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News•by Staff Writer•February 25, 2011

DEA Targets Sinaloa Drug Cartel's Cocaine Supplier

To cripple the drug trafficking and money laundering activities of one of Mexico's most active cartels, the federal government has designated its Columbian cocaine supplier as a drug-trafficking kingpin. The move gives law enforcement agencies greater powers to punish the network's U.S. associates and freeze assets.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 25, 2011

Nevada Man Shot Deputy From Roof

Responding deputies ordered Peter Coca, 43, to come down from the roof. He then fired 20 rounds at them, hitting Deputy Lenwood Van Natter three times.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 25, 2011

Nationwide DEA Sweep Nets 541 Arrests, $11 Million

The DEA declined to give specific locations, yet Arizona, Atlanta, St. Louis, Denver, Detroit, San Antonio, San Diego, Chicago, Newark and Miami are key areas.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 24, 2011

Six Zeta Cartel Members Arrested In ICE Agent's Killing

Mexican President Felipe Caldéron called President Barack Obama to tell him about the capture of Julian Zapata Espinoza, a reputed Zetas cell leader nicknamed "El Piolín" (Tweety), who is allegedly responsible for the homicide of Special Agent Zapata.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 23, 2011

Fla. Cop Killer Turns Self In, After Mom Tells Him To 'Man Up'

Nicholas Lindsay's mother said she knew it was her son, when she watched surveillance video footage posted by the St. Petersburg PD showing an African-American in a hoodie sweatshirt. The department also located two flip-flops at the scene of the shooting that are now being tested for DNA.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 22, 2011

Gangster Rapper Turned Philly Cop Once Claimed Police Brutality

Two years ago, Officer Robert Acevedo Jr. performed as "Young Reek," appearing shirtless in rap videos flashing $100 bills with co-stars holding what look like drugs.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 21, 2011

Mexican Drug Cartels Flush With Proceeds From Medical Marijuana States

Border seizures of the cash crop jumped 44% between 2005 and 2009, and cartels now derive as much as 26% of their profit from the drug.

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News•by Staff Writer•February 19, 2011

Slain N.Y. Cop Was a Proactive Veteran

Chief Ron Knapp described Officer John Falcone as an active officer who "was always the first one in the middle of it, as he was this time."

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News•by Staff Writer•February 18, 2011

Texas Congressman Calls Attack on ICE Agents a 'Game Changer'

McCaul went on to say, "The United States will not tolerate acts of violence against its citizens or law enforcement, and I believe we must respond forcefully. This should be a long overdue wake-up call for the Obama administration that there is a war on our nation's doorstep."

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News•by Staff Writer•February 18, 2011

Seattle Officer Birk Resigns, Internal Probe Continues

Seattle Police Officer Ian Birk, who was cleared by his agency and the King County prosecutor in the shooting of a partially deaf woodcarver, has resigned from the force.

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