FinCEN files: 53 Kenyan banks, individuals made illicit transactions worth Ksh.6 trillion

By Faizal Ahmed,

About 53 Kenyan companies and individuals have been named as being part of a global team that involves terrorist networks and drug cartels that moved ...

FinCEN files , ICIJ , US Department of Treasury

BWIRE: Health Commission to cure sector challenges

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire I am writing this letter addressed to you Hon. Mutahi Kagwe, the Cabinet Secretary for Health acknowledging the commitment, focus a...

Health Commission , ministry of health

Bomet county lays trap to nab suspects as cases of sodomy increase

By Paul Ruto,

Residents of Bomet are living in apprehension over the rising cases of sodomy in the region . On Thursday Cheibei tea buying centre in Konoin sub c...

sodomy in Bomet

The 12-hour raid on Ali Punjani’s house that recovered two rolls of bhang

By Raquel Muigai,

A battalion of security officers on Tuesday descended on wanted tycoon Ali Punjani's Nyali home in Mombasa County, with sniffer dogs in tow, ready for...

Ali Punjani , Mombasa

19 dead in resurgence of Mexican drug cartel intimidation killings

By VOA,

Mexican authorities found 19 bodies Thursday in western Mexico, apparent casualties of a drug turf war. The killings contrast with years of gangs hidi...

Mexican drug cartels , Mexico , The U.S. State Department

Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years

By Reuters,

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord found guilty of running a murderous criminal enterprise that smuggled tons of drugs into the Unit...

drugs , el chapo , Judge Brian Cogan , Sinaloa cartel

Argentina announces large seizure of weapons

By VOA,

Argentina authorities have seized about 1,000 guns and hundreds of explosives from an international criminal gang, officials said Thursday, calling it...

argentina , Brazil , Illegal fire arms , US Homeland security

Trump calls off tariffs after Mexico vows to tighten borders

By Reuters,

The United States and Mexico struck a deal on Friday to avert tariff war, with Mexico agreeing to rapidly expand a controversial asylum program and de...

asylum program , Mexico , migrants , tariff war , U.S

Thousands march in protest against Mexico’s president

By Reuters,

Several thousand people marched through Mexico City on Sunday to demand the resignation of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the first major pr...

Mexico

U.S. expands return of asylum seekers to Mexico to new ports of entry

By Reuters,

The United States is expanding its program to send asylum seekers back to Mexico to wait out their U.S. court proceedings and so far has returned 240 ...

asylum , Mexico , President Donald Trump , U.S.-Mexico border , United State

‘El Chapo’ jury ends first day of deliberations without verdict

By Reuters,

Jurors in the U.S. trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, accused of running one of the world’s most infamous drug cartels, ended their first day o...

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman , Jurors , verdict

Jury set to deliberate fate of alleged Mexican cartel boss ‘El Chapo’

By Reuters,

A jury is expected to begin deliberations in the trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, alleged to be the world’s most infamous drugs cartel boss, ...

cartel , Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman , Mexico , Sinaloa cartel

Grisly Mexican gang battle near U.S. border leaves 21 dead

By Reuters,

The charred remains of 21 people killed in a suspected gang battle have been found in a Mexican border town, just over the river from where U.S. Presi...

Colombia’s Gulf Clan crime gang declares holiday ceasefire

By Reuters,

The Gulf Clan crime gang, considered Colombia’s largest criminal organization, has declared a month-long ceasefire for Christmas and New Year and in...

colombia , Dairo Antonio Usuga , Gulf Clan crime gang

The Murkomen, Kutuny interview that went up in flames

By Wangui Ngechu,

Save for those in their inner circles, not many really knew just how much Majority Leader in the Senate Kipchumba Murkomen and Cherangany MP Joshua K...

Joshua Kuttuny , Kipchumba Murkomen

‘El Chapo’ killed man after he refused to shake his hand: trial witness

By Reuters,

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was a ruthless killer who ordered the murder of a man who had refused to shake his hand at a meeting, a prosecution witn...

el chapo , Jesus Zambada , Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman , USA

‘El Chapo’ Guzman trial begins under unprecedented security measures

By CNN,

While a US prosecutor painted for a jury the picture of Joaquin " El Chapo " Guzman Loera as the leader of a powerful and murderous drug cartel, his...

Felipe Calderón , Mexico , Sinaloa cartel , The United States of America

El Chapo is a scapegoat for drug lord who bribed Mexico’s president: lawyer

By Reuters,

A lawyer for accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin , El Chapo,  Guzman told a New York jury in opening remarks that his client was a scapegoat for the re...

el chapo , Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. , Jesus “El Rey” Zambada , Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel , U.S , Vicente Zambada.

‘El Chapo’ trial begins under unprecedented security measures

By CNN,

While a US prosecutor painted for a jury the picture of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera as the leader of a powerful and murderous drug cartel, his def...

el chapo , Joaquin Guzman Loera

Drug cartels test Central America for cocaine production

By Reuters,

Cocaine production is beginning to creep into Central America, a development which could bring the supply of the drug closer to the United States and ...

cocaine , drug cartels , El Salvador , Honduras