Miami — A former Venezuelan spymaster who was close to the country’s late President Hugo Chávez pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug trafficking charges a week before his trial was set to begin in a Manhattan federal court. Retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal was extradited from Spain in 2023 after more …
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Armed men opened fire at a wedding party in southeastern France early Sunday, killing the bride and wounding three others, said a source close to the investigation. The attack in the village of Goult occurred around 4:30 am. According to initial information, the bride and groom were leaving the party …
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Five people were shot — three of them fatally, including an infant — at an annual carnival outside Salt Lake City Sunday night, authorities said. West Valley City, Utah, police said officers at the WestFest noticed two groups of people having a “verbal altercation” and, as they moved in to …
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Indian customs officers made the latest “significant” seizure of endangered wildlife from a passenger arriving from Thailand, a government statement said: nearly 100 creatures including lizards, sunbirds and tree-climbing possums. Customs officers said the passenger, who was also carrying two tarantula spiders and tortoises, had “exhibited signs of nervousness” on …
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Dutch prosecutors said Monday they were seeking to confiscate a record $253 million from one of Europe’s most notorious drug lords, thought to be hiding in Sierra Leone. The illegal assets amassed by Jos Leijdekkers, also known as “Bolle Jos” or “Chubby Jos,” were proceeds from cocaine trafficking, as well …
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Ten inmates considered “armed and dangerous” escaped a New Orleans jail Friday morning, and it’s believed they had inside help, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office said. Three inmates have been captured, and seven remain at large. Earlier, the sheriff’s office had said 11 inmates had escaped the jail but …
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Authorities in Ohio launched a homicide investigation after the bodies of three women were found Saturday inside a home in Columbus. Officers were called to a home on the city’s south side just before 4 p.m. Saturday for what a 911 caller described as a medical event. Police found three …
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GLIGO BEACH, N.Y. — Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann will be indicted on a new murder charge this week, sources tell CBS New York. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said a court proceeding in the Gilgo Beach case was scheduled for Thursday. “Obviously this is an ongoing investigation,” said …
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A South Dakota man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter in the 2013 death of his girlfriend. Richard Schmitz, 55, took a plea deal in January, one day before he was due to go on trial for the death of Meshell Will, 38, whose badly decomposed …
Read More »Investigators identified a 9-year-old girl’s killer more than 50 years after she was abducted less than a block from her Georgia home, officials said Monday. Debbie Lynn Randall, a third-grade student, vanished on Jan. 13, 1972, Cobb County District Attorney Flynn Broady said. She had been on her way home …
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