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Alleged drug kingpin and ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding arrested in Mexico after years on the run

January 25, 2026 World Justice News 0

Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding has been arrested in Mexico and will be extradited to the US after years on the run, FBI Director Kash Patel has said. Wedding, who […]

Mexican fuel theft gang dismantled in major operation

July 2, 2025 World Justice News 0

Thirty-two people have been arrested in an operation targeting one of the main criminal organisations responsible for fuel theft in central Mexico, authorities said. The gang stole fuel by drilling into pipelines and then storing […]

Charles Manson spoke of more killings in prison tapes

November 14, 2024 World Justice News 0

A new recording has emerged of notorious cult leader Charles Manson appearing to admit to additional killings. Manson’s followers, known as the Manson Family, killed nine people in 1969. The cult leader directed the killings […]

Mexico crime: Alleged security chief for El Chapo’s sons detained

November 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

Mexico’s National Guard has arrested the alleged security chief of a faction of the Sinaloa cartel, Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as “El Nini”. “El Nini” is accused of leading a ruthless group of […]

Twenty-nine killed during arrest of El Chapo’s son

January 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

At least 29 people were killed during the bloody operation to arrest of the son of Mexican drugs kingpin “El Chapo”, the Mexican authorities say. Ovidio Guzmán-López, 32, alleged to be a leader of his […]

Mexico prosecutors accused of covering up woman’s murder

November 8, 2022 World Justice News 0

Anti-corruption officials in Mexico are investigating the attorney-general’s office in the central state of Morelos after it was accused of covering up the murder of a young woman, Ariadna López. The body of López, 27, […]

Mexico missing students: Former top official arrested over probe

August 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

Mexico’s former attorney general has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014. Jesús Murillo Karam, who led an inquiry into the atrocity, has been charged with forced disappearance, torture and […]

Mexico ambush: Arrest over Mormon massacre

November 24, 2020 World Justice News 0

Federal prosecutors in Mexico have arrested a suspect in the killing of nine members of a Mormon community in northern Mexico last year. Three women and six children, all dual US-Mexican citizens, were driving through […]

Peter Chadwick: Millionaire arrested over wife’s murder

August 7, 2019 World Justice News 0

A British-born millionaire suspected of murdering his wife at their California home has been arrested after spending four years on the run. Peter Chadwick, 55, was captured in Mexico on Sunday and has been extradited […]

Israeli ‘underworld’ figures shot dead in Mexico City ‘hit’

July 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

A woman in a blonde wig is suspected of carrying out a hit on two alleged Israeli underworld figures in a busy restaurant in Mexico City. Alon Azulay, 41, and Benjamin Yeshurun Sutchi, 44, were […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]