The federal government failed for decades to stop Jeffrey Epstein as he manipulated and sexually abused young women and girls, despite growing evidence of his crimes, according to a report released Tuesday by Republicans on the House Oversight Committee. The 15-month investigation involved 19 transcribed interviews with witnesses, including some of Epstein’s most high-powered associates,…
Mexican authorities announced on Sunday the arrest of a powerful cartel’s regional leader who is wanted by the U.S. The arrested suspect was identified as Rafael Alvarez, alias “R2,” who headed a Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) cell linked to homicides, drug trafficking and extortion of avocado industry entrepreneurs. The CJNG was designated a “foreign…
John Eisenberg, the Justice Department’s National Security Division assistant attorney general, abruptly resigned on Friday, the department said. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Eisenberg’s departure on X, thanking him for “strengthening our nation’s ability to address threats, both foreign and domestic.” Eisenberg is the second assistant attorney general this week to step down, just two…
A Mexican judge has been arrested and accused of accepting $2 million in bribes in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody, U.S. officials said Thursday. Luiz Benítez Alcántara was overseeing extradition proceedings in Mexico in 2024 for Canadian citizen Andrew Clark, who was charged in the U.S. with helping to run…
More than three decades after the O.J. Simpson murder trial, a new investigation offers a different account of what might have happened the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death in 1994. After O.J. Simpson was acquitted in the deaths in 1995, Los Angeles prosecutors received new…
Bolivia’s attorney general arrested for alleged money laundering and drug trafficking U.S.-sanctioned Bolivian Attorney General Roger Mariaca has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and drug trafficking, with police finding bundles of cash smuggled out of his house, the government said Thursday. Mariaca was arrested on Wednesday night in the eastern city of Santa…
Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended from professional tennis after testing positive for cocaine. The former Wimbledon finalist, who got his first major win in more than two years at last year’s Miami Open, has been provisionally suspended since Aug. 4, according to the International Tennis Integrity Agency, after a sample provided…
Costa Rica has captured its most-wanted fugitive, known as “Diablo,” who was wanted by the United States for alleged drug trafficking, authorities said. Alejandro Arias-Monge, 41, was caught Friday during an hourlong struggle that injured six Costa Rican federal agents, Costa Rican officials said. Two others were arrested and weapons, including high-powered firearms, were seized…
