400 pounds of marijuana worth nearly $1.7 million in separate incidents over the weekend in the West Desert, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday. 2012-04-30T15:03:14-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_mex_reporter_killed/mexican-crime-reporter-found-murdered-veracruz/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_mex_reporter_killed/mexican-crime-reporter-found-murdered-veracruz/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Regina Martinez, a crime reporter who covered drug trafficking for investigative Mexican news magazine Proceso, was found dead in Veracruz state on Saturday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_borderpatrol_cocaine/agents-arrest-1-seize-41-pounds-cocaine-nogales/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_borderpatrol_cocaine/agents-arrest-1-seize-41-pounds-cocaine-nogales/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A 32-year-old Mexican man was arrested after trying to smuggle nearly 41 pounds of cocaine through the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042712_sinaloa_arrests/nephews-sinaloa-cartel-leader-arrested/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042712_sinaloa_arrests/nephews-sinaloa-cartel-leader-arrested/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com More big fish have been netted in Mexican authorities’ battle against the country’s largest drug cartel. Two nephews of one of the leaders of the Sinaloa have been arrested on drug charges. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_atf_mexico_guns/atf-two-thirds-guns-recovered-mexico-from-us/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_atf_mexico_guns/atf-two-thirds-guns-recovered-mexico-from-us/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com About two-thirds of the weapons recovered by Mexican authorities since 2007 and submitted to U.S. law enforcement for tracing had origins in the United States, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Justice. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042312_sb1070_scotus/primer-sb-1070-heads-supreme-court-this-week/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042312_sb1070_scotus/primer-sb-1070-heads-supreme-court-this-week/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in State of Arizona v. United States, which challenges the authority of a state to enact its own immigration enforcement laws. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042012_az_border_security/report-border-security-point-diminishing-returns/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042012_az_border_security/report-border-security-point-diminishing-returns/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A dramatic buildup of security personnel on the Southwest border has contributed to a decline in illegal immigration, but more efforts will yield “diminishing returns,” according to a report released Thursday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041412_peru_drug_war/peru-backs-us-war-drugs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041412_peru_drug_war/peru-backs-us-war-drugs/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com As some Latin American leaders call for legalization of narcotics, Peru — a leading coca grower — remains opposed. A former anti-drug czar-turned-dissident explains why. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041312_mex_exiles_texas/mexicans-flee-drug-violence-refuge-us/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041312_mex_exiles_texas/mexicans-flee-drug-violence-refuge-us/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Displaced Mexicans seek refuge north of the Rio Grande after fleeing a government-sanctioned drug war in Chihuahua, where thousands have been slaughtered since 2006. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041212_us_legalize/can-us-snuff-out-latin-americas-legalize-it-push/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041212_us_legalize/can-us-snuff-out-latin-americas-legalize-it-push/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The growing backlash against the U.S.-led drug war, including bold new talk of drug decriminalization from some Latin American countries, will likely be chatter at this weekend’s Summit of the Americas. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040412_sinaloa_drug_indictments/3-charged-with-drug-trafficking-money-laundering/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040412_sinaloa_drug_indictments/3-charged-with-drug-trafficking-money-laundering/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Three Mexican men accused of being part of the Sinaloa drug trafficking organization operating in Arizona were indicted Tuesday on drug and money laundering charges. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040312_arellano_felex_sentence/mexican-drug-kingpin-gets-25-years-us-prison/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040312_arellano_felex_sentence/mexican-drug-kingpin-gets-25-years-us-prison/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Former leader of Mexico’s Tijuana drug cartel Benjamin Arellano Felix, 58, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in U.S. prison and ordered to forfeit $100 million. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031412_sccsd_deputy_sentence/ex-santa-cruz-deputy-gets-6-years-drug-trafficking/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031412_sccsd_deputy_sentence/ex-santa-cruz-deputy-gets-6-years-drug-trafficking/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A former Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to six years in prison for driving his patrol vehicle with nearly 5 kilograms of cocaine through a Border Patrol checkpoint. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030912_borderpatrol_pot/bp-seizes-17m-worth-pot-west-desert/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030912_borderpatrol_pot/bp-seizes-17m-worth-pot-west-desert/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 3,400 pounds of marijuana worth $1.7 million in three incidents in the West Desert on Thursday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030712_mex_spring_break/texas-warns-students-avoid-spring-break-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030712_mex_spring_break/texas-warns-students-avoid-spring-break-mexico/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The Texas Department of Public Safety is again warning students to avoid traveling to Mexico during spring break. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030712_az_safe_border/brewer-feds-exaggerating-claims-that-border-safe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030712_az_safe_border/brewer-feds-exaggerating-claims-that-border-safe/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Gov. Jan Brewer accused Washington officials Tuesday of falsely claiming that Arizona’s border with Mexico is more secure than ever. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030612_biden_drug_legalization/biden-drug-legalization-debate-legitimate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030612_biden_drug_legalization/biden-drug-legalization-debate-legitimate/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Vice President Biden said that the debate about legalizing drugs was “legitimate,” while remaining firm that the United States opposes legalization. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030512_borderpatrol_warrant/bp-arrest-man-wanted-wash-escape/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030512_borderpatrol_warrant/bp-arrest-man-wanted-wash-escape/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A Mexican man wanted in Olympia, Wash., for escape was arrested by Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents Sunday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030312_mex_san_judas/mexicos-san-judas-packs-churches-with-motley-crowd/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030312_mex_san_judas/mexicos-san-judas-packs-churches-with-motley-crowd/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Once a month, an unconventional mix of churchgoers — devotees, drug addicts and thieves — convene in a church on the outskirts of Mexico City to praise the saint of lost causes. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022412_az_drug_sentence/az-man-gets-nearly-22-years-drug-trafficking/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022412_az_drug_sentence/az-man-gets-nearly-22-years-drug-trafficking/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com An Arizona man was sentenced to 21 years, 10 months in prison for his part in a drug trafficking cell that used tractor trailers to move heroin, marijuana and cocaine from Mexico for distribution across the United States. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022212_heroin_busts/15-arrested-heroin-trafficking-investigation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022212_heroin_busts/15-arrested-heroin-trafficking-investigation/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Fifteen people were arrested and more than 9 pounds of heroin were seized following a seven-month, multi-agency investigation into heroin trafficking in Tucson. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022112_mex_prison_riot/mexican-prison-riot-ruse-escape-by-zetas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022112_mex_prison_riot/mexican-prison-riot-ruse-escape-by-zetas/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A Mexican prison riot in which 44 people were stabbed, strangled or beaten to death was a cover for the escape of 30 members of the Zetas drug cartel, blamed for some of Mexico’s most brutal killings, investigators said. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021812_sinoloa_cartel_dr/sinaloa-cartel-carving-drug-routes-caribbean/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021812_sinoloa_cartel_dr/sinaloa-cartel-carving-drug-routes-caribbean/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexico’s deadly Sinaloa drug cartel is pushing into the Dominican Republic, suggesting cartels see the Caribbean as a supplement to the Central America corridor — a shift U.S. officials have feared. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021712_mex_weapons/mexico-us-no-more-weapons/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021712_mex_weapons/mexico-us-no-more-weapons/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexico’s president called on U.S. officials to stop gun trafficking across the border Thursday, saying the move would be the best thing Americans could do to stop brutal drug violence. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021512_mex_meth_arrest/mexico-arrests-one-countrys-biggest-meth-producers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021512_mex_meth_arrest/mexico-arrests-one-countrys-biggest-meth-producers/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com One of Mexico’s main producers of methamphetamine, Jaime Herrera Herrera, has been arrested in Culiacán in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020912_mex_meth_bust/15-tons-pure-meth-seized-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020912_mex_meth_bust/15-tons-pure-meth-seized-mexico/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A record 15 tons of pure methamphetamine have been seized in Mexico, the largest seizure of meth ever made in the country. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020612_hsi_agent_guilty/hsi-agent-guilty-handing-out-sensitive-documents/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020612_hsi_agent_guilty/hsi-agent-guilty-handing-out-sensitive-documents/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A Homeland Security Investigations special agent pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegally accessing government documents that she handed to friends and family and later lying about it to another agent. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020312_mex_juarez_police/juarez-police-officers-hiding-after-cartel-threat/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020312_mex_juarez_police/juarez-police-officers-hiding-after-cartel-threat/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Even by Ciudad Juarez’s grim standards, a threat from a Mexican drug cartel to kill an officer a day until the city’s police chief steps down is being seen as an unusually terrifying escalation in the violence. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012012_agent_drug_charges/border-patrol-agent-confesses-spying-drug-traffickers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012012_agent_drug_charges/border-patrol-agent-confesses-spying-drug-traffickers/#When: 14:56:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: A Yuma-based Border Patrol agent and a state corrections officer confessed to drug trafficking after they were arrested Thursday in a case that includes an alleged plot to kill a confidential informant. 2012-01-20T14:56:54-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_mex_kids_freed/mexican-army-frees-children-kidnapped-by-suspected-gang/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_mex_kids_freed/mexican-army-frees-children-kidnapped-by-suspected-gang/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Three children kidnapped by a suspected gang were freed by the Mexican army in a raid on a private home where soldiers also found the body of a decapitated man. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011212_mex_chapo_guzman/treasury-el-chapo-guzman-most-powerful-drug-lord/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011212_mex_chapo_guzman/treasury-el-chapo-guzman-most-powerful-drug-lord/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Treasury Department has named notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán the “world’s most powerful drug trafficker,” boosting the evasive cartel leader’s legendary status as the country’s drug wars appear to have killed nearly 50,000 people in five years. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011112_cocaine_sentence/woman-gets-10-years-cocaine-smuggling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011112_cocaine_sentence/woman-gets-10-years-cocaine-smuggling/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A Las Vegas woman was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for smuggling more than $2 million worth of cocaine into the country from Mexico. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011012_drug_sentence_jamaicans/jamaican-gets-22-years-running-drug-ring/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011012_drug_sentence_jamaicans/jamaican-gets-22-years-running-drug-ring/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A 33-year-old Florida man convicted of running a large drug trafficking ring was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010712_mex_cartels_power/which-cartel-king-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010712_mex_cartels_power/which-cartel-king-mexico/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The guilty plea of the Tijuana cartel boss in the United States on Thursday marked the official waning of that drug network. But it also raised an interesting question: which cartel is now on top? 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122611_sinaloa_caught/mexico-captures-el-chapos-henchman/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122611_sinaloa_caught/mexico-captures-el-chapos-henchman/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel’s security chief has been captured, the country’s army said Sunday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122311_borderpatrol_sentence/man-gets-6-years-illegal-entry/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122311_borderpatrol_sentence/man-gets-6-years-illegal-entry/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A Nogales, Sonora, man was sentenced to six years in prison for illegal entry of a felon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Friday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121211_noriega_panama/noriega-back-panama-serve-sentence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121211_noriega_panama/noriega-back-panama-serve-sentence/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Former military dictator Manuel Noriega is heading to jail back home in Panama. The onetime ruler had been serving time in a French prison, and before that in the United States for drug trafficking and money laundering. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120811_drug_weapons_sentence/man-gets-15-years-drug-weapons-trafficking/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120811_drug_weapons_sentence/man-gets-15-years-drug-weapons-trafficking/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A 30-year-old Mexican man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday for drug and weapons trafficking. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120611_mexico_drug_war/americas-shadow-war-drugs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120611_mexico_drug_war/americas-shadow-war-drugs/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com As Mexico suffers from its worst drug violence in history, a series of scandals has erupted over American agents fighting the war against Mexican cartels on the front line. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113011_drug_trafficking_sentence/woman-gets-71-months-prison-drug-trafficking/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113011_drug_trafficking_sentence/woman-gets-71-months-prison-drug-trafficking/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A Phoenix woman was sentenced in a Tucson federal court to 71 months in prison on Wednesday for drug trafficking. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112811_mexico_violence_icc/push-help-from-icc-infuriates-mexican-officials/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112811_mexico_violence_icc/push-help-from-icc-infuriates-mexican-officials/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com As Mexicans struggle with relentless massacres, mass graves and assassinations, a group of activists have turned to an outside power for help — the International Criminal Court. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112311_france_noriega_panama/noriega-extradited-from-france-panama/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112311_france_noriega_panama/noriega-extradited-from-france-panama/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A French court has granted a request to return former dictator Manuel Noriega to his native Panama, where he is wanted for crimes committed during six years of military rule between 1983 and 1989. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112211_thesubtletybusiness/the-subtlety-business/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112211_thesubtletybusiness/the-subtlety-business/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com They pull a knife, you pull a gun, They pull a gun, you mobilize ... an M1 Abrams tank battalion. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111611_border_drug_tunnel/ice-shuts-down-cross-border-drug-tunnel-nogales/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111611_border_drug_tunnel/ice-shuts-down-cross-border-drug-tunnel-nogales/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Federal agents shut down a drug tunnel that ran between Nogales, Sonora, and a home in Nogales, Ariz., on Tuesday and announced the discovery of another drug tunnel south of San Diego. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111011_borderpatrol_blotter/convicted-rapist-arrested-pot-found-separate-incidents/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111011_borderpatrol_blotter/convicted-rapist-arrested-pot-found-separate-incidents/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a convicted rapist who illegally entered the United States and found 570 pounds of marijuana in separate incidents Wednesday night. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110911_mexico_decapitation_blogger/blogger-decapitated-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110911_mexico_decapitation_blogger/blogger-decapitated-mexico/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexican tweeters and bloggers were shaken anew Wednesday when a decapitated body appeared by a statue next to a message that the victim was killed because of what he wrote on the Internet. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110911_holder_fast_furious/holder-fast-and-furious-should-never-have-happened/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110911_holder_fast_furious/holder-fast-and-furious-should-never-have-happened/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Attorney General Eric Holder told a Senate committee Tuesday that a gun–trafficking investigation that let thousands of guns “walk” into the hands of criminals should have “never happened.” 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110511_zetas_anonymous/hacktivists-zetas-cartel-call-truce/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110511_zetas_anonymous/hacktivists-zetas-cartel-call-truce/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The “hacktivist” group Anonymous has reportedly called off its threat to expose names of associates of Mexico’s Zetas drug cartel. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102711_grillo_mexico_infiltrator3/el-narco-big-bust/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102711_grillo_mexico_infiltrator3/el-narco-big-bust/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Several years into this work, Daniel built up his huge case in Panama. He flew down to Central America’s skyscraper paradise, packed with businessmen and criminals from all over the planet; glitzy discos, sparkling casinos and high-class prostitutes, all in a sweltering tropical climate. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102611_ice_lowery_indictment/ice-officer-indicted-drug-charges/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102611_ice_lowery_indictment/ice-officer-indicted-drug-charges/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention officer was indicted Tuesday on federal drug trafficking charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102611_grillo_mexico_infiltrator2/el-narco-dying-nothing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102611_grillo_mexico_infiltrator2/el-narco-dying-nothing/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Alongside other veterans, Daniel would buzz around the state in a helicopter carrying an M16 automatic rifle and raiding marijuana plantations. Most were run by Mexicans and located inside national parks and forests and included some huge farms with up to twelve thousand plants. During one bust, some thugs from Michoacan fired at them with Kalashnikovs. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102411_grillo_mexico_infiltrator/el-narco-meet-dea-agent-daniel/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102411_grillo_mexico_infiltrator/el-narco-meet-dea-agent-daniel/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com When DEA agent Daniel saw the movie “Miami Vice” at a cinema in Panama City, Panama, his heart jumped through his mouth. In the film — a remake of the iconic 1980s cop series — detectives Crockett and Tubbs run an elaborate sting operation on Colombian cocaine traffickers. ... 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101911_cocaine_sentence/man-gets-10-years-prison-cocaine-smuggling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101911_cocaine_sentence/man-gets-10-years-prison-cocaine-smuggling/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A Yuma man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101911_mexico_vigilantes/mexicos-newest-killers-vigilantes-or-thugs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101911_mexico_vigilantes/mexicos-newest-killers-vigilantes-or-thugs/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com In recent months, Mexican cartels have begun posing as vigilantes, Mexican officials say. As they kill victims and dump their bodies on the streets, they say they are saving the country from antisocial criminals. (with video) 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101711_drug_cartels_kids/mexican-drug-cartels-woo-texas-kids/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101711_drug_cartels_kids/mexican-drug-cartels-woo-texas-kids/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A Texas law enforcement official said that Mexican drug cartels have lured young children into the drug business. Cartels call the kids “the expendables,” Reuters reported. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101311_borderpatrol_blotter/agents-seize-more-than-1-ton-pot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101311_borderpatrol_blotter/agents-seize-more-than-1-ton-pot/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com In two incidents on Wednesday night, Ajo Station Border Patrol agents seized more than 1 ton of pot worth over $1.3 million. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101311_fast_furious_holder/holder-subpoened-fast-furious-probe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101311_fast_furious_holder/holder-subpoened-fast-furious-probe/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A House committee subpoenaed Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday, demanding to know what he knew about the botched Operation Fast and Furious gun-trafficking investigation and when he knew it. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101311_az_border_sheriffs/in-dc-pinal-deputy-likens-border-war-zone/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101311_az_border_sheriffs/in-dc-pinal-deputy-likens-border-war-zone/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Steve Henry said Wednesday that when his deputies go to the border they face a situation similar to a war zone in Afghanistan or Iraq. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101211_borderpatrol_agent_guilty/bp-agent-found-guilty-drug-trafficking/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101211_borderpatrol_agent_guilty/bp-agent-found-guilty-drug-trafficking/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A Yuma Sector Border Patrol agent was found guilty of drug trafficking by a federal jury Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101211_border_patrol_blotter/agents-arrest-two-with-criminal-pasts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101211_border_patrol_blotter/agents-arrest-two-with-criminal-pasts/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com In separated incidents on Tuesday, Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended two men for illegal entry who have criminal convictions. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100711_borderpatrol_blotter/border-patrol-wrapup-gang-members-arrested/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100711_borderpatrol_blotter/border-patrol-wrapup-gang-members-arrested/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two gang members and seized 850 pounds of marijuana Thursday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100611_borderpatrol_pot/bp-finds-1056-pounds-pot-by-tracking-footprints/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100611_borderpatrol_pot/bp-finds-1056-pounds-pot-by-tracking-footprints/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents tracking a set of footprints in the West Desert on Wednesday discovered 23 bundles of marijuana weighing 1,056 pounds, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100411_borderpatrol_actt/border-task-force-seizes-pot-nets-1-felony-warrant/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100411_borderpatrol_actt/border-task-force-seizes-pot-nets-1-felony-warrant/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A multi-agency operation near Patagonia and Sonoita to combat drug and human smuggling yielded 297 pounds of marijuana, one arrest on a felony warrant and 71 vehicles stopped, U.S. Customs and Border protection said Tuesday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100311_borderpatrol_pot_arrests/border-patrol-arrests-7-with-criminal-pasts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100311_borderpatrol_pot_arrests/border-patrol-arrests-7-with-criminal-pasts/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested seven suspected illegal immigrants with criminal pasts and seized more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana since Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100211_perrymexico/operacion-tormenta-del-desierto/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100211_perrymexico/operacion-tormenta-del-desierto/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com In news bound to excite our neighbor to the south, Texas governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry suggested a U.S. troop presence is desirable in Mexico. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/100211_mexico_drugwar_movies/mexicos-drug-war-shoots-silver-screen/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/100211_mexico_drugwar_movies/mexicos-drug-war-shoots-silver-screen/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The film “Miss Bala” combines intense action sequences with slow, realistic scenes and artful camera work to conjure up the surreal actuality of Mexico’s drug war and has won acclaim at film festivals around the world — including a 12-minute ovation at Cannes. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092911_arpaio_border/arpaio-posse-will-not-go-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092911_arpaio_border/arpaio-posse-will-not-go-border/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Nearly 3,500 volunteers in the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s posse help arrest illegal immigrants and fight other crimes, but don’t expect them to patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Wednesday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092811_borderpatrol_blotter/border-patrol-wrapup-gang-member-arrested/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092811_borderpatrol_blotter/border-patrol-wrapup-gang-member-arrested/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a man from El Salvador on Tuesday who has affiliations to the Mara Salvatrucha street gang. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092811_borderpatrol_pot/border-patrol-seizes-more-than-2-tons-pot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092811_borderpatrol_pot/border-patrol-seizes-more-than-2-tons-pot/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 2 tons of marijuana in four incidents on Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092711_borderpatrol_drugs/bp-seizes-pot-heroin/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092711_borderpatrol_drugs/bp-seizes-pot-heroin/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Tucson Sector Border Patrol motorbike agents seized more than a ton of marijuana and 1.6 pounds of heroin since Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092611_cbp_officer_indicted/cbp-officer-charged-with-drug-trafficking/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092611_cbp_officer_indicted/cbp-officer-charged-with-drug-trafficking/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A Customs and Border Protection officer was indicted by a federal grand jury Monday on charges he allowed five people to bring marijuana across the border while he was working at the Douglas Port of Entry, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092611_borderpatrol_pot/bp-seizes-more-than-2-tons-pot-worth-23-million/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092611_borderpatrol_pot/bp-seizes-more-than-2-tons-pot-worth-23-million/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 2 tons of marijuana, two vehicles and three suspected drug smugglers in three incidents over the weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092511_peru_cocaine/cocaine-becoming-king-peru/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092511_peru_cocaine/cocaine-becoming-king-peru/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Peru’s new government under President Ollanta Humala is drawing up a broader, more sophisticated strategy that accepts that simply wiping out coca by force will not succeed. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092311_borderpatrol_blotter/man-convicted-murder-assault-arrested/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092311_borderpatrol_blotter/man-convicted-murder-assault-arrested/ 13:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Nogales Station Border Patrol agents apprehended a 55-year-old man from Mexico for illegal re-entry into the Untied States on Thursday who was convicted of second-degree murder and assault in Maricopa County. 2013-05-23T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092211_borderpatrol_pot/update-24m-pot-seized-suspect-killing-arrested/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092211_borderpatrol_pot/update-24m-pot-seized-suspect-killing-arrested/#When: 14:40:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Border Patrol agents seized more than 2 tons of marijuana, a gun and a stolen vehicle, and apprehended a man wanted for first degree murder in four incidents in two incidents since Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. 2011-09-22T14:40:31+00:00