09/21/10

'The streets don't love you back'

Reformed drug dealer speaks out against drugs, gangs

By ERIC MUNGENAST

Staff Writer

Published: Monday, September 20, 2010 12:04 PM MST…

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Methamphetamine confiscated near the border. Photo courtesy of DEA

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Police identified a 14-year-old boy who was killed during a suspected drug-related robbery in a southeast Phoenix home early Saturday morning.

Frederico Aguilar, 14, was pronounced dead after being taken to a nearby hospital. Investigators believe Aguilar was just spending the night at the home and was not a target in the incident, Phoenix police Sgt. Trent Crump said.

Officers responded to reports of shots fired at a house on 47th Street,…

Mexican authorities captured a legendary Texan on Monday who is accused of a bloody climb to the top echelon of one of the hemisphere's most powerful drug cartels.

Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as "La Barbie" for his looks, faces a slew of charges in Mexico, but also is wanted in the United States, where he has been indicted for smuggling thousands of pounds of cocaine into this…

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico -- Gunmen killed the mayor of a town in the drug-plagued Mexican border state of Tamaulipas on Sunday in a region where suspected cartel hitmen recently massacred 72 migrants, the government said.

Hidalgo Mayor Marco Antonio Leal Garcia was the second mayor to be assassinated in the past two weeks in the area, which has become a battleground between the Gulf and Zetas cartels.

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Six Macon men and a juvenile have been charged with drug-related crimes in connection with a search warrant served in the 2900 block of Dalton Street.

Members of the Macon police gang unit and Superior Court probation officers conducted the search Tuesday and found 10 bags of powder cocaine, marijuana, a .40-caliber handgun and assorted gang-related items, according to a police news release.