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November 5, 2019

Mexico cartel massacre: Lopez Obrador's 'hugs, not bullets' strategy questioned amid deadly violence

The slaughter of at least nine Americans – including six children – at the hands of cartel gunmen in northern Mexico is the latest massacre pushing back against the Mexican president’s unclear security strategy of “hugs not bullets.”

November 5, 2019

Mexican cartel massacre: 9 Americans, including 6 children, from Mormon offshoot murdered

At least six children and three women living in a Mormon community of U.S. citizens in Mexico were shot to death Monday and several others were reportedly kidnapped after their convoy came under fire during a brazen daylight ambush believed to have been carried out by gunmen affiliated with organized crime in the country.

October 20, 2019

Joey 'the Clown' Lombardo, infamous Chicago mobster, dead at 90, reports say

Chicago mobster Joseph Lombardo – better as “Joey the Clown” – died in prison Saturday while serving a life sentence for murder, according to federal prosecutors.

October 18, 2019

350-lb Lucchese mobster plotted crash diet to escape through prison window: officials

Christopher Londonio’s 2017 plan to escape the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn called for enlisting a wide array of characters, including his mother, his father, his estranged wife, a bookie from the Bronx and a priest, based on a just-unsealed FBI report.

October 4, 2019

Chicago jury convicts gangbanger who executed 9-year-old in revenge killing

A jury found one man guilty Thursday, as a separate jury is set to continue deliberation Friday in the joint-trial of two reputed Chicago gangbangers who allegedly plotted to kill a 9-year-old boy in broad daylight in a revenge scheme against the child’s father’s rival gang.

September 21, 2019

Family of Whitey Bulger to file $200M wrongful death claim: report

The family of notorious Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger plans to file a $200 million wrongful death claim against the federal government, according to a report.

September 19, 2019

2 Chicago gangbangers executed 9-year-old in revenge killing against his father's rival gang: prosecutors

Two reputed Chicago gang members allegedly executed a 9-year-old boy in broad daylight because they sought revenge on the child’s father’s rival gang that they blamed for gunning down family members, prosecutors said Tuesday.

August 7, 2019

Driver who killed 5 in crash had 'second largest level' of marijuana seen by medical examiner in living specimen: report

The Bloods gang member who had the second highest level of marijuana the medical examiner had ever seen in a living specimen when he slammed into a family’s car on a New York highway last year, causing all passengers to burn alive, was sentenced Tuesday.

July 17, 2019

Italian police and FBI raid Mafia in Sicily with ties to Gambino family

Italian police working with the FBI cracked down on a Palermo-area Mafia clan with ties to the U.S.-based Gambino organized crime family in New York.

June 28, 2019

Mastermind behind shooting that left David Ortiz wounded arrested, officials say

Authorities in the Dominican Republic arrested the mastermind behind the shooting that left Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz wounded earlier this month in an apparent case of mistaken identity.