Organized Crime
MEXICO CITY - Mexican prosecutors are requesting that Texas-based norteno singer Ramon Ayala be held pending investigation after he was detained at a drug cartel's Christmas party.
NEW YORK - Don't believe a defense lawyer's argument that John "Junior" Gotti quit organized crime with a sudden epiphany more than a decade ago, a prosecutor told a jury Monday during closing arguments in Gotti's fourth trial on racketeering charges in as many years.
SAN DIEGO - A suspected top figure in Mexico's Arellano Felix drug cartel pleaded guilty to a drug charge Thursday, nearly ending a nine-year legal battle that saw the cartel's power fade at the hands of authorities and rivals.
SAN DIEGO - A suspected figure in Mexico's Felix Arrellano drug cartel has pleaded guilty to a drug charge in San Diego.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Six people accused of being members of a South Florida crew for New York's Bonanno (boh-NAH'-noh) organized crime family are set to plead guilty.