The United States managed to arrest Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors – and the president — now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over. It’s part of the long, strange saga of Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, who unexpectedly appeared on a flight that landed … Read more
The leader of a Kenyan starvation sect went on trial on Monday for manslaughter over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in one of the world’s worst cult-related tragedies. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and dozens of other suspects pleaded not guilty in January to multiple counts of manslaughter, one of several … Read more
Sinaloa drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada – in a letter written from prison and released by his lawyer – details what he says led to his arrest in the United States. “El Mayo” and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, one of the notorious kingpin El Chapo’s 12 children, were arrested near El Paso, Texas … Read more