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A Honduran national admitted in federal court in San Diego Wednesday to donning a wet suit and scuba gear last spring and smuggling 55 pounds of cocaine through an underwater drug tunnel that exited into an aqueduct just north of the international border in Imperial County. -
U.S. Coast Guard personnel offloaded more than 33 tons of impounded cocaine at the San Diego Harbor waterfront Monday, a record take seized from seafaring traffickers over the last 10 months. -
It's been five years since the courts in the capital of Baja California started hearing oral arguments. So the state government is hosting forums to celebrate a "Week of Justice." -
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped from one of Mexico's most secure prisons last month via a sophisticated mile-long tunnel that opened up in his cell's shower. -
Over eggs at a San Antonio café, a reporter listens as former law enforcement officials and one ex-drug cartel operative swap theories about El Chapo’s latest escape -
KPBS Midday EditionHe could be hiding out in Mexico City, he could be heading for a safe compound in Sinaloa. The only thing that is certain right now is that Mexican authorities don't know where Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is.
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Mark Amador endured threats of violence while working as the lead prosecutor in three trials of "Los Palillos" gang members. -
KPBS Midday Edition"The Cartel" is a sequel to Don Winslow's bestseller, "The Power of the Dog." Both books are crime thrillers, but in terms of research and scope, they qualify as a quasi-history of the drug war. -
There's unhappiness in the air. The Feds are not happy with the way the North County Transit District administers contracts and grants. People who love Balboa Park are not happy with its condition. Tijuanans are unhappy about renewed drug violence. Baja California farmworkers, however, are happier than they were Thursday. -
The 35-foot yacht was seized near Mission Bay. It was returning from Mexico. The pot was worth an estimated $715,800.
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