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Rafael Caro Quintero, considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking, is shown here in an undated photo. A Mexican court has ordered the release of Mr. Quintero after 28 years in prison for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena. (AP Photo/File)

Mexican drug lord who ordered killing of DEA agent released from prison

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Feds arrest dozens, seize $15M in nationwide synthetic-drug sweep

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Colombia's National Police Chief Gen. Jose Roberto Leon Riano announces the arrest of four gang members Tuesday in the death last week of DEA Special Agent James "Terry" Watson.

Four men arrested in the killing of DEA agent in Colombia

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Some of the more than 500 Texas fifth- and sixth-grade students are shown during a red-ribbon rally against drug use at the Capitol in Austin on Oct. 19, 2000. Celebrating national Drug Prevention Month, the event also honors the memory of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, who was murdered by drug dealers in Mexico in 1985. (Associated Press)

Feds target contacts of DEA agent’s killer

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

"I'm excited. It's such a new and novel thing for us," said Sarah Freedman, who manages a Walgreens in Washington, D.C., that is participating in the pilot program. At her pharmacy, the testing is done in a private room. They've also taken steps to make sure that a customer can very quietly request the test. (Associated Press)

Walgreens pays record $80 million settlement for improper drug sales

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Bags of confiscated cocaine are shown at the office of the Guinean drug enforcement agency in Conakry, Guinea, on March 11, 2009. (Associated Press)

DEA charges four with trafficking heroin from Africa

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Guinea-Bissau army chief charged with aiding FARC

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Michele M. Leonhart

DEA breaks up suspected Colombia/Guinea-Bissau drug ring

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Owner of Rivera plane denies drug connections

By BRIAN SKOLOFF - Associated Press

Owner of Rivera plane being investigated by DEA

By BRIAN SKOLOFF - Associated Press

Owner of Rivera plane being investigated by DEA

By BRIAN SKOLOFF - Associated Press

Mexico tests DNA from Jenni Rivera plane crash

By PORFIRIO IBARRA RAMIREZ and E.J. TAMARA - Associated Press

Briefly: DEA raid at remote airstrip part of aggressive strategy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

World Briefs: DEA agent kills drug trafficking suspect

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Hondurans demand ouster of U.S. agents after deaths

By Freddy Cuevas and Martha Mendoza - Associated Press

A city employee carries a bag of cocaine to an incinerator at a police base in Lima, Peru, a small part of the more than 4 tons of drugs seized in March and April - including cocaine, marijuana and heroin - that were burned there. Increased drug trafficking in Peru has been driven, in part, by the success of a U.S.-backed operation last decade that pushed operations out of Colombia into its neighbor to the south. Now, the U.S. is helping the Peruvian government fight the same battles. (Associated Press)

Success in Colombia shifts drug war to Peru

By Kelly Hearn - Special to The Washington Times

Audit faults DEA on management of flight assets, budget

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

View from inside a tunnel recently found in the northern border city of Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday Nov. 30, 2011. A day earlier, the tunnel was discovered by U.S. authorities in San Diego's Otay Mesa area, the latest in a spate of secret passages found to smuggle drugs from Mexico. This tunnel is a 600-yard passage linking warehouses in San Diego and Tijuana and is equipped with lighting and ventilation. (AP Photo/Alex Cossio)

Big border drug tunnel highlights seasonal trend

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

Wash. governor wants DEA to reclassify marijuana

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

Viktor Bout is escorted off a flight from Bangkok to New York last November during his extradition to face trial on charges of transporting weapons. A jury found him guilty on all counts Wednesday. (Associated Press)

International arms dealer convicted in conspiracy

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times